Hwang Ga-ram confesses to extreme hardships in life “Homeless life, lice stuck to my whole body” (Immortal Songs)

Hwang Ga-ram from KBS2‘s ‘Immortal Songs’ confesses to extreme hardships in life. He also shares his thoughts on standing on the ‘Immortal Songs’, the ‘dream stage’.

The 689th episode of ‘Immortal Songs’ (directed by Park Hyung-geun and Kim Hyung-seok), which will air on the 18th, will be the second part of the ‘2025 New Year Project Part 1: Celebrity Special Kim Hae-sook’, with Jeong Yeong-ju, Lim Han-byeol, Hwang Ga-ram, La Poem, and Jeong Ji-so going on stage to dedicate the stage to ‘Nation’s Mother’ Kim Hae-sook.

Hwang Ga-ram, who is appearing on ‘Immortal Songs’ for the first time, recalls the extreme financial difficulties she suffered after leaving her hometown Masan and coming to Seoul with her dream of becoming a singer. “I was homeless for a long time,” Hwang Ga-ram said, adding, “I started staying up all night at the Hongdae playground, and then I started sleeping on benches, and that’s when I started homeless.”

Hwang Ga-ram, who has tried every part-time job, had no choice but to find a warehouse instead of a house with the few million won he had saved. He recalled, “I lived by collecting trash, and there were no bathrooms so I couldn‘t wash, so I got scabies and even shaved all my hair off.” “It wasn’t a place where people could live properly, so I lost weight to 48 kg.”

Hwang Ga-ram, who shook off her unknown life with “I Am a Firefly,” said, “I‘m thankful that good circumstances have come about and many people have listened to my voice, so I’m cutting down on my part-time delivery job.” “It doesn‘t feel real and it’s so amazing to be on the stage of ”Immortal Songs,“ which came out when I debuted in 2011,” he said, folding his hands in gratitude.

This special is the first of a New Year‘s plan for the year of youth in 2025, and it will highlight the acting career of Kim Hae-sook, a true “nation’s mother,” and reinterpret her life‘s songs and favorite songs. ‘Next generation national mother’ Jeong Yeong-ju, who will be performing on the second stage, will sing Im Hee-sook’s ‘My One Person Is Gone’, and ‘High-note ballader’ Im Han-byeol will sing Toy‘s ‘Still Beautiful’. ‘Firefly Man’ Hwang Ga-ram will perform Yang Hee-eun’s ‘About the Loneliness of Love’, and ‘Crossover Avengers’ La Poem will perform Suwajin‘s ‘Pacho’. Ji So Jung, who is working with Kim Hae Sook through ‘Miss Granny’, reinterprets Han Myeong Sook’s ‘The Man in the Yellow Shirt’.

‘2025 New Year‘s Project Part 1: Celebrity Special Kim Hae Sook Edition’ Part 2 will air on KBS 2TV today (18th) at 6:05 PM.

Jeong Hee Yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com
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