This time, the main star of the Democratic Party Kim Tae-Ho is the singer G-Dragon, who has successfully returned to his main career after a long pause. While GD comes out of his mystique to present himself both as Kwon Ji-Yong and the person and the dragano G the manufacturer, all eyes are found that the Pd Kim Tae-Ho can finally break his strip of low evaluations.
Previewed on February 16, the new MBC variety show “Good Day” marks Kim Tae-Ho’s first program on his home network since he left MBC three years ago. The show is a musical project that brings together figures of various fields to create the “song of the year”, with GD assuming the role of producer. In particular, this is the first fixed appearance of GD in a variety show from its debut.
The connection between Pd Kim and GD dates back to their time on MBC variety show “Infinite Challenge”. GD previously appeared as a producer for the “Infinite Challenge Song Festival”, generating huge buzzing and high assessments.
A key point of interest is how GD will interact with different people. He has lost his mystical aura since he was authorized by drug charges. In December 2023, GD was officially acquitted of drug accusations, after which he began to make public apparitions, including “You Quiz on the block” and the YouTube show “Zip Daesung”, where he openly addressed to misunderstandings that surrounded him .
His return to music was also a success. In October last year, he published his new solo song “Power” after a seven -year break. So, in November last year, he met with Taeyang and Daesung to announce Bigbang’s return with “Home Sweet Home”, which passed the music charts. He also demonstrated his influence with exceptional shows at the “2024 Mama Awards” and “SBS Gayo Daejeon”, obtaining a high audience.
In the special pre-report of “Good Day” on January 26, GD met with the comedian Jung Hyung-Don and the Defconn singer-Broadcaster, with whom he had worked in “Infinite Challenge”. He also met the star companions born in 1988 such as the actors Kim Soo-Hyun, Jung Hae-in and IM-Wan, as well as the broadcaster Hwang Kwang-Hee. The show will also present the Kunst manufacturer code, the Kian84 broadcaster, the actors Hwang Jung-Min and Kim Go-Eun and the Chef Ahn Sung-Jae. Given the past success of Pd Kim with musical projects such as “Infinite Challenge Song Festival”, “Refund Sisters” and “Ssak3”, there is a growing anticipation for which type of music will produce “Good Day”.
However, the experts in the sector have noticed that the recent varieties of the Pd Kim Tae-Ho have not been able to be up to its past success. His 2024 “My Name Is Gabriel” show had an interesting premise to which celebrities lived as real people for 72 hours-but his poorly performed mistreatment collided with the format of reality, reducing involvement. Although he presented the main stars like Park Bo-Gum, Ji Chang-Wook and Jennie, the show has never exceeded a score of spectators of 1%, sometimes even going down to 0%.
In the same way, “Dancing Queens on the road” (2023), played by Lee Hyori, Kim Wan-Sun, Uhm Jung-Hwa, Boa and Hwasa-Liegen from female soloist who last four decades-have made maintenance to maintain the his initial hype. The repetitive format has led to the decreases and, despite its range of stars, the assessments were stagnated to 3%. Considering the high expectations, the numbers were disappointing low.
Neither Lee Hyori nor Jennie could offer strong votes, showing that the success of a program depends more on its direction than the simple cast. Simply showing the best stars without compelling content is not enough. If “Good Day” ends up repeating the formulas of the musical project passed with GD as fulcrum, it could face the same criticisms and the same evaluations. With his next premiere, the spectators are anxious to see if “Good Day” will break the collapse of Kim Tae-Ho or will add another chapter to his struggles.
