The new ‘Park Bo-gum’ that we didn‘t know about is coming with the spring breeze.

Park Bo-gum will be the host of KBS 2TV’s entertainment program ‘The Seasons-Park Bo-gum‘s Cantabile’ (The Seasons), which will air for the first time on the 14th. As the first actor-turned-MC in the ‘The Seasons’ series, Park Bo-gum, who was ‘untly appointed’, plans to fully show off his love for music that he has nurtured through the program.

Park Bo-gum became the 7th MC for ‘The Seasons’, which began in February 2023, following singer Jay Park, Jannabi’s Choi Jung-hoon, sibling duo AKMU, Lee Hyori, Zico, and Lee Young-ji. ‘The Seasons’ has been produced as a season format by adding the MCs‘ unique characteristics to the KBS late-night music show format that has been maintained for over 30 years.

Park Bo-gum, the first actor to hold the mic for ‘The Seasons’, expressed his excitement at the production conference held at KBS Art Hall in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the 11th ahead of the first recording, saying, “Music has always been inseparable from me. I grew up watching KBS music shows for over 30 years. It’s an honor to be standing in that position.”

Park Bo-gum has steadily nurtured his dreams of music behind the camera. He majored in musical performances at Myongji University and new media music at Sangmyung University Graduate School, and even completed his military service as a keyboardist in the Navy Band Honor Guard.

He said, “After acting, I realized how powerful the music that flows from dramas and movies is. My distant dream is to become a music director who oversees the music for a production.” He added, “I hoped to have the opportunity to study music and listen to the stories of musicians to make my dream come true. That feeling was also the biggest reason I joined ‘The Seasons.’”

Park Bo-gum‘s passion is hotter than ever as he is now sitting in the position he has dreamed of so much. He even came up with the title, ’Park Bo-gum‘s Cantabile.’ He said, “I also appeared in the 2014 KBS drama ‘Cantabile Tomorrow’, and I thought that the musical term ‘Cantabile’, which means ‘like a song,’, fits the meaning of the program perfectly,” and added, “I am determined to go back to the time when KBS music shows were first created 33 years ago, like ‘Cantabile’ and ‘Da Capo’, which means ‘back to the beginning’.”

Park Bo Gum not only wrote the lyrics for the new signal song and put together a playlist to recommend to the audience, but he also cast some of the cast members of the drama ‘Love in the Moonlight’, including Kim Yoo Jung, Jin Young, and Kwak Dong Yeon, who will appear as guests in the first episode. Due to his burning passion, the producers Choi Seung-hee, Choi Ji-na, and Son Ja-yeon also got busy. Choi PD said, “He keeps urging us to have meetings every day. I‘ve never seen such a passionate MC before.”

Park Bo-gum said, “I host the program, play the piano, and sing. If the audience wants, I’ll practice girl group Espa‘s dance,” and added, “I’ll work really hard, so please watch over me.”


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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