Younha is a rising face on both the Japanese and Korean pop scene at the young age of 21, releasing her 3rd cd in Korean this year to go with her 2 previous Japanese releases. Younha plays guitar and sings, and her songs range from more folksy to straight on J-Pop / K-Pop. (She also plays piano.) At first she had a more folksy image, with a short haircut, dark clothes, strumming her guitar. She has really moved from that in her more recent Japanese releases and definitely has embraced more of a cutesty idol look for her third Korean release, titled Peace, Love and Ice Cream. It's a really fun album, has a variety of songs, and is a great introduction to this young talent.
Younha First Single and Title Track from her new album: Peace, Love & Ice Cream. (In Korean)
Her career has been interesting so far. She broke in with Yubikiri, the Bleach theme song and from there has some minor success in Japan. She then broke even bigger after her first Korean cd came out. It seems that she gets bigger each time she returns to a different language. She is one of the few artists I can say has yet to dissapoint me with her albums, each cd brings something new to the table and each are different. Her Japanese cd's are probably better but they feel like single collections, whereas the Korean albums feel like independently worked on. It's hard to explain but I don't think you can go wrong seeking any of them out.
Yubikiri (In Japanese) - a much younger Younha in her first video, where she also plays the piano!
Hopefully Younha will be releasing good music for years to come. Seek her albums out, you will not be dissapointed. I was kind of late in discovering her. I knew of Yubikiri years ago, but didn't really keep up until I heard her latest Korean release, and went back and sought out her older stuff. I was really glad I did.
Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younha - Wikipedia Page
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