The ‘Baby Shark’ Boy Is All Grown Up & Launching His Music Career With a Monsta X Collab
Baby Shark Boy, the child performer who appeared in Pinkfong's globally viral "Baby Shark Dance" video ten years ago, has launched his own music career with a new single called "WAVE," featuring JOOHONEY from K-pop group Monsta X. The track transforms the familiar "Baby Shark" melody into an electropop dance track, marking a deliberate full-circle moment for the performer, whose real name is Park Geon-roung, as he steps out from his childhood role into his own artistic identity.
"WAVE" opens with the recognisable "Baby Shark" hook before shifting into an energetic dance-trap sound, with Park co-writing the lyrics and JOOHONEY contributing rap vocals; choreography comes from TEAM SAME, whose past credits include BTS, SEVENTEEN and TWICE. The original "Baby Shark Dance" reached No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2019 and has since surpassed 17.2 billion YouTube views, making it the platform's most-watched video ever. The Pinkfong Company is also preparing a behind-the-scenes documentary, "WAVE: Becoming Baby Shark Boy," and is considering further projects including a possible appearance in an upcoming "Baby Shark" film expected in winter 2026.
- Original "Baby Shark" video star launches solo music career
- New single "WAVE" features Monsta X's JOOHONEY
- Pinkfong also planning a behind-the-scenes documentary about him
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Baby Shark Boy is the young performer who featured in Pinkfong's "Baby Shark Dance" video, a children's song that became a global phenomenon after its 2016 release, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming YouTube's most-watched video of all time. A decade on, that child performer, whose real name is Park Geon-roung, has grown up and is now stepping into music as an artist in his own right.
His debut single, "WAVE," reworks the well-known "Baby Shark" melody into an electropop dance-trap track and features JOOHONEY, a member of the K-pop group Monsta X, on rap vocals. The choreography comes from TEAM SAME, a team known for working with major K-pop acts including BTS, SEVENTEEN and TWICE, underlining the scale of the production behind the release.
The move matters because it marks the transition of a recognisable child internet star into an adult creative career, something not all viral child performers manage. Pinkfong, the company behind the original video, is also developing further projects around this reinvention, including a documentary and a possible film tie-in, suggesting the "Baby Shark" franchise is being extended well beyond its original young audience.