J.Y.Park – Who's Your Mama ft. Jessi
April 27, 2015 by Yein Jee
Korean music video for Who's Your Mama by pop singer and music mogul J.Y.Park, aka Park Jin-young, founder of JYP Entertainment. The song is the main track for his latest album, 24/34… it's all about the booty.
The song features Jessi as the rapper. The main dancer is Jang Ju-hee, who has featured in a number of K-pop music videos for various artists.
Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian Music, Asian videos, JYP Entertainment, Korean Music, Korean showbiz, Park Jin-young, South Korea
Rain is back with JYP
December 31, 2010 by Yein Jee
Korean pop star Rain is reuniting with his mentor Park Jin-young, better known as JYP, after leaving the company for three and a half years.
Rain and JYP at a special performance on MBC network in 2008
Rain formed J.Tune Entertainment after his contract expired with JYPE in 2007. But JYPE has became the largest shareholder of J.Tune earlier this month, and J.Tune will be made a subsidiary under JYPE label subsequently.
It's reported that Rain actually initiated the merger, probably to get someone he could trust to look after his company when he is enlisted into the military to fulfil his two year mandatory service.
The arrangement makes sense for both parties. JYPE has grown into a bigger company since Rain left, with the emergence of Wonder Girls and 2PM etc.; while Rain is still one of the most influential Korean artists globally. It's win-win.
Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: East Asia, J.Tune Entertainment, Jung Ji-hoon, JYP Entertainment, Korean showbiz, Park Jin-young, South Korea
JYP Nation – This Christmas music video
December 3, 2010 by Yein Jee
Korean entertainment agency JYP Entertainment has released This Christmas, a special music video for the festive season featuring affiliated artists Wonder Girls, 2PM, 2AM, Miss A, Lim, San-E, Joo and the boss (JYP) himself. Some photos after the MV.
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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 2AM Band, 2PM Band, Asian Music, Asian videos, Jung Min-joo, JYP Entertainment, Korean Music, Korean pop culture, Korean showbiz, Lim Jeong-hee, Merry Christmas, Miss A, Park Jin-young, South Korea, Wonder Girls
Miss A – Bad Girl, Good Girl music video
July 12, 2010 by Yein Jee
Music video for Bad Girl, Good Girl, Chinese-Korean pop group Miss A's official Korean debut song. Interesting piece with a unique rhythm, pretty nice…
Managed by AQ/JYP Entertainment, the four-member pop group composed of Chinese born Jia and Fei, and also Korean girls Min and Suzy (L-R)…
Miss A series – Next: Showbiz Extra interview
Extra: Bad Girl, Good Girl lyrics (English translation & Romanisation)
Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian Music, Asian pop culture, Asian videos, Bae Suzy, East Asia, JYP Entertainment, Korean Music, Korean pop culture, Korean showbiz, Lee Min-young, Meng Jia, Miss A, South Korea, Wang Feifei
Jaebum kicked out of 2PM officially
February 26, 2010 by Yein Jee
Korean entertainment agency JYPE has made an official announcement that they have terminated the contract with Park Jae-bum, former leader of pop group 2PM.
The Seattle based Korean-American has left the group since September 2009 following some old controversial remarks on MySpace which have been exposed.
His company and fellow 2PM members had however all this while insisted that he was welcomed to rejoin the team… so it is quite a shocker for the fans that he is not returning to the (originally) seven members group.
The peculiar thing is that according to the announcement, the reason behind the termination of contract is because Jae-bum has confessed in December that he had committed a big personal mistake (post debut) which was far more serious than the MySpace controversy… so huge that it's impossible for him to return.
It's poor PR management from JYPE no matter how I see it… what's the purpose of mentioning the mistake if it's not revealed in full? Should have kept it a secret without saying a single word if there's no plan to bare it all. Predictably it has sparked needless speculations which do no good for all parties.
Personal thought, unless it's a crime there's nothing serious enough to have the contract terminated; hope that the kid had not done something that stupid.
Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 2PM Band, Asian American, Jay Park Jae-beom, JYP Entertainment, Korean showbiz, South Korea
Sun Mi leaves Wonder Girls
January 25, 2010 by Yein Jee
Sun Mi (or Mimi) is leaving Korean pop group Wonder Girls, at least temporarily, to continue her studies back in Korea. The 17-year-old will take an indefinite break after wrapping up the activities in the US by late February.
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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: East Asia, JYP Entertainment, Korean pop culture, Korean showbiz, South Korea, Sun Mi, Wonder Girls