A new music video by artist Miljenko Matijević highlights the style and ethos of Korea. (photo courtesy of Peter Svenson/KCCLA)
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles has joined Miljenko Matijević’s upcoming music video “Trust in Love” to promote Korean culture, the beauty of the “hanbok,” the term for Korean traditional costume, and Korean traditional performing arts.
Matijević _is the lead singer of the American musical group “Steelheart,” which is highly popular with Korean fans from their hit song “She’s Gone.” Matijević _has appeared in numerous Korean TV programs like the “Masked Singer” and “Flaming Youth” and appears on various Korean drama soundtracks.
“One night after watching the news on television, I was saddened to hear about the pain and the suffering of what the people of North and South Korea are going through. I turned off the television and sat down at my piano, immediately a song started writing itself before me,” Matijević _said. “The words of ‘Trust in Love’ came to me and I knew this song was meant for the Korean people. A song to help unify the Korean peninsula, with a new understanding of peace and love. I wrote the lyrics in English and then it was translated into Korean. I believe my words were beautifully translated.”
KCCLA hopes to promote the hanbok, Korean culture and the message of world peace through “Trust in Love.”
“We celebrate 140 year-diplomatic ties between the US and Korea this year,” Wijin Park, director of KCCLA, said. “Miljenko and I picked the Korean Friendship Bell, which is a landmark in San Pedro, Calif. Also, he and I thought it would be meaningful for us to wear hanbok in the ‘Trust in Love’ music video. KCCLA will do more celebrity collaboration programs like this in the future.”
“Trust In Love” will be released simultaneously on March 3 at noon in Korea through various Korean music platforms and the United States on March 2 at 10 p.m. EST in the United States through Spotify, Apple, Amazon and other U.S. music platforms.
For information, visit kccla.org.
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