Baltimore just birthed a game-changer. With her debut single “어디야 (Where You At?)” dropped on August 26, 2025, ah-Na (aka Anna Kim) is already bending the rules of what K-pop can be. Raised in Ellicott City, she’s repping the DMV with a sound that throws back to early 2000s Korean hip hop, think Drunken Tiger, Dynamic Duo, Epik High, and Leessang—but filters it through futuristic production that only a hybrid AI-meets-human artist could pull off.
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Written and produced by JP Lin and creative producer Doe Kim, and recorded at South Port Studios, the track hits like a lost mixtape from Seoul’s golden era, booming drums, vinyl-warm bass, and that nostalgic boom-bap grit—but polished with razor-sharp modern edges. ah-Na rides the beat with slick bilingual verses and a hook that glides from confident to vulnerable in one breath.
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What makes this exciting is how intentional the whole project feels. With Joseph Plocharczyk (VP Global Talent at Warner Brothers Discovery) quietly steering the studio’s mission to fuse old-school musicianship with AI tools, “어디야” becomes more than just a debut, it’s a manifesto. It says Baltimore’s Korean-American scene has something new to offer the global K-pop conversation, and ah-Na is ready to lead the charge.
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