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At 11 p.m. on the 25th, episode 21 of KBS1 ‘Back to the Music Season 2’ will air, the ‘Singer Han Kyung-il Who Comforted Our Breakups’ edition.

Han Kyung-il appears on the nostalgia trip ‘Songcumentary Back to the Music 2’, which introduces the stories behind timeless songs that continue to be sung.

South Korea was especially heated during the 2002 World Cup. At a time when cheering anthems and lively dance tracks dominated, Han Kyung-il entered the music scene with the ballad ‘I Loved One Person’. Amid the concerns of many people, he bet on a ‘Han Kyung-il-style ballad’. On the day of the quarterfinal, when the entire nation shouted ‘Daehanminguk’ to cheer on the Taegeuk Warriors, the date overlapped with the day of his first concert, and a crisis arrived.

Audience members came to the concert of Han Kyung-il wearing Red Devils outfits and carrying cheering gear. Han Kyung-il watched the quarterfinal with the fans who had come, cheered together, and when the quarterfinal ended in victory, he finally raised the curtain on the concert. In this way, Han Kyung-il turned a crisis into an opportunity and completed a successful debut.

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After that, he reached his greatest prime by releasing ‘Half of My Life’, the title track of his second album that begins with an explosive chorus. The song by Han Kyung-il became both a challenge number for many men and a favorite to sing along. MC Shin Yu, who has long liked Han Kyung-il’s songs, takes on the high notes of ‘Half of My Life’. Shin Yu’s attempt will be revealed on the broadcast.

Following ‘Half of My Life’, the follow-up song ‘Sad Invitation’ also received great love along with the title track, and Han Kyung-il firmly established himself as a ‘representative singer of breakup songs’.

While he was enjoying a brilliant prime, shocking news came. Media reports followed that Han Kyung-il had gone into hiding due to conflict with his agency. His disappearance led to him being shunned not only by the public but also by broadcasting insiders. However, all of it turned out to be a tactic by the agency. What hidden secret lies behind the disappearance of Han Kyung-il? The detailed inside story will be revealed.

Thus, he stopped all broadcast activities and became a singer forgotten by the public. But after 10 years, Han Kyung-il appeared on the new-artist discovery audition show ‘Superstar K’. The public supported his courage at the fact that someone who had once enjoyed a top prime and much love took part in a new-artist competition program, and Han Kyung-il thereby resumed his activities.

From then on, for 11 years, Han Kyung-il released one song per month, putting out a total of 160 songs and continuing to sing. The music he never let go of despite countless ups and downs. The candid stories contained in the songs that were half of the life of Han Kyung-il and a high-quality live performance can be seen on ‘Back to the Music Season 2’ at 11 p.m. on Sunday, January 25 on KBS1.