Cheon Rok Dam will appear on ‘Radio Star’ and tell the whole story of how he was reborn from ballad singer ‘Lee Jeong’ to trot singer ‘Cheon Rok Dam’.The story of his life, from the story behind his name change to the time he gave up music and how he picked up the mic again after his wife’s words, is expected to elicit warm sympathy.

MBC ‘Radio Star’ (planned by Kang Young-sun / directed by Kim Myeong-yeop, Hwang Yoon-sang, Byun Da-hee), which will be broadcast on the afternoon of the 18th, will feature a special on ‘Mr.Voice’ with Kim Tae-gyun, Cheon Rok-dam, Lee Dae-hyung, and Go Woo-rim.

Cheonrokdam looks back on his past when he debuted as Lee Jung in 2004 and was active with songs such as “Again” and “There is no tomorrow.” He confesses that when he was active as Lee Jung, he remembers thinking, “Activities themselves were too hard and I wondered if it was right to keep doing this?” He said, “I thought I should change my name so I could get rid of prejudice and make a new start,” and says that he started his second musical life with the new name “Cheonrokdam,” which was inspired by Baekrokdam and Cheonji, and will resonate from Cheonji to Baekrokdam.



Cheon Rok Dam confesses that Trot is a family history that runs through his DNA.He says, “My grandfather was a pansori singer, and my father was a trot singer.” He says, “I actually hated Trot,” but after singing “Your Light” and “The Third Hangang Bridge” on “Mr.Trot 3” and making the audience cry, he realizes that “Trot is the essence of my voice.”

He once left the entertainment industry and lived quietly as an ordinary person in Jeju Island.He confesses that while watching ‘Mr.Trot 1’, he imagined ‘what would it have been like if I had gone out?’ Then one day, a word from his wife shook his life upside down.Cheon Rok Dam reveals that he started his challenge as a trot singer after hearing the words, “If you don’t sing, you don’t seem like you.”

After that, she appeared on ‘Mr.Trot 3’ and won the beauty award among the two, and she was able to rise to the rank of In-geup-dong(a video that is rapidly rising in popularity)by passionately singing ‘Your Light’, ‘The Third Hangang Bridge’, and ‘Gong’, which is said to have created a warm atmosphere and resonated with everyone.

Meanwhile, Cheon Rok Dam also shares his honest thoughts on the attention he has received since his semi-final performance on ‘Mr.Trot 3’.He said, “This is the moment when I can do a stage that is most like me,” and plans to tell the real story of how he has renewed both his name and his heart on ‘Radio Star’.

The heartfelt story of Cheon Rok Dam, who returned to the stage with trot, can be heard on ‘Radio Star’ airing today(the 18th), Wednesday at 10:30 PM.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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