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"Around Thirty" (Korean: 서른 즈음에) is a song written and composed by Seung-Won Kang, and popularly sung by Kim Kwang-Seok. It is one of the songs from Kim's fourth album, and is in the folk music genre.

Many Korean singers have "remade" the song; there are 24 songs with the same name. Tiger JK announced in the Kim Kwang-Suk 12th Memorial Concert that his song "Thumb" was inspired by "Around Thirty".[1][_better source needed_]

In 2007, the song was hailed by music critics as having the best lyrics.[2][_better source needed_]

  1. ^ 김지연 (2008-01-06).
  2. ^ 김석수 (2007-08-18). 삶을 노래한 김광석의 '서른즈음에',노랫말 1위에 등극. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-12-17.