INTRODUCTION TO JAY PARK! (Me Like Yuh, Drive, SOJU)

[@I_am_Felii]

WARNING! WALL OF TEXT INCOMING! So back in Seattle which is where he grew up he joined a bboy crew called AOM (Art of Movement) in high school. He started dancing and rapping for fun and didn‘t know what to do with his life cuz his grades where pretty bad and he had no interest in doing college or anything like that. After receiving a smack from his mother for saying that she insisted that he auditions for a korean company that was looking for new artist to sign under their label. So called trainees that would be taken over to Korea and put under so called „artist development“ which is basically a boot camp to become the next big superstar in the korean entertainment industry. They have lessons in dancing,singing,rapping languages, media training etc for anything between 1 to 7 years even. So Jay went there and auditioned thinking it was more like a talent show in which the winner gets some sort of award or prize money or something. He got casted and decided to move to Korea at the age of 17 with barely any knowledge about the culture or music scene over there. He barely spoke korean (15-20% maybe) and was definetly more american than korean at that time. He wasn‘t used to the food over there, got made fun of because of well basically anything because he stood out that much and got scolded a lot by the teachers for not following the rules that much because he didn‘t understand their social structure and the system behind everything. In the states it‘s all about the individual and Free speech etc but in Korea there is this so called „safe face culture“ where it‘s better to put on a socially accepted public persona and caring about the group instead of being an individual. Moving on, he did that for 4 years and eventually debuted as a member of a boyband called 2PM back in 2009. 2PM was the biggest boyband in the country at that time and the K-Pop scene was much much smaller than compared to today where you have hundreds of boy and girlgroups to listen to. So 2PM was THE BIGGEST DEAL back then and he was the leader of the group so one of the most important members. He left that group/got kicked out (no one knows REALLY what happened but I guess both??) after only one year because of a scandal that happened. While being a trainee under that company (JYP Entertainment) he wrote some messages to a friend via MySpace about how he didn‘t like it in Korea and wanted to go back to the states. He literally wrote „Korea is gay“ which got taken out of context and blown up to become an issue over him actually believing that Koreans where gay etc (keep in mind that „...is gay“ was/is a popular slang to express how one doesn‘t like something in English but the people over in Korea didn’t know about that and thought he meant it literally) So all that happened and he left (there is a video of him at the airport going back to Seattle with THOUSANDS of Fans there loosing their mind over him it‘s really crazy you can look it up) There were even local News in US TV talking about him once he was back in Seattle. So after that he worked at a tire shop of one of his friends and uploaded a cover of BoB‘s Nothing on You on KZbin. That video got over 2million views within the first 24 hours and contributed to over 5k or even 50k sales (not sure) of that single in Korea alone and put it back on the Charts. BoB then released a new version with Jay‘s verse replacing Bruno Mars‘ verse on the song that was Korea exclusive. So remember that bboy crew I mentioned at the beginning? AOM. One member of AOM was a guy named Cha Cha. He is half Filipino half Afro American and was also making music back then. He was a producer and saw that Jay was also starting to make his own music. So he played him some of his beats, Jay liked them and they‘ve been working together very closely since then. Jay got calls from a lot of companies and talent agencies both from Korea and the states and ultimately decided to join SidusHQ. He released his first Album under that label and started gaining more recognition as a solo artist over in Korea. He also moved back to Seoul and concentrated on rebranding himself from a former K-Pop Idol to an independent artist that does RnB, Rap, Hip Hop and Pop. After a few years he decided to create his own label which he named AOMG (Above Ordinary Music Group) in honor to his bboy crew which him and Cha Cha are STILL part of to this day. They have bboy battles ever now and then for fun. So after founding AOMG which was more out of convenience rather than money because he connected with a lot of people that he wanted to work with and collaborate, he managed to establish himself as one of the biggest, of not even the most influential person in the korean Hip Hop and RnB scene, which only started to REALLY pop off after the