[All] The reason why Lim Young-woong performs

There is a poem that is often tested on the College Scholastic Ability Test.

One day, the poet who wrote this poem tried to solve a college entrance exam question based on his own poem, but it is said that it was not easy to get the correct answer.

The most embarrassing thing was that the poet himself was wrong when asked about the poet's intentions.

Why did this happen?

This is because the author's intended message was excluded and only the textbook interpretation was accepted as the correct answer.

Just like the college entrance exam, where students are expected to only follow the set format rather than their own pure thoughts or opinions, I sometimes wonder if our society has become one in which one's own convictions are not accepted.

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On December 31, 2024, Lim Young-woong's agency, Fish Music, announced through their fan cafe, "We have decided to go ahead with the scheduled Lim Young-woong concert after much deliberation in order to keep our precious promise with the fans who have waited for a long time, as well as all the staff and people involved in preparing for the concert," and announced that the 'Lim Young-woong Recital' will go ahead as scheduled.

He then added cautiously, "I deeply engrave your condolences in my heart, and I will do my best to prepare with a heavy heart so that this performance can be a moment of genuine comfort and hope. I sincerely hope that we can all become one and overcome this difficult time together."

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Lim Young-woong, who heard about the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster that occurred at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do on the 29th during the performance period, finished the opening stage wearing a black suit and black tie.

And he expressed his condolences to the audience, saying, "It is with a heavy heart that I greet you all today. I feel sad to hear the news that precious lives have been lost in a plane crash, and I would like to send my sincere condolences to the victims and their families. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who is doing their best at the scene in the difficult situation of a plane crash."

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Lim Young-woong's recital will be held in a total of 6 performances, with the 3rd performance taking place from December 27th to 29th, and only the performance remaining from January 2nd to 4th.

After much deliberation, Lim Young-woong and Fish Music decided to proceed with the 'Lim Young-woong Recital' as planned.

So why didn't Lim Young-woong cancel the performance, even though he risked the criticism that would come back to him?

Because he believes that it is right to think and act realistically.

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A performance is not something you do alone.

In particular, Lim Young-woong's performance is not a local performance, but a Seoul performance.

It is not a performance that mobilizes an audience of several thousand people, but a performance with an audience of over 50,000 people over the remaining three days.

Additionally, Lim Young-woong's concerts are famous for having a much larger staff than other singers' concerts in terms of stage scale and service.

This must have been the part that concerned Lim Young-woong the most, knowing that this was the economic base of the countless staff members and performance officials who sweated day and night for the performance.

Lim Young-woong has a lot of time and opportunity, but the show staff and production staff are not company employees who receive a monthly salary.

Knowing that time and opportunity do not always come to them, Lim Young-woong has no choice but to perform for them.

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There are speculations from fans that Im Young-woong's hosting of the show is due to his greed for money.

Unfortunately, Lim Young-woong is a person who is quite free when it comes to money.

If they had been greedy for money, they would not have gotten rid of the ground seats during the Sangam World Cup concert at the '2024 I'm Hero the Stadium' in the first place, giving up sales of nearly 4 billion won.

It would not have been possible to install a projector mapping cloth at great expense to minimize damage to the lawn.

He would not have donated all of the 1.2 billion won in proceeds from the Daejeon Charity Soccer Tournament, nor would he have quietly donated every year.

And for this 'Lim Young-woong Recital', they probably didn't rent out a soccer field as a resting place for the audience.

I hope you don't try to find reasons why Lim Young-woong has no choice but to perform on the scheduled date in the wrong places.

It is a period of national mourning. Who wouldn't be sad?

But the life of living people is such that they cannot stop everything because they are sad.

The corporate machinery cannot be stopped, and small business operations cannot be stopped either.

We must each mourn in our own way, in our own territory, and go about our own business silently.

We don't have a set manual for mourning.

Grieving is absolutely not an act that you cannot do yourself and force on the other person.

It's time to let go of the excessive concern so that you can do things your way and with conviction.

I believe that the pain, sorrow, indiscriminate criticism, and immoral acts of our society will all be taken away by the Year of the Blue Dragon.

​I hope that 2025, the Year of the Green Snake, will be a year in which our dreams, hopes, the warmth that comes and goes, and the sincerity of good people come through.

I don't think there is a correct answer