THE BABY SHARK music video continues to be the most-watched YouTube video of all time, having racked up over 13billion views.
Here’s what to know about the kids featured in the viral video.
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Who are the kids in the Baby Shark music video?
The music video for the Baby Shark dance featured two kids: Elaine Kim Johnston and Park Geon Roung.
Meanwhile, the song was performed by Korean-American singer Hope Segoine.
Apart from the Baby Shark music video, both Elaine and Geon Roung have starred in other children’s interactive content on the Pink Fong YouTube channel.
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As of this writing, it is known whether they will participate in the production of Baby Shark’s Big Movie!
Cardi B, Ashley Tisdale, Aparna Nancherla, Ego Nwodim, Chloe Fineman, Lance Bass, and K-Pop boy band ENHYPEN are all confirmed to lend their voices to the feature-length animated movie based on the hit song.
Where are the Baby Shark kids now?
Geon Roung continues to be in the entertainment industry.
He is currently a member of the South Korean co-ed kids group Play With Me Club. He is also reportedly the leader of the group.
Play With Me Club debuted in 2020 with the single Let’s Play.
When Baby Shark hit 10billion views on YouTube, Geon Roung took to Instagram to express his surprise.
“Even after a long time, the baby shark craze has not gotten cold,” he wrote. “For the first time in the world!! 10 billion views!!! Wrote YouTube history!!!!”
Geon Roung is also fairly active on social media, with over 80,000 followers on his Instagram account.
He often shares videos of his dance covers and photos of the projects he’s involved in.
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Elaine, on the other hand, has moved back to Masterton, New Zealand, where she was born.
Her mother, Hee Jung ”Lisa’ Kim Johnston told the Wairapa Times-Age that Elaine has been modeling in Korea since she was four years old.
Thanks to her work, she was asked to audition for the Baby Shark music video.
“I think she’s quite unco [uncoordinated] but she’s got the energy which is why I think they liked her,” she said.
When Elaine’s family moved back to New Zealand, no one in her new school knew that she was an internet sensation.
But her dad apparently told one of her friends.
“At first they said it was ‘cool’ and then they tried to do it and I had to judge who was better,” Elaine told the outlet.
Elaine is currently a student at St. Patrick’s school in Masterton.
She is looking to start modeling again in the future and hopes her Baby Shark fame will be an advantage.
How much money has Baby Shark made?
The Baby Shark music video rakes in thousands in revenue each day.
Forbes notes that it has garnered $22million overall.
But it continues to make around $283,000 per month or $9,400 a day, thanks to the 150million views it draws in a month.
In July 2023, Pinkfong reached 1billion streams on Spotify, with Baby Shark having the lion’s share at 580million streams.
“Surpassing 1 billion streams on Spotify is a testament to Pinkfong’s resonance with global listeners and the power of our music in connecting families around the world,” the company’s CEO, Kim Minseok, said in a statement.
“We are grateful to our fans for engaging with our content, and we will continue to deliver songs and stories that people from different generations can enjoy together.”
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