A quiet moment on stage stood out at the 46th Blue Dragon Awards. Hwasa, barefoot and wearing a white gown, delivered a powerful performance of her latest song ‘Good Goodbye’. Actor Park Jeong Min joined her, carrying red sandals as a nod to their music video. The performance quickly went viral, helping Hwasa’s songs return to the top of the charts.
A Romantic Stage Moment
The stage felt less like an award show performance and more like a scene from a romantic movie. Near the end of the performance, Park Jeong Min left his seat holding the red sandals. As Hwasa sang and danced her way off the stage, he kept watching her with a smile. Everyone, from the actors to the audience, cheered and enjoyed the moment. The actor even danced a little, waving his hand to match Hwasa’s movements. Their effortless chemistry made people forget it was a breakup song, not a romantic one.
Park Jeong Min wrapped up the sweet moment by shouting, “Take the shoes,” ending the night’s most romantic performance with a humorous touch. The excitement was so high that netizens began shipping Hwasa and Park Jeong Min, hoping for a real-life romance.
The viral performance pushed “Good Goodbye” to the top of real-time daily charts on major Korean platforms and to #1 on YouTube’s South Korea Daily Top Music Videos chart. Instiz’s iChart announced that Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” achieved a perfect all-kill, making her the first female soloist to reach this milestone in 2025. A perfect all-kill is achieved when a K-pop song reaches #1 on all major music platforms, including MelOn, Genie, FLO, and more, across real-time, daily, and weekly charts.
The official music video has garnered over 50 million views. Videos of the performance and actors’ reactions on KBS’s YouTube channels have exceeded five million views. Various clips from the performance are also going viral on other social media sites. Users have joined the trend by holding red sandals and dancing along.
The Story Behind ‘Good Goodbye’
‘Good Goodbye’ came out on October 12, 2025. The song is about saying a heartfelt farewell to an ex, wishing him love and cheering him on as he moves forward. The story behind the music video is equally heartfelt. Hwasa wrote a handwritten letter to Park Jeong Min, telling him she wanted to work with him on the video and that she had been a fan since his role in Bleak Night. He agreed, and their on-screen chemistry as ex-lovers caught everyone’s attention.
The actor was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Harbin and Best Actor for The Face, but did not win. Even so, his short cameo became one of the most talked-about moments of the night, and the attention surrounding it has been credited with the song’s growing popularity.
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