{"id":130741,"date":"2026-08-25T01:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/130741\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:10:06","slug":"the-boy-from-baby-shark-dance-grows-up-with-debut-single-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/130741\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boy From \u201cBaby Shark Dance\u201d Grows Up With Debut Single \u201cWAVE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The boy from \u201cBaby Shark Dance\u201d is all grown up and making music of his own. Baby Shark Boy, who appeared in the original viral video a decade ago, has released his debut single \u201cWAVE,\u201d featuring JOOHONEY of MONSTA X.<\/p>\n

The release connects one of the biggest internet phenomena ever with the real-life performer who grew up alongside it. \u201cBaby Shark Dance\u201d has surpassed 17.2 billion views and remains the most-viewed video in YouTube history.<\/p>\n

Baby Shark Boy resurfaced last year as part of Baby Shark\u2019s 10th-anniversary short-form content, generating more than 22 million views and introducing audiences to the teenager behind one of the most recognizable childhood performances online.<\/p>\n

\u201cWAVE\u201d deliberately begins with the familiar \u201cBaby Shark\u201d melody before moving into an electropop dance track with trap elements, giving the musical reference point a completely different setting.<\/p>\n

Baby Shark Boy also participated in writing the lyrics, using the song to reflect on what it means to return 10 years later and begin something new.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Baby Shark Dance was like the first wave that began 10 years ago,\u201d he says. \u201cI grew up riding that wave, and now I\u2019m standing at a new starting point as Baby Shark Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

JOOHONEY brings his rap style to the track alongside Baby Shark Boy\u2019s vocals, giving the debut a major K-pop connection through MONSTA X.<\/p>\n

The choreography goes even deeper into that world. TEAM SAME, led by choreographer Young-jun Choi, created the performance, with Choi\u2019s previous credits including BTS, SEVENTEEN and TWICE.<\/p>\n

The dance also pays tribute to some of the signature movements from \u201cBaby Shark Dance,\u201d reworking them into a K-pop routine designed to be energetic and easy to follow.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something wonderfully surreal about hearing one of the internet\u2019s most unavoidable melodies reworked into a full electropop debut 10 years later. \u201cWAVE\u201d turns Baby Shark Boy\u2019s unusual place in pop culture into the starting point for whatever comes next.<\/p>\n

The Pinkfong Company is also preparing \u2018WAVE: Becoming Baby Shark Boy,\u2019 a behind-the-scenes documentary following his growth and the making of the single. Additional collaborations are under consideration, including a possible appearance in an upcoming Baby Shark film planned for winter 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cWAVE\u201d is available now across major streaming platforms, with its official music video on Baby Shark Boy\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boy from \u201cBaby Shark Dance\u201d is all grown up and making music of his own. Baby Shark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66556,58941,58942,1598,66557,195,49006,59005,8544,41213,66558,53762,16880,66559,53379,12386],"class_list":["post-130741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-apple-music","tag-baby-shark","tag-baby-shark-boy","tag-bts","tag-joohoney","tag-k-pop","tag-monsta-x","tag-pinkfong","tag-seventeen","tag-spotify","tag-team-same","tag-the-pinkfong-company","tag-twice","tag-young-jun-choi","tag-youtube-music","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}