Eric Nam

K-pop star Eric Nam (Yoon-do Nam) makes expertly constructed songs that range from tenderly yearning ballads to hook-filled, R&B-informed mainstream pop. Along with achieving significant fame as an actor and television personality, Nam's music became a huge facet of his celebrity, with releases like his 2019 debut Before We Begin and its 2022 follow-up, There and Back Again, consistently doing well in terms of both commercial performance and artistic growth. Nam was born and raised in the U.S. but after graduating from Boston College in 2011 -- where he majored in internatio...