Dear Arcadian announced itself to the Korean scene with the single "EXODUS." Through tight rap, urgent vocals, heavy guitars, and detailed production, the band channels a desire to break away from everyday injustice, hatred, discrimination, and the contempt directed at people chasing their dreams.

Dear Arcadian

A band confronting social absurdity with an intense post-hardcore sound.

EXODUS

Song Insang grew up between mountain villages and the seaside, carrying those early impressions of nature into his music. After teaching himself guitar and songwriting in middle school, he released the EP "물감" and has continued to write songs shaped by childhood memory, city life, and family collaboration.

Song Insang

A singer-songwriter who paints fragments of life and treasured memories through song.

Ha Juwon, also known as Woni, is a musician who roams from place to place around the world playing handpan.

Ha Juwon

A musician who wanders around the world playing handpan.

Joyakgol is an anarchist activist and musician who has taken part in peace movements in Daechuri, Saemangeum, and Gangjeong. After encountering a pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins during the anti-naval-base struggle in Gangjeong in 2011, he co-founded the marine environmental group Hot Pink Dolphins and helped launch Asia's first aquarium dolphin liberation movement.

Joyakgol

A peace activist and musician, co-director of Hot Pink Dolphins, deeply involved in the Gangjeong peace movement.

Yoon Soong has continued to release intimate folk records since the breakout success of the EP "그 방을 열고 나올 사람은 나밖에 없네" in 2021. Her work draws a lyrical journey from dark woods to open sea and from dawn into morning, turning pain and persistence into song.

Yoon Soong

A folk singer-songwriter who lyrically traces life, death, and the journey of moving forward through despair.

Anti Stress brings together Sai, known for singing original songs across protest sites and rural communities, and Rainbow99, one of Korea's standout guitarists with a wide experimental palette spanning ambient and generative music. Their collaboration turns folk spirit and sonic experimentation into rough, high-energy punk.

Anti Stress

A punk band formed by organic punk-folk artist Sai and shoegaze guitarist Rainbow99.

Lim Jeongdeuk began music in the Ye Saga Rak singing group at Yeungnam University and has worked as a minjung singer since his 2011 debut. Performing at sites of labor struggle, anti-eviction resistance, and Sewol family protests, he writes, composes, and produces most of his own work, with "Salt Flower Tree" among his best-known songs.

Lim Jeongdeuk

A minjung singer-songwriter known for singing at struggle sites across Korea and for the song "Salt Flower Tree."

소금꽃나무

Heo Jeonghyeok, who also performs under the alias son of florist, came to wider attention after winning bronze at the 28th Yoo Jae-ha Music Competition in 2017. He also works in the duo Siot and Wind, and his 2023 first full-length album "Budding Days" was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2024 Korean Music Awards.

Heo Jeonghyeok

A folk singer-songwriter recognized through the Yoo Jae-ha Music Competition, with his full-length album "Budding Days" nominated for Best Folk Album.

Ppalajida is a Jeju-based batucada ensemble that has been active since 2022, playing group samba percussion rooted in Brazilian tradition. Dongbaek Small School is an alternative school in Jeju that practices project-based education around ecology, human rights, and peace. Together they present a rhythm of peace created by a local community and young people.

Ppalajida X Dongbaek Small School

A collaborative stage between the Jeju-based batucada group Ppalajida and Dongbaek Small School, an alternative school centered on ecology, human rights, and peace.

Dear Arcadian

Videos

Dear Arcadian - Messiah @옥타바리움 라이브홀

Dear Arcadian - Exodus (Official Video)