Actors Jang Hyuk, Ji Seung Hyun, In Kyo Jin, Choi Dae Chul, and Jung Gyu Woon will challenge themselves to become trot singers.

They will reveal their ‘real skills’ that they have been hiding until now through the new tvN STORY entertainment program ‘Handsome Trot’, which will air from the 21st.

‘Handsome Trot’ is a music entertainment program in which 12 representative male stars in the entertainment industry will challenge trot with sincerity, and it is gathering attention for the unique transformations of these individuals who seem unlikely to fit the trot genre.

Not only the actors, but also former MMA fighter Choo Sung Hoon and former national fencing team member Kim Jun Ho will appear and sing trot songs in an exciting way. Popular trot singers Jang Min Ho and Lee Chan Won will serve as their mentors, producers, and MCs.

PD Hwang Da-won, who is in charge of directing the program, said at a production conference held at the Ramada Sindorim Hotel in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 4th, “All 12 people are the main characters and they will tell their stories with sincerity as to why they like trot.” He also said, “Unlike other competing trot programs, another unique point to watch is that you can see Lee Chan-won and Jang Min-ho producing.”

He continued, “At first, I didn‘t know the casting would turn out this well, so I’m proud. When casting, the first priority was whether or not they truly cared about trot.” He added, “In particular, I contacted Kim Jun-ho in the early stages, before the production team was even formed, and he said he would do it no matter what.”

Among the cast, Jang Hyuk has an unusual background, having worked as a rapper under the name TJ in the past. Since then, he has been active as an actor for a long time, and the image of ‘rapper TJ’ is sometimes portrayed comically.

Jang Hyuk said with a smile, “That image will never go away”, and “Trot becomes harder the more you practice. It‘s not easy to express emotions densely. I’m trying to express it in various ways, such as my own color and my own lyrics.”.

Choi Dae-chul is the one whose trot skills are ‘developing by leaps and bounds’ along with Jang Hyuk. He has been appearing on KBS 2TV‘s ‘Immortal Songs’ since 2021, and he boasts extraordinary skills, to the point of winning once.

Lee Chan-won said, “The person who is already famous for being good is doing better”, and “He is showing the fastest growth rate among the contestants, and he started out as an actor and won ‘Immortal Songs’, and he is also good at trot.”.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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