Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho cry… Hwang Ga-ram confesses, “I thought I could die living on the streets”

Singer Hwang Ga-ram recalled his difficult past.

Hwang Ga-ram appeared on tvN’s ‘You Quiz on the Block’, which aired at 8:45 PM on the 5th, and looked back on his past life as a homeless person and how he gained so much love for ‘I am a Firefly’.

Hwang Ga-ram, who came to Seoul to pursue music after finishing the CSAT, confessed, “I used to busk at Hongdae Playground. I stayed up all night and slept on a bench at Hongdae Playground during the day to save money, and that was the beginning of my homelessness.” He said, “Nothing happened (after coming to Seoul). Not only did he say, “I slept on a box in front of a chimney blowing hot air from the rooftop,” but he also surprised everyone by saying, “I even slept in the bathroom with the radiator on.”

Hwang Ga-ram, who had been homeless for 147 days, confessed, “I lost weight to 40 kg. I got scabies all over my body. I cried a lot because I thought I might really die.” He also recalled his 20s, when singing was everything, saying, “I did deliveries at dawn to practice singing. I practiced high notes while crossing bridges and watching subways and cars pass by.”

Hwang Ga-ram said, “I found a warehouse because I needed a place to practice singing. It wasn’t a place people could live, so I brought things from the street and lived there. When I wanted to quit everything, I beat the odds of 300 to 1 and got into the band Pinocchio,” he said.

However, about 3 months after being accepted into Pinocchio, all performances were canceled due to COVID-19. Hwang Ga-ram said, “I really thought about quitting. It was so hard because of the memories of how bad it was. I really thought a lot about how I was like a bug.”

He also performed a live stage of “I am a Firefly.” Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho shed tears at the lyrics that were like Hwang Ga-ram’s life. Hwang Ga-ram also moved people by conveying his emotions and messages of comfort that seemed like they would explode until the end of the stage.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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