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Ice Cream Girl

from Dokkaebi by Leo Hwang

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Sometimes an image just pops into my head, like Brit London. That was her real name, I think. A girl I met at summer school in Exeter, New Hampshire. She worked in the ice cream store and gave me free milkshakes. I was a little clueless and didn't realize that was something special. At the end of the summer, she asked for my address and we started writing letters to each other. I ended up visiting her a couple of times even after I left for college. I remember she made me a mixed tape by recording songs off the radio that she loved. She had to catch the song just right, so often times the first few seconds were cut off, or a DJ would come on at the end. She also made me a pair of rabbit fur mittens, but that didn't make it into the song. What did happen was one of my regrets in life. I had arranged to meet her in the parking lot of a concert after I came home from college. We bought tickets together months earlier. But, before then, I met another girl and went to the same concert with my new girlfriend... and didn't let Brit know. She waited for me and I never showed up. She sent me a very angry postcard and I never wrote back. I still feel terrible about it. She was so wonderful and sweet and had a tragic past that she miraculously overcame. So in some ways, the song is an apology for that stupid kid who was too dumb to take responsibility for his actions, and to recognize the kindness, caring, and love of others.

On this track I used drum sticks on the djembe and tried to replicate the janggu sound (Korean double headed drum). There's also a kind of Barry White thing going on.

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from Dokkaebi, released July 1, 2020
Keyboard, guitar, bass, tambourine, djembe, vocals: Leo Hwang
Drum kit: GarageBand

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Leo Hwang Montague, Massachusetts

Leo plays guitar for Vimana and The Warblers, and bass for The Original Cowards and The Big Why... among other projects.

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