1. Young Tak made his debut in 2007 as a ballad singer with his 1st album Young Tak Disia.
60 Facts About Young Tak
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Young Tak's father was a soldier and his mother was a civil servant who worked for telephone service.
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Young Tak's grandfather was a music teacher and composer, who served as principal and taught music at a senior college.
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Young Tak was an Adjunct professor at the Department of Applied Music at Sehan University.
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Young Tak used the prize money to move to Seoul and work on becoming a singer.
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Young Tak was recognized for his singing ability with his 1st ballad single "I Love You".
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Young Tak almost gave up his singing career as it was not a stable job.
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Young Tak decided to work on his voice and sing professionally again.
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Young Tak's CEO co-wrote his trot debut song "Nuna You're Perfect".
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Young Tak promoted his songs by working as a morning show presenter and a guest singer in singing classes for middle-aged people.
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Young Tak wrote and produced "Why Are You Coming Out From There" in 2018.
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Young Tak planned to give the song to his friend Young-ki, who is a trot singer, but Young-ki said the song was too difficult for him.
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Jang Min-ho suggested that Young Tak sing this song himself and it became Young Tak's fourth trot single.
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Young Tak choreographed and came up with the idea for the album's cover as well as the music video on his own.
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Young Tak became a household name throughout South Korea and earned his nickname "Takgeolli".
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Young Tak received high praises from the original singer herself and all the judges, which earned him another nickname "Rhythm Tak".
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Young Tak came 2nd in the end and signed a 1-year and 6 months contract with New Era Project with other singers called Top 6.
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From April 2020 to October 2021, Young Tak was a fixed cast in TV Chosun's shows Romantic Call Centre and Mister Trot F4 Academy, both have huge ratings.
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Young Tak guested in a lot of variety shows with the rest of Top 6.
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Young Tak started gaining experience as an actor back when he starred in a musical called "The Three Generals of the Kingdom" in 2019.
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Young Tak played a cameo in TV Chosun's Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny.
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On 1 October 2020, Young Tak received "Rising Star Award" at 2020 Trot Awards, which was specifically selected by 108 PDs from all broadcast stations instead of fanvotes like other categories.
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Young Tak performed his mega hit song "Why Are You Coming Out From There" as one of the celebration performances.
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Young Tak attracted viewers' attention with his vocal skills and bright energy.
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On 30 December 2020, Young Tak sang "Kkondae Latte" and "Jjiniya" as celebration performance at 2020 MBC Drama Awards.
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Meanwhile, Young Tak continuously writes and produces songs for his colleagues and acquaintances, which he does mostly for free.
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On 5 December 2020, Young Tak won the Best Songwriter Award at the Melon Music Awards.
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Young Tak received the Hot Trend Award that night as well.
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On 10 February 2021, Young Tak released his first single after Mr Trot.
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Young Tak dedicated this song to his fandom "My People".
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On 25 February 2021, Young Tak appeared on Miss Trot 2 not only as a guest performer, but as one of the composers for Miss Trot 2 Final: Composer Mission.
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Young Tak's performance received the second highest score from the masters.
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On 4 July 2021, Young Tak was announced to participate in the lineup for Pepsi x Starship's 2021 Pepsi Taste of Korea Campaign.
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Young Tak participated in composing and writing lyrics for this song.
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On 14 October 2021, Korean press reported that Young Tak had produced a semi-trot song for the solo debut of MJ, which features singer Kim Tae-yeon from Miss Trot 2.
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In January 2022, Young Tak became a regular cast of Channel A's Nowadays Men's Life: Groom's Class.
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On 10 February 2022, Young Tak released his first comeback single after one year called "Wanna Go Get Some Abalone".
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The pop-trot song's uniqueness quickly caught attention and Young Tak was chosen to be Ambassador for Abalone of Wando County.
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Furthermore, when Young Tak was promoting "Wanna Go Get Some Abalone" on Cultwo Show, he was asked by the hosts and listeners to call out lottery numbers.
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On 31 March 2022, Young Tak won "Male Singer of the Year Award" at the 28th Korea Entertainment and Arts Awards.
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Young Tak participated in the production of 9 out of 12 songs.
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On 8 August 2022, Young Tak won "Angel N STAR Award" at 2022 The Fact Music Awards.
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Young Tak won against all of his impersonators in the episode.
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On 20 November 2022, Young Tak completed his first solo concert.
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On 21 November 2022, Young Tak had a special appearance in Behind Every Star as a rookie star who has gained popularity.
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On 30 November 2022, Young Tak won Grand Prize "Singer of the Year" at the 30th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards for "Jjiniya".
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On 15 December 2022, Young Tak released a re-arrangement of the song "Goat Gamida", which he performed together with Ji Kwang-min at the EBS 'K-Story Pop Contest' back in 2014.
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Young Tak made his official debut as an actor in the drama Strong Girl Nam-soon in 2023.
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On 19 January 2023, Young Tak won "Trot Award" at the 32nd Seoul Music Awards.
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On 2 March 2023, Young Tak joined the lineup of SBS's Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies season 5.
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On 23 March 2023, Young Tak announced the termination of his exclusive contract with his agency Milagro Entertainment after 7 years.
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On 3 July 2023, Young Tak announced the release of his second full album Form through his self-made agency 'TakStudio'.
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Young Tak participated in writing, composing, arranging and producing of all 10 songs.
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From 25 to 27 August 2023, Young Tak kicked off his second national tour 'Tak Show 2: Tak's World' in Olympic Gymnastic Arena in Seoul.
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Young Tak ended his national tour with 2 encore concerts in Seoul.
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On 15 December 2023, Young Tak won Grand Prize for 'Popular Culture' category at 2023 Nation Brand Awards.
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On 18 February 2024, Young Tak signed an exclusive contract with agency ABYSS Company.
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On 28 March 2024, Young Tak was appointed as KORAIL Public relations ambassador.
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Young Tak donates to them monthly and reached a cumulative donation amount of 8.36 million won as of May 2023.
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Young Tak was named as the Songwriter of the Year at Melon Music Awards in 2020.