Former K-pop idol goes viral after group disbands, juggles 4 part-time jobs while starting over at 22

Former ARrC member Park Hyun-bin went viral after the group disbanded and he documented a 155-kilometer walk from Seoul to Jecheon. The 22-year-old also revealed he is supporting himself with four part-time jobs while restarting his life after leaving the idol industry. His videos have drawn strong viewer support and hundreds of thousands of views.

Park launched his YouTube channel Gwangjin City Boy in July and had uploaded three videos at the time of the article.

The series follows a 155-kilometer walk from Seoul to Jecheon in North Chungcheong Province.

Park said in a Sept. 9 interview with Yonhap News TV that he works two regular part-time jobs, a job at a Coupang logistics center, and day-labor jobs at construction sites.

Published Sep 18, 2026 1:41 pm KST

Park Hyun-bin / Captured from his YouTube channel

Former ARrC member Park Hyun-bin is drawing widespread attention online after documenting his life following the K-pop group's disbandment, including a 155-kilometer walk across Korea and a new routine juggling four part-time jobs, from warehouse shifts to construction work.

Park, 22, launched his YouTube channel "Gwangjin City Boy" in July. Despite having uploaded just three videos, his candid account of losing the dream he had pursued since adolescence has struck a chord with viewers.

The three-part series, titled "22 years old, quit being an idol and walking 155 km from Seoul to Jecheon," follows Park as he makes the journey on foot from the capital to Jecheon, a city in North Chungcheong Province.

Park first became known to K-pop audiences through Mnet's idol audition program "Boys Planet" in 2023. He debuted as a member of boy group ARrC in August the following year, but the group disbanded in June, less than two years after its debut.

"The group disbanded. I started training to become an idol when I was 14," Park said in the first video. "I entered this industry with the dream of becoming an idol when I was in my first year of middle school. After that, I went through several agencies and experienced countless setbacks and failures."

During the trek, Park struck up conversations with strangers, tried climbing installations he encountered along the way and gradually appeared to embrace the freedom of traveling alone. Some of the people he met also shared deeply personal stories with him.

At one restaurant, the owner told Park that her husband had died after undergoing cancer treatment and that she herself had survived stage 4 cancer.

"Don't spend your life struggling too much," she said. "That's just how life is. Everyone looks happy on the outside, but everyone has their own hardships. We just live pretending otherwise."

Park said those encounters changed the way he viewed his own circumstances.

"This trip made me realize again that the world is still a place worth living in," he said. "I think I found the courage to keep going. I used to resent the world and wonder why these things only happened to me, but now I think I see things differently."

The destination of his 155-kilometer journey was a filming location for the acclaimed 1999 Korean film "Peppermint Candy." After finally reaching it, Park reflected on the end of the career he had spent much of his youth pursuing.

"At first, I just wanted to run away," he said. "It was too painful and unbearable to accept that the dream that had been everything to me for eight years was over. I wanted to disappear somewhere no one knew me."

"But strangely, with every step I took, my thoughts began to settle," he said, recalling "the warm words from strangers I met along the road, the people who quietly cheered me on and, more than anyone, the fans I am grateful for."

Park Hyun-bin / Captured from Yonhap News TV

His story quickly spread online. As of Thursday afternoon, the first video had surpassed 700,000 views and attracted more than 2,860 comments.

Park also revealed in a Sept. 9 interview with Yonhap News TV that he is now supporting himself by working four part-time jobs.

"I have two regular part-time jobs, and I also work at a Coupang logistics center and take day-labor jobs at construction sites," he said.

Despite the physically demanding work, Park said he feels unexpectedly content with his life after leaving the idol industry.

"Surprisingly, I don't think I've ever felt this peaceful and happy in my life," he said.

Viewers have flooded his videos with messages of encouragement, with many focusing on his willingness to rebuild his life after the abrupt end of his K-pop career.

"You seem like someone who could do anything well," one commenter said.

"It doesn't matter if you're not good at something, and it doesn't matter if you don't succeed. If you're happy, that's enough," another said.

A third said, "I applaud you for reflecting on yourself. You have such a healthy mindset. I feel like you'll succeed at whatever you do."

This article from Xportsnews was adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.

