Hitchhiker posts teaser for September 1st comeback

[glider.livejournal.com]

Two years ago, Hitchhiker descended to earth to confuse subscribers of SM Entertainment's YouTube channel with his smash-hit debut song, Eleven. The mysterious artist kicked off his 2015 with a remix of Eleven and a performance at Texas's very own SXSW. Described by his manager as "a satellite who was sent into space several decades ago to listen to our sounds, and now he plays them back to us," Hitchhiker is an anomaly in the world of Korean music.

Today the global superstar himself posted an official comeback teaser via his Twitter account:

pic.twitter.com/rJpLfMTHgP

— HITCHHIKER (@__hitchhiker___) August 26, 2016

@__hitchhiker___ 😰😰😰 is this YOU?? FOR REAL? pic.twitter.com/pUe6JBewwD

— jsue (@_demographics) August 4, 2016

#training #for #comeback pic.twitter.com/9MTjjZxfcs

— HITCHHIKER (@__hitchhiker___) June 20, 2016

• Hitchhiker is the pseudonym of Choi Jin Woo, a former member of the rock band Roller Coaster (where he went by the name Jinu)


• He is the producer of Brown Eyed Girls' Abracadabra, among other miscellaneous K-pop tracks you may know such as f(x)'s Ice Cream, SHINee's Hitchhiking, Infinite's debut song Come Back Again, SNSD's Show! Show! Show!, and DBSK's I Don't Know


• Basically a producer for SM


• Says the idea for Hitchhiker came about out of wanting to release a new album but being afraid of promoting on music shows with young people


• Wanted to have some of the SM artists promote it instead but they were all too busy


• Learned motion capture and graphic design to create the character and made both MVs for Eleven and Eleven (remix) by himself


• The infamous "ababababa" in Eleven is his young daughter's voice

sources: SMTOWN, @__hitchhiker__ 1, @__hitchhiker__ 2 @_demographics

if anyone is interested in learning more about him this is an awesome interview he did explaining everything!

Comments

[musicnkisses.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking bout him this morning. It was wild how 'Eleven' received the biggest reception in the Western world of any SM song and they benched him afterwards (unless he did it to himself). I truly thought he was about to blow.

[glider.livejournal.com]

I don't think they necessarily benched him but he became really lowkey afterwards. They did pay for him to appear at SXSW and there was a weird art gallery inspired by him in NYC... I hope after this comeback he'll have a more permanent presence

[misspoirot.livejournal.com]

Eleven still gives me nightmare...

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

Hitchiker is one of those producers that I've always really liked, yet he's also kind of disappeared from the scene? Nice to see he's still around :)