The 26th Golden Disc Awards – Jay Park, The Only Solo Artist To Get Disc Award

On the 11th, Jay Park won an award at the 26th Golden Disc Awards held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. This award seems to be a reflection of the staggering sales of the mini album Take A Deeper Look from last April and the popularity of the title song 'Abandoned'. Above all, he was the only solo artist to get an award, making it extra exciting and touching.

During his award speech, he thanked his family and friends. He also showed his love towards his fans by saying "I love all my fans that always support me."

A special performance was next. The piano practicing photo revealed via twitter made fans' hearts throb and was shown in the newly arranged intro for 'Abandoned'. He also performed the songs 'Star' and 'Up and Down' from his recently released digital single album New Breed PART 1. He received a lot of applause for his dance performance that he choreographed himself.

Members of the audience who saw the performance live at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka wrote, "I knew Jay Park was going to win it! I really wanted to see his stage up close and in person" and "No one can imitate Jay's performances or songs" on Twitter, giving light to the atmosphere around the performance.

Jay Park will officially launch his album activities with his upcoming album in early February. Also, the 26th Golden Disc Awards will be broadcasted on JTBC on the 20th and 21st.

Special Piano Practice for Special Golden Disc Performance

A picture of singer Jay Park practicing the piano is becoming a hot topic. This picture was released via SidusHQ's official twitter on the 10th. In the picture, Jay Park is in comfortable clothes wearing a black hoodie sweatshirt and beanie, but you can tell he is concentrating on the piano performance from his serious face expression.

SidusHQ tweeted 'Jay Park practicing the piano. His skills are to be determined... look forward to his Golden Disc Performance!!' along with the photo. He was practicing for a performance at the Golden Disc Awards in Japan on the 11th (Wednesday).

Netizens who encountered the photo are responding by saying that it is a new change for Jay Park from his usual dance and rap performances. Also many are responding by saying "I want to see him playing on the piano and singing along" and "I'm looking forward to the Golden Disc Performance", increasing anticipation for the special performance.

On this day, Jay Park departed for Japan to attend the 26^th Golden Disc Awards.

Project Album With ‘TAKE HD’

Jay Park will be taking part in a special project album with ‘TAKE HD’, a new smartphone he is modeling. This album will mark the release of the ‘TAKE HD’ phone with its digital maxi single and go along with the 'Variety TAKE HD' concept. The songs will portray the four special aspects of ‘TAKE HD’, which are 'Real, Fun, Smart, and Strong'.

The TAKE HD Special MAXI ALBUM Take Variety of my Life will include the title song along with the acoustic, electronic, and R&B versions. A music video will also be included.

The staff for ‘TAKE HD’ stated that the reasons behind choosing Jay as a model were "his skills in not only singing and dancing but also his singer-songwriting abilities go along with the diverse lifestyle proposed by the smartphone 'TAKE HD (KM-300)'." They also stated "You will see Jay Park's diverse charms in this special maxi album."

This album will be available as a digital release on various music sites on February 7, right after Jay's first full album New Breed release on February 7.

Also, there will be 4 behind-the-scene videos featuring Jay Park from the music video filming, recording studio, and more. The videos will be released on the KT Tech homepage (www.itake.co.kr/takehd) and its official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/smartTAKE) every Thursday starting on the 12th.

Jay Park, New Song Dance Practice Video Release

Singer Jay Park released a dance practice video for his new album New Breed PART 1.

The songs that were featured on his YouTube channel on the 5th were the title songs 'Star' and 'Up & Down'.

In the 'Up & Down' portion, Jay Park shows off rhythmic dance moves with a masculine charm demonstrating a 'skilled performance'. The choreography for 'Star' also shines with its powerful yet soft dance moves.

At the same time, Jay's personal fashion in the video - clean and dandy - is becoming a hot topic. Many are admiring his ability to pull off both his own style of dance moves and fashion. Netizens who have watched the video are saying, "It is full of Jay's characteristic style" and "Even with the same dance moves, it's different when Jay dances".

On the 28th of last month, Jay Park, who topped charts with his new single album New Breed Part 1 has once again grabbed his fans' tremendous interest with this new dance video.

Cyworld Music “This Week’s Album” Trendy R&B and Hip-Hop’s Turning Point ’New Breed Part 1’

Jay Park's new single album New Breed Part 1 was chosen as “This Week's Album” on Cyworld Music, Korea's most popular social network service. Music critic Jun-young Noh introduced the album. (http://music.cyworld.com/special/weekalbum/weekalbum_view.asp?seq=1089&rt=1&st=0&ct=&pn=1 )

First of all, Jun-young Noh chose Jay Park as the biggest trendsetter for Korea's R&B and hip-hop genre. Jay Park's first solo album Take A Deeper Look, released last April, had a R&B and hip-hop sound which went along well the world's music level. The new album New Breed Part 1 is a trendier R&B and hip-hop sound but also presents the future of K-POP.

The songs included on New Breed Part 1 were also reviewed. Jun-young Noh highly regarded Jay Park's voice for pulling off the slow jam title song 'Star' without being too excessive with a sensitive yet thick voice.

'Enjoy The Show' is a song that Jay Park reinterpreted with his own style of the current US hip-hop market. Jun-young Noh lavishly praised it as being perfect enough to be released in England or the United States immediately. The song that he focused the most from Jay Park's New Breed Part 1 was 'I Got Your Back'. As a trendy and groovy song with a good balance of a K-POP and American melody, it represents the perfect mix for the future of K-POP songs. Jay Park worked on all the lyrics and songwriting except ‘Star’.

On the review for “This Week's Album”, Jun-young Noh described Jay Park as “an artist you can put confidence in without words”. He also ended by saying that New Breed Part 1 proves this confidence.

Jay Park's full album, expected to be released in early February, is becoming more anticipated as New Breed Part 1 receives positive reviews for its completeness along with the fan's love.