PremiumK-pop group with two North Korean refugees releases debut album, ‘reborn’ singers can finally chase dreams’

They are young, talented and bring pop songs with tight choreography, but the story behind 1-fresh is not like with most K-pop groups. The new men’s formation wants to make a new sound heard within the South Korean pop culture and does so with two North Korean refugees among their ranks. In the penetrating song Shattered, released in both Korean and English, they talk frankly about fleeing from an oppressive regime.

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