airing of the first season of a show called Show me The Money which is a hip hop based survival type of show kinda like the voice or American idol but only focused on rapping. So with that scene popping off and him being at the very front of the scene for a while even before, he only became even bigger and established himself over in Korea as a household name and even in the asian hip hop scene in general. That’s also why he became a judge on Asia‘s Got Talent btw He was then thinking about what he wanted to do after achieving pretty much everything he wanted over in Korea. He decided to go back to the roots and look into the Seattle based Hip Hop scene. He met lots of dope artists and signed them under his newly found label H1GHR Music. Which is more focused on the international market while still having korean artists promoting in Korea and American artists promoting in the states underneath. Also important to notice is that during a US Tour of AOMG in New York he got noticed by someone working for Tidal (the music streaming platform that Jay Z owns). He noticed that the majority of people in the crowd were non asian and singing and rapping along those korean artists. He was very impressed by Jay and the show and contacted him afterwards. Things happened and Jay got signed under Roc Nation which is Jay-Z‘s own record label. He is the first asian man under that label alongside names like Alicia Keys, Rihanna, J.Cole, Rita Ora, Calvin Harris etc Roc Nation promotes Jay in the US and helps him with the distribution of his albums and stuff in the states while the music itself is still entirely made by artists under H1GHR and AOMG. He went to a lot of radio stations and had lots of interviews for his first EP out of Roc Nation called „Ask Bout Me“. I recommend watching the whole 40min interviews he did on SWAY in the morning (with his very impressive and politically charged Freestyle Rap at the end) and on No Jumper. He also has released a full length rap album called The Road Less Traveled in 2019 featuring Seattle based artists alongside some other projects. This man is never sleeping and making collabs left and Right no matter how famous or infamous one might be. I consider myself a fan and even I haven’t listened to ALL of his songs yet cuz there‘s just too much out there. You should really listen to his WORLDWIDE album which helped him earn respect and a name in the korean hip hop scene as a rapper. Specially because people that have been in the K-Pop Industry before (so called Idols) are usually frowned upon in the hip hop/underground community for being a sell out and not a true artists. He managed to make the jump and get recognized. My favorite Album of his is definetly his RnB Album „Everything you Wanted“ tho. Just listen to it as well so you can get both sides from him covered. Sorry for this wall of text but if anyone deserves to be talked about then it is Jay Park. I haven‘t even started talking about his political engagement throughout the years and how he helps establishing new artists in the scene and changing lifes etc this man is such an inspiration he really is something else. Song recommendations: For more Pop/Mainstream stuff: All I wanna do (one korean and one English version) Solo (korean) Know Your Name (korean) Metronome (korean) Me Like Yuh (one korean and one English version) Joah (korean) V (korean) All the Way Up (newest release one korean and one English version) My Last (korean) Sexy4Eva (more hip Hop/Pop) All Day (Flex) (more happy pop/rap in korean) RnB: Aquaman (entirely English) I don’t dissapoint (entirely English) 2nd Thots (entirely English) Turn Off your Phone REMIX ft ELO (korean) Million (English) Ride me (korean I believe) Only One (English tbh idk if it fits this category) Alone tonight (English also dunno if it fits here) Nothing Matters (pop/rnb korean but the whole EP is very personal which is not something he usually does) Encore (korean him talking about retiring soon) By myself (korean and god this song is heart breaking to me) Ballads/soft shit/RnB: Stay with me (korean) The truth is (korean but OMG those lyrics) The promise (korean) Rap/Hip Hop/Trap/Oldschool: Worldwide (korean) Want it (korean) On It (English) FSU (but the LIVE version cuz the original has Rich the Kid and GASHI as Features but the live one has only Jay spittin 3 verses) Soju (original ft 2Chainz and the Remix featuring korean artists with a different verse from Jay) Get it all (English) Monster (English) Twisted Dreams (English ft Jay Electronica amongst others) K-Town (English) Run It (commercial for Nike ft Jessi and Woo Won Jae) Turn up/club/EDM: Mommae (Most known song more Hip Hop/Club vibes) Forget about tomorrow (English) I like 2 Party Ain‘t no party like an AOMG Party Forever (more chill but EDM) AND COUNTLESS FEATURES OMG IDK WHERE TO START

