There is ‘no doubt’ about Hong Seok-cheon‘s ‘male idol’ pick. If Lee Jin-woo was the biggest beneficiary last year, this year it is definitely ‘Park Seok-jun’.

Hong Seok-cheon, who is praised as the ‘Tier 0 caddy’ (casting director) of the male idol world for his extremely high success prediction rate, ‘chosen’ 82 Major member Park Seok-jun. This was done through the YouTube channel ‘Hong Seok-cheon’s Jewelry Box’, which is also considered the birthplace of ‘hexagonal male idols’.

Park Seok-jun, a member of 82 Major, appeared as the 5th guest on ‘Hong Seok-cheon‘s Jewelry Box’, which has already entered its 3rd season, and fully revealed his hidden charm. Host Hong Suk-cheon introduced Park Seok-jun as having “visuals that look like they came straight out of a romance comic book,” and praised his “masculinity” as one of his fatal charms despite being “the youngest of all the Treasure Box cast members.”

The reason Park Seok-jun’s appearance on “Treasure Box” is receiving special attention inside and outside of K-pop is because he is naturally reminiscent of Lee Jin-woo, a member of the group GHOST9, whose popularity skyrocketed after his appearance on the program. Lee Jin-woo rose to stardom last year after appearing on “Treasure Box,” and used it as a stepping stone to land a main role in the popular Genie TV drama “Namib.”

‘Hong Seok-cheon‘s Jewelry Box’ has established itself as a male top star talk show, with the addition of rising stars such as Lee Jin-woo and Park Seok-jun, as well as the group Rise, Zerobase One, ‘2024’s Best Discovery’ Byun Woo-seok, and recently, Choo Young-woo.

The group 82 Major, which Park Seok-jun is a part of, won two awards at the 1st D Awards held successfully on the 22nd: The Awards Dreams (DREAMS) and The Awards Discovery - Discovery of the Year.


Reporter Heo Min-nyeong mignon@donga.com

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