Posted: 12/1/22 at 9:07am
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of KPOP The Musical will be released on February 24, 2023. Available for preorder now, the album is produced by Harvey Mason jr. and features music, lyrics, music production and arrangements by Helen Park and music and lyrics by Max Vernon.
Posted: 12/1/22 at 9:23am
Will they be able to stay open until then?
Posted: 12/1/22 at 9:36am
Cannot wait to hear this music again!
Posted: 12/1/22 at 11:14am
I am so SO glad they're getting a cast album but I have some doubts that they'll be able to stay open long enough for this to make any impact on the box office, especially for the post-New Year months. But I can definitely see myself having this on repeat for a good chunk of time.
Posted: 12/1/22 at 7:11pm
SO glad this is happening, but agree with y'all that it would be surprising if this thing is still kicking by then. Fingers crossed.
Posted: 12/1/22 at 7:36pm
Harvey Mason, Jr. producing this is pretty wild, in a great way. He knows the genre and is the CEO of the Recording Academy.
I’m super excited about this album officially happening. I bet it will be on repeat for me; the songs are all bops. Hoping this also leads to a Tony nomination for its score.
Posted: 2/20/23 at 10:48pm
Was wondering if this was still set to drop on Friday as I hadn't heard anything lately, and according to the Amazon product page it looks like the release date has been pushed to April 14.
Posted: 2/20/23 at 10:52pm
BroadwayGuy12 said: "Was wondering if this was still set to drop on Friday as I hadn't heard anything lately, and according to the Amazon product page it looks like the release date has been pushed to April 14."
That could be for the CD release; there could still be a digital release this Friday.
Posted: 2/21/23 at 4:28pm
The physical release date has been pushed back once again, to May 12.
Posted: 2/21/23 at 4:52pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "The physical release date has been pushed back once again, to May 12."
Got pushed back twice in two days…yikes.
Here I thought they would try to get it out soon enough where they would see if they could get Tony nominators in their corner.
iTunes is still showing just the TV edit single of “This Is My Korea”
Posted: 2/21/23 at 5:30pm
Can’t wait for the recording. The music was great. I saw the show on Broadway. The book was GODAWFUL. One of the worst I’ve ever seen. It destroyed the show. How could the director have fixed it? The musical numbers were great. Everything I hoped for. They should rework the show in L.A. where there is a large Korean community. Throw out the book & it will work. There is a lot of interest. Just tour the show & forget Broadway.
Posted: 2/21/23 at 10:09pm
RichieRSRich said: "Can’t wait for the recording. The music was great. I saw the show on Broadway. The book was GODAWFUL. One of the worst I’ve ever seen. It destroyed the show. How could the director have fixed it? The musical numbers were great. Everything I hoped for. They should rework the show in L.A. where there is a large Korean community. Throw out the book & it will work. There is a lot of interest. Just tour the show & forget Broadway."
Agree about the book, but I don’t think going to LA is the answer. It has had a better book, it could’ve done well on Broadway. The off Broadway production got excellent reviews.
Posted: 2/22/23 at 11:13am
Per a couple of cast members, digital release has also been pushed back to May 12.
Posted: 2/22/23 at 5:35pm
They’re not going to redo it in NY right now so start a new tour somewhere else.
Posted: 2/22/23 at 9:49pm
What're the chances they'll just scrap the recording after all?
Not that I'm in the music business, but didn't they finish recording the songs months ago? Though I'm sure more work like sound mixing is to be done, I can't imagine there's so much that they'd need to push it back to May. Is this a possible budget thing?
Posted: 2/22/23 at 11:53pm
Id say very likely. They're probably out of money and no one's willing to invest. Cast recordings rarely make money on their own, they're advertising for the show and a public service of preserving part of it. But there's now no show to advertise and the longer the wait, the less pressing the latter feels (unfortunately). Broadway is a business.
Posted: 2/23/23 at 4:18am
Whatever the reason for the delay, I’d say it’s not scrapped since Sony officially announced May 12 as the new release date with “exciting updates coming soon.” I wonder if it had anything to do with Harvey Mason producing the Grammys and this album at the same time (guess which would have taken priority) or if they’re doing something special like including other K-pop artists in bonus tracks. I think this release is a priority for the team since they keep teasing that this isn’t the end of the road for the show, and an album would be the show’s calling card for whatever is in store. It would also drop during Tony season on the slight chance the score is nominated because hey, as per the rule change, you don’t need to have seen the show to vote for it.
Posted: 3/15/23 at 12:04pm
Updated On: 3/15/23 at 12:04 PM
Posted: 3/15/23 at 12:13pm
Track listing:
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Posted: 3/16/23 at 1:03am
I love that they’re turning this album release into an event. Not bad timing with awards season. It is too bad they couldn’t drum up excitement like this for the actual show.
Posted: 3/17/23 at 12:36am
First listen of Luna (MwE) and the company performing "Super Star":
Posted: 3/17/23 at 1:10am
That made me so excited for the rest of the songs/videos that will be released over the coming weeks. They’re coming for some dark-horse Tony noms with these.
Posted: 3/17/23 at 1:43am
Yall I was about to go to bed but this drop has me SO PUMPED now I don't see how that's possible. It's SO GOOD! Ahh!
Posted: 3/17/23 at 8:08am
HeyMrMusic said: "That made me so excited for the rest of the songs/videos that will be released over the coming weeks. They’re coming for some dark-horse Tony noms with these."
My No Guts, No Glory prediction for this year is Kpop overperforming compared to expectations. Musical, Score, Choreography, etc. I'm tempted to even go with Luna, but Actress in a Musical is such a strong category...
Posted: 3/17/23 at 10:01am
I can see an outside shot at Score, Choreography, Scenic and Lighting Design (they love a transformation of a theatre). This video alone makes a case for all four of those. There’s so much competition in Actress, but I could see her being picked over Lorna perhaps.
