Music festival again? What do you do when you play? That's why I'm doing this..I revealed the reason.

Jul 27, 2025

Music festival again? What do you do when you play? That's why I'm doing this..I revealed the reason.



It's a song festival that's coming back. 'What do you do when you play?' declared the beginning of a song festival that revived the sentiment of the 1980s.

MBC ', which aired on the 26th, 'What are you doing when you play?' is '80s MBC Seoul Music AwardsProducer Yoo Jae-seok and writer Ha-ha, who are pushing for ', are depicted. In the first blind audition preliminary round, from big stars whose voices are fingerprints to hidden talents who catch their ears, the audience reacted enthusiastically.

What are you doing when you play on this day?The viewing rate of households in the metropolitan area was 4.2%. The 2049 rating, a key indicator that measures channel competitiveness and popularity, recorded 2.5%, ranking first in all entertainment shows on Saturday. The best minute was the scene where Yoo Jae-suk and Ha-ha completed the first preliminary round and recruited additional applicants, with the highest ratings per minute soaring to 5.8%. (Based on Nielsen Korea's metropolitan area)




Yoo Jae-seok and Ha-ha, who returned to the 1980s, turned into PDs and writers, respectively, and at that time, the college song festival, Gangbyeon song festival, and beach songI planned a new song festival that connects me. This song festival is only available in the 1980s and will be held from contest to award. Yoo Jae-suk and Ha-ha are looking for someone who fits the sentiment of the 1980s. It should taste like the 80s", he said, anxiously looking for a voice that would digest the emotion that was hard to feel in 2025.

The audition qualifying session followed right away. 'The Loop Boy' selected a masterpiece that announced the renaissance of Korean rock music 'That's My World (Deulgukhwa)' to announce the appearance of a talented person from the beginning of the preliminary round. Attracted by his strong vocalization and handsome silhouette like a musical actor, Yoo Jae-seok said, "I think he's handsome" and shouted his acceptance. 'The 3rd Han River Bridge' presented a reinterpretation of 'Short Hair (Cho Yong-pil)' and 'To Lady (Byeon Jin-seop)' with female vocals. The jewel-like tone completely upended concerns about the selection of masterpieces, drawing admiration. Yoo Jae-seok "This is why I'm doing the song festival. I wanted to find this kind of voice"Ha said "There's a character!" and shouted his acceptance.

'Paradise Shopping Center' selected 'Starry Zindane(Travel Sketch)' which led to the popularization of folk music and was accepted by showing a mournful voice leading to the 1980s. Yoo Jae-seok made a good use of the 1980s sentiment with the catchy tone of the song "Don't Leave" "Submarine Bridge". I don't think I'm a person these days", and on the contrary, Ha-ha raised her curiosity by guessing singer Jannabi Choi Jeong-hoon. 'New York Confectionery' was accepted by singing 'Bingle(Nami)' and 'Girl(Lee Mun-se)' in a Castella-like soft and sweet voice.




'Olympic Boulevard' is an open range suitable for the nickname, and 'To You Again (Byun Jin-seop)' and 'Sundol-i' is singing in an unusual position while lying on the bare floor, singing 'Like Music Like Rain (Kim Hyun-sik)' to get the pass. Wearing a princess-style dress and white gloves, 'Midopa Department Store' was accepted by moistly singing 'Love Is Like Rainwater Outside the Window (Yang Soo-kyung). Yoo Jae-suk and Ha-ha piqued their curiosity by speculating that they were athletes by being hooked on the healthy arms of 'Midopa Department Store'.

Music festival again? What do you do when you play? That's why I'm doing this..I revealed the reason.
In particular, 'Pimatgol' showed off its presence as a genre that all Koreans know 'voice is genre', raising expectations for the song festival. Yoo Jae-seok and Ha-ha are singing the song "Wind, Wind, Wind, Wind (Kim Bum-ryong)", and this brother is coming out of here? It's an honor," he said, shouting his acceptance. The audition's first trot song 'Daehan Theater', which sang 'Mujeongbus(Kang Seung-mo)', turned out to be singer Jin Sung and was eliminated because it was an impossible legend.

A familiar voice also appeared, giving a laugh and a welcome. 'Namsan Tower' sang 'Gwanghwamun Sonata (Lee Moon-se)' in a voice filled with time, and Yoo Jae-seok and Ha-ha put the screening on hold, guessing actor Park Young-kyu of 'Midal's Dad'. The identity of the "work shop" was revealed with familiar nasal sounds and vibrations in the first verse. Yoo Jae-suk and Ha-ha are "Why are you covering your face? It's Park Myung-soo". "You're working so hard?" I couldn't even imagine it, he said, calling for his willingness to participate. Joo Woo-jae applied under the nickname 'Pony' and Lee Yi-kyung '63 Building', but Yoo Jae-suk and Ha-ha "Why are there no fish?", "The song is so depressing" and they were eliminated.




'80s MBC Seoul Music Awards'In 2025, '\' evokes the emotion of the 1980s, which is hard to feel, giving the fun of reasoning and finding the unique voice of the music festival. Applicants sent cassette tapes of voices recorded in 2025 to audition, and the nicknames were also participated in the names of Seoul's representative attractions or neighborhoods to summon memories. The direction that detailed the emotions of the time, including subtitle fonts and audition screens, also increased viewers' immersion. As Yoo Jae-seok said, "There are so many great songs in the 1980s," viewers said, "It was fun to listen to."

Meanwhile, the trailer for the next broadcast showed Joo Woo-jae and Lee Yi-kyung, who failed the audition, joining as the youngest writers and conducting in-depth interviews with preliminary holders 'Namsan Tower' and 'Workshop', raising expectations and curiosity. MBC 'What do you do when you play?' airs every Saturday at 6:30 p.m.





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