KBS1's 6시 내고향 Wednesday segment "별 볼 일 있는 고향투어," which richly showcases things to enjoy and eat across the country to reveal the hidden charms of hometowns, will feature Jaurim, one of Korea's representative bands making their 28th year since debut.
On the Dec. 12 broadcast of KBS1's 6시 내고향, Kim Yuna, Lee Seon-gyu and Kim Jin-man of Jaurim, who released their 12th full-length album LIFE! with the theme of "life," will appear as one-day interns. They set out with official hometown tour staffer reporter Jung Jae-hyung to find moments in Daejeon when life becomes art.
The four met for the first time at a tea shop remodeled from a 100-year-old official residence. When reporter Jung Jae-hyung sang a Jaurim song full of fan devotion, Kim Yuna responded with the signature song "Twenty-five, Twenty-one," showing a fantastic rapport (?). After the proper Daejeon tour began, walking the narrow alleys of Sojedong, developed as a railroad official residence village in the late 1920s, they came upon a retro supermarket.
To celebrate Jaurim interns' first appearance on 6시 내고향, staffer Jung treated them. The Jaurim members, briefly setting aside their stage charisma, picked nostalgic snacks to fill a basket as if returning to childhood, and in the yard beside the shop they grilled "jjondeogi" over charcoal. In high spirits, Kim Yuna sang a line from the new song LIFE!, displaying the vocal prowess fans trust from Jaurim. Then Jaurim and reporter Jung Jae-hyung visited a Pyongyang naengmyeon restaurant that has carried on 70 years of tradition into its third generation. They fell for the deep, clean broth at first taste and for the chewy, springy noodles a second time. "This refreshing naengmyeon flavor goes well with Jaurim's 'hahaha!' It makes you laugh, ha, ha, ha~," she sang a line even during the meal, according to reports that it suited their tastes perfectly.
Even after the accompaniment ended, reporter Jung Jae-hyung's journey continued. At the Sangso-dong forest bathing area on the slopes of Maninsan, he encountered 17 stone pagodas with unique sculptural beauty called the "Angkor Wat of Korea" and felt the art of time. He also met a master seal engraver who has been carving seals for 55 years and completed the art of a name held in each character, letter by letter.
The special journey with Jaurim in Daejeon, the "city where life becomes art," will be aired on KBS1's 6시 내고향 on Nov. 12 at 6 p.m.
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