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Q Park (also known as QPark) is a Korean American YouTuber, entertainer, and musician.[1][2][3] He rose to prominence on Vine, where he gained 3.5 million followers before the platform shut down.[1][4] He then moved to Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube[1] where he began posting comedy sketches, reaction videos, challenges, and videos in which he performs popular songs in public.[1]
As of January 2025, Park had 37.7 million TikTok followers.[4]
Career
[edit]Park was born in New York and graduated from Yale University.[1][2] He then worked as an investment banker on Wall Street working over 100 hours a week until eventually quitting.[1] He then opened and operated several restaurants until realizing he didn't have a passion for creating food.[1] In 2014, as his social media content started flourishing, he sold the restaurants to pursue content creation full-time.[1]
Park first rose to social media stardom on the 6-second video platform, Vine, where he gained 3.5 million followers.[1] After Vine shut down, he expanded his work to Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.[1][4] His breakout video on YouTube was of him walking around New York City for 10 hours wearing a romper. It garnered 2 million views in a few months.[1][5][6] Later that year, he posted a video of him walking for 10 hours in New York City with a Kim Jong Un lookalike.[7][8] The video received nearly 10 million views on YouTube within the first two months of uploading.[9]
Park collaborates with his partner Edith, who does most of his camera work and occasionally appears in front of the camera.[1] Park has stated that it is important for him to avoid playing into Asian stereotypes, and that he tries to portray Asians, in particular Asian men, in a different light, given their limited representation in traditional media.[1]
In 2018, Park posted a video dancing to Cardi B's songs titled "When Cardi B takes over you" which Cardi B reposted on her Instagram page.[10] That year he also posted a video performing various Bollywood songs on the streets of New York City.[11][12] His video mimicking Neymar's soccer game falls in New York also gained over one million views on YouTube in just two days that year.[13]
When interviewed about a potential U.S. TikTok ban in 2025, Park stated that "if you have faith in your ability to create content, you'll build a following somewhere else" and that TikTok might be "too big to fail."[4] That year, he quickly went viral for two videos performing Jombriel's "La Parte y La Choke" and "Vitamina".[14][15]
Music
[edit]In January 2020, Park released his first original single "Ay Ay Ay," a reggaeton song sung entirely in Spanish inspired by the Latin music and community he admires. The music video was filmed in Puerto Rico and New York City. He told Billboard he first encountered reggaeton during his 2004 trip to Puerto Rico where he heard Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" playing in the streets.[2]
Park has written his own music since childhood. He plays the guitar, piano, and drums.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hartmann, Josh; Nguyen, Jamie; Trupp, Johanna (January 18, 2018). "Q Park: From investment banker to YouTube star". ABC7 New York. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ a b c d Roiz, Jessica (January 23, 2020). "Q Park Drops First-Ever Single 'Ay Ay Ay' in Tribute to Reggaeton Music". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Redacción (March 23, 2018). "Youtuber coreano no le teme a hacer el ridículo en las calles de Estados Unidos". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ a b c d Faguy, Ana (January 17, 2025). "TikTok creators mourn app where 'overnight' success is possible". BBC News. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Casino, Khier (June 2, 2017). "What Happens When an Asian Man Walks Around NYC Wearing a Romper". NextShark. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Friederich, Brandon (June 5, 2017). "Watch This Fearless Hero Stroll NYC Streets For 10 Hours While Wearing a Romper For Dudes". Maxim. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Kim, Se-hyuk (October 26, 2017). 김정은이 뉴욕에 나타나면?…미국인 "오~XX" 격한 반응 [What if Kim Jong Un appeared in New York? Americans react strongly]. NewsPim (in Korean). Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Scroll Staff (October 26, 2017). "Watch: This man impersonated North Korea's Kim Jong Un and walked around the streets of New York". Scroll.in. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ ABC News (December 26, 2017). "Meet the Kim Jong Un impersonator who is turning heads in South Korea". ABC News. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ "What Happens When Reggaeton, Shakira and JLo Take Over You? Watch These Hilarious Videos". Telemundo. January 10, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ NDTV News Desk (July 6, 2018). "Watch: YouTuber Dances To Bollywood Songs On The Streets Of New York". NDTV. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Trends Desk (July 7, 2018). "This YouTuber dancing on Bollywood songs will leave you in splits". The Indian Express. Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Cavalcante, Isabella (July 15, 2018). "Youtuber viraliza ao imitar Neymar caindo nas ruas de Nova York". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Redacción Ecuavisa (January 23, 2025). "Famoso Tiktoker coreano baila al ritmo de Jombriel en público y causa sensación". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2026.
- ^ Redacción Ecuavisa (March 20, 2025). "Qpark baila al ritmo del ecuatoriano Jombriel con su éxito Vitamina, el video es viral". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). Retrieved July 31, 2026.
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