Adrian McKinnon on K-Pop harmonies, line distribution, working with Jonghyun & more

In part 2 of this interview with singer/songwriter producer Adrian McKinnon, he talks about K-Pop vocalists he respects, and writing EXO's Tempo, his favorite releases of 2019 and much more!

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Twitter: @ADMC1
IG: @adrian_gram
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1:29 writing K-Pop melodies
2:35 what is the importance of harmony?
3:40 what makes a K-Pop song good?
4:35 What K-Pop vocalists have been your favorite to write for? Who do you want to write for in the future? (EXO, BTS, Taemin)
5:45 Experiencing Taemin's Danger for the first time
7:39 Memories of working on Moon with Jonghyun
9:42 Line distribution ever surprising? (Baekhyun, D.O, Chen)
11:57 Writing EXO's Tempo
13:23 Writing NCT 127's Superhuman intro
14:30 View and 4Walls for SHINee vs F(x) + fanboying about Luna
15:53 Writing a song for a specific artist + it switching last minute (Superhuman)
17:30 SM's YEAAAAAAAAHs (Jopping, Superhuman, Obsession)
18:48 Writing SuperM's Jopping
19:52 Favorite K-Pop songs of 2019? (Superhuman, Jackson Wang, BTS)
21:39 What Adrian McKinnon's songwriting /Adrian McKinnon/?
23:47 SM SONG DUNGEON???
25:05 Ending ment, AI Jones, new songs coming out with LDN Noise + Tay Jasper!!!

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! Follow Adrian McKinnon on IG: @adrian_gram :D

1:29 writing K-Pop melodies
2:35 what is the importance of harmony?
3:40 what makes a K-Pop song good?
4:35 What K-Pop vocalists have been your favorite to write for? Who do you want to write for in the future? (EXO, BTS, Taemin)
5:45 Experiencing Taemin's Danger for the first time
7:39 Memories of working on Moon with Jonghyun
9:42 Line distribution ever surprising? (Baekhyun, D.O, Chen)
11:57 Writing EXO's Tempo
13:23 Writing NCT 127's Superhuman intro
14:30 View and 4Walls for SHINee vs F(x) + fanboying about Luna
15:53 Writing a song for a specific artist + it switching last minute (Superhuman)
17:30 SM's (Jopping, Superhuman, Obsession)
18:48 Writing SuperM's Jopping
19:52 Favorite K-Pop songs of 2019? (Superhuman, Jackson Wang, BTS)
21:39 What Adrian McKinnon's songwriting unique to /Adrian McKinnon/?
23:47 SM SONG VAULT??
25:05 Ending ment, AI Jones, new songs coming out in 2020 with LDN Noise + Tay Jasper!!!

[marielc]

"D.O. does runs like nobody's business he sounds like he's from another planet"
My angel❤️

[shou_]

“Superhuman was underrated” ouch. It hurts hearing that from the producer himself. Because I always thought that superhuman was my favorite kpop song ever, and maybe one of my favorite in all music genres, but I thought it was just personal opinion. Now He said that Superhuman, I’m so sad the song didn’t get the success it deserved (partly because of boycotting) because damn this song is good

[okzoktj]

“My wife loves Taemin too.” I’m not surprised. Everyone loves Taemin. Ha ha

[formoftherapy]

Damn whoever filmed this did a really good job

[ryanoladipo]

The EXO vocal trio description was so on point

[andreamarie]

EXO's Chen, D.O. and Baekhyun's vocals are really good. His description of their vocal capabilities is so on point. I love the harmonies and layering EXO have in their songs.

[팬츠리더]

Superhuman is criminally underrated. Superhuman and tempo is 2 of best kpop song I've ever heard and this guy wrote those songs. Respect sir, please write more dope songs in the future!

[nk]

I notice a lot of exols pay attention to who’s working on Exo songs and we appreciate all the artists and writers that give us the wonderful songs that made us fall for Exo. I’m very much looking forward to your work with ldn noise and tay jasper I’m fan of all your works

[paranoiadance]

Superhuman actually got me curious about the Kpop world, then Shinee got me hooked, then EXO got me to stay. Tempo is def one of my faves. Such a great interview. Hearing him talk about Jonghyun made me tear up a bit. You could definitely tell that he was born to be a star and had such a commanding presence. I’m sad I didn’t know about him when he was still alive.

[elainevivi]

"i think superhuman was underrated" SAY IT

[mainguyen]

9:58 pure joy is when i see someone appreciating EXO's vocal line

[exo_ateez]

Tempo is a whole masterpiece and only EXO could make it sound that way

[gracedalena]

I love how he gets so excited about EXO's Main Vocal line ChenBaekSoo, like we all know these are the power vocal but seeing him an actual songwriter appreciating these three just made me smile.

[scorphsalvatore]

I fell in love with Kpop was due to Jonghyun and then I fell in love with SHINee. So when Adrian spoke about Taemin and then Jonghyun just warmth my heart. The guy wrote bops seriously I'm just so grateful for his works. Thank you Adrian and Umu, your content is so great!

[Xirangeix]

"The reason I fell into kpop was taemin" Same. Taemins a god. Or should I say taedaddy :)

[ajasuncion]

D.O.'S VOICE IS MY MOST FAVORITE.

[pudeongi]

bro when he talks about working with jonghyun, i would have given ANYTHING to be in that room and experience them just bouncing ideas off of each other without really speaking each other’s language. that part literally gave me chills, just imagine how colorful that room must have been. idk how to describe it but just the atmosphere of that room must’ve been incredible

[OokamiTsu]

6:13 Thanks to Taemin for dragging this awesome man into Kpop 😂 I'm so happy he talked about Jonghyun, our angel may be remembered with joy, as the talented and kind man he was ♥️

[yokonamigaara]

The info about the the creation of Moon was so fascinating, it really gives a whole new dimension to that song and who Jjong was as a writer, which is not a side we'd ever really get to see into