Huh Gak's bio

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Huh Gak's Bio

Huh Gak is a South Korean singer and the winner of the Mnet talent competition series ‘Superstar K’ 2 under A-Cube Entertainment which is a sub-label of Cube Entertainment. He is known as ‘The man who turned the tables’ and ‘The Korean Paul Potts’.

Early life

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Early life

Huh Gak was born on January 5, 1985. He is from Incheon, South Korea and lives with his father and his twin brother,Huh Gong. He graduated from ‘Juan Buk Elementary School’ and ‘Incheon Boys’ School. As a young child, Huh Gak went through a family divorce and faced financial difficulties. Therefore, after middle school, he decided to drop out of school and make money. Before he appeared on Super Star K 2, he worked as a ventilator fixer and a festival singer.

Career
2010: Superstar K & Debut

Huh Gak appeared on Superstar K2 and took the first place spot. After winning Superstar K2, Huh Gak debuted with the single entitled, "Always" which made an ‘all-kill’ on various music charts. On November 2010, he released his first mini album which consists of five tracks including the title track, "Always." Huh Gak and Superstar K2's John Park also collaborated on a duet track for the movie, “Glove“ entitled "My Best."

2011: Cube Entertainment & "First Story" album

On February 2011, after a month of searching for an entertainment agency and, he decided to join A-Cube entertainment, a sub-label of Cube Entertainment despite of the other few offers that he received. He then joined Immortal Song 2.

On September 16th, Huh Gak released his first official debut album entitled, “First Story" which obtained a triple crown on Gaon charts and also made him win on M! Countdown and KBS Music Bank. close