'Song큐멘터리 Back to the Music season 2' features Seong Jin-woo, the subject of the song 'Don't Give Up,' a song dedicated to those who never gave up on their dreams despite numerous setbacks, appearing.
Debuting in the 1990s and immediately winning the nation's love with the song 'Don't Give Up,' as well as sunglasses, skinny jeans, tight-fitting T-shirts, Seong Jin-woo's style also became a major topic, and he became unquestionably the most popular singer. There is a behind-the-scenes story to the song that put Seong Jin-woo at the top.
Seong Jin-woo lived and slept in his agency's office for the dream of becoming a singer, and Joo Younghoon worked hard on his compositions in a corner of the agency for his dream of becoming a composer. The two who met that way lived together at Joo Younghoon's house and prepared Seong Jin-woo's first album. They were youths so poor they did not even have as little as 10 won, but encouraging each other's dreams they shouted hundreds of times 'Don't Give Up.' Ultimately, their determination produced the masterpiece 'Don't Give Up,' which became the greatest hit that struck the 1990s.
But Seong Jin-woo did not stop as a dance singer. He remade Mr. Two's song 'Your Story' and met audiences as a ballad singer. Showing that he could handle not only dance songs but various genres, he rose to the top again. But this song carries a painful story of Seong Jin-woo. While promoting this song, Seong Jin-woo suffered the loss of his mother. Every time he went on stage he wore a hemp ribbon and sang thinking of his deceased mother, not an 'ex-lover.' This pained many fans' hearts as well.
Even in great sorrow, Seong Jin-woo walked a steady path as a singer. Then one day he suddenly disappeared. But that long hiatus was not what he wanted. The story of how he suffered from social anxiety disorder and endured a painful time during the hiatus can be heard on 'Back to the Music season 2.'
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