[Star Daily News = Cheon Seol Hwa Reporter] Singer Oh Hyun Woo has returned with the traditional ballad ‘Lean on My Shoulder’, targeting the winter season.
The song ‘Lean on My Shoulder’, released on the 25th, combines Oh Hyun Woo’s sweet voice color with warm winter emotions, receiving a positive response from fans.
This song conveys a message that it’s okay to stop and rest when life feels burdensome and exhausting, providing encouragement to someone and offering warmth that quietly comforts and supports a weary heart.
The song’s flow, which feels like reassuring someone that it’s okay to lean on a shoulder and take a deep breath even if tears fall, delivers small hope and warmth to people tired of everyday life.
The lyrics softly and warmly conveyed to a loved one are expressed through Oh Hyun Woo’s gentle and warm tone. Expressions like ‘I’ll stay here in this place’, ‘Don’t wipe away the flowing tears / It’s okay to cry / I’ll lend you my shoulder’ depict a heart that always wants to be a strong support.
The music video released with the song maximizes the archetype of a seasonal ballad with an intimate setting on a small stage alongside piano accompaniment, capturing the warm ambiance of winter interiors. The sight of Oh Hyun Woo singing a comforting song to someone right in front evokes a sense of familiarity.
After the song release, a fan highlighted Oh Hyun Woo’s evaluation during his appearance on MBN’s ‘Voice King’ in 2021, supporting his new song activities.
Yoon Il Sang praised him, saying, “The purity that feels more valuable than passion, that heart is wholly revealed in the vocals and even completes the performance, which makes him more attractive the more you watch.” Bada expressed high expectations for his future activities, saying, “The voice is so good. He’s a boyfriend to my ear.”
With the release of the new song, Oh Hyun Woo expressed his feelings, saying, “I want to overcome the cold winter with the shared empathy found in ‘Lean on My Shoulder’ with the fans who give me strength and guide my musical direction,” and “I hope it becomes a song that provides strength through comfort to those who are lonely and struggling with worries and conflicts.”
