Shoreline Seoul Official Music Video 🎶

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Audio produced and mixed by Chris Teti / Silverbullet Studios
Mastered by Kris Crummett / Interlace Audio
Music video by Mario Hickethier, Frederic Hafner / Farbton Videos

On October 14, 2023 we filmed the music video for our new single "SEOUL".
A song where I (Hansol) talk about my process of coming to terms with my heritage as a Korean-German.
It's about the meaning of being asian in a western country, what stereotypes you are given and which ones you internalize after a while.
And most importantly, how you break away from them and learn to appreciate your cultural roots.
SEOUL is about visibility, empowerment and also the ability to accept and love yourself in an environment where your look and culture is a minority.
For the video shoot, we invited all of our asian friends who live nearby.
We wanted to create a big group photo as the central theme for the music video. A total of 15 people came together, most of whom didn't know each other beforehand.
It was a beautiful, moving meeting for me.
We had prepared a questionnaire in which we tried to find out what people had in common and how they saw themselves. Almost all of them reported similar, negative experiences with racism in everyday life, which was not surprising, but in a certain way reinforcing. I know, of course, that I am not the only person who has these experiences, but being in a room with many who share this perspective was very empowering.
You can read through those questionnaires here: https://shorelineband.com/seoul as well as some more behind- the scenes material.
On behalf of the whole team, I want to thank all of you again for coming, for your time and sharing your experiences with us.

Thank you,
Hansol

Involved people appearing in the video:
Chau Truong, Thao Phan, Tươi , Pham Huyen Trang, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Lisa-Lorraine Paulsen, Mikel, Zhu, Désirée Chow, Malin Jerome Weber, Shrey Shah, Ablois, My Tran, Christian Mok, Hoàng việt hùng, Ngoc Huyên Kim

"Seoul" lyrics
I’m scared but I can’t move
there’s a better place but I can’t go
I don’t want to cover up and I don’t want to talk too much

it makes me fucking sick
that I used to feel so insecure about my skin tone
man it would turn so brown in the summer south

can you figure out
how to get rid of the wish to be someone else?
you gotta light it up / you gotta burn it down
I will find my peace where it’s not allowed

I was faking
I tried to mimic them
just an exaggerating, tragic copy of a white kid
how can I be a white kid?
what a strange way to think about it

you gotta light it up / you gotta burn it down
I will find my peace where it’s not allowed
and I know it’s a lot and it’s heavy on your shoulders
and I feel the same way too
we both spent our youth confused

do you realize how it shifted
it’s a power not a weakness
you should take it back, claim it and reuse it
can you figure out
how to get rid of the wish to be someone else