My first album was very eclectic and very soft as a vocal expression.

Jihae

Categorized in : First Soft Album Expression

I've always been interested in social psychology and why certain groups of people do things while others don't.

others things always people

If we learn that we're actually the same, then we can be a grander picture and not be so hateful to each other.

then learn picture same

I think when I was 16, I thought I was going to go to law school. And then, once I got into college, I decided I don't like to read that much or to study that much.

thought think law school

Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it.

opera grandmother singers mother

I mean, I grew up in a very musical family.

very up family mean

I had to do a lot of studying 'cause I had to learn new languages all the time. So it was a little bit painful watching other kids play outside, and I'm stuck at home learning something.

new learning home time

I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.

me teach learning dad

I do a combination of running and kung fu on a regular basis.

regular kung-fu combination running

When you travel to a new country, your spirit has to catch up with you. I love going for a run when I land; it keeps me active and helps my body adjust to the new time zone.

me you time love

Plane food is terrible.

plane terrible food

It's so astounding the amount of sacrifice the astronauts have to go through to do what they do and all the science involved in space exploration.

go sacrifice space science

In my music career, I never was interested in working and writing and creating songs based on what kind of rewards I could receive in return - a hit song, per se, is what most contemporary artists have to deal with when they deal with a label.

never music writing song

I think if Elon Musk asked me to go to Mars as a musician, to sing for people, I think I might just do that. A return ticket would be a nice incentive, though.

think me nice people

I am a space geek now.

i-am now geek space

Being healthy makes me feel beautiful.

feel being me beautiful

When you make an album, you have a team of musicians you work with; when you're a director and you're creating a motion picture, it's a much bigger animal.

picture you work animal

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

soon just storytelling love

Music is my first love, and it's not something I'll ever stop.

stop something music love

I felt like when you're an actor, you don't get to fully creatively express yourself - most of the time, it's not your own writing or direction.

direction yourself you time

We live in a world where over 160 million people are displaced because of climate change or war, and they have no rights and no protection, and not enough countries or people around the world are helping them.

climate-change change war people