KINGSTON

[ 1994␛]

the name he was originally given from his biological mother before he was delivered to an adoption centre since he was just a little baby in the cradle. Within a year at an adoption centre, he finally got adopted by an American family and flew to Seattle, WA, USA. Han Seung-hoon was now Kingston growing up in a predominantly western suburb. His first awareness of his own identity issues formed when he turned fifteen as he was reminded of being adopted when he was in public. However, with his taciturn demeanor and good upbringing from his adoptive parents provided enough support and stable home environment helped him to have survived racial challenges.

At the age of eighteen, his adoptive parents decided to tell him about his birth family, giving information about the reason he was given up for adoption, and the very first name he was called. Poverty was the main reason and was understandable enough for him not developing negative feelings towards his birth parents. He liked to think of himself being fortunate to be given another chance into this new loving family. He was offered with plenty of opportunities to live in a sufficient society and received high education.

Kingston was now a grown man, working in a music industry as it had always been his deep passion to contribute to the art form he loved. He started pursuing his dream by introducing his expertise on a few platforms of audio streaming service, consisting of lyrics, melodies, and his singing records. All instruments and equipment he owned were bought with his own money that was collected from his part-time jobs since he was in college.

It wasn’t until he graduated from the university, he began to gain recognition and was sought after for his collaboration. As a result, his most favourite hobby became a money-making venture as his dream expectedly came true that he was now one of the well-known songwriter and music producer. His label was based in New York where he respectively moved to, and been living in until present.

Amidst all the changes in his life, there never appeared once he fell in maintaining his composure. The ability to be in control of his emotion was one of his specialties that helped hide his weakness when it occurred on certain occasions. Meanwhile, the resilience he had improved over time, and the strong sense of self-reliance bounced him back from the setbacks. In spite of all these traits, it was somehow difficult for people to say if they really knew him nor if they were close with him. He’s often seen aloof be it in or outside of work, but that didn’t bother Kingston as he found the advantage and utilized it to secretly work on his biological family searching.

Only a few years before he started to seriously question the whereabouts of his real parents, hiring the lawyer to help perform the legal search and completed the mission. First, he knew he was originally from Korea. Second, his first name was Han Seung-Hoon which later on, was picked as his music name as a Korean-American singer. Hence, with all the information he was given, it shouldn’t be impossible to search and find out who his biological parents were.