{"id":4754,"date":"2023-04-05T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T17:43:24","slug":"yaeji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/yaeji","title":{"rendered":"Episode 251: Yaeji"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Passed Me By&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SongExploder251-Yaeji-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SongExploder251-Yaeji-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SongExploder251-Yaeji-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SongExploder251-Yaeji-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SongExploder251-Yaeji.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&#038;ge=prx_93_2a2be23f-3658-4129-a7fb-4e127978f142\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><br \/>\n<!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/yaeji-passed-me-by\/id788236947?i=1000607578406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/59K2FtaZMSzOHBxXpLdiye?si=3Xtx7AybQSiwDKQb69izvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/719e1bbc-3d89-4269-a211-45c01f23a419\/song-exploder-yaeji---passed-me-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a>\u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/d554a897bb3b26b894b02665011678df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS END HERE --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yaeji.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yaeji<\/a> is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York. During her childhood, she moved between Queens, Atlanta, and Seoul. While she was at college in the States, she started DJing, and releasing her own music. That led to two EPs in 2017, and since then, she\u2019s also done remixes for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dua_Lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charli_XCX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charli XCX<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robyn<\/a>. Yaeji won the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aim.org.uk\/#\/news\/aim-awards-2020-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Breakthrough Award at the AIM Awards in 2020<\/a>. This week she\u2019s releasing her debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xlrecordings.com\/release\/364743-yaeji-with-a-hammer?lang=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With A Hammer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For this episode, I talked to Yaeji about her song <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1654199056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Passed Me By.&#8221;<\/a> She sings the song in Korean and English, and she told me how using both languages gives her a broader palette to express her ideas.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream &#8220;Passed Me By&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1654199056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Song-Exploder-Yaeji-Transcript-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1472484938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/waldorfmusic.com\/quantum-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waldorf Quantum<\/a> &#8211; Synth<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Konglish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konglish<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Passed Me By&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON\u00b7 OTHER APPS Yaeji is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York. 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