Choi Baekho, "Kim Soo-hyun = my life saver".."Dying of 父 at the age of 5 months and 20 years of life → tuberculosis" [Kim Joo-ha's Day & Night] [★Night TV View]

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Singer Choi Baek-ho has solved his 50 years of music life.

Choi Baek-ho, who celebrated his 50th anniversary, appeared as a guest on the MBN talk show "Kim Joo-ha's Day & Night," which aired on the 17th.

On this day, Choi Baek-ho was asked if he had drunk "bellflower whisky" among the lyrics in his signature song "About Romance," and said, "My generation will be the last. Bellflower whisky is a domestic whiskey, and I think my head will break the next day after drinking it. "It didn't have bellflower root in it, but only the name was 'bellflower root'," he said.

"I made the song and called the liquor association. "When I asked, 'Do you still produce it?' and they said no, so I wrote it in the lyrics," he told the behind-the-scenes story of the song's birth. Choi Baek-ho said, "The balloon whisky was originally sold at a coffee shop. I can't sell alcohol in the coffee shop, so I put a whiskey glass next to my coffee and poured it and drank it."

When Kim Joo-ha asked about Choi Baek-ho's health status, Choi Baek-ho said, "I was in bad health. I lost 15kg now because of a tricky disease. It used to be 70kg, but now it's 55kg. I have 'non-tuberculous mycosis'. Unlike normal tuberculosis, the drug was not developed because it was not infected," he said.

"The medicine is strong, so I sleep all day long and lose weight after taking it. I lost a lot of weight after taking medicine for a year. Now, fortunately, he is completely cured. He said, "Even though I stopped taking the medicine for 10 months, my weight hasn't come back."

Choi Baek-ho said, "My mother passed away when I was 20 years old. My mother was special to me. My father died early and gave birth to three siblings, so life was difficult, but my mother cherished me, who was the eldest son and the reader. When I turned 20, my mother passed away and I joined the military out of a sense of loss," he said.

Choi Baek-ho said, "I joined the military, and I exercised hard, and I couldn't overcome it and got tuberculosis. In the military, tuberculosis patients were discharged immediately for fear of infection. On December 31, 1971, I was discharged from the military due to tuberculosis a year after joining the army, he said. "When I was living a difficult life afterwards, my close brother said, 'My brother-in-law opened a night club in Seomyeon, Busan, so why don't you sing?' If the singers had funk, I would go up. About a week later, a host of MBC's "Starry Night" in Busan came and asked about his appearance in a live club. Since then, my luck has been lifted," he said.

Choi Baek-ho said he made the poem he wrote missing his mother into his debut song, "Lost My Heart." He said, "I think my mother led me on the path of singing. I think my mother helped me with everything," he said, adding that he has been thinking about his mother, who died of pancreatic cancer, for a day so far. Choi Baek-ho said, "I couldn't believe it, so I couldn't cry even after my mother died. The funeral brought tears to my eyes. I was on the bus with my cousin, and when I cried so much on the bus, he got off the bus and walked with me. That's 'Busan Pier 3'. The lyrics, "Darkness falls on the street and a street lamp in the fog," are also about that time. Everything was related to my mother. I think my mother led me to this path," he confessed.

When asked about his father, Choi Baek-ho said, "My father was the second member of the National Assembly in Yeongdo, Busan. At 29, he was the youngest member of the National Assembly at the time. He said, "I looked like a tiger and I was fine." When the picture of Choi Baek-ho's father was released, the studio exclaimed, "He's handsome" and "He's a tiger," and Choi Baek-ho said, "I was an outsider," adding, "My father died five months after I was born." Choi Baek-ho said, "I made kites when I was young, but I was upset to see that I didn't fly well. Other friends helped my father or uncle fly well," he said, revealing his heartbreaking episode.

Immediately after his debut, Choi Baek-ho received great attention by receiving the Rookie of the Year award, but he said there was a difficult time due to his lack of popularity. After a slump, he barely performed on a radio show in LA in the U.S. and became a hit with "About Romance" after returning home at the recommendation of singer Bae Chul-soo. Recalling the time, Choi Baek-ho said, "I went to see the Mokdong apartment and it felt so good that I signed the contract right away without taking off my shoes. I think it was so good in terms of feng shui geography," he said with a smile.

Choi Baek-ho said that "About Romance" was not a hit at first, but it was a song that became a "reverse hit" later. He said, "In the drama 'Bathroom Men', Jang Yong sang 'About Romance' and the song became a hit. At the end of the year alone, 300,000 copies were sold. I heard that Kim Soo-hyun (who wrote "Bathroom Men") heard "About Romance" in a taxi and wrote a singing scene in the script. Mr. Kim Soo-hyun is my lifesaver," he said.

Choi Baek-ho said, "I've made more than 100 songs myself so far," adding, "I have my own small room. I lost my book and wrote lyrics, but I still have about 50 to 60 songs that I haven't released yet," he said. Choi Baek-ho first performed his unreleased new song "Clap" on the same day.

Choi Baek-ho sang 'Clap' live and said, 'Clap for me if I die. Praise me for the times in my life. Dance for me if I die. Everyone, stand up and dance. I was very happy because I was happy, so I sang with that heart. Like the high birds in the sky, like the dolphins of those blue waves. Give me a round of applause if I die. When he recited the lyrics, "Please miss my sad song," Kim Joo-ha shed tears, saying, "The lyrics were like my dream."

Regarding the birth process of "Clap," Choi Baek-ho said, "When you get older, especially in your 70s, death becomes a reality. My friends around me leave and I feel a lot of death. I made the song with the idea of "Let's sing a song that can be applauded even if I die."

After featuring in singer IU's "Let's Walk With Me" in 2013, Choi Baek-ho formed a unique relationship with IU last year by singing the Netflix series "I Fell in Love" and the OST "Land of Hope." Choi Baek-ho performed "To the Land of Hope" on the celebration stage of the 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards in July last year, and IU drew attention with tears looking at him.

Choi Baek-ho said, "Actually, that song ('To the Land of Hope') is not my own. I made the recording difficult. But "I was completely fooled" was a huge hit. "I did, but after the drama ended, I got another call. The composer Echo Bridge, who made my songs 'When I Go to Busan' and 'End of the Sea', asked me to work on the OST of the drama 'Model Taxi'. I know the attractive part of my voice, what pitch Echo Bridge is, and I work on it first. "When I saw 'I'm going to wait', I learned that my voice is not high-pitched, but low-pitched."

Choi Baek-ho also told the story of marrying his wife after remarrying. He married his wife despite the extreme opposition of his father-in-law, and said he was only recognized as his son-in-law after giving birth to a daughter. Choi Baek-ho said, "When I met my wife, my life was organized and I had a daughter, so I came to my senses. I say it's all thanks to my wife," he said. "So (I think) I'm a lover."

What does Choi Baek-ho think of romance. He said, "I think romance varies from generation to generation. For the younger generation, romantic life itself is romantic. For an older man, romance is every day. "It's romantic to be alive," he defined.

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