Somyeong, confession of fighting malignant tumor “Life is vain…if only it had been 5 months late” (with my father and me)

TV Jun 16, 2025

Translation

Trot singer So Myung, who worked day and night for ‘Bye Bye Bye’, was diagnosed with a malignant tumor last year.

On the 17th, on TV CHOSUN ‘Dad and Me’, trot singer So Myung calls herself the ‘PR fairy’ of her trot singer and daughter So Yoo Mi.So Yoo Mi prepared a solo concert in Japan to stand on her own feet, breaking free from her father’s shadow.After seeing that only 5 people showed up for her daughter’s first concert, So Myung personally went out onto the streets with the flyers, balloons, and promotional banners she had prepared for her second concert.

After a tiring day promoting their second solo concert, So Myung & So Yu Mi had a late dinner together, and only then did So Yu Mi say, “It feels like I’m on a trip for the first time,” and feel happy about the freedom she felt for the first time.In fact, So Yu Mi had no memories of traveling with her father.As the mega hit song “Bye Bye Bye” became a success, So Myung would drive alone to 5-6 events a day, and while So Yu Mi fulfilled her “dream of becoming a singer,” her family was forgotten.So Yu Mi said bitterly, “How come we’ve never gone on a trip together…”

So-myung said, “I ran forward without looking to the side, and I think I was really foolish.I feel like I lost my precious family,” expressing her regret and apology.Then, So-yu-mi asked, “Didn’t your thoughts change after your dad got sick?” and So-myung confessed her struggle with illness, saying, “I was in great pain and had an illness, so I thought, ‘People can live so futilely.’” Last year, So-myung was diagnosed with a malignant tumor and underwent surgery and treatment for a year.So-yu-mi explained that time, saying, “I found out right before it got serious, but they said that if I had been just five months late, it would have been a big problem.”

Will father and daughter So-Myung and So-Yu-Mi, who have revealed their changed thoughts after going through a big situation, be able to understand each other? Their conversation can be seen on TV CHOSUN ‘Dad and Me’, which airs on Tuesday the 17th at 10 PM.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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