Esquire Singapore

know thyself

You can’t deny Eric Nam’s spirited charisma. On his recent There and Back Again World Tour, the 33-year-old bantered wittily with his audience despite the occasional farfetched offers of adoption requests that were witnessed on his TikTok account. This is not an abrupt and surprising act. The Korean-American’s newest sophomore English album, also titled There and Back Again, resonates with many as it unpacks the crests and falls of life. Which explains why listeners naturally gravitate towards Nam’s work.

Like the rest of us, Nam has to confront his emotions, only he does it through music, specifically on his seven-track record. “The music in this album has a spectrum of emotions such as feeling both good and bad due to romance, work, friends and even other factors. I wanted to capture this essence when writing and putting this project together,” he says.

“I feel like there’s got to be one song that a listener

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Esquire Singapore

Esquire Singapore2 min read
Living Authentically
Some weeks ago, I walked in on Rahat (our Editor-in-Chief, if you're wondering why the name rings a bell) and Marc (our Senior Marketing Manager) breathlessly discussing their experiences with an elderly tarot card reader who plies her trade out of h
Esquire Singapore4 min read
Opulent Trip
Egypt is a surreal place—there's no way about that. When you visit its tombs and temples, it's easy to let a sense of awe wash over you. The architectural marvels, the engineering genius, and the painstaking hieroglyphics carved and painted by hand.
Esquire Singapore12 min read
By The Num83r5
If the success of a species might be measured by its numbers, humankind seemingly has much to celebrate. Remarkably, two millennia ago, there were just 300 million of us. Within your grandparents’ lifetime, that figure exploded to 2.5 billion. Now we

Related Books & Audiobooks