Baby Shark star to make K-pop debut as Baby Shark Boy

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How it spread - 10 original reports

1. Tue, 11 August 2026

   2 reports
   • Channel News Asia02:59first to report
     Baby Shark star to make K-pop debut as Baby Shark Boy

     Park Geon-roung, best known as the boy from the viral Baby Shark music video, is now set to make his K-pop debut.

   • arynews.tv09:59
     Pinkfong announces 'Baby Shark' kid Park Geon-roung’s debut

     The Pinkfong viral Baby Shark dance video star, Park Geon-roung to return to the musical stage after a decade with his first single.

2. Wed, 12 August 2026

   3 reports
   • BBC News World03:26edited after publishing
     Baby Shark boy set to make K-pop debut

     previouslyBaby Shark Boy set to make K-pop debut

     The boy from the most-watched YouTube video of all time is now 17 years old, and wants to be a K-pop star.

   • El Mundo (Spain)05:52
     El niño del vídeo de Baby Shark debuta como cantante de K-pop

     Diez años después del fenómeno que se hizo viral en todo el mundo, Park Geon-roung, de 17 años, debutará como solista el próximo 20 de agosto Leer

   • El País (Spain)14:10
     El niño de Baby Shark se pasa al K-pop

     Diez años después de la famosa canción y el viral videoclip que coprotagonizó, el surcoreano Park Geon-roung vuelve a la música. Esta vez, con un estilo más maduro, pero siempre de la mano de los creadores de aquel éxito

3. Fri, 14 August 2026

   1 report
   • Index.hr (Croatia)11:39
     Dječak iz spota Baby Shark je odrastao (i dokaz koliko ste stari)

     PARK Geon-roung, dječak iz spota Baby Shark, sada ima 17 godina.

4. Thu, 20 August 2026

   3 reports
   • aol.co.uk01:45
     The boy behind the Baby Shark phenomenon: I used to hum it without even realising

     After 10 years and more than 17bn YouTube views, Geonroung Park, aka Baby Shark Boy, speaks about his life as a child star and his new K-Pop career

   • RMF24 (Poland)06:47
     Z „Baby Shark” do K-popu. To on tańczył w najpopularniejszym wideo na YouTube

     Z „Baby Shark” do K-popu. To on tańczył w najpopularniejszym wideo na YouTube

   • 24sata (Croatia)16:31
     Sjećate se klinca iz 'Baby Shark' pjesme? Ima 17 i snima pjesme, pogledajte kako sad izgleda

     'Baby Shark je snimljen 2016. godine, a tek je naredne godine postao popularan zahvaljujući izazovu #BabySharkChallenge u Indoneziji. Snimka danas ima više od 17,2 milijarde pregleda

5. Fri, 21 August 2026

   1 report
   • Times of India07:34
     ‘Baby Shark’ boy returns to stage, this time as a K-pop singer