Trot stars who have been showing off their ‘star power’ on both stage and broadcast, such as Song Ga-in, Jeong Dong-won, Lee Chan-won, and Jang Min-ho, are all undergoing transformations.

Song Ga-in is currently running at full speed with her recently released 4th full-length album ‘Gaindal’. This is her first new album in 2 years and 10 months, and it is her first album since establishing her one-person agency, Gaindal Entertainment, last year, so she is garnering attention from both inside and outside the music industry.

One of the double title tracks on this album, ‘Tears Are Falling’, is particularly a hot topic. Shim Soo-bong, who is considered the ‘Living Legend’ of the trot world, not only wrote the lyrics and composition, but also took charge of producing the song. The junior singer who received Shim Soo-bong‘s song was Song Ga-in, who was ‘No. 1’. Shim Soo-bong also participated in the chorus for Song Ga-in, lending her voice.

The collaboration between the two ‘Queens of Trot’ stemmed from Song Ga-in’s spirit of challenge. At a recent album release showcase, Song Ga-in said, “I found out that my teacher lived just a minute away, so I went to see her without thinking, and she told me a song she had written, which was ‘Tears Come Out’.” He said, “It‘s a song like destiny to me.”

The eternal ‘youngest of trot’ Jung Dong-won will also release his second full-length album ‘Gift of Long Legs’ on March 13 after three years. In the new concept photos recently revealed by his agency Showplay Entertainment, Jung Dong-won, who turned 18 this year, shows off his significantly grown height and mature aura, receiving a hot response from fans. Jung Dong-won also plans to start a new nationwide tour on March 28.

Lee Chan-won’s first concert live film since his debut, ‘Lee Chan-won Concert Hymn: Dear My Chance’, will be released in theaters on the 26th. The film vividly captures the ‘2024 Hymn’ stage and performance preparations held at the K-POP Dome in Seoul Olympic Park on June 9 last year. He will personally go on stage to celebrate the release.

In addition, Lee Chan-won will join Jang Min-ho, a famous ‘Trot Best Friend,’, as an MC and producer for the tvN story ‘Handsome Trot’, to discover new trot talent.

‘Handsome Trot’, which will be first broadcast on the 21st, is about 12 stars, including mixed martial arts fighter Choo Sung-hoon, and actors Jang Hyuk, In Kyo-jin, and Ji Seung-hyun, competing to be one of the final four who will be given the opportunity to release a trot song. Lee Chan-won and Jang Min-ho will actively play the role of mentors who will help them in their trot challenge.



Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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