Park Hyun-bin’s debut single set for release next week

Album cover of the regular edition of Park Hyun-bin's Japanese debut single "Shaban Shaban" [Inwoo Business Production]

Trot singer Park Hyun-bin is set to release his debut single in Japan next week, informed his agency Inwoo Business Production on Friday.

According to a press release by Inwoo today, Park will release the Japanese version of his first single "Shabang Shabang", rephrased as “Shaban Shaban” in Japanese, next Wednesday.

The upcoming album will feature “Shaban Shaban” and a brand new Japanese song titled “Sakura Michi.”

A limited edition of the record will be released simultaneously with the regular edition, which will include a music video of “Shaban Shaban” and a DVD containing interviews and behind-the-scene clips of the music video.

He will promote the album in the cities of Tokyo, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Nagoya and other places through interviews, TV and radio appearances, record shop visits, while being set to perform four of his songs at an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of broadcasting station CBC broadcasting station next Saturday.

Park’s debut in Japan, which was originally set for April 6, was postponed due to March 11 earthquake that left has left at least 21,000 people dead or missing and thousands homeless in the eastern part of the country.

Park, 28 is one of the most well-known young trot singers in Korea who debuted with single “Ppari Ppa Ppa” in 2006 and became famous with numerous hit songs such as “Shabang Shabang,” “Just Believe in Oppa,” “Gonddurae Manddurae,” and “Ouch It’s Hot,”

He started preparing for his Japanese debut starting late last year after signing a contract with Irving Co., one of the largest K-pop management companies based in Tokyo.

He was invited to the 2011 Enka Festival in Japan the following February, becoming the first singer to perform there even before making his official debut in the country.

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