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Byun Jin-seop explains President Yoon’s video production incident
Byun Jin-seop's song 'We Need Our Love' was used in President Yoon Seok-yeol's New Year's greeting video. Byun Jin-seop said, “I didn’t know either,” and shared the story behind the creation of this song.
On the night of Wednesday the 20th, MBC's 'Radio Star' (planned by Kang Young-seon/directed by Kim Myeong-yeop and Hwang Yoon-sang) will feature a special feature called 'The Boom is Coming' featuring Byun Jin-seop, Boom, NS Yun-ji, and Kim Min-seok.
‘Ballad President’ Byun Jin-seop visits ‘Las’ for the first time in a long time. Byun Jin-seop recently emerged as a hot issue in the political world and attracted attention. This is because President Yoon Seok-yeol produced and released the song 'We Need Our Love', a song from Byun Jin-seop's first album, in the form of a music video while sending New Year greetings. Byun Jin-seop, who had no idea about this, was surprised and said, “I watched (the music video) after hearing about it from my acquaintances later.”
The story of Byun Jin-seop, the 'Emperor of Ballads' who attracted fangirls in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during his brilliant heyday, was also revealed. As Byun Jin-seop's song gained explosive popularity, the genre called ballad began to be used. Byun Jin-seop referred to himself as the 'Ballad Emperor' and revealed the genealogy of Korean ballads, from Shin Seung-hoon to Lee Seung-hwan, Cho Seong-mo, Seong Si-kyung, and Cho Gyu-hyeon. He made his junior Kim Min-seok, who appeared with him that day, laugh by saying, “I think I should be crowned crown prince starting today.”
Byun Jin-seop has the achievement of marking the beginning of the ballad boom in Korea and leaving a mark in the history of Korean music. He recorded more than 1.8 million copies of his first album, becoming Korea's first million-seller, and won the 'Golden Disc' Rookie of the Year award with his first album. He is the first singer to win the and grand prize awards at the same time. He was said to have ranked first in celebrity income in 1990 based on album sales alone, and he was amazed when he revealed the amount of profit in numbers, saying, “At the time, the CEO of the agency that produced my first and second albums bought a building in Gangnam.”
Byun Jin-seop attracted attention by revealing the story of how the immortal song 'Hope' almost went to Lee Moon-se. 'Hope' is a song written and composed by Noh Young-sim, who was a student at the time, and the suggestion was made to Byun Jin-seop, who was about to release his second album after the success of his first album. Byun Jin-seop drew attention by saying that he kept it and put it on his next album because he was about to release his 2nd album, but he was surprised by Noh Young-sim's boldness and decided to include it in his 2nd album. In addition, when a photo of his resemblance to Noh Young-shim was revealed, Byun Jin-seop also admitted, “I think we look alike,” causing laughter.
Meanwhile, Byun Jin-seop attracted everyone's attention by revealing that he was the number one contributor to Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra's marriage. Byun Jin-seop, who was extremely popular as Prince Ballad, was offered to star in a movie, but he declined. Then, under pressure from a senior in the entertainment industry, he appeared as a cameo in a movie, and the male and female leads in the movie were teen stars Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra. Byun Jin-seop aroused curiosity by adding, “Kim Min-jong also debuted as a supporting actor in this movie.”
Byun Jin-seop, a member of 'BJS' rather than 'BTS', has proven his undiminished popularity by possessing a fandom comparable to that of current idols. The lunch box prepared by Byun Jin-seop's fans in the 'Las' waiting room earned the envy of MCs. In addition, Byun Jin-seop revealed that his son, who is Korea's No. 1 male artistic swimming athlete, has recently become a hot topic, and it is said that everyone was envious of his son who is also active as a musical actor.
You can check it out on 'Radio Star', which will be broadcast at 10:30 pm on the 20th.
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
