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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . Lyrics are words that make up a song usually consisting of verses and choruses . The ___MASK77___ of lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are , however , usually known as a " libretto " and their ___MASK77___ , as a " librettist ". The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit . Some lyrics are abstract , almost unintelligible , and , in such cases , their explication emphasizes form , articulation , meter , and symmetry of expression . Rappers can also create lyrics with a variation of rhyming words or words that create and tell a story or song . Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters . More specifically , it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation . " Hanja - mal " or " hanja - eo " refers to words that can be written with hanja , and " hanmun " refers to Classical Chinese writing , although " hanja " is sometimes used loosely to encompass these other concepts . Because hanja never underwent major reform , they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and " kyjitai " characters . Only a small number of hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean . By contrast , many of the Chinese characters currently in use in ___MASK48___ and Mainland ___MASK15___ have been simplified , and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding hanja characters . Daniel Armand Lee ( Korean : Lee Seon - woong ; ( Hangul :  ); born July 22 , 1980 ), known professionally as Tablo ( Hangul :  ), is a Korean - Canadian rapper , record producer , songwriter , author , and entrepreneur who is currently based in ___MASK69___ . Tablo is best known as the leader and producer of veteran Korean hip - hop group Epik High , and the founder of independent music label HIGHGRND ( High Ground ), which houses bands Hyukoh and The Black Skirts . Epik High ( Hangul :  ) is a South Korean alternative hip hop group from Seoul , composed of Tablo , Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz . They are known for having combined genres and different styles of hip hop throughout their career , which has seen the release of eleven studio albums since their debut in 2003 , as well as for their coverage of diverse lyrical themes . The group went on hiatus between 2010  2012 whilst two of the members served mandatory military service . Upon their return , YG Entertainment signed Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz on July 25 , 2012 , Tablo already having released a solo album under the label . They have received international acclaim , winning several music awards in ___MASK90___ and becoming the second ever Korean act ( and first major K - pop act ) to play at Coachella . Korean language ( see below ) is the official language of the Republic of ___MASK90___ and Democratic People ' s Republic of ___MASK90___ , with different official forms used in each nation - state ; it is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK15___ . Approximately 80 million people worldwide speak Korean . Seoul (  )  officially the Seoul Special City  is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of ___MASK90___ ( commonly known as ___MASK69___ ), forming the heart of the Seoul Capital Area , which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province , the world ' s 16th largest city . It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678 , 102 international residents . Kyjitai , literally " old character forms " ( Kyjitai : or ), are the traditional forms of kanji , Chinese written characters used in Japanese . Their simplified counterparts are shinjitai , " new character forms ". Some of the simplified characters arose centuries ago and were in everyday use in both ___MASK15___ and Japan , but they were considered inelegant , even uncouth . After World War II , simplified character forms were made official in both these countries . However , in Japan fewer and less drastic simplifications were made : e . g . " electric " is still written as in Japan , as it is also written in Hong Kong , Macao , ___MASK69___ and Taiwan , which continue to use traditional Chinese characters , but has been simplified to in mainland ___MASK15___ . Prior to the promulgation of the Ty kanji list in 1946 , kyjitai were known as " seiji " ( meaning " proper / correct characters ") or " seijitai ". Even after " kyjitai " were officially marked for discontinuation with the promulgation of the Ty kanji list , they were used in print frequently into the 1950s due to logistical delays in changing over typesetting equipment . " Kyjitai " continue in use to the present day because when the Japanese government adopted the simplified forms , it did not ban the traditional forms . Thus traditional forms are used when an author wishes to use traditional forms and the publisher agrees . ___MASK90___ is a historical state in East Asia , since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states : ___MASK11___ ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic of ___MASK90___ ") and ___MASK69___ ( officially the " Republic of ___MASK90___ "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , ___MASK90___ is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the ___MASK90___ Strait and the East Sea . YG Entertainment ( Korean : YG  ) is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1996 by Yang Hyun - suk . The company operates as a record label , talent agency , music production company , event management and concert production company , and music publishing house . In addition , the company operates a number of subsidiary ventures under a separate public traded company - YG PLUS , which includes a clothing line , a golf management agency , and a cosmetics brand . It is currently one of the largest entertainment companies in ___MASK69___ . Classical Chinese , also known as Literary Chinese , is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the ___MASK49___ , a written form of Old Chinese . Classical Chinese is a traditional style of written Chinese that evolved from the classical language , making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese . Literary Chinese was used for almost all formal writing in ___MASK15___ until the early 20th century , and also , during various periods , in Japan , Korea and Vietnam . Among Chinese speakers , Literary Chinese has been largely replaced by written vernacular Chinese , a style of writing that is similar to modern spoken Mandarin Chinese , while speakers of non - Chinese languages have largely abandoned Literary Chinese in favor of local vernaculars . Choi Jin ( Hangul :  , Hanja :  , born 6 January 1983 ) , more commonly known by the stage name Mithra Jin ( Hangul :   ) , is a Korean hip hop musician , rap artist , songwriter , and lyricist . He is the second MC of the group Epik High .