Built around the line, “dream so high your idols become your rivals,” Korean-born, U.S.-raised ALL’N drops a bold statement of intent—written from the pain of the road back and aimed straight at hope—with his second single, “Dream Higher,” out worldwide August 14 at 1 PM KST through a new global distribution partnership with EMPIRE.
Photo: SKS Entertainment
“Dream Higher” follows ALL’N’s debut track “We Up,” released in April 2026, as he continues to expand his signature sound. A classically trained violinist who writes the instrument into every track, ALL’N drives “Dream Higher” with electric violin that runs the length of the song and erupts into a solo performed in torrential rain. For the first time in his catalog, electric guitar joins it. Around the strings: rapid-fire rap verses, vocals that climb into soaring high notes, and a chant-ready hook built to be shouted back from a crowd.
The self-directed music video for “Dream Higher” matches the lyric’s rawness: shot on RED cinema cameras, it moves between choreography, breaking, backflips, and bare-physical training sequences in the rain, unfiltered by design.
“I set my dreams so high that the idols I grew up watching became my rivals. That is what this song is. ‘We Up’ introduced me. ‘Dream Higher’ tells you what it cost to get here and where I am going next.” ALL’N
ALL’N occupies a lane K-pop has not seen before. As the founder and CEO of SKS Entertainment, the label behind his own releases, he retains ownership of his masters and IP. His April debut “We Up” passed one million views and carried him across every major Korean music broadcast, from M Countdown to Music Bank to Inkigayo. In an industry often described as manufactured, ALL’N is the opposite proposition: one artist who writes the songs, runs the label, and this time directed and edited the music video himself.
Listen to “Dream Higher” here:
