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__//**(1) Who are 옥상달빛(Rooftop Moonlight)?**//__ Rooftop Moonlight is called as 'female version of 10cm' nowadays because of their growing popularity. Despite of this nickname, Rooftop Moonlight is very different from 10cm. The name 'Rooftop Moonlight' was made by each of them writing down their favorite Korean words. Because '옥상(Rooftop)' and '달빛(Moonlight)' were overlapping, the duo's name became simply '옥상달빛(Rooftop Moonlight)', which perfectly fits their music style. These two women, Sejin Park(left) and Yoonjoo Kim(right), were both pianists, but changed their career and made this indie duo in 2008. At first, they started performing at Hongdae free market. People loved their music because of the beautiful harmony and the melody of piano and xylophone. Then, they became famous after their music 'Rooftop Moonlight' was used as the OST of the drama 'Pasta'. Their first album(EP), '옥탑라됴(Rooftop Radio)', was released in 2010 and it was a quiet hit that they started to perform on several TV shows. In 2011, their first official album '28' was released and this album was more loved than the first. Rooftop Moonlight had their first concert in June 2011 which was also a great success. Rooftop Moonlight is still growing more popular by appealing to the audience with their touching lyrics.

__//**(2) Music**//__

There are lots of popular female indie musicians such as Yojo and Taru, who are famous with their cute love songs. Unlike these musicians, Rooftop Moonlight sings about their life with a beautiful harmony. The main theme of their music is "What is happiness?". To answer this question, they talk about general problems that everyone might have and praise how life is actually beautiful.

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Rooftop Moonlight chose this song, '하드코어 인생아(Hardcore, my life)', as their favorite in the interview before. The lyrics talks about how life seems meaningless, but everyday is still a precious moment in our life. This song portrays the main theme of Rooftop Moonlight's music clearly.

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'옥상달빛(Rooftop Moonlight)' was the OST of drama 'Pasta'. Although only the "La la la" part was on drama, people started to search for this song. Unlike the previous song, this one has a cheerful melody. The harmony makes the music sound beautiful and the lyrics talking about how life is wonderful gives hope to the listeners.

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'보호해줘(Protect Me)' is a sad song about love. This music starts with a line saying "Don't be surprised if I die right now". The lyrics talks about how the woman wants the man to love her and protect her. Because rooftop Moonlight performed with a band, the music sounds more full and dramatic.


 * __//(3) Recommended Music//__**

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 * The lyrics talks about how she misses someone she loves. This is my favorite song because the harmony is very beautiful in this song. Also, the melodion solo starts with the familiar melody but continues onto a sad melody that expresses the message in the lyrics.

- 없는 게 메리트 (Nothing is Merit) media type="youtube" key="fEB7C3svX1o?version=3" height="390" width="640"
 * This is a very cheerful song with an energetic melody. The lyrics talks about how she does not have anything, but still brave and proud of herself. This song gives hope to lots of people who think they are not special.

__//**(4) Popularity**//__

Rooftop Moonlight had their first concert, Merit of Solo, and all of the tickets were sold-out. This proves that Rooftop Moonlight has maintained lots of fan. In addition, 10,000 copiesof their new album '28' were completely sold-out. Because more people wanted to buy their album, Rooftop Moonlight had to order more albums to the company. Although Rooftop Moonlight is not as famous as 10cm, they are expected to grow more popular. Since their voices are beautiful, if they sing another OST for a drama, many people will notice them. I hope Rooftop Moonlight releases more albums that give hope to others.