i just learned that park eun tae have a substantial international fandom. how did he do that? afaik he wasn't an idol and it also wasn't because of western performances like hong kwang ho.
Uhhhhh I have no clue anon, he doesnât have n wiki page (except in french that hasnât been updated since 2018 and has like two paragraphs) and I tried to check if he had any drama credits and nope heâs sung for some OSTs but thatâs it. I think heâs just very visible in Korean musicals. Like if we had to have a list of âthe face of kmusicalsâ then heâd be on it, yknow.
I think maybe through osmosis? thatâs why heâs so well known? I know that heâs played against a lot of people who bring in lots of international fans so maybe they kinda were like oh heâs pretty good too. TBH Iâm not very well connected with the international fandom so Iâm not sure what a substantial amount would be. Heâs also got a lot of videos on youtube of licensed musicals! I know that his Gethsemane for Jesus Christ Superstar is like over 1mil views so maybe people just happened upon his performances and were like oh yeah I stan.
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If I can add to this, Park Eun Tae is one of the few Korean musical performers I knew before I really started getting into Korean musicals, and thatâs because I would watch compilation videos of international performances of, for example, all the different Jesuses from different countries singing Gethsemane. A /lot/ of those type of international compilation videos feature Park Eun Tae in his roles.Â












