Start (이태원 클라쓰)

GAHO's "Start" is one of those drama OST songs that achieves something rare: it transcends its original context and functions as a complete emotional statement on its own terms. The production opens carefully, layered keys and a building arrangement that escalates with genuine structural intention rather than just throwing instruments at a chorus. His voice is high, clear, and capable of enormous dynamic range — the kind of tenor that makes a climax feel earned rather than manufactured. The song is about beginning, about the moment before you commit to a path that may break you, and GAHO renders that moment as something simultaneously terrifying and luminous. The Itaewon Class connection gives it narrative specificity — the underdog standing at the starting line — but the feeling is universal enough that it attaches itself to any personal origin story you carry. The chorus lands with real force, not because it is loud, but because everything before it was patient. It belongs at the beginning of things: new jobs, moved cities, decisions that alter the shape of your life.