Korean idol Eric Nam and American record producer, singer, DJ, songwriter and rapper Timbaland will share the stage in this year's Mnet Asia Music Awards. Reports about their collaboration began to surface earlier this month until it was confirmed.
MAMA 2016 is set for Dec. 2 at Hong Kong's Asia World-Expo. Mnet revealed the possible collaboration of Nam and Timbaland as they discussed for the two music artists to perform together at MAMA 2016, Kmusic reported.
Timbaland is not new to Korean wave. He has appeared in a Korean rap contest on television, "Show Me the Money" as a guest judge in May. Such season of the show for American auditions held in Los Angeles could be a link for Mnet to ask the producer to be in MAMA 2016.
MAMA has been showcasing American artists, including Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre in 2011, Paris Hilton and Stevie Wonder in 2013, John Legend in 2014 and the Pet Shop Boys in 2015. Nam and Timbaland's performance at MAMA 2016 will continue the tradition of an American artist performing with a Korean at the event.
Timbaland has produced Asian acts like that of Chinese singer Jane Zhang whose work has been instantly climbing up the charts of Billboard. He also worked with the "Exodus" English album of J-Pop music artist Hikaru Utada.
On the other hand, Nam's album "Good For You" nominated him for this year's Best Vocal Performance for a male solo at MAMA. People can cast their ballots on Mnet's website to support him or their favorite male or female nominees.
Meanwhile, Nam recently bid goodbye to the show "We Got Married" in its Nov. 19 instalment with onscreen wife Solar of girl group MAMAMOO. He and Solar celebrated his birthday and their last date together on the show. She gave him a cake and cooked a traditional Korean birthday meal before they packed up and went out for their last date.
The couple went to places memorable for both of them, like where they had their self-wedding. Nam gave Solar a bouquet of dried flowers which represent long-lasting love. The show will have Lee Kuk Ju and Sleepy to take Nam and Solar's spot, according to AllKPop.
Listen to Nam's "Good For You" below:
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