[Cover photo credit to Aaron Cansler]

Korean-American artist Andrew Choi has released his fifth album as St. Lenox, Ten Modern American Work Songs. Now, he’s released the single “Kalahari“ alongside an official video. The song represents a turning point for Choi, “capturing a rare moment of blissful peace.”

Arriving just before the U.S. Presidential election, and dedicated to the NYU Law Class of 2014 on its 10th anniversary, the new collection showcases Choi’s personal brand of humor and the use of his “life experience to raise questions about the definition of success and the journey through higher education and the American workforce.”

Like many Millennials and Gen-Xers, Choi grew up with the “narrative that quality work and education would eventually lead to personal salvation and provide a path to upward mobility.” Overworking to reach those goals led to the observations on Ten Modern American Work Songs.

He shares:

I want the record to be a snapshot of work life in modern times. I try my best in these records to provide a kind of realism.  I want the listener to come away with a vivid feeling of what it’s like to work these days. Because ultimately that kind of realism is motivating to people on an ethical and political level.