“It was just a drama OST, but now it’s at the center of playlists all over the world.”

OST ‘Shower’ of tvN drama ‘Seonjae Up and Run’ sung by actor Byun Woo-seok has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify.The song, which was written by the actor in the drama and contains sincerity toward first love before debut, has also penetrated the real world and has even made it to the global charts.

‘Shower’ is a song that Byun Woo-seok sang himself as the lead singer of the band ‘Eclipse’, Ryu Sun-jae.The Ryu Sun-jae he played wrote a song for his lover, and the real Byun Woo-seok also touched the hearts of his fans with this song.The words ‘both singing and acting skills’ just come out naturally.

This song reached a high of 3rd place on Melon Top 100 chart and 14th place on the yearly chart.It also entered the US Billboard Global 200 chart, so it seems that ‘Shower’ cannot be placed only in the OST category.

‘Shower’ didn’t just stream well.It also topped the 2024 Kumyoung Karaoke OST chart.When fans were feeling emotional and looking for a song to sing with friends, this was the song they chose.
The fact that ‘Seonjae Upgo Twit’ is still at the top of the music charts a year after its end means that the emotions contained in the song are still valid.

Byun Woo-seok will be attending the ‘ASEA 2025’ (Asia Star Entertainer Awards)held at the Yokohama K Arena in Japan on May 28-29 as an award presenter.He will be in charge of presenting the ‘Grand Prize’ award.An OST sung by an actor, not a singer, reaches 100 million streams, and the moment when he becomes the main character on stage again.Byun Woo-seok is now opening a new chapter for himself.

⭐ One line from the chaser
“What was once a man’s confession has now become a love song sung by the whole world.”


Reporter Yang com -mo hmyang0307@donga

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