The December 24 broadcast of the MBC variety show Radio star aired as a Christmas special titled “With Excitement and Holiday Cheer”, featuring guests Nam Jin, Seol Woon Do, Jadu, and Oh My Girl’s Seunghee. The episode was full of heartfelt talks and funny exchanges, especially about Seol Woon Do’s long career and the evolution of musical philosophy.
Celebrating his 44th year since debut, Seol Woon Do revealed that he is currently experiencing a second golden age as a composer. “K-pop is loved all over the world right now,” he shared. “There’s no reason why K-trot couldn’t be loved globally too. I wanted to try to make music that reflected the times.”
Having already demonstrated his compositional power with the success of Lim Young Woong My starry lovewhich has surpassed 70 million views, Seol Woon Do has continued to provide songs to younger artists such as Jeong Dong Won, Enoch, Choi Jin Hee and MyJin. Fellow guest Nam Jin also chimed in, joking, “I asked him for a song too, but he hasn’t given it to me yet” drawing laughter from the studio.
The most talked about moment was when Seol Woon Do mentioned Rosé’s hit song APP.. He admitted, “Honestly, I had some complaints about that song,” before explaining his reasoning. “I really like Yoon Soo Il Apartmentand we sang it a lot then. But times have changed. This is no longer the era of apartments: it is the era of officetels.”
Elaborating further, he said, “There are so many single people nowadays. From an economic and lifestyle perspective, officetels make the most sense for them. Do you know how many single people there are in Korea?” Seol Woon Do added that constantly singing about apartments limits musical growth, pushing him to reflect modern lifestyles in his work.
He revealed that he recently gave a new song titled Officetel to his son, confidently stating, “Singles all over the country are going crazy over it. This is a song made just for us.” MC Kim Gura reacted with amusement, saying: “You’re really fast on your feet,” after learning that the song came out later than Rosé’s APP..
However, the studio burst into laughter when Kim Gook Jin bluntly asked: “If it caused such a stir, why don’t we know?” The humor reached its peak when Seol Woon Do was asked to sing a line Officetelonly to admit that he himself couldn’t remember the lyrics.
While his comments were clearly tongue-in-cheek, Seol Woon Do’s observations offered a generational perspective on changing lifestyles and musical themes, proving that even a global success like APP. can inspire playful debate across generations.
Sources: daum
