The child who captivated the world dancing in the 'Baby Shark' video is preparing to start a new chapter, this time as a K-pop singer. Park Geon-roung, who was around seven years old when he appeared in the popular Pinkfong music video, is now 17 and will debut as a solo artist on August 20th.
The young South Korean will precisely use the artistic name Baby Shark Boy and will release his first digital single, 'WAVE', as announced by The Pinkfong Company, the franchise responsible for turning 'Baby Shark' into one of the biggest children's phenomena in recent history.
Park became famous in 2016 by starring in the 'Baby Shark Dance' video alongside another girl, where they both sang and performed the song's characteristic choreography. The video became a global phenomenon, surpassing 17 billion views and becoming the most-watched video in YouTube history.
After ten years, Park returns to the music scene that made him famous, this time to develop his own career. 'WAVE' will be a Korean song featuring the collaboration of Joohoney, a member of the K-pop group Monsta X. Park himself has also participated in writing the lyrics.
This story comes at a time when 'Baby Shark' continues to break records. In May of this year, the song exceeded 1 billion streams on Spotify, becoming the first children's song and intellectual property featuring a character to reach that milestone on the platform.
Park has expressed gratitude for the continued remembrance of that childhood video by the public and is excited to now share his own voice and story with those who knew him when he was just a child.
Thus, ten years after the phenomenon that made him famous, the young star of 'Baby Shark' returns to the scene. This time not to sing the characteristic "doo doo doo," but to try to carve out a place in one of the world's most competitive music industries