On March 27, Park Jin Young (JYP) tweeted a photo of him standing in front of his brand new restaurant in New York City. He wrote, “Finally, I came to the grand opening event of Kristalbellie, JYP’s first restaurant/lounge in New York City.”
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JYP Reveals Plans on the Wonder Girls’ U.S Album and Korean Comeback
The Wonder Girls will officially kick off their U.S promotional activities according to producer and JYP Entertainment CEO Park Jin Young. On March 24, JYP updated fans on the upcoming activities of the quintet in the U.S as well as their Korean comeback scheduled for the summer.
JYP Learned from Low TV Ratings of “Dream High 2”
Park Jin Young shared his thoughts about the end of KBS drama, “Dream High 2.” On March 21, Park Jin Young, the music producer better known as JYP, tweeted, “’Dream High 2’ came to an end. It was my first time directing a drama, so I didn’t have much knowledge about the things that could happen during the production. I think there’s so much more you learn when the results are bad. I’m not sure what the next drama’s going to be, but I think I’ll do a much better job. Thank you so much to all the viewers, bow!”
Top Stars Show Loyalty by Attending VIP Premiere for "Introduction to Architecture"
The highly anticipated film, "Introduction to Architecture" has held its VIP premiere on March 13 at the Lotte Cinemas in Seoul. "Introduction to Architecture" boasts an A-list cast including Uhm Tae Woong, Han Ga In, Lee Jae Hoon and Suzy. Therefore, numerous top stars attended the premiere to show support for their fellow friends and coworkers.
2PM Junho and 2AM Seulong’s Past Rustic Photo Draws Interest
Idol group 2PM member Junho and fellow JYP group 2AM’s Seulong is drawing interest for their past photo. On March 11, Junho revealed a past photo taken together with Seulong by posting it on his Twitter. The photo showing the two men’s young, trainee days quickly grabbed netizens’ attention and became a hot topic.
miss A Suzy: "JYP Training Includes Sex Education"
miss A’s Suzy is making headlines for revealing a very interesting secret about training in JYP Entertainment. For the “Strong Heart” episode broadcast on March 6, Suzy revealed that JYP training includes sex education. On the February 28 episode of “Strong Heart” Suzy had appeared on talked about her kiss scenes with Kim Soo Hyun, 2PM’s Taecyeon, 2PM’s Wooyoung, and Lee Jae Hoon. She said that she was the most nervous during her kiss scene with Kim Soo Hyun.
JYP Dissed by Star Songwriter for SBS “K-Pop Star” Comments
Park Jin Young was dissed by Yoon Young Joon, a star songwriter whose work includes Sung Shi Kyung’s “Two People,” “Would Be Nice,” and “Longing,” as well as Hwa Yo Bi’s “Winter Butterfly.” On March 4, Yoon Young Joon wrote on his twitter, “I think it would be better for JYP to learn how to sing from Park Ji Min instead.”
Park Ji Min Beats Lee Ha Yi for First Live Broadcast of SBS K-Pop Star
For the first live broadcast of SBS “K-Pop Star” Lee Jung Mi was dropped. Another main highlight of the show was the continuing rivalry between Park Ji Min and Lee Ha Yi. The episode of SBS “K-Pop Star” for the previous week showed Park Ji Min losing to Lee Ha Yi and nearly getting dropped off the show. Because of that, it appeared like Park Ji Min performed this time around with guns ablaze.
JYP Strikes Back, Appeals Plagiarism Decision for "Someday"
The Seoul Central District Court announced on March 5 that JYP filed an appeal on March 2. The appeal was for a ruling that he lost on February 10 regarding “Someday.” As we reported earlier on February 10, the court ruled that JYP’s song “Someday” infringed on copyrights to Kim Shin Il’s song and ordered JYP to pay about $20,000. JYPE had stated that they would prepare an appeal. JYPE had stated, “The ruling for ‘Someday’ is unacceptable. We are going to prepare an appeal. JYP had not heard the song ‘To My Man.’”
The Rise of Male Solo Artists Among the Idol Group Scene
Initially when singer Rain left the stage for his mandatory military service, people expected even more noticeable void in the category of male solo artists in the popular music scene. In current music industry where idol groups have taken over, solo artists struggled to defend their ground.