My favorite musician/producer lately is a South Korean artist named b!ni. There is not a lot of info available about her online. Is she an Aries? A Taurus? There is no way to know. So I just want to say a little bit about her and point you towards some of my favorite songs of hers.
She’s been releasing music since about 2020. I would describe it as lofi bedroom jazz pop with a deep sense of humor. To me her music sounds like you’re a chill, fun party with a lot of weird little demons. Even as her music has gotten a bit slicker/more produced recently it retains a messy sonic randomness that continually makes you go Wait what did I just hear.
I think what I love about her music is that it feels fearless – no idea too random or weird, she gives the impression that she completely disregards her internal editor, which is extremely the enternal dream.
She writes, composes, sings, produces, makes bizarre little videos to go with her music, the whole thing. Her skills are a mile wide and a mile deep.
I first heard her through a collab with l-like, another one of my favorite producers. SALGEUM (Stealthy) captures everything that’s great about her:
A couple others I love:
DOGGY:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xjn8WzrIfRA
When she sings “Wait a minute oh my god I knew it for real” it’s so in the pocket it thrills me. Also this is one of her few songs that has a live version, which is fun.
대출 (Loan):
It’s like 20% musical instruments 20% singing, 60% weird voices. How do you even write a song like that.
멋진사이 (Nice One):
(The bass in this one kills me.) (Also when it changes from piano to rhodes.)
패스트푸드 (Fast Food):
Amazing chord progression that defies logic, with Dilla drums that slightly rush in places, a song that just continually pushes you off your center of gravity. The video is just her eating McDonald’s french fries in her kitchen. No notes.
OK! Please enjoy. She’s amazing.