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A few months ago, I posted about a masked singer called Music Captain of Our Local (우리 동네 음악 대장) who sang one of my favorite songs “Lazenca Save Us” in MBC’s music variety show “King of Mask Singer (복면가왕)”.

I also wrote that he seems to be the very man who sang the rock version of Muiiya (Six Flying Dragons OST).

After that, the mysterious singer has won the competition for the 9 straight times and has become a living legend in South Korea. Today, he finally took off his mask, and I was right.

He was Ha Hyun-Woo (하현우), the vocalist of psychidelic rock band “Guckkasten (국카스텐)”.

Music captain’s journey for the past 20 weeks was finally over. Thank you for your beautiful songs. Here are his 11 songs in the show. (music only)

https://youtu.be/yWhAW9QTYKQ

Video clips Naver  /  YouTube

[English Translation]

Today, watching the Baeksang stage from the start, seating myself next to Song-Song couple (Song Jung-Ki & Song Hye-Gyo), I wanted to go with them together. It is quite embarrassing for me to receive this award.

Apart from anything else, 50 episode drama for me… (sudden change in his tone) Yeah, I know my acceptance speeches always cause controversy. (LOL) But, aren’t they funny? (LOL)

I don’t know…. 50 episode drama, Sageuk, Six Flying Dragons…. Awww (Sigh) There are so many key words that come to my mind when I’m thinking about last year. I had a lot of worries of my own, but now that I’m thinking about it, they were quite a shame. “Fifty episode drama, it would make me tired. Can I make it?” or “Fifty episodes? Star actors don’t do this kind of long-term drama, do they?” Such worries… honestly, people really said that, not about the drama itself but about the fake stories surrounding the drama. I didn’t want to focus on such fakes, and I felt ashamed of myself who was caring about them. Six Flying Dragons… I’m really proud of it.

Including Director Shin Gyeong-Soo, Writers Park Sang-Yeon & Kim Young-Hyeon, working with all the senior-junior actors like Choi Jong-Won (Yi In-Gyeom in SFD), Cheon Ho-Jin (Yi Seong-Gye in SFD)… what I felt is… I begun my acting career 10 years ago, but only Six Flying Dragons, this 50 episode drama, gave me the weird moment that I could witness so many changes and growth in myself just with one drama.  

Since SFD had six main protagonists, other 5 actors shared the burden and there was no overtime shooting at night. I think it was quite excellent filming environments. Nonetheless, I really felt like I want to die. (LOL) Hmmm… but whenever I received a script book and recited it, it made me really happy. I thought this is the reason why I am an actor. “How could the writers give me this great lines?” “How could they drive me into such a moment?” Such thoughts took me to heaven as well as to hell.  

I think I should make a living as an actor. A career as an actor sometimes makes me feel so frustrated that I think “Damn, I want to quit this stupid job”. However, at the moment when I start acting, when I’m entering into the atmosphere while the camera is rolling… (Silence for a while) … at the moment when I witness another myself in my own eyes, it gives me a big thrill. I’m happy for being an actor. Thank you all the audiences, TV viewers, for making it possible for me to live as an actor. I’ll do my best. Thank you.

[Original Korean]

오늘 1부부터 참석해서 무대를 지켜보면서, 옆에 송송 커플(송중기, 송혜교)을 앉혀두고 (웃음) 함께 가려고 했었는데, 민망하네요. 이 상을 받기가.

다른 것을 떠나서 50부작 드라마라는 것을 제가…  제가 수상 소감을 하면 논란이 된다는 거 저도 알고 있습니다. (웃음) 재밌잖아요? (웃음)

모르겠어요. 50부작 드라마, 사극, 육룡이 나르샤… 어후 (한숨) 작년을 생각하면 떠오르는 키워드들이 많고, 참 많은 고민들이 스쳤는데, 그 고민이 참 부끄러운 고민들이었던 것 같아요.  "50부작, 내가 피곤한데 할 수 있을까?“ 혹은 "50부작? 아아, 그거 스타들은 안 하는 거 아닌가?” 하는 그런 생각들도 들고… 솔직히? 으음… 사람들이 그런 말들을 많이 하잖아요. 진짜 작품에 대한 이야기 말고, 작품을 둘러싸고 있는 가짜들에 대한 이야기. 그런 것들에 별로 집중하고 싶지 않았던 것 같고. 그런 생각들이 드는 제 자신에게 굉장히 부끄러웠던 것 같아요. 육룡이 나르샤, 굉장히 자랑스러운 작품이었습니다.

신경수 감독님, 박상연 김영현 작가님, 두분 작가님을 비롯해서 최종원 선배님, 천호진 선배님을 비롯한 모든 선후배 연기자 분들, 함께 하면서… 사실 십년간 연기를 했었는데,  내가 이만큼 한 작품을 하면서 내 스스로 많은 변화와 성장을 목격할 수도 있구나 하는 되게 신기한 느낌을 받았던 순간이었어요. 육룡이 나르샤. 50부작 드라마가요.

주인공이 여섯명이라서, 많은 분들이 할당된 지분 만큼 많이 분담해 주시고, 밤새는 일도 없었고, 굉장히 훌륭한 촬영 현장이었음에도 불구하고, 사실 너무 죽고 싶었었거든요. (웃음) 음… 그래도 대본 받아서, 대본을 읊을 때마다 정말 행복했습니다. 내가 정말 이래서 배우구나, 라는 생각을 했던 것 같아요. 어떻게 작가님은 이렇게 위대한 대사를 나한테 주실 수 있지? 이런 순간에 나를 몰아넣을 수 있지?  그런 생각들로 지옥이기도 했고, 행복하기도 했습니다.

His Pansori performance on YouTube.