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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Raphael Rashid in Seoul

The boy behind the Baby Shark phenomenon: I used to hum it without even realising

Geonroung Park as a seven-year-old in the Baby Shark video that remains YouTube’s most-watched hit.
Geonroung Park as a seven-year-old in the Baby Shark video that remains YouTube’s most-watched hit. Photograph: The PinkFong Company

“I just remember having fun dancing and playing on what felt like a huge set,” Geonroung Park says, recalling the day 10 years ago when he was filmed, aged seven, doing the hand movements to a children’s song about a family of sharks.

That footage became Baby Shark Dance, now the most-watched video in YouTube’s history. It has racked up more than 17.2bn views and has held the platform’s global no 1 spot for 69 consecutive months.

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