시작 (Start) [이태원 클라쓰]

Gaho's "시작" from the 이태원 클라쓰 soundtrack is a surge of kinetic optimism that functions almost like a physical experience. From the opening seconds, the track commits entirely — driving guitar, building percussion, a melodic line that coils and releases with the precision of a sprint. Gaho's voice is his weapon: enormous in range, capable of tremendous power, but always disciplined enough to serve the emotional arc rather than overpower it. The song is about the moment before beginning — not success achieved but defiance declared, the refusal to be diminished by circumstance or cruelty. It earns its climactic release because it builds with genuine intention, each verse tightening the tension before the chorus breaks it open. As drama OST music, it walked a very narrow path between anthem and cliché, and it succeeds because Gaho's conviction is absolute and the production never overreaches into bombast. The song belongs to the tradition of Korean drama soundtracks that function independently of their source material — it carries the show's emotional thesis even for listeners who've never seen a frame of it. You'd reach for this when you need to move: before a difficult conversation, at the start of a run, or on the walk into something that matters.