“It’s nice to come home and be with friends,” he said. “You don’t really appreciate where you’re from until you leave and you go somewhere where it’s a big change of pace.”

Park’s music is a blend of pop, hip-hop and R&B, “a bit of everything,” he said. He released his first single “Hello (Who is This?),” in which he gives a shout out to Dane County Regional Airport, a year ago. The song blew up after it got picked up on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds” playlist. It then made its way onto radio stations across the country and eventually reached the top 10 of Billboard’s Viral 50.

He’s thrilled to open for Naughty By Nature, which Park calls a “staple,” but admits he didn’t listen to them growing up, when he was more influenced by Top 40 music than hip-hop.

“If you’re an artist, and people want you to play in front of thousands of people years after your (breakthrough) record comes out, you did something right,” Park said about Naughty By Nature. “I hope 20 years down the line, people are still trying to book me.”