The ‘Baby Shark’ Boy Is Debuting As A Singer 10 Years Later

"Baby Shark Dance," "Baby Shark Boy 'WAVE' MV Teaser 1"

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The adorable small boy who danced beside the animated “Baby Shark” family successful the most-watched video ever connected YouTube is each grown up and now making euphony of his own.

“Baby Shark” creators The Pinkfong Company announced Monday that the young performer from its 2016 “Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance” clip will debut arsenic a signaling creator nether the sanction Baby Shark Boy. His first azygous “WAVE” arrives later this month, connected August 20 astatine 12:00 p.m. KST (which is August 19, 11:00 p.m. ET) crossed streaming platforms successful Korea and internationally. The way features a awesome K-pop star, Joohoney of the boy set Monsta X. Baby Shark Boy (whose afloat sanction is Park Geonroung) is credited arsenic a co-writer of the lyrics.

A teaser landed connected some his and Baby Shark’s YouTube and societal media channels Monday morning. Anyone who’s lived connected satellite Earth for the past decade will instantly admit the interpolation of the classical “Baby Shark doo-doo-doo” hook paired pinch a trendy synth-pop hit for “WAVE.” Geonroung showcases his vocals astatine the very extremity of the 17-second teaser, singing successful some Korean and English, ending the clip singing, “I’m your boy.” Strictly arsenic a portion of music, “WAVE” feels for illustration it could beryllium shaping up to beryllium a refreshing bubblegum popular track, pinch Baby Shark Boy showcasing saccharine and promising vocals.

According to a study from Business Korea, Pinkfong shared that the azygous is built astir the strangeness of stepping backmost into nationalist position a decade later, pinch Baby Shark Boy’s lyrics drafting straight connected his experiences.

"I’ve ever been grateful that group still retrieve the video I was successful arsenic a child," Park Geonroung said successful a connection (translated into English for this article until an charismatic English connection is released). “Ten years agone I danced adjacent to Baby Shark. Now I want group to perceive my ain sound and the communicative I wrote myself.”

Business Korea adds that Pinkfong is calling this its first creator project, marking an effort to move 1 of the internet’s astir valuable pieces of intelligence spot into thing pinch a existent quality astatine its center. Children’s IP properties do not usually person a look attached, pinch The Pinkfong Company not only uncovering occurrence pinch the Baby Shark franchise but besides building retired different animated IP, astir precocious announcing their caller philharmonic bid The Big Book of Bebefinn as a caller Amazon Kids+ Original this past June. But pinch Park arsenic Baby Shark Boy, the institution seems to beryllium betting that 1 of the faces it does person successful its talent excavation is worthy building around.

The “Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance” video has surpassed 17 cardinal views connected YouTube, the most-watched clip connected the level by a separator nary different video has moreover travel close. In position of views, the nearest video is different children’s song, “Wheels connected the Bus” by Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes, pinch 9.2 cardinal clicks. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” is the platform’s third-most-watched video, pinch 9.1 cardinal views.

Over a decade later, the net still really loves “Baby Shark.” Case successful point: When Pinkfong marked the song’s 10th day past twelvemonth pinch a short-form clip revisiting the now-grown Baby Shark Boy, it drew much than 24 cardinal views and 1 cardinal “likes” connected Instagram unsocial — each signals that the curiosity and nostalgia play had legs good earlier location was immoderate caller worldly aliases original IP aliases euphony attached to it.

Who Is Baby Shark Boy?

Baby Shark Boy is Park Geonroung, the Korean kid exemplary who filmed the “Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance” video successful 2016, alongside co-star Elaine Kim Johnston, who has developed a pursuing each his own.

Geonroung lists his day arsenic September 1, 2008, successful the bio of his Instagram profile (where he’s amassed 154,000 followers), meaning he’ll move 18 conscionable days aft releasing his first original song. Geonroung besides has a YouTube transmission that is not peculiarly active, but has 4,000 subscribers (with his most-watched video earning much than half a cardinal clicks to date).

While he’s now resurfaced acknowledgment to his debut arsenic Baby Shark Boy, the early prima has shared his affinity for K-pop and creation pinch choreography covers by artists for illustration PSY, ZICO, Dynamicduo, EXO, SEVENTEEN, NCT, RIIZE, Stray Kids and much disposable for viewing crossed TikTok. He moreover gave his ain rotation connected Megan Thee Stallion and Yuki Chiba’s viral “Mamushi” creation inclination pinch a friend.

While Geonroung did not singing connected the signaling — those vocals beryllium to Hope Segoine, who was 10 astatine the clip — his open-mouthed shark airs became the clip’s astir recognizable image and the logic a procreation of parents tin image his look without knowing his name.

Who Is Featured On Baby Shark Boy’s Song?

Joohoney is the featured creator connected Baby Shark Boy’s debut azygous “WAVE.”

Known professionally arsenic Joohoney, Lee Jooheon is the 31-year-old Seoul autochthonal and the main rapper, a vocalist and a shaper successful K-pop boy set Monsta X. Debuting successful 2015 nether Starship Entertainment, Joohoney is among the much prolific writer-producers of his idol generation, having penning aliases accumulation credits connected astir each Monsta X album, helming deed singles for the group for illustration 2021’s “Rush Hour,” 2022’s “Love,” and 2025’s “Do What I Want.” He besides produced each way connected some of his solo releases to date: the 2023 EP Lights and this January’s Insanity, whose azygous “STING” samples a celebrated Muhammad Ali reside and credits the celebrated boxer arsenic a featured artist, pinch the grounds besides featuring legendary Korean rapper Tiger JK arsenic good arsenic Rei from chart-topping woman group IVE. He’ll apt beryllium heavy progressive successful Monsta X’s upcoming release, The Phase, retired connected September 4.

But possibly astir importantly, Monsta X was among the K-pop acts who performed the "Baby Shark" choreography connected Korean tv during the song’s 2018-2019 viral highest — making Joohoney 1 of the artists who helped push the opus into the larger consciousness. Now, he’s lending his sanction and likeness again to the “Baby Shark” universe, but for the debut of the kid who astir famously danced to it.

What’s Next For Baby Shark Boy?

After the single’s release, Pinkfong added that it will unveil WAVE: A Boy’s Record, a behind-the-scenes documentary tracing the years betwixt the original sprout and now. The institution framed the task arsenic a departure from simply resurfacing a acquainted face, emphasizing that the extremity was to fto Geonroung show the communicative himself.

Real-life documentary will beryllium an wholly caller area for Pinkfong and “Baby Shark” fans to explore, and location will beryllium eyes connected whether it useful arsenic a strategy. While Pinkfong has spent years holding the apical of YouTube pinch a opus astir a shark family, showing there’s a deeper liking successful the existent group who helped bring the characters to life could people a awesome infinitesimal for the institution arsenic it looks to diversify and expand.