[@XZTence]

I gotta give you a round of applause, a true fan. I've been stanning him since his debut and lately most ppl who call themselves fans don't even know half of these facts lol. great to see some real ones.

[@I_am_Felii]

S2Jihun 😅well thanks I guess I know him since 2012 but was more of a casual listener, meaning I‘ve known his main singles and listened to his WORLDWIDE album a lot but not much else. Started to become a fan of his only like around 2 months ago maybe. I knew about the 2PM thing but I didn‘t know much about him so I started to watch interviews and that’s how I realized what a great guy he actually is.

[@Kim-m2z]

you are a legit jwalkerz

[@dominicpersaud1155]

HOLY HELL DAMN LOL

[@adammorse9153]

Well damn, you pretty much nailed it. What else can I say beyond: listen to this.

[@mmbb0j30]

He likes to flex. There are times where he does do it a lot and some people seem to be put off by it.. But I love it 😂 hahahah.. He literally has lyrics in a couple songs where he repeats “flex” over and over.

[@bunnys2417]

Jay park is so good🔥🔥🔥 react to jay park - all i wanna do ENG VER KOREA VER

[@Kim-m2z]

jay does subtitle to his songs most of the time. Love how you thoroughly enjoyed his songs. more jay park reactions lol yes jay flex sometime but not all the time. he is pretty humble, calm and talk the talk walk the walk kind of individual. For some fun watch jay park TV or sexy moments and video to make u fall in love with jay park lol

[@LivinGreat]

Thank you so much for doing 3 Jay Park reaction in one video! Appreciate it so much. Do his other songs Yacht, All The Way Up, and Love Is A Two-Letter Word live performance.

[@carmelabrand3511]

He used to be apart of a group called 2pm which was apart of Jyp Entertainment, also just so there are no mix ups..Me like yuh is a whole song in English but there is also a Korean version

[@Patman-lc2xd]

DAYUUUUMMMM GUUURRLLLLL!!! Eres tan hermosa!!!!!

[@InfelizNEET]

First I wanted to say that you are beautiful and I loved this react format, it was very good. Also react to these Jay Park songs: Sexy 4 Eva, All I Wanna Do, GANG REMIX, All The Way Up

[@MsKarissaM]

He is Korean American. Born and raised in Seattle. So his first language is English and he learn Korean years later. He was in a Kpop group call 2pm but left after a year. He owns 2 labels AOMG and H1Gher Music and he is signed to Roc Nation. He has no kids and is not married and he can sing, rap, and dance. On top of that he is fine af. I love him!!😍😍 Make sure to watch Aquaman, On It, and Solo ft Hoody.

[@I_am_Felii]

and yes Jay Park is doing his own subtitles haha

[@evilAniron]

JP is an oh he used to be part of jyp entertainment with the group 2PM. His solo songs are great. Like you said, lit

[@SusmanShrestha11]

You have to listen to his other songs where he goes fiiiiireeeeee with raps and r&b !! loved your reaction!

[@jinjoolee7698]

goood reaction :) yes!! Jay park he is king

[@MiStahJviet]

Woo please more jay park song reactions so good 🔥🙈🖤

[@hpv3hpv35]

The lady in Drive is Bora from a girl group SISTAR (one of the most successful gg from k-pop 2nd gen). Jay Park mentioned several times that she’s his ideal type. The fact that he got her to starred in his mv was just lit lol. Jay Park used to be in a boy group himself, it’s called 2PM.

[@nancygamble4558]

Jay Park has an excellent voice, him Dean, Crush and Golden & ZionT, best Male voices in Korez

[@sonia4313]

He loves to flex jokingly he is a big goof ball, but he actually quite calm and really humble. He is from Seattle also that’s why the accent is so good lol because it isn’t one lol he learnt korean tho a around his teens. Also that literally not kpop hence the lyrics and explicit scenes. Every korean song isn’t kpop lol it’s most likely k rnb/ k hip hop.

[@sonia4313]

And yeah he does subtitled a lot his videos lol

[@yasminkini6856]

Jay Park ❤

[@ginkamikaze2]

Funny how you mention Bora Bora, because in the Drive MV the name of the girl is actually Bora and she is from an older girlband called Sistar - the one with Hyolyn... look up Sistar 19 it's just her and Hyolyn on a couple of songs.

[@Kim-m2z]

I think there are loads of ppl in twitter talk shit about jay not knowing anything about him.

[@김진성짭짭]

i hope to reaction of jay park dingo freestyle or all i wanna do

[@honks9484]

GIIIRLLL if you haven’t reacted to his other songs “Aquaman”, “K-Town” (I think that’s what it’s called), “Yacht ENGLISH version”, “Sex Trip”, YOU SHOULD REACT TO THEM NOW!

[@jaypark415]

You should react to All the Way up, I think you’d like it 👌

[@4054Theasian]

One word - MOMMAE

[@mmbb0j30]

More different stuff from Jay Park.. Check out *Yacht* _dance visual_ ft. Sik-K... Or *V* (😂 really colorful mv).. Or *Dingo Freestyle Killing Verse* to see a mix of more of his singing and rapping in Korean and English in just one video.. Don’t forget the subtitles for all of them!

[@Bunbino]

Do “All the way up”

[@Kim-m2z]

next reaction to aquaman lol

[@nancygamble4558]

since ur Latina u might want to check out as song by Mozart La Para called Son Malas feat Jay Park, Jay does his verse in Spanish, English & Korean, u might also want to check out Mom ae, Ktown and his latest mv All The Way Up, should also check out All I Wanna Do and check out On it if you want to hear him spit serious bars

[@rabiyajamil4078]

Please react ro more jaypark like solo, all i wanna do, aquaman, yacht

[@colincha1674]

Your dimples 👌🔥

[@verde629]

You should check out taeyang, eyes nose lips

[@Wooden_Hammer]

Cha Cha Malone!

[@zack1070]

make love playlist 😏😏😏