Hwang Ga-ram's 'Naneun Bandibul' hits Melon Ballad No. 1 and 100M streams

One remake, two chart peaks, nine figures

Hwang Ga-ram's 2024 remake Naneun Bandibul (나는 반딧불) reached No. 1 on Melon's Ballad overall chart and No. 4 on the Melon Top 100. The song has now crossed 100 million cumulative streams. For a singer who debuted in 2011 with the EP Memory under Nadib, those numbers represent the biggest commercial moment of her career on record.

The chart run came alongside a string of TV appearances. She was runner-up on MBN's Oppa Sidae (오빠시대) in 2023, runner-up at the 228th competition of Mystery Music Show King of Mask Singer in 2024, and made a special appearance on Nol-myeon Mwohani? late that same year. Through 2025 she landed slots on Miwoon Uri Saekki, You Quiz on the Block, Immortal Songs, Ask Us Anything, Same Bed Different Dreams 2, Open Concert, and Han Moon-chul's Blackbox Review.

Awards and new music through 2026

The 41-year-old collected hardware across 2025. She won the Ballad Award at the Seoul Music Awards, the Korean Wave Ballad Award at the Korean Wave Expo, the Popular Singer category at the Republic of Korea Arts and Culture Awards, and earned a spot among the 2025 Challenge Korea 10 People Award recipients.

She put out the 2025 single Michige Geuriweoseo (미치게 그리워서) and the OST Doraoji Aneul Sigan (돌아오지 않을 시간) for the drama Labor Attorney Nomujin. In October 2026 she released the digital single Saranghaetgo Saranghaetgo Saranghaetda (사랑했고 사랑했고 사랑했다), a track carrying the message "may the heart of this love never be forgotten, no matter how much time passes."

September 26, 2026 was packed. She performed as guest vocalist at Channel A's Boohwal 40th Anniversary Concert in Seoul: Legend of Korean Rock and appeared on MBN's Kim Joo-ha's Day & Night the same evening. She has also recently appeared on TV CHOSUN's Miss Trot For You.

Hwang Ga-ram currently serves as a vocal trainer and professor in the Department of Practical Music at Dongwon University. Launching a subscription event this week, she wrote: "Starting today, sign-ups are open — subscribe and leave a comment. Hueong lol ㅠ"