Influence & Impact
Pengsoo uploaded a BTS' IDOL cover (traditional Korean music version) performance with Daechwita as an intro on YouTube. [Source]
Samsung Lions, South Korea's professional baseball team, quoted 'Daechwita', "Daechwita of victory. Now play Daechwita", on one of their YouTube video's thumbnail. [Source]
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Park Yang-woo, mentioned during an online video session at the King Sejong Institute in the U.S & Vietnam that he liked BTS and asked the students whether they have watched 'Daechwita' MV and recommends it to them [Source]
National Gugak Center edited the title of an explaination video of Daechwita, posted 4 years ago, on YouTube and added [BTS 슈가SUGA Agust D ‘대취타(Daechwita)’ - Explanation version] to its title. 'Go global with SUGA ~~!!^_^' was added to the description box of the video as well. [Source]
National Gugak Center made a post on their Instagram account praising SUGA's global influence for the original Korean traditional performing arts, 'Daechwita', gain of popularity. [Source]
A staff of Daejanggeum Park (the place where 'Daechwita' MV was shot) said that thanks to SUGA, the number of people visiting the park has increased significantly such that the parking lots are full. They believe when COVID-19 ends, more people from around the world will visit. [Source]
Chun Myung-hoon, ex-member of the 90s boy bang NRG, parodied 'Daechwita' MV as homage to SUGA. He said that the MV is a welcoming work with the intention of paying respect after watching 'Daechwita' MV. [Source]
Designer Kim Seon Young revealed in an interview that the jewelry SUGA used in the 'Daechwita' MV, from the Eva collection of Tani By Minetani, had received loads of orders from around the world. [Source]
Korean actress, Hwang Seok-jeong, performed to 'Daechwita' 'at the Yeskin Spofit Grandprix' fitness competition. [Source]
"I performed Daechwita hundreds of times, but SUGA's Daechwita is more famous now. Though I haven't met SUGA personally, I am grateful that he provided wide publicity for Daechwita internationally. Though SUGA's song is not the same as the original Daechwita, it was a great opportunity for Korean traditional music to become known more widely."
Chung Jae-kuk, artistic director of the National Gugak Center Orchestra [Source]
"I am very grateful for the various music that incorporates Korean traditional music, such as SUGA's solo song 'Daechwita'. It gives us an objective view of Gugak from a modern perspective. There aren't many people who know about Daecwhita, but thanks to SUGA, many people know about it. The song itself is so good. I think it's a great thing that non-Korean musicians are interested in Gugak and creating it."
Ko Yeongyeol, a Korean traditional musician [Source]
"Thanks to BTS' SUGA's 'Daechwita', our traditional music 'Daechwita' is drawing Global attention." Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism via Twitter [Source]
