Lee Hong Ki Wants to Do Music He Wants to Do

FT Island Vocalist Lee Hong Ki

If there is one drawback to being a contracted star, it's the creative limitations put on you.

Lee Hong Ki, the lead vocalist for K-PopRock group FT Island, expressed his concern over being scared about not being able to produce the music that he would like to produce.

On the show, "Do Dream", he expressed that "The music I want to do and the music that the general public likes are different."

I would just like to say, that not everyone agrees with that sentiment. I am not sure if he's talking about the public in general or the audience in Korea, but I, for one, have many varied musical interests and I wouldn't mind hearing the type of music that he would like to put out. Not everyone likes to hear the mainstream stuff. In fact, fans get bored of hearing the same sound over and over. That's why FT Island has become so popular, their sound is different! Instrument playing K-Pop artists? Who would have thought? Not dance pop techno music? Awesome! Some of the biggest hits in music have come from artists that went against the mainstream likes. You never know until you put it out, Hong Ki.

Now, whether or not that is possible is a different story. Like I mentioned before, one of the drawbacks to being a star under contract is that you are limited by your contract. If FNC Entertainment says that he has to sing whatever they put in front of him, well, Hong Ki is sure out of luck.

I hope he will be able to come to a compromise with his agency if that's the case. And I hope he trusts fans, like myself, and will be able to put out music that he likes soon.

Source: KpopStarz