Jung who? Sungha Jung is a 15-year old Korean whose genius re-arrangements & performances of popular Western and Kpop hits on the ‘tubes have made him a bit of a star. I’d come across this crazy-ass guitar kid before in past Youtubing adventures, but it’s some of his more recent works that have truly got me hooked.

His style seems is reminiscent of Oshio Kotaro (one of my personal fave guitarists) with all the tap harmonics and fingerpicking involved, but Jung really does make all the songs he’s picked his own - perhaps even more than Oshio himself ever did. His most popular video is a cover of Pirates of the Caribbean (21 million views) which he did when he was 12, but I prefer those he’s done in recent weeks.

Korean acoustic duo’s 오늘밤은 어둠이 무서워요 (Tonight, I’m Afraid of the Dark) was already plentifully tuneful in its original form, but Jung’s version makes the melody sing out even more. He’s also managed to make Chris Brown’s banal With You listenable and turned Soshi’s dance tune 훗 into an acoustic/rock number, amongst other things.

Seriously, this kid’s got mad skills. And his first album Perfect Blue is no slouch either - those covers of California Dreaming, Billie Jean and Wake Me Up When September Ends are just godly. No other word could adequately describe the sounds that Jung’s fingers make.