There is also this ‘reverse tribute’.Reverse tribute is a word that refers to a star giving a gift or showing corresponding sincerity to fans who support and cheer for them as a token of gratitude.

For the long time since his debut, ‘2000 days’, he spent a huge amount of money to create 3 ‘love songs’ for the fandom that has been with him.Each song also has a music video.This is Lee Jin-hyuk, a singer and actor from the group UP10TION.

Lee Jin-hyuk appeared on Mnet’s audition program ‘Produce X 101’ and received great support from the so-called national producers for his outstanding stage manners.Recently, he is active as a main crew member of Coupang Play’s ‘SNL Korea’ Season 7.

The story of how Lee Jin-hyuk came to release a digital single for “Bo-eun” was told through the fandom’s own promotion, just like the “PR team.” Lee Jin-hyuk’s fandom recently sent a letter to Sports Donga, expressing their earnest wish that “Lee Jin-hyuk’s new songs, which we produced with a lot of money for us, will be widely known to the public.” Lee Jin-hyuk is currently an “independent star” and is continuing his activities alone without a management agency.

On the 24th, two days before the release of the ‘Bo-eun Single’, Sports Donga had a phone interview with Lee Jin-hyeok.He was in the middle of rehearsing the script for ‘SNL Korea’, where he is a regular.He said that in the past 2000 years, when he received more than he gave, producing his own music was a small act of sincerity to “express sincere gratitude.”

“Since we don’t have a company(agency)right now, I think fans are worried that ‘there won’ t be many opportunities to meet in person, such as through concerts or fan meetings.’We thought about having a gathering of some kind, but for this’ 2000 days, ‘we thought we should prepare a gift that fans can cherish and remember for a long time… That’s how it started.”


The songs that will be released on the 26th through various popular music platforms are ‘BE YOUR SIDE’, ‘ALWAYS’, and ‘LETTER’, and it is clear that they are ‘Serenade’ just by looking at the titles.Lee Jin-hyuk said, “I did write the lyrics for all three songs myself” and “I also had to produce music videos for all the songs, so it turned out to be a bigger job than I initially thought, but I was able to do it thanks to the help of my acquaintances.”

Since 2020, Lee Jin-hyuk has been actively pursuing his career as an idol-turned-actor, or so-called ‘acting idol’.Since last year, he has been meeting the public through ‘SNL Korea’, Coupang Play’s representative content.


Reporter Heo Min- mignon@donga.com

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