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'When Are You Leaving?, singer/songwriter/producer Baek Hwong’s second LP as NoSo (out on October 10th), finds Hwong trading fantasy for reality. Their debut 'Stay Proud of Me' was an album-length daydream about what it would be like to fully embrace their identity, released in 2022 to critical acclaim with praise from NPR, Paste, The Guardian and much more.

So what happens when you get what you've always wanted, and it comes with a new set of problems? 'When Are You Leaving?' tenderly but directly explores the internal effects of those relationships with a witty, mature lens. The aching from their past work has moved into something more thoughtful and measured, showing a more fully-formed, complex Hwong in the process.

On their forthcoming sophomore LP, Hwong comes into his own as a master songwriter. At the core of the album is a longing to feel understood; the seeming contradictions aren’t really contradictions at all, just different parts of a complete human being. That knack for nuance makes 'When Are You Leaving'? a unique achievement in detailing the minutiae of life’s complexities – and all the better, you can dance to it.

Excerpts from full bio by Hannah Jocelyn