Jang Hyuk, Transforms from ‘Rapper TJ’ to Trot Singer
On the 4th, the production conference for tvN STORY ‘Handsome Trot’ was held at the Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Seoul. From left, Tae Hang-ho, Choo Sung-hoon, Jang Hyuk, Hyun Woo, Choi Dae-chul, Kim Dong-ho, In Kyo-jin, Lee Tae-ri, Ji Seung-hyun, Kim Jun-ho, Jung Gyeo-woon, and Han Jeong-wan are posing for the camera. Reporter Kim Min-seong marineboy@donga.com
Jang Hyuk, who is known for being serious and reserved, will show a different side of himself.
He will challenge himself to become a trot singer through the new tvN STORY entertainment program ‘Handsome Trot’, which will air from the 14th.
‘Handsome Trot’ is a new music entertainment program in which 12 representative male stars in the entertainment industry will sincerely challenge trot. It differentiates itself from existing trot entertainment programs by showing 12 stars including Jang Hyuk challenging the trot genre.
PD Hwang Da-won, who was in charge of directing, attended the production conference held at the Ramada Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th and said, “Jang Hyuk was the most difficult to cast”, and the first meeting lasted over 2 hours. There were a lot of questions about trot, and they asked me why I wanted to make this program, and what I thought about trot, and then I said I would appear,” he said, sharing the behind-the-scenes story.
Jang Hyuk said, “Isn’t there a difference between doing it knowing and doing it not knowing? I thought that in order to do trot, I had to join when I knew what the emotions were like. I decided to join because I thought I could learn about the song, learn it, and get into it.”
He continued, “The statement that trot is about transforming sorrow into joy was persuasive. I think my desire to find out that is what brought me here today.”
Jang Hyuk, in particular, is drawing attention for his hidden trot skills, as he boasts of his unique career as a rapper TJ in the past.
He said, “The image of me as a rapper TJ will probably never go away,” and “The more I practice trot, the harder it gets. It’s not easy to express emotions in a dense way. “What can I do to have my own color? I learned about expressing the character’s emotions while acting. I am struggling to express the lyrics with my own interpretation,” he said.
Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com
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