[23] In 2008, Park and Seo Dong-hoon formed a duo called Let It Be (렛잇비) and sang OST for OCN drama My Lady Boss, My Hero.

Park and Seo then joined Star King with Min Geum-yong and Lee Woo-ram as Country Kids' Soul—supposedly a parody group of Brown Eyed Soul.

[citation needed] Park later became part of a ballad duo called J-Symphony (제이심포니; J-심포니) with ex L-Class member Min Geum-yong (민금용).

[49][50] "Cherry Blossom Love" was given to them by a composer named Kwak Joon-young, who has written songs for Big Mama, Heesung and Naul of Brown Eyed Soul.

[58] Then at the Semi Final - 1st Round: Individual Match (Legend Mission), he once again pulled off a flawless performance of "You Who Are Going Back To Memories" (추억으로 가는 당신) by Joo Hyun-mi - a song well-known for its complex rhythm.

[14][62][63] From April 2020 to October 2021, Young Tak was a fixed cast in TV Chosun's shows Romantic Call Centre (사랑의 콜센타) and Mister Trot F4 Academy (뽕숭아학당), both have huge ratings.

[64][65] Young Tak is the one who has the highest one-minute footage rating that audiences watch the most in the history of Romantic Call Centre with 22.08% (according to TNMS) when he sang "A Glass of Makgeolli" in the first episode.

Young Tak started gaining experience as an actor back when he starred in a musical called "The Three Generals of the Kingdom" (왕의 나라 삼태사) in 2019.

[80] Moreover, when Young Tak sang his hit song "Jjiniya" (찐이야) at 2020 Melon Music Awards, his performance immediately went viral on many social media platforms due to the lyrics sounding like BTS member Jin's name.

On 30 December 2020, Young Tak sang "Kkondae Latte" (꼰대라떼) and "Jjiniya" (찐이야) as celebration performance at 2020 MBC Drama Awards.

[84][85] Not only did Young Tak received good reactions from all the actors, actresses and viewers, but his celebration stage also recorded an audience rating of 6.5% (according to TNMS) - the highest one minute mark of the award.

[111] "Okay" won Outstanding K-Drama OST at the 16th Seoul International Drama Awards, further proving Young Tak's ability as a singer-songwriter.

[112] On 14 October 2021, Korean press reported that Young Tak had produced a semi-trot song for the solo debut of MJ (Astro), which features singer Kim Tae-yeon from Miss Trot 2.

[115][116] In January 2022, Young Tak became a regular cast of Channel A's Nowadays Men's Life: Groom's Class (요즘 남자 라이프 신랑수업).

[117] On 31 January 2022, he starred in a Lunar New Year special trot musical on KBS2 named "Thank You Everyone, Song Hae" (여러분 고맙습니다 송해), which recorded a rating of 12.7% nationwide, ranking first in its timeslot.

[118] On 10 February 2022, Young Tak released his first comeback single after one year called "Wanna Go Get Some Abalone" (전복 먹으러 갈래).

[119] The pop-trot song's uniqueness quickly caught attention[120][121][122][123] and Young Tak was chosen to be Ambassador for Abalone of Wando County.

[124][125][126] Furthermore, when Young Tak was promoting "Wanna Go Get Some Abalone" on Cultwo Show, he was asked by the hosts and listeners to call out lottery numbers.

[127][128] As a result, thousands of his fans won 4th and 3rd place (varying from ₩50,000 to ₩1,300,000), their total winnings estimated from social media posts alone exceeded tens of millions of KRW, and many people believed that the song brought them good luck.

[132] On 14 February 2022, the conservative People Power Party chose Young Tak's "Jjiniya"/"Pitiful" (찐이야) to be their campaign song for the 2022 South Korean presidential election.

[137] On 21 June 2022, it was announced that Young Tak's first solo concert 'Tak Show' would be held in 8 cities nationwide, starting at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena (KSPO DOME) in Seoul for 3 days from 29 to 31 July.

[138] On 4 July 2022, Young Tak's first full album MMM was released, which contains 12 songs of different genres such as rock, dance, pop, R&B, jazz, trot, ballad and more.

[139][140] On 17 July 2022, a special clip of "Bye Gimnyeong" (안녕김녕) - a jazz song which is also the closing track of the album - was released on his official Youtube channel.

[145][146] On 20 November, the 5 impersonators released single "Wings" (날개), an alternative rock song which was composed by Young Tak as a gift for them.

[151][152] On 30 November 2022, Young Tak won Grand Prize "Singer of the Year" at the 30th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards for "Jjiniya" (찐이야).

[153] On 15 December 2022, Young Tak released a re-arrangement of the song "Goat Gamida" (곶감이다),[154] which he performed together with Ji Kwang-min at the EBS 'K-Story Pop Contest' back in 2014.

[157][158] Young Tak first started acting back in high school, performing in his classmate director Kwon Oh-kwang (권오광)'s first short film With Burning Thirst (타는 목마름으로) in 2000 about the Gwangju Uprising, based on a poem of the same name by poet Kim Ji-ha.

[190] On 24 September, the OST Part 2 of Live Your Own Life called "Go Your Own Way" (각자도생), which Young Tak not only sang, but also participated in writing lyrics, composing, and producing, was released.

[204][205] On 9 March 2022, Young Tak donated ₩100 million to the Korean Red Cross to help the victims of the massive forest fire [ko] that started in Uljin, North Gyeongsang, and has spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.

[208][209] On 19 July 2023, Youngtak donated ₩100 million to the Korean Red Cross to help support disaster relief activities in flood-affected areas in his hometown North Gyeongsang Province.