{"product_id":"140393","title":"The Songwriters ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQtVOQh4FnynQWQZyGe4GU.png?v=1764978257\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e The Songwriters \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/165234789\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003eMemories of famous songs and love\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e “I first learned love through ballads.” A book that looks back on the flow of Korean pop music history and the sensibilities of the times through the ballad genre.\u003cbr\u003e We will read the history of Korean pop music by looking at the lyrics of 117 songs.\u003cbr\u003e It also sheds new light on various artists and delicately conveys the emotion of delicate language in love songs.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNovember 25, 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eArt PD Ahn Hyun-jae\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e★★Highly recommended by Choi Jeong-hoon (leader of the group 'Jannabi) and Park Cheon-hyu (playwright, lyricist)!!★★\u003cbr\u003e ★★\"Anyone who opens this book will be reminded of 'that song I used to cherish under the shower'\" _Choi Jeong-hoon (leader and vocalist of the group 'Jannabi)★★\u003cbr\u003e ★★\"A book that carefully examines the spirit of our times as reflected in Korean popular music.\" _Park Cheon-hyu (writer and lyricist for the musical \"Maybe a Happy Ending\") ★★\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I first learned about love through ballads.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the era of pop music to the era of K-pop\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGreat songwriters have delivered\u003cbr\u003e About immortal songs and the history of love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Songwriters\" is a book in which music critic Kim Young-dae looks back on the flow of Korean pop music history and the sensibilities of the times through the ballad genre.\u003cbr\u003e By examining the lyrics of 117 songs that can be called the essence of ballads one by one, it goes beyond the genre analysis of ballads and reads the history of Korean pop music through the language of emotions.\u003cbr\u003e Also Lee Moon-se, Yoo Jae-ha, and Kim Kwang-seok.\u003cbr\u003e Artists who have sent meaningful messages to the history of Korean pop music, such as Byun Jin-seop, Yoon Sang, Yoon Jong-shin, Shin Seung-hoon, Kim Dong-ryul, Kim Kwang-jin, Lee Seung-hwan, Yoo Hee-yeol, Lee So-ra, Sung Si-kyung, Jannabi, and IU, are reexamined from the perspective of songwriters, and music is viewed from the realm of lyrics rather than song form.\u003cbr\u003e Through this, readers can experience and enjoy the music more richly by encountering the delicate language and poignant stories of familiar love songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is divided into three parts. \u003cbr\u003ePart 1 showcases the unique emotions of ballads and the musical world of representative songwriters who created Korean ballads.\u003cbr\u003e And you can meet artists and songs that carry on the tradition of Korean ballads, which began in earnest in 1986.\u003cbr\u003e Part 2 introduces representative ballad songs centered on the chronicle of love that continues with encounters and partings, excitement and pain.\u003cbr\u003e A ballad is a love song.\u003cbr\u003e And the lyrics capture the spirit of the times by giving new and colorful variations to the familiar and obvious language of love.\u003cbr\u003e In particular, here, 10 hashtags about love remind us of the sensibilities of the times as well as the unchanging love.\u003cbr\u003e Part 3 contains the past and present of Korean ballads.\u003cbr\u003e We will examine the lyricism of Korean pop music by examining songs from the 1960s and 1970s that already had ballad characteristics before the emergence of the ballad genre. \u003cbr\u003eIn addition, you can get a glimpse of the hidden charm of ballads that flexibly cross genre boundaries such as R\u0026amp;B, rock, and folk in the 2000s through an expert's perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e prolog\u003cbr\u003e A chronicle of love, breakups, regrets, excitement, and frustration?\u003cbr\u003e Part 1.\u003cbr\u003e The genre or emotion of ballad\u003cbr\u003e Silent Cry: Ballads, Music Representing Modern Romanticism\u003cbr\u003e Why Yoo Jae-ha? And the Emergence of Post-Yoo Jae-ha Songwriters\u003cbr\u003e The city where ballads were born: the sensibility of city pop\u003cbr\u003e Lee Moon-sae and Lee Young-hoon, the eternal ballad of the canon\u003cbr\u003e I'll Hide and Watch You If You're a Burden: The Anthropology of Emotionality and Clinginess\u003cbr\u003e Part 2.\u003cbr\u003e #Listen to #Ballad in #Words\u003cbr\u003e Ballad hashtag 1: #SlowlyLittlebySlowly #StillWounded #WillYouWait #HopeForABlindDate\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 2: #NeverAgain #Don'tMeetMe #BreakUpCut #PretendIt'sOkay  \u003cbr\u003eBallad Hashtag 3: #OneStepBehind #I'm #Can'tHaveYou #ShakingYou\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 4: #OnlyHeaven #PermittedLove #EvenInADream #EvenInASoul\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 5: #ThatGirl #TornPhoto #ThatSongFromAlongWithTheMotherOfTwo\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 6: #WinterBecomesSpring #IfYouWishMe #ComeToMe #Useless\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 7: #IDon'tKnowNow #WhoIsItFor #NothingToSay #IDon'tKnow\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 8: #happiness #invitation #escape #peace\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 9: #Somehow #HopeForReunion #UnexpectedCall #HopeTorture\u003cbr\u003e Ballad Hashtag 10: #EndOfYouth #ColdWind #LoveOver30 #LetGo\u003cbr\u003e Part 3.