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rightBlonote's Korean cover Blonote is a collection of thoughts organized in quotes written by Korean-Canadian musician Tablo during his tenure as a late night radio show host as a unique way of bidding farewell and goodnight to his listeners.

An excerpt from the book's introduction:

"The aphorisms here don't pretend to be the beginning or end of any grand idea, but I'm hoping that they can be the beginning of an inspiration or an end to a worry. Place this book somewhere within reach, for those moments when your heart is restless."

AbOUT Author

Tablo (Korean: Lee Seon-woong; English: Daniel Armand Lee) was born July 22, 1980. He is a rapper, record producer, songwriter, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the leader and producer of veteran Korean hip-hop group Epik High and founder of independent music label HIGHGRND.

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On April 2008 to June 2009, also from April 2014 to November 2015 he was hosting his own radio show called "Dreaming with Tablo." On that radio show, on MBS FM4U, he shared short messages with his listeners. Those topics would cover a range of things: family, friends, hectic daily routines, relationships, and more. As you read further along, the book also contains personal handwritten messages from those around him. Those could be famous musicians, movie directors, comedians, models, designers, and DJs and many others. Essentially, they were little cards, post-its that he would write down and share during the show.

On September 9, Tablo revealed through his official Facebook page that he would be releasing "BLONOTE," which is a collection of short messages from over years. Over another social media medium called Snapchat, Tablo also explained through Snapchat that while he plans on also publishing an English translation of the book, it will take a while longer. He reportedly will be translating the book himself.

Blonote will be his second book after his 2008 work "Pieces of You." In this book people like Gong Hyo Jin, Park Chan Wook, Jang Bum Joon, G-Dragon, Yang Se Hyung, Yoo Hee Yeol, Lee Sung Kyung, and many more have put their own handwriting into the book.

The Korean version will have a pink cover and the English translation will have a different design, black cover.

Excerpts

  • "Still. It's either moving or unmoving. I mean both when I say I still love you." -page 71
  • "I need an external hard drive for all these emotions." -page 92
  • "The problem is that I've prayed 'just this once...' more than just this once." -page 118
  • "There are a lot of people who wait for Halloween to take off their masks." -page 121
  • "The things we've let go of find it very hard to let go of us." -page 141
  • "People in your way are probably just as lost as you." -page 189
  • "As a kid, there was so much I didn't want to hear. Now that I'm older, I'd die to hear some of those things." -page 212