AINN

• YEONWOO CHEONG, AKA. “AINN”, A SOUTH KOREAN BOY WHO GREW UP IN THAILAND.
  HE DREAMED OF BECOMING A SUPERSTAR, PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ABROAD AT BERKLEE, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEADING INSTITUTES OF MUSIC IN BOSTON, USA. HOWEVER, HE HAD TO DROP OUT OF THE SCHOOL, SO HE CAME BACK TO THAILAND AND AIMED TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS.

• “I WANT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO LISTEN TO MY SONG”
  TO KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WERE MAKING IN THAILAND FROM THE RECORD LABEL CALLED YUPP!” AINN’S GOALS WERE DETERMINEDLY SET UNTIL HE GOT PASSED FROM YOUNGYUPP! TO BECOME ONE OF YUPPI TRAINEES WHO HAD TO GO THROUGH AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP PROGRAM. AND HE BECAME THE FIRST YUPPI TRAINEE TO MAKE THE DEBUT.

• “ALMOST PERFECT” IS HIS FIRST INTRODUCING SONG AS A YUPP! ARTIST. IT’S A STORY OF A COMPLICATED AND AMBIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT ONE THINKS THAT BEING TOGETHER, REGARDLESS OF STATUS, IS THE PERFECT THING. BUT ANOTHER ONE, HEART-BROKEN BY HER EX, IS AFRAID TO BE IN THE NEW RELATIONSHIP SO, IT’S LIKE AN ALMOST PERFECT RELATIONSHIP. THE SONG IS INTRODUCED WITH TRAP-R&B-HIP-HOP STYLE THAT COMBINES FIERCENESS AND FLOATING VIBE TOGETHER. IT’S A CHANGE OF PACE THAT YUPP! HASN’T HAD BEFORE, IN TERMS OF ALL ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LYRICS, INCLUDING A NEW STYLE OF SOUND, AND EXPECTED TO BE IN THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.

INTERNATIONAL
NME : BEST ASIAN HIPHOP & R&B OF 2022