[1] The band formed in 2010,[2] and gained international attention in 2017 after performing on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and at Globalfest at Webster Hall.

"[1] Music critics Anastasia Tsioulcas and Bob Boilen in NPR’s All Songs Considered describe SsingSsing as "very glam, very rock and roll and very ready to play with the concept of gender.

When I act a female character and sing, I have to overcome the fact of my being a male sorikkun (singer), and try my utmost to bring a more neutral, unisex feeling to the performance".

[9][7]One of the folk styles that SsingSsing incorporates into their sound includes gyeonggi sori, which originates from the central province around Seoul.

[10] Other styles present in their music are seodo sori (which originates from the northwest provinces of North Korea), Hwanghae/Pyeongan folk songs, and the shamanistic-ritual based seoul gut.