\u003cbr\u003e The world of ballads deepens and broadens\u003cbr\u003e Ballad is not a genre\u003cbr\u003e Ballad before ballad, K-pop before K-pop\u003cbr\u003e Rock ballads, karaoke, and high-pitched voices (unavailable)\u003cbr\u003e Whoa whoa, yeah yeah, I guess I'll have to bury it in Jamsil\u003cbr\u003e The breakup stories of millennial R\u0026amp;B divas who had to suffer alone.  \u003cbr\u003eShall We Sing Together? A Duet, a Microcosm of Relationships\u003cbr\u003e Who is the ballad lyricist, GOAT?\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Girls: A Portrait of an Unchanging Diva\u003cbr\u003e supplement\u003cbr\u003e Are Ballads Dead? The 10 Best Ballads of the K-Pop Era\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e A chronicle of Korean love, separation, regret, excitement, and frustration through music, the great\u003cbr\u003e This is a record of the 'history of love' we have shared with ballad songwriters.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.24, from \"Prologue\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While rock represented white extravagance, jazz represented black sensuality, and trot represented local sorrow, ballads began to receive attention as music representing Western sophistication and modern yet conservative romanticism, truly a 'new wave' song.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.32, from “Silent Cry: Ballad, Music Representing Modern Romanticism”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUntil the mid-1980s, the emotions of 'local sadness' or 'han' that naturally came to mind when talking about slow songs in pop music were replaced in Lee Moon-se's songs with emotions of 'longing' and 'wistfulness'.\u003cbr\u003e This was not simply the personal taste of songwriter Lee Young-hoon, but rather a reflection of the emergence of a new generation and their musical tastes.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.73, from “Lee Moon-se and Lee Young-hoon, the Eternal Canon of Ballads”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the 1990s, a spoonful was added to this.\u003cbr\u003e The immediate appearance of excessive emotion and pettiness.\u003cbr\u003e It wasn't just a change in expression.\u003cbr\u003e With the dawn of the 1990s and the rise of Generation X, the world became more honest, and lyrics accordingly began to let go of pretense.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.86, from “I’ll hide and watch over you if you’re a burden: The Anthropology of Emotionality and Irritation”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e〈Bangbaek〉 is a work in which everything, from the title to the lyrics, melody, and emotion, is so delicately woven and orchestrated.\u003cbr\u003e Even within K-pop, SHINee, who were icons of experimental electronic sounds, were given such a sweet melody of youth, and this song has now become a classic of idol pop, redefining and perfecting the sense of 'refreshing' and 'whimsical' within idol music.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.147, from “Ballad Hashtag 3”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are many ballad masters, but Yoon Sang's music has a mysterious emotion that is difficult to explain.\u003cbr\u003e (…) In some ways, this ‘adult innocence’ that can be a bit ticklish is persuasive not only because of the cold yet warm urban sound of Yoon Sang’s music, but also because of the lonely and fragile masculinity of the artist Yoon Sang. \u003cbr\u003e--- p.170, from “Ballad Hashtag 5”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"To You Again\" contains a story about a belated 'realization' and 'return' to love, which was rare not only at the time but also in the history of ballads.\u003cbr\u003e (…) Of course, the harmony between Jinseop Byun’s sorrowful voice and the song, especially the lyrics, is practically perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.224-225, from “Ballad Hashtag 9”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although Lee So-ra has already shown us the extremes of a sad breakup through “Please” and “Enough Now,” “The Wind Blows” conveys a completely different level of expressiveness than before.\u003cbr\u003e The poetic language and cool tone prove that restrained sorrow, without sobs or screams, can be more painful and poignant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.237, from “10 Ballad Hashtags”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In fact, R\u0026amp;B is a genre that is closely related to ballads both musically and emotionally. \u003cbr\u003eNot only is there an overwhelming number of songs about love, including the so-called 'slow jam' subgenre, but the rich emotions and flowing techniques melted into the elegant yet bluesy progression of the triple-beat pattern are also the unique identity of this genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.289-290, from \"Wow, Yeah, I guess I'll have to bury it in Jamsil\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Couldn't it be called a genre created by Az One? This fragile and pathetic feeling is expressed calmly, not through the flowing and virtuosic singing of their forte, R\u0026amp;B, but through classic pop ballads.\u003cbr\u003e (…) In particular, it met with Yoon Sara’s writing, which boasted of a peak of emotion, and gave birth to another ‘classic.’