Young Tak: Male singer is Super Junior's teacher, "shares the same tray" as BLACKPINK and BTS in the top hottest singers in Kpop

Young Tak is a versatile artist with a long history of artistic activities in the Korean entertainment industry. Possessing a beautiful, soaring voice and bright appearance, the male singer has been gradually conquering Korean music lovers.

Young Tak's birth name is Park Young Tak, a male artist born in 1983. He is the only son of a normal civil servant family whose father is an army soldier and his mother works in a telecommunications company.

Young Tak's grandfather was different in that he was a music instructor in a famous college and an excellent composer. Young Tak often stayed with him while making music and was guided to learn to sing along to the songs.

When he was a student, Park Young Tak became a member of the children's choir but unfortunately suffered from rhinitis, which often made it difficult for him to learn to sing despite his gifted voice. .

During this time, Young Tak continued to suffer a serious ankle injury, which forced him to have permanent screw fixation and was exempted from military service.

When he went to university, Young Tak chose to major in Advertising and Public Relations at Cheongju private school. After that, he continued to study for a Master's degree in Music Composition at Kookmin National University of Korea to pursue his passion for making music.

In 2004, Young Tak registered to participate in a singing contest in the Yeongnam area and successfully won first prize with a prize money of nearly two hundred million, calculated in Vietnamese currency.

After winning this contest, Young Tak spent all the prize money to move to Seoul to pursue a music career when he just turned twenty-one. Initially, the young singer was trusted by director Yong Ki Jeong to be responsible for singing the soundtrack for the movie version of Marrying the mafia (2005) .

However, after two years the young man still has no outstanding activities. It wasn't until the end of 2007 that Park Young Tak decided to compete in a contest for rookie singers to find a chance to shine.

Here, the male singer gradually proved his ability, his clear and resonant voice began to be recognized by many audiences. Also in 2007, Young Tak officially released his first digital album, marking a new milestone for his career.

In 2008, the male singer participated in singing the soundtrack for the OCN drama My lady boss, My hero with Seo Dong Hoon. After that, both Young Tak and Dong Hoon formed a two-member group named Let It Be and planned to release a grand music album. However, due to insufficient costs and the lack of a suitable managing company, their project had to be cancelled.

Undeterred, the duo participated in Star King , a popular reality TV show on SBS. Thanks to their excellent impersonation of the group Brown Eyed Soul, Young Tak and Seo Dong Hoon were invited to sign a contract by another entertainment company.

At the new company, Young Tak was chosen as the debut member of a four-member ballad group called L-Class. Working tirelessly together for more than two years but still not being noticed by the audience, the group had to regretfully disband in 2011.

Struggling to make art for a long time, Young Tak began to retire to compose music and sing soundtracks for cinematographic works. There was even a time when he taught singing to many famous stars like Super Junior, Davichi, and Wannabe to have money to cover daily living expenses.

Persistently pursuing music for many years but still unable to succeed, Park Young Tak almost intends to give up his passion to work at more stable jobs. To be able to make a living, he became a teaching assistant at Sehan University and worked as a teacher for music academies.

By 2016, Young Tak's career path had a major turning point when he signed a contract with Milagro Entertainment to become a trot singer. The first song the male singer released to the public is called Nuna You're Perfect.

In early 2018, Young Tak personally composed and participated in the production of the song Why Are You Coming Out From There. The male singer was very enthusiastic when coming up with production ideas for the album cover, MV or choreographing his own dance moves. The song quickly became popular when a part of young people used it on the TikTok platform.

Some time later, Young Tak registered to compete in the popular music competition Mr. Trot of TV Chosun. Joining Mr. Trot helped Young Tak's name skyrocket, he was invited to participate in many entertainment shows, and became an actor in major musicals.

Thanks to his outstanding achievements and dedication to Trot music, he has won many great awards at prestigious awards ceremonies. In 2020, Young Tak received the Rising Star award from more than 108 producers of broadcasting stations at the Trot Music Awards.

In early 2022, he won the Male Singer of the Year award at the Korean Arts and Entertainment Awards. In celebrity brand rankings, Young Tak always maintains his form when appearing in high rankings alongside many names such as BTS, BLACKPINK, Kang Daniel, and IU.

However, at the end of 2021, his management company got into a big controversy when it was accused of violating the Music Industry Promotion Act.

Specifically, Milagro Entertainment CEO Lee Jae Gyu was prosecuted for digital music fraud for "domestic chickens", affecting the achievements of music charts.

The incident happened in 2018. According to Seoul police's investigation, Mr. Lee paid more than thirty million won to manipulate the number of online streams for the song Why Are You Coming Out From There by male singer Young Tak. .

The scandal caused this person to admit all accusations and apologize to the public. Although Lee explained that he committed the fraud alone and that the owner of the hit song Jiniya was unaware, this still seriously affected Young Tak's reputation.

However, after all, Park Young Tak's intelligent musical thinking and determination to pursue his singing career seriously for a long time is something that no one can deny.

In a market where Trot music is increasingly saturated and gradually being replaced by Pop, Rock, and R&B, bright factors like Young Tak are playing a huge role in bringing this mainstream music genre back in the future. entertainment industry.