The South Korean rapper tells the genesis of his new EP Voice Tool Tip.Txt 2 to Panorama.it, between author collaborations and a musical poetics based on radical honesty
In the rough heart of the South Korean hip hop, Huh found his voice where many seek only a reflection. Born in Wonju in 1998, he approached rap as an urgency, not as a ambition: the words arrived before the strategy, the beat before the plan. When he appeared in the ninth season of Show Me The Money, he did not seem a predestined. Still, something in him forced the Dynamic Duo Choiza and Gaeko to stop. Huh did not seek approval, he looked for the space to have his say – and found a label, Amoeba Culture, willing to bet on his authenticity.
Since then, he has built a discography without worries and without forcing that does not ask for permission to exist. Voice Tool Tip.Txt 2, his latest EP, is a declaration of intent: six tracks that mix rap, Afrobeats and Jersey Club with the naturalness of those who have never wanted to stay within a single definition. In “One Dead One Alive” his voice does not get up: weighs. The visual imagination becomes cinema, and the collaborations – from The Quiett to Penomeco, from Bi to Ocean from the Blue – are not ornaments, but amplifiers of an increasingly clear sound identity.
Huh, in the checkerboard of South Korean music, plays the role of the silent player who, while the rest of the table raises his voice, observes and moves the right pedestrian. He doesn’t need to speak too much: just listen to him once to understand that in this new season of the K-Hip Hop, the game has already changed masters.
Panorama.it spoke with him in an exclusive interview.
For those who are only discovering you now, could you introduce you to your words?
Hi, I’m huh. I am a rapper and I make music in Korea.
Your new EP Voice Tool Tip.Txt 2 mixes genres in a really powerful way. What has inspired his sound and the direction you took?
This EP is actually the second part of the Voice Tool Tip.Txt series. The first part came out in 2023. I wanted to show how I can mix and work with different musical styles.
The song One Dead One Alive has a very intense atmosphere. What is the message or the feeling you wanted to convey?
Trying to be more honest with myself, I realized that I had the habit of being too humble or to apologize too much. I wanted to get rid of this and go back to what I really am. I expressed that process as a death and a rebirth.
You collaborated with artists such as The Quiett, Penomeco, Oceanfromtheblue and BI in this EP. How did these collaborations come about?
From the moment I started creating the songs, some artists came to mind in a natural way for each track. So I contacted them, and we gave birth to the pieces together.
Is there an artist – Korean or international – with whom you have not yet collaborated but with whom you would like to do it in the future?
I’d love to make a song with Swae Lee.
From Business Boy to Swear, up to Voice Tool Tip.Txt 2, your growth is evident. How do you feel you have evolved musically?
When I understood that good music is simply good music – regardless of the genre – a whole new creative world has opened for me. Whether it is centered on melody or rap, if it is done well, people will feel it.
When you don’t register or do not perform, how do you keep creative inspiration alive?
I think inspiration is everywhere. But you really have to stay open: if you don’t try to hear it, you probably won’t be able to.
When you create a new song, do you prefer to start from the text or beat?
I think it’s a bit and a little. Depends. Sometimes, if a theme comes to mind first, throw a few lines down and I come back later. Other times, when a beat really hits me, I build the whole idea at the moment.
What awaits you in 2025? Can fans expect a tour or other new music shortly?
Since this album has a different atmosphere than what I usually publish, I really wanted to know what fans thought. So I organized a listening session where I shared my creative process and the reflections behind each song, and it was great to communicate with those who follow me. It is not a real album, but it gave me a great sense of realization. Now that it has come out, I’m going to take a short break and live with a little less stress. I also have some songs I am working on, and I am thinking of publishing some of them.
If I could describe you as an artist with a single word, what would it be?
“Honesty.” I try to be honest in every aspect of my music – in the texts, in the voice, in all my way of creating.
