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Park Geonroung, the child star of Pinkfong's "Baby Shark Dance", has made his K-pop debut a decade after appearing in the viral video.
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The 2016 video, in which Park appeared at the age of 7, has more than 17.2 billion views and remains the most-watched video in YouTube history.
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Park → appear → history
Now 17, Park released his first digital single, "WAVE", on Thursday under the stage name Baby Shark Boy, with backing from The Pinkfong Company, which turned Baby Shark into a global entertainment franchise.
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The Guardian reported that "Baby Shark Dance" has held YouTube's No. 1 position for 69 consecutive months.
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"Baby Shark Dance brought joy to people around the world, and I'm very grateful that so many people still remember me from 10 years ago.
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That made me want to come back and connect with people through music again," Park told Reuters.
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Baby Shark melody returns in 'WAVE'
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The Baby Shark tune features at the beginning of "WAVE" before the song moves into electropop with trap elements.
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Park also contributed to the lyrics, which Pinkfong said draw on his return after 10 years and his decision to take on a new challenge.
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The track features Joohoney of K-pop group Monsta X. Young-jun Choi led TEAM SAME on the choreography.
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Choi → feature → choreography
Choi has previously worked with acts including BTS, Seventeen and Twice.
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Pinkfong said some movements associated with the original Baby Shark dance have been adapted for the K-pop performance.
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Despite growing up as the face of a video watched billions of times, Park told The Guardian that his childhood remained largely normal.
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However, the song itself was difficult to escape.
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Park recalled that Baby Shark became so familiar that he would sometimes find himself humming it without realising.
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Pinkfong's 2016 video spawned parodies and a dance craze.
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video → spawn → parodies
The song was later played at the White House, while US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk were among those who praised it.
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who → play → it
Park remained associated with Pinkfong after the original video and appeared in other programmes produced by the company
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"WAVE", however, marks his first solo K-pop digital single.
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Park said he sees "WAVE" as the start of a longer musical journey and hopes to show different sides of himself through music and other content.
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Pinkfong is also making "WAVE: Becoming Baby Shark Boy", a documentary about Park's journey from child performer to his new musical identity and the making of his debut single.
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Pinkfong → make → single
Pinkfong said it is also exploring other projects involving Park.
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