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Bundang’s nerds that became “The Beatles of Korea”

Band Jannabi… attracted the public with refined old pop, even ranked 1st place on charts without ever appearing on broadcast ‘My heart is easy to read/you can read through it as well…I place a bookmark on this night that will be memorable/and take a look at it when no one is looking.’ It’s not a Yoo Jae-Ha song. It’s the lyrics of Jannabi’s new song, the band that has 5 members born in the Year of the Monkey, 1992. Jannabi who released their 2nd album ‘Legend’ on the 13th of last month took over mainstream music. Without even appearing on TV they ranked 1st place on music charts, they also completely sold out tickets to their first Nation-Wide Tour. Jannabi is an old Korean dialect for ‘Monkey’. They’re in their 20s but their sentiments are of 50s~60s. They enjoy listening to Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Beatles, and play with instruments made between 1950~70s. Kim Yun-ha, mainstream music critic described them as, “A retro band that revives old feeling...