\u003cbr\u003e --- p.310-311, from \"The Breakup Stories of Millennial R\u0026amp;B Divas Who Had to Hurt Alone\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Park Joo-yeon, a name that I would not be ashamed to call Korea's best lyricist. \u003cbr\u003eHe was one of the few lyricists who could have had as much influence on a song as the greatest composers who graced that glorious era of ballads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond just being a good writer, he was also a talented songwriter who understood music and could apply diverse compositional techniques to it.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.326, from “Who is the ballad lyricist, GOAT?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this way, ballads survived in various ways.\u003cbr\u003e Although it was pushed out of the center, it did not disappear, and although it was called an old genre, it was rediscovered as a form that accurately responded to the needs of the new era.\u003cbr\u003e (…) The era of ballads may have ended, but the era of love songs has not.\u003cbr\u003e Our 'history of love' is not over.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.345, from “Has the Ballad Disappeared?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Spring Day” is not simply a song about missing someone. \u003cbr\u003eIt is a quiet warning to a society that tries to forget something or someone, and a song of comfort for those who want to remember.\u003cbr\u003e In this song and video, BTS subtly yet beautifully weaves together a theme that many contemporary artists dare not touch.\u003cbr\u003e It's a rare achievement that demonstrates how social ethics and artistic metaphor can coexist within the conservative confines of K-pop.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- p.348, from “Has the Ballad Disappeared?”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“In the lyrics that are poignant and poignant,\u003cbr\u003e We are entering an era that transcends the individual.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ballad, a genre that captures the sensibilities of the times\u003cbr\u003e The most heartbreaking song in the history of popular music\u003cbr\u003e Fill a page with a surge of excitement!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, no one can deny that South Korean popular music, known as K-pop, has reached a world-class level. \u003cbr\u003eCurrently, popular music exists as an industry, and experts in each field participate in the creation of music, from production to distribution.\u003cbr\u003e But before music became an industry, there were people who told stories only through 'music'.\u003cbr\u003e In particular, this book focuses on Korean popular music from 1986 to 1996, which can also be called the era of miracles.\u003cbr\u003e The only era in Korean pop history where author-musicians were idols.\u003cbr\u003e Through the ballad music written at this time, we can experience the emotions that dominated an era without any filter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Why ballads? The ballad genre isn't tied to pop music, either superior or subordinate. It thrives on the power of storytelling rather than musical quality.\u003cbr\u003e In other words, songs that contain the most Korean stories are concentrated in this genre.\u003cbr\u003e Most music criticism and discourses focus on the form of the song. \u003cbr\u003eUltimately, singer-songwriters, composers, and producers take the lead in looking at music. This book departs from the mainstream debates surrounding music and looks back at the emotions embedded in music, attempting to fill a blank page in the history of popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e The lyricism of Korean ballads represented by the duo of Yoo Jae-ha and Lee Moon-sae and Lee Young-hoon, the Toy-style emotional excess and honest sarcasm shown by Yoo Hee-yeol in the 1990s, and even the new form of ballads that blossomed in K-pop after the 2000s.\u003cbr\u003e It meticulously depicts the aesthetics of love and the emotional map created by songwriters of each generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author says in this book that ballads today are used as a language to define a new kind of love.\u003cbr\u003e In the K-pop era, the love narrative in ballads has now shifted to emotions that arise from the close relationship between fans and artists.\u003cbr\u003e This is the birth of a new emotional language called 'fan song'. \u003cbr\u003eThis book selects 10 K-pop idol songs that continue the lyricism of ballads, showcasing the evolving sensibility of ballads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although ballads have been pushed out of the center of popular music since their golden age, they are still being rediscovered as a form that touches our hearts and, going one step further, responds to the demands of the times.\u003cbr\u003e This book, which meticulously depicts the aesthetics of love and the emotional maps created by songwriters of each generation, will help you fall in love with ballads again. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368 pages | 486g | 130*200*22mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9791141613969\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1141613964 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894906290218,"sku":"140393","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/1b5464c0ae435db11d1b7b093d8268cc.jpg?v=1765451084","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/140393","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}