‘Scarlet Heart: Ryeo’ reveals new OST by Epik High and Lee Hi

By Riezel / Sep 20, 2016 10:56 AM EDT
(Photo : YouTube/Top Korean News) Casts of the historical drama 'Scarlet Heart Ryeo' which premiered on Aug. 29 at 10:00 p.m. on SBS.

SBS's historical drama "Scarlet Heart Ryeo" has a new song from the hip hop band Epik High and singer Lee Hi. The song is the official soundtrack for the part six of the drama.

On Sept. 20, after eight years since they created a track for a film, Epik High released their first OST entitled "Do You Hear My Heart?" for the SBS drama "Scarlet Heart Ryeo" which features vocals from Lee Hi, Soompi reported. Epik High's first ever OST release is for the 2008 film "Dachimawa Lee."

This is not the first time the two artist have worked together for a song. We can recall that Epik High and Lee had previous collaborations together from the group's seventh album "99" particularly on the chart-topping track "It's Cold." The release marks Lee's first ever OST.

Epik High is a South Korean alternative hip hop group composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz. The group debuted in 2003 and is known for having combined genres and different styles of hip hop.

Meanwhile, SBS's "K-Pop Star" Season 1 runner up, Lee debuted in October 2012. Her debut single "1.2.3.4" reached number one with a first week sales of 667,549 downloads.

In other news, the drama is strongly competing in terms of viewership ratings against KBS's "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds." Just recently, Nielsen Korea shows a 6.9 percent rating for "Scarlet Heart Ryeo" while the drama "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" smoothly reached a 21.3 percent rating.

However, in terms of contents power index, the drama "Scarlet Heart Ryeo" ranked the highest during the first week of September. Accoding to CJ E&M, "Scarlet Heart Ryeo" recorded a total of 294.3 points while "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" was placed on the second spot with 274.4 points, Kpop Herald reported.

Catch Epik High and Lee on "Scarlet Heart Ryeo's" OST below: