'Immortal Songs' Jang Hanbyul wins second victory with 'Mom's Diary'

Singer Jang Hanbyul won the trophy by achieving the highest score on the competition stage. On the 14th, the 780th episode of KBS2 variety show ″Immortal Songs″ aired, featuring the ″Artist Wax Edition,″ where SeeYa, Seo Jae, Jang Hanbyul, Son Seung-yeon, KIM KI TAE, and AxMxP competed. On this day, Jang Hanbyul sang ″Mom’s Diary″ and earned 421 votes, securing first place. This is the second trophy win overall, following the ″National Trot Festival Special″ in September. Appearing last on the day, Jang Hanbyul shared the background of living in Australia for 18 years before coming to Korea to pursue a singing career and finished the performance. When Jang Hanbyul’s mother appeared on the screen during the performance and said, ″Thank you for enduring so well, and I am proud of you,″ Jang Hanbyul and Lee Chan-won both shed tears. Moving backstage, Jang Hanbyul also broke down, saying, ″I never imagined my mom’s video.″ Earlier in the competition, KIM KI TAE performed ″At the Threshold of Twilight″ with an animation they prepared themselves, earning 407 votes and defeating Seo Jae’s ″Please,″ securing one win. Following that, Son Seung-yeon took the stage and received 419 votes for ″Fixing My Makeup,″ beating KIM KI TAE. Wax, the original singer, praised Son Seung-yeon’s vocal skills, saying, ″I want to sing like that too. The best is the best.″ Then SeeYa sang ″I Want to Love,″ and the hip-hop band AxMxP, with an average age of 21, changed the song ″Oppa″ to ″Noona,″ but neither could stop Son Seung-yeon’s winning streak. However, the final challenger Jang Hanbyul succeeded in a comeback. Meanwhile, Wax, who appeared as a legend, is a singer who debuted in 2000 with the first full album ″Mom’s Diary″ after being the vocalist of the rock band Dog in 1998. Through the title track ″Fixing My Makeup″ from the second full album, which sold 700,000 copies, Wax ranked first in single sales for female solo albums in Korea at the time.