Sam Kim

Sam Kim (born February 19, 1998) is a Korean-American singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist. He is signed under Antenna Music, having finished as the runner-up of the talent show K-pop Star 3. He made his official debut on April 10, 2016 with the EP I Am Sam, and followed it with the studio album Sun and Moon on November 22, 2018.

Life and career
Sam Kim was born in the United States, where he attended Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Washington. He has a younger brother Jooyoung and sister, Sujin. After passing preliminary auditions in Los Angeles, Kim moved to South Korea at the age of 15 to participate in the third season of the talent show K-pop Star. He placed second in the competition and was signed by Antenna Music's CEO You Hee-yeol, a judge on the show.

Kim released the first part of his debut EP, My Name Is Sam, on March 28, 2016. It contained three tracks including the pre-release single "Mama Don't Worry". His full-length EP, I Am Sam, was released on April 10. Its lead single was "No 눈치 (No Sense)", featuring Crush. His debut performance was at the finale stage of K-pop Star 5 on the same day.

The music video for the single "Make Up" was released on October 23, 2018, ahead of Kim's upcoming studio album, Sun and Moon. It was Kim's second lead single to feature Crush. The full album was released on November 22, 2018, along with a music video for the second single "It's You", featuring Zico.

Songwriting credits
The following credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association database, unless indicated otherwise.

Headlining concerts

 * Sam Kim 1st Concert: Sun and Moon (Seoul; February 16–17, 2019)
 * Sam Kim 2019 Europe Tour (Paris, London, Berlin; April 27–30, 2019)
 * Sam Kim 2019 Concert in Singapore (Singapore; July 26, 2019)
 * 2019 Sam Kim Live: Kunge (Seoul; November 23–24, 2019)

Collaborative concerts

 * Hello, Antenna: The Label Concert (Seoul; September 23–25, 2016)
 * Antenna Angels Concert: 우리, 시작 (Seoul; March 16–19, 2017) with Lee Jin-ah, Jung Seung-hwan, Kwon Jin-ah
 * With, Antenna: The Label Concert (Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Los Angeles, New York; September 2–29, 2017)

As opening act

 * Charlie Puth: Nine Track Mind tour (Seoul; August 18, 2016) with Kwon Jin-ah
 * Tom Misch: 2018 Asia Tour (Seoul; August 21, 2018)