K-Indie Music Night: Jannabi & byebyesea

Presented in collaboration with Lincoln Center 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 7:30 pm 

Venue: Damrosch Park

(Amsterdam Ave & W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023)

Tickets: FREE 

There are two ways to access this event: 

1. General Admission, first-come first-served. 

2. Limited Advance Reservation is available for this event, opening on Monday, July 25th at noon.

Advance Reservation is limited on a first come first served basis

To reserve the advance reservation tickets, please visit https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/k-indie-music-night-jannabi-and-byebyesea.

The undeniable chart-topping popularity of K-Pop has raised Korea to the heights of global creative influence, but that's not all Korea has to offer! The country's thriving independent rock scene offers a nuanced counterpart to K-pop's glossier production. K-Indie’s diverse expression of sound - from guitar-driven, underground post-rock to mellow, lo-fi electronics - mark it as the likely next big thing in Korea's role as a cultural exporter. 

This show spotlights two of the genre's best bands: Jannabi, who specialize in lyrically wistful, vintage-pop artistry and the more new wave-inspired, three-piece modern rock collective byebyesea.

K-Indie Music Night is presented by the Korean Cultural Center New York in collaboration with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as a part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.

▲ JANNABI

Jannabi’s stubbornness towards and commitment to ‘universal lyricalness’ that began from its first full-length album [Monkey Hotel] in 2016, finally paid off when the lead single of its second full-length album [Legend] named “For Lovers Who Hesitate” released in 2019 topped the country’s leading singles chart. 

Jannabi has relentlessly pursued the ‘universality of pop music’ beyond the “hip” trend, by relying on its classical method of composition. It was the moment that the band proved a paradox that music which is faithful to the basics can be more unique. 

The band’s new but not unfamiliar characteristic of ‘vintage pop’ also became an excellent element to appeal to people across all generations. The band’s first and second full-length albums [Monkey Hotel] and [Legend] are not just part of the newtro (“new retro”) trend, but Jannabi is different in a sense that it has found the old root of the pop music and offered a point to make a new leap forward with the perspective of the new generation. The second album, in particular, has been hailed as a work succeeding in incorporating significant narrative found in art rock in the 1970s and British folk with the Korean old pop songs’ sentiment. 

There is something else which makes the band’s music powerful: going beyond the compulsion to be dedicated to a single genre. Its free-spirited music was able to set such big milestones because Jannabi has made efforts to put their own stories in their music, their stories of growing up as a band act as a perspective to see the world. 

The story of the members of Jannabi (an indigenous Korean word for “monkey”) who are the same age as each other born in 1992 (the year of monkey) growing up together in good and bad times, resonated with indie music fans everywhere. 

Critics say that Jannabi is the one and only band that continues to carry the authenticity of the Korean pop songs in the commercialized K-pop market. 

AWARDS

2021 M.net ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS BEST BAND PERFORMANCE

2020 KOREAN MUSIC AWARDS ‘THE BEST OF MODERN ROCK’

2020 KOREAN MUSIC AWARDS ‘THE SONG OF THE YEAR’

2020 GOLDEN DISC BEST ALBUM

2019 M.net ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS BEST BAND PERFORMANCE

2019 MELON MUSIC AWARDS TOP 10

2019 VLIVE AWARDS V HEARTBEAT VLIVE DISCOVER

2014 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival Super Rookie

Follow JANNABI on

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SY6OktZyMLdOnscX3DCyS 

Apple Music: ‎JANNABI on Apple Music

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BandJannabi 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bandjannabi 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bandjannabi 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BandJannabi 

▲byebyesea

Band byebyesea (Annyeongbada) is Namu (vocal, guitar), Sun Je (guitar) and Myeong Je (bass), whose refreshing and catchy sounds and lyrical music has been loved by fans for more than 10 years. 

Their recent record [701] which was comprised of 2 EPs shows their musical growth. Before their debut album release in 2006, they built up a huge fan base in the Korean Indie music scene. 

In 2007 and 2008, they won numerous rookie awards in Korea and their groundbreaking song, “Star Shower” in their debut EP [Boy’s Universe] (2006) has been broadcasted in countless commercials, TV series, and movies in Korea in a blaze of fame. 

So far they have released 5 albums and 7 EP albums, and now also working as music directors in various film projects. Currently they are working on a feature film “Song of the Same Night” (2022), “Insomnia” (2023) and “I cross the sea with you” (2023).

Follow byebyesea on

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_JkzkyAxWu-_45vxEzME9A 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/band_byebyesea/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/band_byebyesea 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bandbyebyesea

* Health & Safety

At this time, face coverings and proof of COVID-19 vaccination will not be required; however, face coverings are welcome and we encourage everyone to complete their primary vaccination series and get boosted before attending. 

These protocols are subject to change in accordance with any updates to city and state guidelines, rules and regulations, and other health and safety recommendations from our medical and public health advisors.

Guests of all ages are welcome to attend. 

Please stay home if you do not feel well. If you have come in contact recently with someone who has tested positive or you have recently tested positive, please refer to the  latest CDC guidelines for isolation, quarantine and masking recommendations.

▲ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the steward of the world’s leading performing arts center, an artistic and civic cornerstone for New York City comprised of eleven resident companies on a 16-acre campus. The nonprofit’s strategic priorities include: supporting the arts organizations that call Lincoln Center home to realize their missions and fostering opportunities for collaboration across campus; championing inclusion and increasing the accessibility and reach of Lincoln Center’s work; and reimagining and strengthening the performing arts for the 21st century and beyond, helping ensure their rightful place at the center of civic life.

(www.lincolncenter.org)