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Jun 2023
9m 12s

St. John's songwriter and Japanese K-pop

CBC
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A career-changing moment: Superstar South Korean K-pop band The Boyz has just released a song co-written by a St. John's musician and producer. (Anthony Germain with Jacob Critch) 
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