Hong Jin-young, who met with the new song Viva La Vida on the 5th, a day before the release, said, "I was worried about whether to do a comeback or not. “I have a fear of being back in public even now,” he confessed. "I am going to go back to the attitude of a newcomer and try to work," he said. "I will slowly build up with the idea of starting again from the beginning."
Hong Jin-young denied the allegations of plagiarism over his master's thesis submitted during his trade at Chosun University shortly after the announcement of his new song No in November 2020. Then, when Chosun University concluded the paper by plagiarism after deliberation by the graduate committee, it apologized late, saying, "I will acknowledge and reflect on everything."
Hong Jin-young said, "When I thought I had accomplished it, there was a controversy. I think I was only in a hurry to excuse myself for the fear of losing everything I had accumulated in a moment and not being on stage again. “I wanted to say sorry to those who liked and cheered me up,” he said.
“I’m reducing my medication because of my health, but I still go to the hospital now and then, because I’m unstable, I can’t sleep well and I take sleeping pills,” Hong Jin-young said.
Hong Jin-young said that he was able to stretch his activities thanks to the encounter with a new song 'Vivah La Vida' written by a hitmaker Cho Yeong-su composer who has been breathing for a long time. Cho Yeong-su is the author of Hong Jin-young's representative songs such as 'Battery of Love', 'Living', and 'Tonight'.
“(Joe) Young-soo contacted me often during his break and gave me strength. Singer needs a good song to come back. “I was encouraged to come back because my brother thought of me and made me a good song.”
Hong Jin-young said, "I was worried about coming back with a sad atmosphere, but I opposed it around. “There were many opinions that it would be better to show the original figure as it is a Singer known for her exciting song, Battery of Love, and bright energy.” "In the meantime, Youngsu gave me a very light song," he said. "I am worried about what if the song and the music video look like a person who is not worried because the atmosphere is exciting. I want you to know that I did not do it with comfort. "
"I am not a part of my co-writing," he said of the meaningful lyrics "That tears are far away." “I wrote a part like ‘I’ll rest a little today’ and ‘a day without meaning’. “I can say that it is the lyrics that contain my heart, as there were many days when I actually spent it without meaning.”
Hong Jin-young said he plans not to appear in the entertainment program for the time being, to focus on showing the image of Singer Hong Jin-young
“Thankfully, I have received a lot of contacts from the entertainment industry since the news of the comeback, but it has all been passed down. “It’s because I came back with the desire to show Singer Hong Jin-young,” he said. “SBS’ popular song is likely to be the only broadcast activity.”
Hong Jin-young, who has been living on SNS for a while, said, "I am going to look at online reactions on the release of the new song because it is a comeback for a long time. I’m thinking about driving comments and messages I haven’t seen before.” He said, “I’d be really grateful if I had a response like ‘I’m cheering and I’ll listen to you.’ I want to give the people who listen to the song with a new song a feeling of resting for a while. "