EL CAPITXN shares his journey on debut album ‘WHO KILLED EL?’
Global producer and artist EL CAPITXN has released his debut full-length album “WHO KILLED EL?” on November 6.
“WHO KILLED EL?” captures the contradictions of someone longing for love yet unable to accept salvation. The album questions those who approach only after wounds become beautiful, reexamines normality through the perspective of being hanging upside down. It pushes away those who have caused pain, while continuing to long for love, rejecting redemption and hoping for a prayer. These conflicting emotions anchor the album’s narrative.
The album blends rock, orchestral music, gospel, classical music, and pop across 12 tracks.
With collaborators including Jagwar Twin, Beauty School Dropout, Jeris Johnson, Bohnes, Rence, Muni Norodom, Cautious Clay, Samuel Harness, and Aidan Laurent Kim, each track shifts in mood, weaving together a cohesive story across the album.
On the title track “Sing This Song For Me (featuring Jagwar Twin & The Social Reject Choir),” EL CAPITXN reveals he lost his voice as a singer, then demands the audience sing his song in his place. His anger transforms into a frontman’s command of the stage, turning personal loss into a powerful declaration of presence.
On “Don’t Say Love (featuring Beauty School Dropout),” he confronts an unfamiliar presence that silences him, yet his longing for love persists despite his inability to express it.
Throughout the album, recurring imagery like crosses, bats, salvation, prayers, and vampires shape EL CAPITXN’s inner world, portraying someone who wants to sing but can’t, who yearns for love and salvation yet remains unredeemed. These symbols capture someone caught between his old self and an uncertain future, expressing that solitude through a Gothic, romantic beauty.
On the closing track “I’m Crying (featuring Jang Yi Jeong),” he uses artificial intelligence to recreate the voice he can no longer hear from himself. By crediting his birth name as the featured artist, he brings his former self into his current work.
Roots of “WHO KILLED EL?”
The album traces back to his time as a singer, when an unexplained medical condition (whose cause remains unclear) left him unable to sing. Losing that ability reshaped how he viewed himself, connected with others, and expressed love. The project emerges from the anger and confusion of that transformation, along with his desire to be loved and fear of revealing his true self.
“WHO KILLED EL?” is not a statement of overcoming loss or a promise to return to who he was. Instead, it leaves its contradictions unresolved: the drive to become someone new, the lingering attachment to his past self, and the longing for salvation despite remaining unredeemed. Through this deeply personal work, EL CAPITXN wrestles with who he was, who he has become, and the identity he is still searching for.
About EL CAPITXN
Jang Yi-jeong (EL CAPITXN) has built a career as a South Korean producer, hybrid DJ performer, and artist.
Having crafted music for artists like BTS, SUGA, Jung Kook, IU, PSY, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and PLAVE, EL CAPITXN now turns his focus to his own experiences of loss and what followed.
Recently, he has expanded his work by launching the world tour “WHO KILLED EL?” across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Press release from Secret Signals
