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You don’t usually expect a producer’s very first placement to be on a Doja Cat<\/a> album. But that’s exactly how Han<\/a>‘s introduction to the industry went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Korean producer, who’s been making music for around ten years and got into production back in middle school, was sending rage<\/a> samples every day back in 2020 or 2021 with Trippie Redd<\/a> in mind. In early 2023, a message came in that Doja Cat had recorded over one of those samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, Han has built one of the most consistent runs on WAVS<\/a>. He currently holds down the #1 trending spot, has another notable credit on Isaiah Falls<\/a>‘ “Desires<\/a>” alongside Mortal<\/a>, and a sound that producers keep coming back to for its blend of vintage R&B and modern execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We caught up with Han to talk about the Doja record, his processing chain, production secrets, the chord progressions he studies on repeat, and the Grammy he’s quietly working toward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enrichment<\/a><\/strong>; Fragment<\/a><\/strong>; Involvement<\/a><\/strong>; \/\/ Sample packs by Han<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q: For people discovering you for the first time, who’s Han? Where are you from, how long have you been making music, and what originally pulled you into production?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Han:<\/strong> My name is Sung Woo Lee, and I’m from South Korea. I first got into music when I was around nine years old by learning the drums. I also played the trumpet for a short time after that. I got into music production when I was in middle school. Back then, I wasn’t interested in studying at all. During exam week, my dad asked me what subject I had a test on the next day, and I told him I didn’t know. He got really angry and told me to come back the next day after figuring out what I wanted to do with my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was when I decided to pursue music production. I’ve been making music for about ten years now. Looking back, I think music was always the right path for me because I’d loved it ever since I was a kid. My dad introduced me to artists like Eminem, Linkin Park, Beyonc\u00e9, AC\/DC, and Jay-Z from a young age. He also used to play the saxophone, so I think part of him always hoped I’d end up doing something in music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of that, I grew up listening to a lot of different kinds of music. Around 2016, I started listening to artists like Migos and Lil Baby, and that’s when I fell even deeper into music.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Q: You contributed to Doja Cat’s Scarlet album with the track “Wet Va**na”. That’s a pretty massive placement on a high-profile project. Can you walk us through how that one came together? What did the initial sample sound like, how did it find its way to Doja, and when did you actually find out it was on the album?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Han:<\/strong> it’s been a while, so I don’t know if I remember every detail perfectly. At the time, I was making rage samples with Trippie Redd in mind. I think it was around 2020 or 2021. Every day, I’d send about five new rage samples to my bro Flip_00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a while, I thought nothing was happening. Then, sometime in early 2023, I suddenly got a message saying that Doja had recorded over one of my samples. Even then, I wasn’t sure if it would actually make the album. But when I saw the tracklist before the release, I remember thinking, “I guess this is really happening.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the album finally came out, it became my first placement. Looking back, it still feels pretty surreal that my very first placement was with Doja Cat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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