Jay Park will start a tour promotion in light of the Asian version of his first full album ‘NEW BREED’.
The promotion will take place in 5 Asian countries starting with Singapore on April 27th and then Philipines, Indonesia, and Malaysia in May and Japan in June.
Jay Park specifically proposed this promotion for his international fans and their consistent support and love making it more special.
Jay’s first promotion in Singapore will be a guest appearance at the ‘STAR AWARDS’ show.
The 2nd half of ‘STAR AWARDS’ will be held at Singapore’s ‘Marina Bay Sands’ at 5PM on the 28th where Jay Park will walk the red carpet and also show off a special performance in front of 6,000 fans.
Indonesia is heated up too. ‘NEW BREED’ was sold out even before a promotion took place and he was also seen on magazine covers. He was getting constant interview requests from TV networks, radio stations, magazines, and newspapers. Jay Park’s popularity in Asia is being recognized. Jay Park presented a more mature side of both himself and his music through ‘NEW BREED’ and he is once again becoming an Asian star.
On the 23rd, Jay Park was appointed the honorary ambassador for the world’s 5th b-boy competition ‘R-16 KOREA 2012′. He is expected to lead activities to promote and spread the Korean b-boy culture around the world.
An Android-based smartphone theme application with Jay Park’s live concert coverage was released.
‘Jay Park Star Phone Theme’ was released on March 5th and includes live concert coverage.
The best advantage is that you can check out all aspects of Jay Park from his concert on the application any time of the day.
The theme includes various widgets and icons.
It also accommodates the user with its new Android launcher making it faster and user-friendly.
<SSKIN> is being used in over 100 countries worldwide geared toward the younger generation that want to personalize their smartphones.
‘Jay Park Star Phone Theme’ can be searched and used via ‘Google Play’.
It is also expected to be available on Korea’s application market in the middle of March.
The company that provides the ‘Jay Park Star Phone Theme’ has said that
“We wanted to provide various themes for Jay Park fans all over the world and are currently working on video themes and lockers.”
They are also working on an iPhone version and a digital pictorial is also expected to be released for smartphone users.
ay Park is on a winning streak by placing No. 1 within 1 week after his comeback.
On KBS2 ‘Music Bank’ on the 24th, he was No. 1 for the title song ‘Know Your Name’ from his first full album New Breed on the K-Chart for the 4th week of February.
‘Know Your Name’ scored highly on album sales, digital music sales, and online votes.
It shows the public’s response to Jay Park’s first full album.
‘Know Your Name’ is a mix of euro dance and hip-hop with witty lyrics written by Jay Park himself along with a catchy hook and brilliant dance moves
The song is reviewed to have both eye-catching and ear-catching aspects.
Jay Park thanked his family and friends after winning No. 1.
He also showed his special appreciation for his fans by saying ‘I love you Jay-Walkers’.
This album set a record as it sold over 80,000 copies and placed No. 1 on weekly album sales.
This album is more special as it shows off Jay Park’s musicality as he produced and wrote the songs for most of the album. New Breed has a popular musical aspect that it is expected to become more popular.
Jay Park received explosive interest in his concert which sold out in just 10 minutes.
Jay Park will be holding his first solo concert on March 3rd called “Jay Park: New Breed Live in Seoul” to meet with fans. The ticketing site started selling tickets at 10 PM on the 20th, but sold out within 10 minutes proving his popularity. The server also experienced technical difficulties due to the fans trying access the site at the same time.
After the tickets were sold out, requests for extra tickets were made both online and at the ticket booth showing high expectations for the concert.
Netizens are both marveling and feeling inconvenienced by the sold out concert saying
“This is the true JAY-EFFECT!”
“It’s the Jay Park age!”
“Please hold an extra concert!”
After hearing news of the sold out concert, Jay Park thanked the fans saying “Thank you for all the love. I am practicing every day for the concert so I won’t disappoint. Since this is the first solo concert, I hope to prepare a more special stage and hope to give everyone a concert that will be memorable.”
Jay Park participated in the early stages of planning and producing his first solo concert “Jay Park: New Breed Live in Seoul” which will be held on March 3rd at the Olympic Hall of Seoul Olympic Park.
Jay Park who just started his new album activities is on the US Billboard charts.
His album ‘NEW BREED’ which was released on the 10th reached 16th on the Heatseekers Album chart of the US Billboards.
The album reached the 4th on the World Albums chart.
The ‘Heatseekers Album’ chart ranks new artists using data from Nielson Soundscan.