前ARRC成员朴贤彬在组合解散后走红网络，他记录了自己从首尔步行155公里到堤川的旅程。这位22岁的年轻人还透露，离开偶像圈后，他靠四份兼职维持生计，重新开始生活。他的视频获得了大量观众的支持，点击量已达数十万。

朴某于7月开通了他的YouTube频道“广津城市男孩”，截至本文发布时，他已上传了三个视频。

该系列节目记录了从首尔到忠清北道堤川的155公里步行行程。

朴某在9月9日接受韩联社电视台采访时表示，他有两份固定的兼职工作，一份是在Coupang物流中心的工作，另一份是在建筑工地的临时工。

发布于2026年9月18日下午1:41（韩国标准时间）

朴玄彬 / 截图来自他的 YouTube 频道

前 ARRC 成员朴贤彬在记录了 K-pop 组合解散后的生活后，在网上引起了广泛关注。他记录了自己的生活，包括徒步穿越韩国 155 公里，以及同时兼顾四份兼职工作，从仓库轮班到建筑工作。

22岁的朴某于7月开通了自己的YouTube频道“广津市男孩”。尽管只上传了三个视频，但他坦诚地讲述了自己失去从青少年时期就一直追求的梦想的故事，引起了观众的共鸣。

这部名为《22岁，放弃偶像身份，从首尔步行155公里到堤川》的三集系列纪录片，记录了朴赞郁从首都首尔步行到忠清北道堤川市的旅程。

朴智星于 2023 年通过 Mnet 的偶像选秀节目《Boys Planet》首次为 K-pop 观众所熟知。次年 8 月，他以男子组合 ARRC 成员的身份出道，但该组合在出道不到两年后的 6 月便解散了。

“组合解散了。我14岁就开始接受偶像训练，”朴赞郁在第一段视频中说道。“我初一的时候就怀揣着成为偶像的梦想进入了这个行业。之后，我辗转于多家经纪公司，经历了无数次的挫折和失败。”

徒步旅行期间，朴先生与陌生人攀谈，尝试攀爬沿途遇到的各种设施，并逐渐享受起独自旅行的自由。他遇到的一些人也与他分享了非常私人的故事。

在一家餐馆，老板娘告诉朴，她的丈夫在接受癌症治疗后去世了，而她自己则战胜了四期癌症。

“别把生命浪费在挣扎上，”她说。“生活就是这样。每个人表面上看起来都很快乐，但每个人都有自己的难处。我们只是假装一切都好。”

朴先生表示，这些经历改变了他看待自己处境的方式。

“这次旅行让我再次意识到，这个世界依然值得生活，”他说。“我想我找到了继续前行的勇气。我过去常常怨恨这个世界，不明白为什么这些事情只发生在我身上，但现在我的看法不一样了。”

他此行155公里的目的地是1999年韩国著名电影《薄荷糖》的拍摄地。抵达目的地后，朴赞郁回想起他毕生追求的演艺事业的终结。

“起初，我只想逃走，”他说。“我难以接受我八年来的一切梦想就此破灭的事实。我只想消失在一个没有人认识我的地方。”

“但奇怪的是，我每走一步，我的思绪就开始平静下来，”他回忆道，“我沿途遇到的陌生人的温暖话语，那些默默为我加油的人们，以及我最感激的粉丝们。”

朴玄彬 / 图片来自韩联社电视台

他的故事迅速在网上传播开来。截至周四下午，第一段视频的观看次数已超过70万，并吸引了超过2860条评论。

朴槿惠在9月9日接受韩联社电视台采访时还透露，他现在靠四份兼职工作来维持生计。

他说：“我有两份固定的兼职工作，还在 Coupang 物流中心工作，并在建筑工地做临时工。”

尽管这份工作对体力要求很高，但朴赞郁表示，离开偶像行业后，他对自己的生活感到出乎意料的满足。

“令人惊讶的是，我想我这辈子从未感到如此平静和快乐，”他说。

观众们纷纷在他的视频下留言鼓励他，许多人都关注到他在 K-pop 事业突然结束后，愿意重建自己的生活。

一位评论者说：“你看起来好像什么都能做好。”

“就算你不擅长某件事，就算你不成功，也没关系。只要你快乐，那就足够了。”另一个人说道。

第三个人说：“我很欣赏你这种自我反思的能力。你的心态非常健康。我觉得你无论做什么都会成功。”

本文原载于 Xportsnews，经人工智能生成系统改编，并由《韩国时报》编辑。