{"id":2990,"date":"2026-08-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:05:42","slug":"morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Take a look around\u2019 opens like a window at daybreak. The new single from Korean five-piece Another Season sets classic pop chord movement against a samba rhythm that refuses to sit still, and vocalist Hyo Jung Kim sings of morning light and the plain decision to start over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrangement earns its Brazilian pop label honestly. Sung Rak Choi on keys and Hyungtae Kim on saxophone carry the melody, while JC Curve on bass and Yangho Chung on drums keep the samba pulse loose and swinging. The jazz training in the band shows in how much room each player leaves the others. Nothing is oversold \u2014 the groove is warm, unhurried and built to be lived in rather than admired from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samba rhythm, jazz phrasing and a sunrise \u2014 a Korean take on Brazilian pop that keeps its warmth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band has been building this sound in public. Another Season shared the Nodeul Island stage with Lee Ji-young of Big Mama at the 2023 Seoul Music Festival and recently joined the line-up for the Team Mupe Sanjimul Park Festival, with two full-length albums and an EP already behind them. \u2018Take a look around\u2019 arrives as a signpost towards their third full-length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cover art says as much as the music does: a golden sunrise, hand-lettered type and scattered note motifs, pointing at the same rising sun the lyric describes. Put it on early, before the day has decided what it wants to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MPB #JazzPop #KoreanIndie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Take a look around\u2019 opens like a window at daybreak. The new single from Korean five-piece Another Season sets classic pop chord movement against a samba rhythm that refuses to sit still, and vocalist Hyo Jung Kim sings of morning light and the plain decision to start over. The arrangement earns its Brazilian pop label honestly. Sung Rak Choi on keys and Hyungtae Kim on saxophone carry the melody, while JC Curve on bass and Yangho Chung on drums keep the samba pulse loose and swinging. The jazz training in the band shows in how much room each player leaves&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1568,1820,1821,21,30,1822],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-another-season","tag-brazilian","tag-hanul-music","tag-pop","tag-routenote","tag-take-a-look-around"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018Take a look around\u2019 opens like a window at daybreak. The new single from Korean five-piece Another Season sets classic pop chord movement against a samba rhythm that refuses to sit still, and vocalist Hyo Jung Kim sings of morning light and the plain decision to start over. The arrangement earns its Brazilian pop label honestly. Sung Rak Choi on keys and Hyungtae Kim on saxophone carry the melody, while JC Curve on bass and Yangho Chung on drums keep the samba pulse loose and swinging. The jazz training in the band shows in how much room each player leaves...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote - Radar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-06T03:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-03T02:05:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Luna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/\",\"name\":\"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-06T03:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-03T02:05:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/2a4e50b80c515ba8567402b8798707f4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg\",\"width\":3000,\"height\":3000,\"caption\":\"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote - Radar\",\"description\":\"Radar is your home for the latest in artist and music news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/2a4e50b80c515ba8567402b8798707f4\",\"name\":\"Luna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/937089b97081b9ea3c5fc7b63ec88dab\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a7cc8211f9368cb3374e3dbdd7dcf454c4ba2b230e80d99701e10ebd61df9c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a7cc8211f9368cb3374e3dbdd7dcf454c4ba2b230e80d99701e10ebd61df9c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Luna\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/kevin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar","og_description":"\u2018Take a look around\u2019 opens like a window at daybreak. The new single from Korean five-piece Another Season sets classic pop chord movement against a samba rhythm that refuses to sit still, and vocalist Hyo Jung Kim sings of morning light and the plain decision to start over. The arrangement earns its Brazilian pop label honestly. Sung Rak Choi on keys and Hyungtae Kim on saxophone carry the melody, while JC Curve on bass and Yangho Chung on drums keep the samba pulse loose and swinging. The jazz training in the band shows in how much room each player leaves...","og_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote - Radar","article_published_time":"2026-08-06T03:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-03T02:05:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":3000,"height":3000,"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Luna","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Luna","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/","name":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019 - RouteNote - Radar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-06T03:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-03T02:05:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/2a4e50b80c515ba8567402b8798707f4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg","width":3000,"height":3000,"caption":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/morning-light-in-samba-time-another-seasons-take-a-look-around\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Morning Light in Samba Time: Another Season\u2019s \u2018Take a look around\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/","name":"RouteNote - Radar","description":"Radar is your home for the latest in artist and music news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/2a4e50b80c515ba8567402b8798707f4","name":"Luna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/937089b97081b9ea3c5fc7b63ec88dab","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a7cc8211f9368cb3374e3dbdd7dcf454c4ba2b230e80d99701e10ebd61df9c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a7cc8211f9368cb3374e3dbdd7dcf454c4ba2b230e80d99701e10ebd61df9c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Luna"},"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/kevin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cover-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2992,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions\/2992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}