Although Hongki was eliminated in The Masked Singer on 19 April even though he had put up a strong performance which impressed both the judges and the audience with Love Sick by Jo Jang Hyuk, his performance was so impressive that day that his name occupied the number 1 spot on Naver real time search.
Then today, another song "After Breakup" was revealed (turned out that Hongki sang it after he took off his mask but this was eventually cut from the actual airing). And his performance again wowed everyone.
After this, good news started coming one by one Firstly, Love Sick, the song which Hongki sang came up top in Naver today again.
Secondly, videos of Hongki singing Love Sick in FB pages and YouTube enjoyed very high viewership, especially the one on The Masked Singer FB (it exceeded 1 million views in about 21 hrs after it was uploaded) Thirdly, the ratings for the episode of Hello Counselor which Hongki appeared in with Hoonie ranked number 1 in viewership with a rating of 6.4 % which is 1.2% higher than the previous week (5.2%). Interestingly, the previous week had guests which included EXO's Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Chen together with their juniors Joy and Yeri from Red Velvet With all these great news, does that mean that Hongki is finally getting the recognition he well-deserved as a singer instead of just an idol in Korea? Well, I sure hope so Hopefully people will let go of their prejudice and give Hongki the chance to prove to tbem that he truly has great talents!! .
Via: F.T. island 's Primadonna 4-ever