Adrian McKinnon on his musical background, songwriting process, writing for EXO, SHINee, NCT + more!

In this interview, singer/songwriter producer Adrian McKinnon talks about his journey from first getting into K-Pop to writing NCT 127's Superhuman, SuperM's Jopping, WayV's Moonwalk, EXO's Obsession, Tempo and more.

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Follow Adrian McKinnon:
Twitter: @ADMC1
IG: @adrian_gram
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Twitter & IG: @umucado
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Video editing: Lazy Ace Dia (   / maninbackground  )
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0:58 Adrian introduction, musical background
3:47 Introduction to K-Pop + writing for it, (December 2014, A Winter's Tale)
5:15 Song writing process when working overseas
6:29 Who creates the song concept + title? (Lightsaber, Moonwalk)
9:07 K-Pop lyrics (Superhuman, 4Walls)
10:18 Do your vocals from the demo ever stay in the final song? (yes: "yeahhhh, superhumannn", "ooooooo" backround "ooooos")
11:29 Behind-the-scenes of Married to the Music MV
13:33 More stuff about Married to the Music's composition
14:44 What track was the most fun to write over? (Superhuman, View)
16:34 Writing parts of Obsession and Jopping
17:48 K-Pop choruses
19:44 What section of a song you've written are you most proud of? (Superhuman)
22:22 Writing lyrics