Sim Soo Bong's Surprising Success Despite Losing MBC Campus Song Festival 48 Years Ago

On the 20th, during MBN's 'Kim Joo Ha's Day and Night,' singer Sim Soo Bong recalled her participation in the MBC Campus Song Festival 48 years ago and offered an apology to the team 'Ssulmul.'

Sim Soo Bong confessed a twist in the story surrounding her signature song, 'The Man from Back Then.' She revealed that after participating in the 2nd Campus Song Festival in 1978, when the winners were announced, she thought she had won the Grand Prize because “my name wasn't even called up to the Gold Prize.”

However, the Grand Prize ultimately went to another participant, and she failed to win an award. She confessed, “I cried all night long” that day. In particular, upon hearing that the team that won the Grand Prize at the time was Ssulmul, she apologized to them, saying, “I think I erased it from my memory due to the shock. It must have been because of the hurt.”

The Grand Prize winner at the time was the Pusan National University male ensemble, Ssulmul, who performed 'To the Sound of the Incoming Waves.'

Sim Soo Bong turned the mood around by sharing a miraculous story that happened the day after she was eliminated from the 'Campus Song Festival.' She revealed, “The president of Chigu Records contacted me, saying, 'If I were to release an album, it would be her.' I released an album immediately, and it became a massive hit.”