Korean Producer, Songwriter + Multi-Instrumentalist Chasu Releases Double Single "bury me instead"

Introducing…Chasu  Releases Double Single “bury me instead” Watch The Video For “sweet decay”  Stream “séance”

photo credit: Sunhee Bae  Hong Kong born, Korean raised producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chasu has today released a double single titled “bury me instead.” Single “sweet decay” and “séance” are available for stream and purchase today. FLOOD Magazine premiered the tracks earlier today and noted “Chasu’s “séance” and “sweet decay” paint a world that’s both romantic and discordant.” Chasu has also released a gorgeous visual accompaniment to “sweet decay” that can be viewed below. The video was filmed in farmland outside Seoul and according to Chasu, is “based on themes of urban decay, and nature vs. culture vs. capitalism, etc.”

While Chasu is most known for being the go-to producer for Indonesian rapper and recent 88rising signee Warren Hue, he has been holding on to some beautiful and melancholy solo material and this is his proper debut double single after having signed to Norwegian tastemaker 777 Music (boy pablo, FUR). Combining backgrounds in hip-hop production, jazz composition and a love of genre bending indie-pop Chasu is an artist completely unique in the Korean musical landscape and an exciting new talent with global ambitions.  Chasu on “bury me instead”:

«sweet decay” and “séance” are some of the first songs I wrote during my transition from a producer and songwriter to a solo artist. They were born out of necessity, really: I had to vomit my anxieties somewhere, and I couldn’t get that kind of catharsis by toplining for someone else. Both songs took at most a full day to produce, write, and record, and out came two of the most honest songs I’ve written; some things I tried my hardest not to write about found themselves on the page anyway. I originally intended for “sweet decay” to be a corny, lovesick ballad but, like much of my songwriting, it turned out much more bittersweet than I’d expected. The song is about dying next to someone you love–hence the lyric “loving you is a sweet decay”–and features electric guitar from longtime collaborator Joe Cho, a friend I met at jazz camp in my sophomore year of high school. “séance” is an homage to the big band jazz I grew up listening to, and features the horn stabs, strings section, and upright piano I love in the music of Count Basie and Gerry Mulligan. Behind the flowery lyrics and maximalist orchestration, though, is the innocently simple story of a boy who fears loss.

Chasu began with music from an early age through classical piano and later jazz saxophone but really came into his own when he discovered production by watching YouTube videos of Rich Brian breaking down his beat making process. He was mentored by prolific Korean producers Hoiwave and Fisherman and ended up connecting with Warren Hue – meeting up at a Chipotle in New York City. Through that collaboration he’s now come full circle to be working on new music for artists on Rich Brian’s label.  During the past year Chasu has been studying at UC Berkley remotely while working from a home studio in Seoul. He is very excited to make the move to California this summer and present his music to the world.

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