Eric Nam, Frenship

At the 2020 Golden Globes, Parasite director Bong Joon Ho said, “Once you [English-speaking audiences] overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” Well, the same is true about non-English lyrics. Because, sure, smoking-hot, bilingual, heartthrob Eric Nam recently released a debut English record, Before We Begin, with the very danceable, posi break-up anthem “Congratulations.” But if you ignore his Korean-language singles you’re going to miss out on all the light-hearted bangers he made before this, like “Runaway” and “Potion.” Okay, actually it looks like they made an English version of “Runaway,” but what about “Potion?” Won’t somebody please listen to “Potion?”