Ten years after dancing to Baby Shark Dance, which became the most viewed video in YouTube history, South Korean Park Geon-roung announces he is launching a career as a K-pop singer, reveals Euronews.
A worldwide fame acquired as a child dancer
Park Geon-roung, the performer of the famous dance move associated with the musical phenomenon Baby Shark, produced by the South Korean studio Pinkfong, helped make the children's song a global hit upon its release a decade ago, now boasting over 16 billion views on YouTube. The original music video held the top spot on the platform's most-viewed videos for a long time, across all categories.
This notoriety acquired from childhood allowed the young man to become familiar very early with the South Korean entertainment industry, a particularly competitive sector where the training of artists often begins years before their official debuts.
A career change towards the K-pop industry
With this early experience in the spotlight, Park Geon-roung has now chosen to focus on singing and K-pop, a musical genre that has become one of the pillars of South Korean cultural exports worldwide over the past decade. His career change illustrates the unique path of many South Korean child stars, who transform early fame into a springboard for a more traditional artistic career.
Details of this new musical project, the release date of which has not yet been specified, are expected in the coming months by fans who grew up with Baby Shark.
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