He proved his potential amongst new artists in the US market as he ranked on this chart.
Jay Park’s ‘NEW’ album also was on the World Album chart.
It is a great accomplishment amongst international artists with US activities because he had no official US promotion activities.
It is a remarkable result factoring in the fact that Jay Park has never had US activities or promotions.
Jay Park’s title song ‘Know Your Name’ also reached No. 1 on the US iTunes R&B/Soul Album chart.
Jay Park was responsible for producing and lyric-writing for over 80% of this album.
The album ‘NEW BREED’ which shows his musical talent as an artist proves his global potential as it ranked on the Billboard charts.
Jay Park will hold his first solo concert ‘Jay Park: New Breed Live in Seoul’ on March 3rd 6 PM at the Olympic Hall of Seoul Olympic Park.
This concert will be his first solo concert after starting his solo activities.
It is expected to have a hip-hop and electronic music base but also show off Jay Park’s other musical tastes.
He also participated in planning and producing this stage from the beginning.
Not only showing his enthusiasm for the concert, there is also expected to be special guests that he was worked with previously in the US.
Because this concert was planned with a world tour in mind, an international stage specialist was called in.
All the music was also specially rearranged for the concert.
The concert will include a band and DJ making it a more special and complete concert.
Jay Park’s first full album ‘NEW BREED’ topped iTunes R&B/Soul charts in Korea, US, Canada, and Australia with its release.
It also reached No. 2 in Japan and No. 5 in France continuing its peak of popularity on world music charts.
Jay Park released his first full album NEW BREED via music sites on February 7th Korean time.
This album’s title song is “Know Your Name”, which is a perfect blend of pop, eurodance, and hip-hop. The song puts the listener into a hypnotic state with its addictive melody and blends well with Jay’s forthright lyrics. The song is expected to become one of the hit songs of 2012.
There are 15 songs on the album, including the title song, and the album is diverse enough to catch the eyes and ears of all listeners. The genres include R&B, dance, electronic hip-hop, and also eurodance. It is a rare opportunity to meet a new side of Jay Park!
Jay Park is also the producer for this album once again after the last mini album.
He satisfactorily showed off an aspect of being an artist by producing and writing the lyrics for more than 80% of the songs on the album.
Jay Park showed that he was a ‘SINGER’ rather than an ‘IDOL’ with his last mini album TAKE A DEEPER LOOK which was released last year. With this full album NEW BREED, he is showing that he can also be a complete ‘musician’. There is more anticipation on this album because Rob Knox, Drunken Tiger, Mi Rae Yoon, Dynamic Duo, and other top international musicians are featured.
Jay Park has become a complete musician from an idol with this full album NEW BREED.
Listeners in Asia and all over the world have already fallen for Jay Park’s NEW BREED.
Jay Park, the model for KT’s smartphone [TAKE HD] uncovered the TAKE HD SPECIAL MAXI ALBUM on the 7th with its release.
In this special album for the promotion of [TAKE HD], there are four version of the title song “Know Your Name” from Jay Park’s first full album NEW BREED, including the hip-hop version, R&B version, electronic version, and acoustic version.
The title song for the ‘TAKE HD SPECIAL MAXI ALBUM’ is the acoustic version of “Know Your Name’. The comfortable and soft guitar adds to its R&B feel and the lyrics were changed to a cafe setting making it more charming.
To add to the album, famous photographers and directors participated in its production. Photographer Jae-Ho Lee led the jacket and concept shooting. Director Shi-An Choi and Yum Park respectively led the music video and project title video recording.
One of the staff members in production expressed his satisfaction by saying “We recorded different versions of the song to express TAKE HD’s various features and charms. The results were satisfactory and diverse.”
Staff members of TAKE HD said “Jay Park, as an artist with various charms came together with the best staff to produce an extraordinary result. I expect the charms of the smartphone [TAKE HD] to be well portrayed in this album.”
Listeners are reacting to the various version of ‘Know Your Name’. Fans stated “Each of the different versions sound like a totally new song” and “You can see Jay Park’s different charm in each of the songs”. The responses of the public and critics are making ‘Know Your Name’ more popular.
The ‘TAKE HD SPECIAL MAXI ALBUM’ and music video were released via Mnet, Olleh Music and other digital music digital sites.
You can hear a short preview on the [TAKE HD] homepage (www.itake.co.kr/takehd).
You can also watch behind the scenes footage of Jay Park and the staff on the [TAKE HD] homepage.
