In Netflix’s new thriller sequence “Beef,” Steven Yeun performs Danny Cho, a struggling contractor who feels answerable for the failure of his dad and mom’ motel. In the very first episode, he will get right into a street rage incident with Amy Lau (performed by Ali Wong), a profitable and rich businessperson who can not help however really feel numerous ennui about her life. It units them each on a course towards mutual destruction, altering their lives and the lives of everybody they know eternally.
During the sequence, Danny joins a Korean church in Orange County the place the pastor is the husband of his ex-girlfriend. At first, Danny’s involvement appears fairly self-interested, however he is shocked by the emotional response he has to the service and the music there. Later within the sequence, throughout episode seven, he even turns into a singer within the church’s reward band, too, performing “Amazing Grace” for the congregation. But followers would possibly surprise: is that basically Yeun singing?
The reply is sure, Yeun does his personal singing in “Beef,” and there are just a few locations on-line the place you may see him flex his musical expertise. In a March 2021 interview with W Magazine, he opened up about his karaoke tune — O-Town’s “All or Nothing,” a really impressed selection — and sang a pair bars of it. The journal additionally had some celebrities carry out BTS’s “Dynamite” on the identical time, and whereas most selected to talk the lyrics, Yeun selected to sing.
There are additionally fairly just a few movies of the “Walking Dead” star from his prefame days singing and enjoying guitar, together with one from his faculty years. He additionally made movies overlaying songs by Ray Lamontagne and Alicia Keys.
“Beef” is not the primary mission to benefit from Yeun’s singing abilities. He appeared in a 2019 episode of “The Twilight Zone” the place his character performs karaoke, per a clip from TV Guide, although he made himself sound much less good for the half. But now that we all know Yeun has a voice and guitar abilities to match, we will not assist however hope a musical is in his close to future.
All 10 episodes of “Beef” are streaming now on Netflix.