Bang Si-hyuk’s divo, Lee Hyun, returns solo! Lee Hyun, the top-notch vocalist, comes back after one year and six months!
Releasing second mini-album [You Are the Best in My Life]

Bang Si-hyuk’s divo and member of the group 8eight, Lee Hyun returns solo after a 18-month hiatus with the second mini-album [You Are the Best in My Life].

Producer Bang Si-hyuk regarded Lee Hyun’s sensitivity so highly that he gave him the song ’30 Minutes Ago’, the climax of the producer’s farewell songs trilogy. Bang Si-hyuk also commented that Lee Hyun was the best fit for his songs. Making his debut as the leader of 8eight in 2007, Lee Hyun released [30 Minutes Ago], the last song of Bang Si-hyuk’s trilogy of farewell songs in September 2009 and started establishing himself as a solo vocalist. Later in the first half of 2010, Lee Hyun rose to prominence as a top-notch vocalist through the project group Homme. His new mini-album [You Are the Best in My Life] follows his previous and first mini-album [30 Minutes Ago] after one year and six months. The album is a compilation of Lee Hyun’s sorrowful voice and sensitivity as the singer ventures into different worlds of music.

The album, which was produced under the leadership of Korea’s best producer, Bang Si-hyuk, contains different genres that fully express the sensitivity of Lee Hyun, as well as songs with experimental aspects that are expected to satisfy the fans who waited for Lee Hyun’s solo career.
A ballad just for Lee Hyun, ‘You Are the Best in My Life’
The title song ‘You Are the Best in My Life’ brings out the best of Lee Hyun’s vocals. The song is a masterpiece by Korea’s best producer, Bang Si-hyuk, that combines elements of rock music with hip-hop rhythm, a recent trend in the pop music scene. The hip-hop style lyrics linger in the listeners’ ears. Lee Hyun’s sensitive voice impress the listeners by using a paradoxical method in which lyrics evoking sorrow are rather lighthearted and enjoyable. ‘You Are the Best in My Life’ encompasses in a catchy phrase the longing for past love, a sentiment that any man can relate to. This spring, the listeners can look forward to the birth of a new favorite song.

[She’s Too Pretty for Me] by Jung Juri and Nam Jihyun of 4MINUTE!
The MV of ‘You Are the Best in My Life’, the title song of the album, took its motif from the movie [Shallow Hall]. The main female characters are portrayed by the comedian Jung Juri and Nam Jihyun of 4MINUTE. Lee Hyun also starred as the main male character presenting an impressive performance. 2AM’s Chang-min who's also been member of the Homme project, producer Bang Si-hyuk, and 8eight’s Baek Chan appeared as cameos, demonstrating their tight brotherhood. It remains to be seen whether Lee Hyun, the man obsessed with appearances, will find true love and who will turn out to be the ‘Best in My Life’. The enjoyable MV is fun to watch, but it also gives us an important message about what true love is.

A heartbreaking ‘Curse’ against the one who left. A song with lyrics that talk about how one cannot forget about the other even after the break-up. Unlike the prevailing Korean sentiment where one hides the emotions of sadness, this song expressively describes a man’s wish to see his ex-lover suffer, portraying the emotional agony of the one who is left behind. Using a percussion called the Udu drums that is not often seen in the Korean music scene, Lee Hyun’s serene yet sentimental voice delivers the end of a relationship with a strong sense of empathy. In addition, the album also includes ‘Heart Beat’, a collaboration with Song Hee-ran, the so-called Goddess of Hongdae who was highly praised by Bang Si-hyuk. ‘Bad Girl’ with the next-generation hip-hop idol group BTS (to debut in 2011) and GLAM (expected to be the girl-version of 2AM), and ‘Why Make Me Cry’, which was included in the OST of a popular TV series [Big Thing], are all featured in Lee Hyun’s second mini-album [You Are the Best in My Life] that was released on February 15, 2011.