80s SeoulPart I, reaction explosion from part one...Kim Hee-ae → Byun Jin-seop, summoning memories
Sep 28, 2025
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MBC's entertainment program 'What are you doing when you play?In '80s, Yoon Do-hyun, Solar, Jung Seong-hwa, Liz (Ive), Woods, Park Young-gyu, and Ha Dong-gyun are participating in '80s Seoul songThe first part of the performance was revealed. It continued to the special celebration stage of the living legend of the music industry, Byun Jin-seop, and made everyone fall into time travel.
The broadcast's audience rating for households in the Seoul metropolitan area reached 6.5%, ranking first in the overall entertainment on Saturday following last week. The 2049 rating, a key indicator for measuring channel competitiveness and popularity, was 2.5%, and it continued its march to No. 1 on entertainment shows on Saturday. The best minute was the introduction of a special celebratory stage that summoned the eternal ballad emperor Byun Jin-seop, whose highest viewership per minute soared to 8.2%. (Based on Nielsen Korea's metropolitan area)
MC Yoo Jae-suk and actor Kim Hee-ae, who hosted the festival, quickly took viewers back to that time with their perfect 80s styling. In particular, Kim Hee-ae attracted attention by completely proving the 1980s with her purple two-piece, rich volume hair, and colorful color makeup.
Viewers responded to Kim Hee-ae's words, "'Nice to meet you.'" It seemed like she had returned to the 1980s. Yoo Jae-seok heated up the atmosphere by introducing the song sensibly with Lee Deok-hwa's comment in his memories "Please".
In addition, singers Byun Jin-seop and Han Young-ae, who represent the 1980s as judges, musical director Kim Moon-jung, film director Jang Hang-joon, and radio producer Nam Tae-jung joined. The winners of the grand prize, gold prize, silver prize, and bronze prize will be determined according to the judges' scoring. Attention was focused on who would be the winner of the honor.
Yoon Do-hyun was the No. 1 contestant who opened the music festival. Yoon Do-hyun, who took on the first order, appeared leisurely, inducing applause from the audience, and dominated the stage by charismaticly singing 'You I encountered (Peongolmae)'. Solar, who has an explosive singing ability, then performed the stage of 'Beautiful Gangsan (Lee Sun-hee)' with a band session.
Yoo Jae-seok admired the powerful stage from the beginning, saying, `It's crazy from the beginning.' Yoon Do-hyun said, `I said it doesn't matter in order, but I didn't know I would give you the first prize.' The prize doesn't matter, but he also expressed his desire to receive the grand prize. Solar said "I didn't know my first order would be Yoon Do-hyun. Everything is twisted," he said, drawing laughter.
Jung Sung-hwa, the musical actor with participation number 3, then sang 'Sungho Kim's Reminiscence (Sungho Kim)' and gave a sense of immersion as if she had seen a performance. Kim Hee-ae was so immersed in the emotion that she sang along on her own.
Liz (Ive), the youngest member of the 2004 K-pop festival, performed 'Please Stop the Wind (Lee Ji-yeon)' in an adorable voice. At that time, Yoo Jae-seok responded "Lee Ji-yeon is here" and Yoon Do-hyun responded "It's almost like a reenactment" on a stage that seemed to summon the innocent pronoun Lee Ji-yeon.
Woods, a 2025 back-running superstar, appeared in retro glasses in the 1980s and sang 'The Last Concert (Lee Seung-chul)'. Standing under the mirror ball lights, Woods gave the stage a sound that filled the stage with just his voice without a chorus or band.
Park Young-gyu, the oldest participant of the festival, presented the stage with a voice of his life 'We (Song Chang-sik)'. Joo Woo-jae "The snow was damp. He sang the song as if he were talking, so I was more moved, and Park Young-gyu said, `I did my best because I thought I would never have another chance."
Participant No. 7 Ha Dong-gyun played the guitar himself like the original artist, Spring Summer Autumn Winter, and performed the "Someone's Dream (Spring Summer Autumn Winter)" stage. Ha Dong-kyun, who performed beautifully, appeared to aim for the friendship award selected by the participants rather than the main prize. Ha Dong-gyun, who was exceptionally introverted, said, `I should be the leader. I've been working hard for my friendshipThe image of claiming " drew laughter.
The surprise reunion at the music festival also drew attention. Kim Hee-ae and Park Young-gyu reunited after 36 years since the MBC drama 'Forgot Tomorrow' and exchanged pleasant greetings. Park Young-gyu is "The first woman I loved in my life. That's when I met such a great actor and I've been living my life up until now," he said, causing everyone to laugh. Kim Hee-ae said "Time flies so fast" to the encounter, which reminded her of her rookie days in her 20s.
The end of the first part was decorated with a special celebration stage that would be disappointing if it was not included in the song festival. It was Byun Jin-seop's stage as a judge. Back as Ballard Emperor, Byun Jin-seop sang 'To the Lady' and made everyone fall into the memories of those days.
The song festival, where MCs and participants as well as audiences entered with the dress code of the 1980s, was truly a scene of unity. Everything, including stage production, effects, and subtitle style, was decorated with 80s emotions, giving an experience as if going on a time trip, drawing enthusiastic responses from viewers.
At the end of the broadcast, the second part, which continues the enthusiasm of the first part, was announced, raising expectations. Choi Yuri, Lee Yong-jin & Lalal, Choi Jung-hoon, Park Myung-soo, DinDin, Lee Joon-young, Song Eun-i & Kim Sook, and Lee Jeok were on stage, adding to the curiosity. The announcement of the Korean Song Festival's white rice award was also announced, drawing attention to who will be the grand prize of honor.
MBC 'What do you do when you play?' airs every Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
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