Kang Danielisn’t into astrology at least, not like he once was.
Slowly but surely, Kang is learning to have trust in himself again, too.
“They love to play.
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They don’t like rules.”
Interestingly enough, Kang admits his currentantidoteis… gaming.
I really enjoy having personal time to myself at home."
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Instead, playing games engages a sense of accomplishment and teamwork beyond his profession.
“When I play games, there’s an objective,” he explains.
“Most of the time, I listen to music to help get myself back,” Kang shares.
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Through the lyrics, he’s able to realize he’s not alone.
He’s not the only one feeling this way.
He can keep going.
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It’s heartbreakingly beautiful.
During our interview, Kang is less gentle with what he would tell himself a year or two ago.
He keeps it as simple as this: “It’s unfortunate but have a hard time.
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Just go through it,” he remarks.
This bluntness is typical of a Sag, Jeon notes.
“They don’t like things to be so serious,” she explains.
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“They’re also very honest and direct.”
Later during our time together, Kang is a bit more vulnerable about his healing process.
“It’s important that you open up yourself,” he states.
“If you close up your heart, it’s just so hard to overcome it by yourself.”
He shifts from bashful to boldly charismatic with one single note.
“Freedom of personal expression matters a lot to Saggitarians,” Jeon says.
Kang truly senses this energy, too.
“I feel the proudest of myself when I’m performing,” he reveals.
“It’s just not as fun,” he laments repeatedly.
Picking just one favorite place is a difficult task for Kang, though.
“I’ve always enjoyed all of the cities I’ve gone to,” he says.
“It’s always fun for me to perform no matter where it is.
But just personally, I like cities where you’re able to ride a boat.”
I don’t need to have Jeon’s insight to comment that this is typical of a Sag.
“They can’t sit still,” I remark, thinking about my antsy Sagittarian younger sisters.
“They like to constantly travel to new places.”
“Oh, really?
That’s right,” Kang returns.
Kang’s exploratory nature flows into his work, too.
When making music, he says he learns the most about himself.
Basically, they assist with artist development), he notes.
More often than not, Kang will convince himself he can’t do whatever they have in mind.
It’s those times when I would learn more about myself," he continues.
Not only is it his head of A&R’s favorite, but it is also mine.
At first, Kang thought it was “too heavy.”
After getting into the recording studio with it, he realized it wasn’t so bad after all.
“It’s the people around you that are going to really help you.
you gotta learn to trust those people around you that care about you.”
Because of the pandemic, Kang wasn’t able to work with the other artists face-to-face.
“Then, they would send it back.
It was just a back-and-forth.”
He’s neither domineering nor stubborn with his staff like, say,a Capricornwould be.
“They also have this baked-in paternal energy.
They do want to create a safe environmentfor their employeesto express themselves and explore.
They can have agency over their own ideas.”
Yellowcontinues the CMYK theme of Kang’s releases.
He connects toeach colorof the trilogy cyan, magenta, and yellow equally.
“They all represent a little bit of me,” he says.
“He’s the K in CMYK,” Kang’s head of A&R interjects.
“It’s the K in the middle.
He’s the center of it all.”
The moon has become a reliable constant for me over the past year.
Jeon notes she can sense that we get energy from following the moon phases.
You know when you’ve got the option to see the moon when it’s still light outside?
That’s my favorite," Kang continues.
You just feelgood."
Kang is not much different from temperate days if you think about it.
(The same applies to many of us dealing withmental healthissues.)
Even through the nicest weather, the best of moods, a dark part of ourselves looms over us.
But it doesn’t have to be the worst thing.
Kang has been having a lot more of those at the moment.
“These days, I’m actually very happy and life is very fun,” he shares.
I’ve changed a lot."
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