Singer HYNN has engraved the phrase "I will pass on only what is pure" on the in-ear monitor she wears while performing. The small photo in the box shows a note left by a young reader at a Han Kang book display in Kyobo Book Centre in central Seoul. Korea Times photo by Yang Seung-jun The rise of '1020 Han Kang generation' By KTimes Singerg Park Hye-won, 26, known by her stage name "HYNN" and for her hit song "The Lonely Bloom Stands Alone," drew inspiration for her name from Han Kang's novel "The White Book.
" The Korean title of "The White Book" is "흰 (Huin)," meaning white. She chose the name "HYNN" because its pronunciation closely resembles the Korean title of the novel. According to an official from her agency, New Order Entertainment, Park read "The White Book" around 2018, when the novel was first published.
She received the book as a gift from a friend while she was feeling anxious as she prepared for her debut as a singer. Park was deeply moved by the line, “Even if I become tainted, I will pass on only what is pure." Reflecting on this, she said, "After reading that sentence, I made a resolution: 'No matter what storms or wounds may come, I will make music with a pure, sincere heart.
'" This is just one example of how young artists are finding inspiration in Han’s literary works, marking the emergence of the "Han Kang Kids." Han Kang's "powerful poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life" has served as a guiding .
