Jang Min-ho drops 'Essay ep.4' tracklist — 6 tracks, self-composed songs, and a stacked collaborator lineup

Essay ep.4 lands Nov. 24 with six tracks

Jang Min-ho's 에세이 ep.4 drops on the 24th. It's the fourth installment in his Essay series. He revealed the tracklist on the 11th via official SNS.

The six tracks:

• "산, 삶" (title track)
• "인생이란 친구에게" (pre-release)
• "울고 싶을 때는 울어라"
• "벚꽃낙엽"
• "바람이요"
• "김형"

The album spans jazz-style adult contemporary trot, ballad trot, and Korean traditional music-influenced disco. Jang Min-ho composed some of the songs himself.

Title track reunites him with the composer behind '남자는 말합니다'

Yun Myeong-seon (윤명선) wrote the title track "산, 삶." She previously composed Jang Min-ho's signature song "남자는 말합니다." The track uses climbing a mountain as a metaphor for life's cycles of success, failure, frustration, and hope.

The album concept centers on 인생 (life). Mountains, wind, and the seasons of flowers blooming and falling frame moments encountered along the way.

Collaborators and what to watch first

The full collaborator list for 에세이 ep.4 includes Park Sun-joo (박선주), Algoboni Honsu Sangtae (알고보니 혼수상태), Yun Myeong-seon, Lee Yong-gu and Lee Dong-cheol (이용구·이동철), Im Dae-yeol (임대열), and Yoo Jae-wook (유재욱). That's a wide net for a six-track record.

Before the full album arrives, Jang Min-ho performs pre-release track "인생이란 친구에게" on MBC ON's 트롯챔피언 on the 12th. Mark it—that's the earliest look at the new era.