눈사람 [사이코지만 괜찮아]

Jung Seung-hwan's "Snowman" was born for the drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay, but even someone unfamiliar with that context immediately feels the weight of solitude the song carries. The texture created by piano and strings is thick and quiet, like the stillness of a winter room. A snowman melts — that is its fate. This song simultaneously looks at the tragedy and beauty of things that exist knowing this fact. Jung Seung-hwan's vocals occupy a distinctive position in the Korean male vocal scene — maintaining the warmth of chest voice rather than falsetto even in the high tenor range, with the precision to carve emotional grain into each syllable. As the song progresses, strings build and the voice rises, but it's closer to restrained grandeur than explosive. The lyrics hold the heart of a being who knows it will eventually disappear, yet still wishes for someone to stay by its side — a yearning for love and an awareness of one's own transience. The reason this song is remembered long in Korean drama OST history is its universal loneliness that transcends the drama. It's a song pulled out on snowy days by the window, on nights when you want to be alone without contacting anyone.