RESCENE’s Zena’s “Ppang Ppang” Surpasses 13.67 Million Views… Park Sang-cheol’s Song Goes Viral Again

Girl group RESCENE's XENA has surpassed 13.67 million views with her trot medley and brought Park Sang-cheol's “Bbang Bbang” back into the spotlight.

XENA's recently released trot medley video has surpassed 13.67 million views. The video, in which the idol member performed one familiar trot hit after another, including Jang Yoon-jeong's “Oh My” and Oh Seung-geun's “How's My Age?”, spread by word of mouth.

The song drawing particularly enthusiastic reactions is Park Sang-cheol's “Bbang Bbang.” A video separately edited to include only that section of the medley has also surpassed 1.24 million YouTube views. A past video of “Bbang Bbang” sung together on TV CHOSUN's “Love Call Center” by Lim Young-woong, Young Tak, Lee Chan-won, Kim Ho-joong, Jeong Dong-won, Jang Min-ho, and Kim Hee-jae is also receiving renewed attention.

Jang Yoon-jeong also reacted to XENA's trot skills. Jang Yoon-jeong left the witty comment, “You're quite the tonic-like friend! Have you ever thought about doing trot?”

Trot songs released in the 2000s appear to be spreading to a new generation through the voices of young idols and short-form videos and YouTube. The lively melody of “Bbang Bbang,” which anyone can easily sing along to, also helped, coinciding with the Chuseok holiday weekend.

Park Sang-cheol, who serves as chairman of the Korea Singers Association, said, “A singer's song gains its true strength because it connects with the hearts of those who listen,” adding, “I will support the dreams of younger artists and help create a warm popular music culture in which we can laugh and cry together with the people of Korea.”

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