K-pop rapper Ravi on sentimental new album Roses, missing his fans and working with Boyz II Men

Although Ravi is sad he has not been able to perform for or meet his fans for the release of Roses, the album leaves the rapper ‘satisfied musically’

Ravi’s hip-hop label Groovl1n will be working with Boyz II Men to promote the US group in South Korea, which the rapper says is ‘such an honour’

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Ravi, whose label Groovl1n will be working with US group Boyz II Men, tells the Post about his newest album, Roses. Photo: Groovl1n

Tamar Herman

Published: 5:15pm, 22 Jun 2021Updated: 5:27pm, 25 Jun 2021

Corrected [5:24pm, 25 Jun, 2021]

[5:24pm, 25 Jun, 2021]
Groovl1n says it is responsible only for the production and promotion of the Boyz II Men album being released in South Korea. Ravi's statement that "The development of the work led me to be in charge of their management" has accordingly been removed.

Everything’s looking rather rosy for South Korean hip-hop artist-producer Ravi in 2021.

On June 3, he released his seven-track album Roses, fronted by the single Cardigan featuring Korean rapper Wonstein.

“Every song in it is like a flower,” explains Ravi, 28, of the album’s title. “Roses have many colours and each one symbolises something else, just like my tracks.”

The theme of the album is sentimentality, says Ravi, who wants to show his softer side through its breezy, oftentimes mellow hip-hop and jazzy alt R&B tracks.

“I really felt Wonstein matched the sensitive theme of this album, so he could help me show off the single’s meaning,” he says of working with the rapper.