Ballad Singers of the 2000s, United in One Place of Nostalgia

July 2 Mapo Art Center 'Eotteongayo' Concert
Featuring Jo Jeonghyun, K2 Kim Seongmyeon, Lee Gyuseok, Emerald Castle Jiwoo, Lee Jeongbong

Jiwoo from Emerald Castle, Jo Jeonghyeon, Kim Seongmyeon from K2, Lee Gyuseok, and Lee Jeongbong (from left) will hold the nostalgic 90-00 concert 'Eotteongayo' at Mapo Art Center on July 2. Photo by Mapo Cultural Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Ballad stars who dominated the 1990s and 2000s will take the stage together.

On the 27th, the Mapo Cultural Foundation announced that it will hold the nostalgic 99~00 concert "Eotteongayo" at the Mapo Art Center Art Hall Mac in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the 2nd of next month.

This performance is themed around the glamorous revival of the princes of ballads who represented the 1990s and 2000s, an era when dance and ballads flourished in the music industry. Jo Jeonghyun, K2's Kim Seongmyeon, Emerald Castle's Jiwoo, Lee Gyuseok, and Lee Jeongbong will appear to hold the first-ever joint concert.

The concert will be filled with ballad hit songs that swept karaoke charts during the heyday when karaoke was a popular leisure culture for the public. Additionally, a special stage composed of classic hits from that era will be prepared.

Jo Jeonghyun, who led the golden age of Korean ballads in the early 1990s, will perform his representative hit "Geu Apeumkkaji Saranghangeoya (I Loved Even That Pain)"; K2's Kim Seongmyeon, celebrating his 30th debut anniversary this year, will sing "Geunyeoui Yeonrinege (To Her Lover)"; Emerald Castle's Jiwoo, known for "Balgeoreum (Footsteps)"; original high-teen star Lee Gyuseok of "Gicha wa Sonamu (Train and Pine Tree)"; and the sweet-voiced Lee Jeongbong will present "Eotteongayo (How Is It?)" to the audience.

K2's Kim Seongmyeon said, "I never thought the day would come when I would perform on the same stage with Jeonghyun hyung, Jeongbong, Jiwoo, and Gyuseok hyung, but time has passed and this day has arrived. Although wrinkles have increased on our foreheads, our voices are still young, and trends come full circle, so maybe our time will come again."

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