{
  "id": 2100213,
  "title": "From Baby Shark to K-pop: Viral child star releases his first single",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/from-baby-shark-to-k-pop-viral-child-star-releases-his-first-single",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:43:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2026/08/20/from-baby-shark-to-k-pop-viral-child-star-releases-his-first-single/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The child star of Baby Shark Dance , the most-watched video in YouTube history, has made his K-pop debut a decade after finding global fame. Park Geonroung was seven when he appeared in the colourful 2016 video, performing the simple dance moves that would eventually be watched billions of times around the world. Now aged 17, Park has returned under the stage name Baby Shark Boy, releasing his…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}