How Fil-Korean Joshua Kim makes his presence felt in the OPM scene

How Fil-Korean Joshua Kim makes his presence felt in the OPM scene

- JERRY DONATO

Joshua Kim shows what he’s made of as a promising singer-songwriter in his debut six-track EP, Alone In Melbourne. It’s his contribution to the ever-evolving and adapting Original Pilipino Music (OPM) and perhaps also a glimpse of what musical path Joshua might further tread on. He belongs to the young group of storytellers that are making their presence felt in the local recording and live performance scenes.

“It’s the title track of the EP,” said Joshua of Alone In Melbourne, the song in a virtual interview with The STAR. The other tunes on the album are Breeze, as well as its alternate version Breeze-Amihan, Pockets, Silent Footsteps and Tempo.

“I would think so. I think most of the themes that are in the EP are in that song when it comes to uncertainty, trying to figure out where I am in life. You know, what I actually want,” answered the artist when asked if the track Alone In Melbourne set the overall tone and theme of the album. “It’s kinda like an introspective look into, like me trying to figure out what makes me happy.” In a previous performance, Joshua said it’s “a song about homesickness and about missing the things that you used to have.”

Just a quick flashback: Joshua wrote