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On July 29, 2024, Forbes Korea named Lovely Runner actor Byeon Woo-seok as the top OST artist in the first half of 2024, winning with 43.91%. The voting phase was held by Forbes Korea between June 21 to July 5, 2024, and the 32-year-old actor received a total of 18,259 votes.
Byeon Woo-seok performed the original soundtrack (OST), Sonagi or Sudden Shower, for the popular tvN drama Lovely Runner. For the unversed, the fictitious boy band ECLIPSE from Lovely Runner performed the track, Sudden Shower, in the K-Drama. The song was composed by Byeon Woo-seok's character Ryu Sun-jae for his love interest, Im Sol (Kim Hye-yoon).
In May 2024, the song debuted at No. 92 and climbed to No. 62 on the MelOn Top 100 Chart, making history. It was the first track by a fictional K-pop group from a K-Drama to get charted on the MelOn Top 100 Chart, which charts songs by real K-pop groups, idols, and Korean soloists.
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More about Byeon Woo-seok's latest activities after his sudden fame from Lovely Runner
The tvN drama, Lovely Runner, starring Kim Hye-yoon (Sky Castle) and Byeon Woo-seok (Record of Youth) attained global popularity after it was released in April 2024. The drama focuses on Im Sol (Kim Hye-yoon) time-traveling 15 years back to save Ryu Sun-jae (Byeon Woo-seok) from dying and changing his fate.
Consequently, both Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon became global fan favorites and they topped the TV-OTT Drama Actors Popularity list in May 2024. Furthermore, after the drama ended in May, the 32-year-old actor announced his first-ever fan meet Asia tour, Summer Letter, across Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
On July 16, 2024, the Lovely Runner actor returned to Seoul after wrapping up his seven-week Asia fan meet tour.
Meanwhile, on July 12, the actor got embroiled in a controversy as he left for a Hong Kong fan meet from Incheon Airport. Allegedly, his airport security team checked the tickets of other passengers and blocked the boarding gate for over 10 minutes, which earned the ire of the public.
On July 25, the Incheon International Airport and Incheon Airport Police Department lodged a police complaint against the actor's security team for inspecting passenger tickets, using flashlights on them, and inconveniencing other passengers at the VIP lounge.
It is crucial to note that the actor's agency, VARO Entertainment, hired the bodyguards from a third-party firm for airport transportation. VARO Entertainment apologized to the public and said they would be careful to choose better security personnel. They also confirmed that they dissolved their contract with the security team's company.
Ten Asia reported that the security team firm's CEO expressed regret for their harsh tactics and acknowledged that they neglected to communicate the extent of security measures to the actor's agency.
"The agency only entrusted us with security, and we did not discuss the scope of control with the agency in advance," the security firm's CEO said.
In other news, Lovely Runner is available on Viki for global streaming.
