{"id":8703,"date":"2026-05-08T07:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/8703\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:23:07","slug":"anderson-paak-and-dean-reunite-for-aftertaste-single-and-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/8703\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson .Paak and DEAN Reunite for “Aftertaste” Single and Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, nine-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning artist\u00a0Anderson .Paak\u00a0revealed his infectious new single\u00a0\u201cAftertaste<\/a>\u201d\u00a0featuring South Korean alt-R&B artist\u00a0DEAN. The propulsive track reunites the duo more than a decade after their last collaboration and draws inspiration from .Paak\u2019s feature film directorial debut,\u00a0K-POPS!, which will be available for streaming on Netflix on May 30. <\/p>\n

Produced by\u00a0Dem Jointz\u00a0(Jennie, Eminem), \u201cAftertaste\u201d captures the clear creative chemistry of .Paak and DEAN as they shoot their shots at love. Over hard-hitting drums and soft synth strings, DEAN sweetly serenades his subject, while .Paak cuts to the chase:\u00a0\u201cThat bass, that shake, that walk, I\u2019ma need that! \/ That taste, that waist, that uh, that pretty-*ss face, I\u2019ma need that!\u201d\u00a0The driving mix of club rhythms and bedroom R&B only furthers the undeniable energy of the pair\u2019s 2015 single\u00a0\u201cPut My Hands On You<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Cr. CORE ARTIST<\/p>\n

\u201cAftertaste\u201d follows .Paak\u2019s February drop,\u00a0\u201cKeychain<\/a>\u201d\u00a0featuring superstar girl group\u00a0aespa\u00a0\u2014 the first release in what\u2019s shaping up to be a broader\u00a0K-POPS!-inspired album. Built around the fusion of aespa\u2019s genre-mixing K-pop sensibilities with .Paak\u2019s hip-hop, R&B, and funk roots \u2014 not to mention his own Black and Korean heritage \u2014 the song reflects the cross-cultural spirit at the heart of the family film.<\/p>\n

Set against the backdrop of a Seoul K-Pop competition show,\u00a0K-POPS!\u00a0explores generational connection and cultural exchange through music, following a father and son whose paths collide in unexpected ways. .Paak wrote and directed the movie, and also stars alongside his real-life son\u00a0Soul Rasheed.\u00a0K-POPS!\u00a0is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and has earned critical praise and coverage from major outlets including\u00a0Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0Variety<\/a>,\u00a0Billboard<\/a>,\u00a0The Boston Globe<\/a>, and\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n

.Paak has been on an incredible run in 2026, ringing in his 40th birthday at his acclaimed West Hollywood restaurant and lounge,\u00a0Andy\u2019s, the same month he scored his\u00a015th GRAMMY\u00ae nomination\u00a0\u2014 Best Dance\/Electronic Recording for\u00a0\u201cNo Cap<\/a>\u201d\u00a0with\u00a0Disclosure. He also made a standout appearance at this year\u2019s Met Gala, and was recently named among\u00a0TIME<\/a>\u2019s 100 Most Influential People of 2026\u00a0in the \u201cArtists\u201d category, with a profile written by actress and director\u00a0Natasha Lyonne, who noted,\u00a0\u201cAnderson .Paak is the genuine, multihyphenate article.\u201d<\/p>\n

A relentless collaborator, .Paak has recently shown up on songs by Argentine duo\u00a0CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso\u00a0(\u201cAy Ay Ay<\/a>\u201d) and\u00a0NCT\u00a0member\u00a0TAEYONG\u00a0(\u201cRock Solid<\/a>\u201d). He is also currently on the road with\u00a0Bruno Mars\u2019\u00a0The Romantic Tour, performing as his party-starting alter-ego\u00a0DJ Pee .Wee\u00a0across stadiums in North America and Europe \u2014 marking one of his largest global touring runs to date and reuniting the\u00a0Silk Sonic\u00a0collaborators on the road. Visit .Paak\u2019s website\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0for his full itinerary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, nine-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winning artist\u00a0Anderson .Paak\u00a0revealed his infectious new single\u00a0\u201cAftertaste\u201d\u00a0featuring South Korean alt-R&B artist\u00a0DEAN. The propulsive track reunites…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6705,6706,2773,195,2583],"class_list":{"0":"post-8703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-korea","8":"tag-anderson-paak","9":"tag-dean","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-k-pop","12":"tag-press-release"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}