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Kim Junsu's secret 'double life' discovered
The main characters of the first battle of MBC's entertainment program 'King of Masked Singer', which aired on the evening of the 12th, were 'I'll show you a 180-degree change on stage. Secret Double Life' and 'Guseul, Gusul, who will be the next King of Singer? It's Crystal Ball.' Seongong was a member of ‘Secret Double Life’ who defeated Philip Ryu of ‘Wise Double Life’ by just one vote last week.
The song selected for 'Secret Double Life', which deeply moved the audience with its heart-touching emotional voice, was Insooni's 'Mom'. This time too, he conveyed deep emotions in our hearts with a delicate and appealing song. After the performance, Yoo Young-seok said, “I thought the emotional expression was a bit excessive, but I think that emotional tremor was also an advantage that made this song alive. “It showed that a song can only come alive when it contains real emotions like this,” he praised.
As an acquaintance of 'Secret Double Life', music director and composer Jeong Jae-il, who also worked as a music director for the movie 'Parasite' and Netflix's 'Squid Game', also delivered a video hint and attracted attention. Jeong Jae-il has an unexpected charm about ‘Secret Double Life’. He gave many compliments, saying that he plays various roles perfectly and that he will impress the whole world with another genre of K-pop.
The panelists who had a close relationship with Jeong Jae-il were surprised by the new appearance of Jeong Jae-il, whom they praised, while also learning more about the identity of his 'secret double life'. Considering the nature of director Jeong Jae-il's work, which involves a lot of collaboration with Korean traditional music musicians, the people selected were Inalchi Band and traditional Korean musician Kim Junsu. Afterwards, the identity of the ‘secret double life’ that was revealed to be Kim Junsu surprised the panelists.
After the broadcast that day, Kim Junsu expressed his gratitude to Jeong Jae Il through his SNS. Along with a photo of him standing in front of MBC's waiting room while wearing a 'Secret Double Life' mask, Kim Junsu said, "I was happy and honored to appear on King of Mask Singer's Secret Double Life. “Thank you for inviting me,” he said, adding, “I’m really grateful to Jaeil, who said kind words through a surprise video message while you were busy,” highlighting his strong affection with Jeong Jaeil.
Meanwhile, Kim Junsu is the youngest member to join the National Changgeuk Company in its 51-year history. As the youngest singer ever to win both the grand prize and the pansori award at the '2021 KBS Korean Traditional Music Awards', he is attracting attention as a next-generation master singer who possesses both style and skill. He also took second place in JTBC's Korean traditional music competition program 'Pungryu Captain - War of Hip Singers' held in the same year.
Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr
