Credit
Article. Yoon Hae-in, Kim Doheon (pop music critic)
Design. Jeon Yurim
Photo Credit. Disney+
​MOVING (Disney Plus)
Yoon Hae-in: Kim Bong-seok (Lee Jungha), a senior at Jeongwon High School almost floats to the sky when he feels excited. His mother Lee Mi-hyun (Han Hyojoo), who runs a pork cutlet restaurant, tries to keep his powers hidden from the world by always feeding him a lot to make him gain weight and tying sandbags to his legs so his body won’t rise. The child with an uncontrollable power keeps soaring into the sky while the mother who gave him such power does whatever it takes to keep him on the ground. Based on Kang Full’s webtoon with the same title and written by the writer himself, MOVING tells the story of a parent with an extraordinary power and a child who inherited it. Set in Jeongwon High School where kids with superpowers are all there for certain reasons, the story expands, with hints that Jang Hui-soo (Go Younjung), who transferred to Jeongwon High, and her father Jang Ju-won (Ryu Seungryong), who runs a chicken shop, both have hidden abilities and some history while the superpowered parents who retired from NIS each get murdered by the killer Frank (Ryu Seungbum). While it’s about those with superpowers, the main characters are ordinary people like students or self-employed workers, and the parents strive to ensure that their children carry on with their daily lives. Thus, Lee Mi-hyun telling the young Kim Bong-seok that “The ability to understand other people’s minds” is the most important superpower, is the core heroic value and the message of MOVING. What parents should pass down to their children before their supernatural abilities are: nice attitude, sound mind, and daily routines separate from the dangerous world. Throughout the episodes, various characters and incidents that seemed irrelevant fit right in, unfolding a huge plot and capturing the unique fun of Kang Full’s webtoons. The first seven premier episodes deal with the present, centered on Kim Bong-seok, Jang Hui-soo, and Frank; and from episode eight and on, the past histories of the parents like Lee Mi-hyun and Jang Ju-won begin to unfold. There are 11 episodes currently available on Disney Plus.
​Soul Delivery -  “Peninsula Park”
Kim Doheon (pop music critic): Soul Delivery is a black music band that tries to find ways to sparkle more brightly by being together. They don’t aim for unilateral delivery or strong self-assertion. The quartet of SHINDRUM, Joon’s Second Life, HAEUN, and Jung Yong-hoon was born from their shared experience of communicating via the language of music, and they suggest having a partner for such a valuable journey. Their method of approach—presenting a variety of live contents and musical ensemble performances—feels close and friendly. Their second work, “Peninsula Park,” which is based on their experience of cohabiting in London for a month, is a new piece of music filled with their charms. It's like listening to a jam session in a studio or a live NPR Tiny Desk concert. After three rounds of sound checks, there’s a free intersection of R&B, jazz, soul, funk, and blues over an organic flow of intersecting instrumental and vocal songs. You exchange happy greetings, unleash your imagination with your friends who are visiting the studio, and eventually get into the zone of spiritual creation. Veteran musicians JINBO, Yoon Da Hye, and Lulu took part in the music, as well as SOLE and THAMA, who did the vocals in their debut album FOODCOURT. In particular, “Impossible Espoir,” featuring the jazz flutist Ko Youjin, offers a cozy reinterpretation of Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal’s collaboration based on black music. Lately, we’ve been experiencing a crisis of community. We should band together with beautiful music.