Is Steven Yeun Actually Singing in Beef?

In Netflix’s new thriller collection “Beef,” Steven Yeun performs Danny Cho, a struggling contractor who feels liable for the failure of his dad and mom’ motel. Within the very first episode, he will get right into a highway rage incident with Amy Lau (performed by Ali Wong), a profitable and rich businessperson who can not help however really feel a variety of ennui about her life. It units them each on a course towards mutual destruction, altering their lives and the lives of everybody they know endlessly.

In the course of the collection, 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 stunned by the emotional response he has to the service and the music there. Later within the collection, throughout episode seven, he even turns into a singer within the church’s reward band, too, performing “Wonderful Grace” for the congregation. However 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’ll be able to see him flex his musical expertise. In a March 2021 interview with W Journal, he opened up about his karaoke music — O-City’s “All or Nothing,” a very 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 “Strolling Useless” star from his prefame days singing and taking part in guitar, together with one from his school years. He additionally made movies masking songs by Ray Lamontagne and Alicia Keys.

“Beef” is not the primary venture to benefit from Yeun’s singing expertise. He appeared in a 2019 episode of “The Twilight Zone” the place his character performs karaoke, per a clip from TV Information, although he made himself sound much less good for the half. However now that we all know Yeun has a voice and guitar expertise to match, we won’t assist however hope a musical is in his close to future.

All 10 episodes of “Beef” are streaming now on Netflix.