''I Am Sam'' is the debut EP by Korean-American singer-songwriter

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. The songs "Mama Don't Worry", "Seattle" and "Your Song" were released as the digital pre-release EP ''My Name Is Sam'' on March 28, 2016. The full-length EP, with the single "No Sense", was released digitally on April 10, 2016 and physically on April 11, 2016 through

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Promotion

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accompanying Kim on a visit to the United States for a showcase at the

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in Los Angeles and a surprise reunion with Kim's family. The documentary was released as three episodes, named "Mama Don't Worry", "Seattle" and "Your Song", on Antenna's V Live and Naver TV channels between March 18–26. A music video for "Mama Don't Worry", featuring clips from the documentary, was released along with ''My Name Is Sam'' on March 28. ''I Am Sams lead single, "No Sense", was premiered with a live televised performance at the ''

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'' finale on June 10, 2016. The music video for the single, along with the full-length EP, was released on digital platforms that same day. "No Sense" was further promoted with a month of

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appearances. In addition to Crush, several guest rappers including Loco,

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and

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joined Kim on stage at various performances. A music video for "Seattle", featuring

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, was released on November 5, 2016.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Antenna Music website.

Personnel

Credits for ''I Am Sam'', adapted from Antenna Music website. Musicians *

– vocals, acoustic guitar , background vocals , rhythm programming * Choi Hoon – bass * Choi In-sung – bass * Crush – vocals , background vocals * Jung Seung-hwan – vocals * Kim Seung-ho – drums * Kwon Jin-ah – vocals * L.A. String Ensemble – strings *

– vocals , electric piano , piano * Park In-young – string arrangement and conducting * Philtre – synth , programming * Shin Seok-cheol – drums * Soulman – background vocals * Yang Jae-in – electric guitar * Yoo Hee-yeol – producer, rhythm programming , synth *

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– electric piano Studio engineers * Ji Seung-nam – recording engineer, mixing engineer * Kwak Jung-shin – recording engineer * Jung Mo-yeon – recording assistant * Eun Hyun-ho – recording engineer * Jeff Gartenbaum – recording engineer * Billy Centenaro – recording assistant * Jiyoung Shin – mixing assistant * Tom Coyne – mastering

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