Danish Korean band Meejah returns to Seoul with requiem confronting Korea’s adoption past

For post-rock modern band Meejah, Seoul always holds a special place. Band leader Mai Soon Young Ovlisen, an adoptee raised in Denmark, first made a stunning debut in Seoul two years ago, performing on Nodeul Island as part of an International Korean Adoptee Association (IKAA) gathering, where hundreds of adoptees come to experience Korea — many for the first time — and to connect with others who share their story. They were also able to share a night of music at Strange Fruit, located near western Seoul’s Hongik University, with award-winning band Wings of the ISANG, and play another show at ACS in downtown Seoul’s Euljiro. Their latest return to Seoul carries just as much weight, not only because of the band’s packed schedule, but also because of the timing. Their latest work, a 10-movement composition titled “R.E.Q.U.I.E.M. Light and Loss (For the Uncrushable Soul and the Little Ones Sleeping on the Mountainside),” will debut during this visit. “It doesn’t follow the requiem format exactly, but takes inspiration from it,” Ovlisen explained. “I also see it as a mate

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