Anderson .Paak and aespa Unite on "Keychain" for K-POPS! Soundtrack
Anderson .Paak and aespa are collaborating on "Keychain," a track for the soundtrack of .Paak's directorial debut, K-POPS!, produced by Dem Jointz.
Anderson .Paak and aespa are joining forces on "Keychain," a new track featured on the soundtrack to K-POPS!.
The nine-time Grammy-winning artist-producer and the SM Entertainment quartet announced their collaboration on Instagram on Monday, Feb. 23, revealing cover art of a purple fuzzy bag adorned with a miniature .Paak keychain and an aespa logo charm. "Keychain" is slated for release on Feb. 27 at midnight ET.
Production duties are handled by Dem Jointz, whose K-pop credits include NCT’s “Cherry Bomb,” EXO’s “Obsession,” aespa’s “Supernova,” and SHINee’s “Don’t Call Me.”
While "Keychain" marks .Paak and aespa’s first official collaboration, .Paak is no stranger to the K-pop scene. His previous collaborations include Dean’s R&B track “Put My Hands on You” and RM’s genre-blending “Still Life” from Indigo.
More recently, .Paak featured on and co-produced G-DRAGON’s “Too Bad” from Übermensch. aespa’s Karina also made a cameo in the “Too Bad” video, further connecting the artists before "Keychain."
Ahead of the film’s 2024 Toronto International Film Festival premiere, .Paak told The Hollywood Reporter that K-POPS! grew out of the COVID-19 lockdown, when he and his son began making skits after his son said he wanted to be a YouTuber. He said the project expanded through researching K-pop — from its competition-show structure to its musical ties to ’90s R&B and gospel — and became a way to explore Black and Korean cultural duality through both the story and the soundtrack.
K-POPS! was co-written by .Paak and Khaila Amazan, and features original music created with Dem Jointz. The film stars .Paak alongside Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park and Yvette Nicole Brown, with cameo appearances from G-DRAGON, SEVENTEEN’s Vernon, Jay Park, Jessi and Crush. It opens exclusively in AMC Theatres on Feb. 27.
See aespa and Anderson .Paak’s “Keychain” announcement below:
This story was originally published by Billboard Korea.
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