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When Sungha Jung’s dad taught his 9-year-old son to play a basic C chord on the guitar, he didn’t expect that his son would soon be performing with global pop star Jason Mraz and guitar virtuosos Tommy Emmanuel and Kotaro Oshio.
From ‘legendary guitarist’ to ‘the first Korean YouTuber with 1 million subscribers,’ Sungha is known for his unique journey as a guitarist and YouTuber.
From behind the scene stories to future plans, we caught up with Sungha who recently returned from his military service. Sungha played a few songs for Konnect viewers, including his upcoming song!
00:00 Highlights 01:19 Pirates of the Caribbean 02:27 The first time he played the guitar 03:11 Playing the guitar with his wrist?! 04:30 How Jung started YouTube 07:06 How many guitars does Jung have? 07:58 Favorite collaboration? 09:41 Jung, 10 yrs. ago and now 10:11 Being a guitarist with most subscribers 11:39 Secret behind consistency 13:24 Jung's recent works 16:05 ‘Dreaming’, unreleased song 19:34 What are fans to you? 21:06 Playing a game with the legendary guitarist 26:29 Message to fans 27:21 ‘Flaming’ 29:11 Jung show what guitar really is!