‘What do you do when you hang out’ Have you forgotten that Shin Bong-seon is also a singer?

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I'm tired of starting another music project, and I can't help but sigh at the lackluster production team that can't even use the regular members properly. Using comedians only as an entertainment device and making only actor and singer Line the main group of the project is a clear 'discrimination'. This is why criticism is pouring in on the practice of forcing laughter without even giving people a chance.

MBC's entertainment show 'What Do You Do When You Hang Out' recently launched the 'Dangling Entertainment' project aimed at debuting the top boy group and female duo Juju's Secret. Yoo Jae-seok took on the role of JS, the CEO of Dingcheori Entertainment.

The starting point of ONE TOP was 3 years ago. At that time, broadcast production was being halted for 1-2 weeks in the aftermath of the coronavirus, and when time freed up, Yoo Jae-seok, without a major purpose of "let's do something together," used his own money to create Teen Top's 'To You'. We practiced '(To You)', but it ended up being incomplete.

Accordingly, OneTop brought them back together and created a boy group to finish the dance. Existing members Jo Se-ho, Yang Se-hyung, Nam Chang-hee, Yoo Byung-jae, Hwang Kwang-hee, Haha, and Yoo Jae-seok were reorganized into an 8-member group with the addition of 'What Do You Do When You Play' member Lee Yi-kyung? Shareholder's Secret is a project that turns unreleased songs stored on Yoo Jae-seok's phone into reality, and out of the three female members, Lee Mi-joo and Park Jin-joo form a duo.

Accordingly, among the 'What Do You Do When You Play' members, the only ones who did not become trainees at Dingcheori Entertainment were Jeong Jun-ha and Shin Bong-seon. Is it a coincidence that they are both comedians? The production team predicted that Jeong Jun-ha and Shin Bong-seon would take on the roles of manager and director, respectively, but reality was far from that. Jeong Jun-ha lost his presence and presence by just watching the members practice their choreography, and Shin Bong-seon suddenly transformed into a secondary character, Dong-min's mother, and was forced to prepare meals for the members in the cafeteria.

In particular, Shin Bong-seon's sub-character is not a character created in 'What Do You Do When You Play', but is a sub-character that Shin Bong-seon has consistently shown on YouTube. She is already known online as a character in a cooking content that depicts the process of Dong-min's mother visiting her son Dong-min's room and making side dishes. This is a character that receives a lot of love.

In the end, the production team of 'What Do You Do When You Play' chose to use Shin Bong-seon's personal character as is without any new considerations. Meanwhile, the broadcast ended with a quickly edited video of Shin Bong-seon personally preparing meals for more than 10 members for nearly two hours. Juju's Secret members Lee Mi-ju and Park Jin-ju covered everything from temporary recording to choreography practice and short-form video production.

Did JuJu Secret's 'I'm Scared of the Night' song really have to be produced by a duo? Wouldn't it have been better to have become a female trio? Shin Bong-seon is both a comedian and a singer. He is also a member of the group Celeb Five along with Song Eun-i, Ahn Young-mi, and Kim Shin-young, and even released a solo music track with his subcharacter Capsaicin. Before Park Jin-joo joined, she covered 'Falling' with Lee Mi-joo and Yoo Jae-seok, showing off her singing skills that are on par with other singers.

Also, given that Shin Bong-seon is a character who shows some entertainment sense in the obvious and uninteresting 'What Do You Do When You Play', his reduced role is disappointing. Shin Bong-seon, who played the role of a mad dog detective in 'Finding Jin Do Jun-ha', succeeded in making people laugh just by looking at him with his unconventional visuals such as long dreadlocks and dark skin. Perhaps that's why I can't help but feel that excessive makeup and character are entrusted only to Shin Bong-seon. Even to the point where they pushed her out as a cafeteria lady rather than a girl group member.

'What do you do when you hang out' is another boring music project. The PD, who is still clueless, doesn't even seem to know how to use the members. This is why it seems difficult for Taengcheori Entertainment to receive the glory of Ssak3, MSG Wannabe, etc.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr