Veteran Crooner Hints at New Direction with New Album

Veteran crooner Cho Yong-pil teased his new album with a 30-second video clip on YouTube on Tuesday, just a couple of days ahead of its release.

"Road to 20-Prelude 1" comes less than a decade since his 19th full-length album "Hello" in 2013.

"While recording the album, Cho tried things he had never tried before. The latest attempt is a 'prelude' to a new direction he will embrace in pursuing his future music career," Cho's management agency said in a press release on the same day.

To promote the album set for release on Friday, the septuagenarian, who marks the 55th anniversary of his debut next year, will hold concerts four times in Seoul on Nov. 26 and 27 and Dec. 3 and 4. All 40,000 tickets were sold out within 30 minutes.