[Edaily Starin KIM HYUNSIK Reporter] Singer Kim Da-hyun will release her new song “Love Found in Gwangyang” at 12:00 p.m. on the 8th via various online music platforms, her agency Hyun Company announced on the 7th.

“Love Found in Gwangyang” is a semi-trot song with traditional Korean music influences. Kim Da-hyun, who currently serves as a promotional ambassador for Gwangyang City, wrote the lyrics and composed the music herself, drawing inspiration from the true love story of her own grandparents.
Her agency explained, “This song expresses, through the sensibilities of her 17-year-old granddaughter Kim Da-hyun, the love story of her grandfather and grandmother—who hail from Jungseom (Jungdo) at the foot of Baegunsan Mountain in Gwangyang and Hadong, South Gyeongsang Province, respectively—as they built their life together in Gwangyang.”
Kim Da-hyun said, “I wrote this song while thinking about my grandmother, who got married at a young age, around my own age,” adding, “I wanted to convey this sweet and affectionate love story through music.”

“Love Found in Gwangyang” is also Kim Da-hyun’s first new song released following the controversy over singer Shim Su-bong’s public criticism. Previously, at a local event last month, Shim Su-bong made critical remarks about Kim Da-hyun, who had performed on stage before her.
At the time, Shim Soo-bong said, “The young woman who sang before me really threw me off. She seems like a young lady who doesn’t know what singing is or what life is,” adding, “Listening to her song was so exhausting for me. Please don’t put ‘that performer’ (Kim Da-hyun) on stage before me.”
After criticism arose online that her remarks were inappropriate, Shim Soo-bong issued an official apology. Kim Da-hyun later revealed that she had received a personal apology from Shim Soo-bong.
Meanwhile, Shim Su-bong will appear on the EBS music program “Space Empathy,” airing at 10:50 p.m. that night, to perform on stage.