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[TWITTER] 130205 Jaejoong Twitter Update
[TWITTER] 130206 Jaejoong Twitter Update
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[TRANS] Monk Haemin, thank you….
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[TWITTER] 130206 Jaejoong Twitter Update 2
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[TRANS] Photo~! The outcome of the end product.
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Kim Jaejoong Connects With 8,000 Fans On His Birthday… ‘Rock Spirit!’
[PICS] Jaejoong's Album In The Bag MOLDIR He Was Wearing On Twitter
[SCANS + TRANS] 130201 Jaejoong Featured in Easy Magazine: All Love For You
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Kim Jaejoong Connects With 8,000 Fans On His Birthday… ‘Rock Spirit!’
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong created an extravagant rock performance for 8,000 fans on his birthday.
Kim Jaejoong held a fanmeet and mini concert on the 26th at the Ilsan KINTEX for his ‘Your, My and Mine’ concert.
A concert representative stated, “Kim Jaejoong’s live performances were met with an endless stream of applause and shouts, captivating the fans and producing a passionate response from them. Kim Jaejoong’s wide vocal range and charming vocal tone, which is sweet yet husky, has proved why Kim Jaejoong’s value as a solo singer is so high.”
On this day, Kim Jaejoong started his concert off with a five-member rock band for a rendition of ‘ONE KISS’, a track from his first solo mini album. His explosive vocal talent had fans captivated from the beginning and he entertained fans with his own version of songs by musicians who have influenced him such as Lim Jae Beom’s ‘For You’, The One’s ‘You, Who I Couldn’t Let Go’ and Kim Kwang Seok’s ‘Though I Loved You’.
He continued to showcase his melodious voice with renditions of ‘All alone’ and ‘Comfort for Myself’, both of which are tracks from his solo mini album.
A representative stated, “Though it was a solo performance, his ability to captivate the audience is outstanding. He really showed the true color of a rock star by expressing his freedom through his songs. Kim Jaejoong’s explosive vocal talent had everyone breathless and the fans really enjoyed the performance.”
He continued to add, “Considering the fact that this was a concert based off a solo album, the passion and popularity of Kim Jaejoong surpassed that of most idol groups,” and “Fans from Asia, Turkey and even Eastern Europe came for the concert, proving just how popular Kim Jaejoong is all over the world, and an endless stream of camera flashes went off everywhere to capture images of Kim Jaejoong that were placed around the concert venue.”
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[PICS] Jaejoong's Album In The Bag MOLDIR He Was Wearing On Twitter
[SCANS + TRANS] 130201 Jaejoong Featured in Easy Magazine: All Love For You
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Not long into 2013, Kim Jaejoong brings his new solo, a daring new attempt, giving everyone a visual shock and impact. But this is only the beginning, the demon king has great things in store in the days to come!
Daring Interpretation – Jaejoong Effect
The first teaser of Kim Jaejoong’s solo album is one where he closed his eyes, emerging from darkness. The focal point of the photo is his eyes, where intricate decorative lace lashes have been attached. This effect instantly stunned everyone, and fans discovered after scouring the internet, that the way Jaejoong wore the eye-do surpassed even the product’s professional model, and fully expressed his personality and charm. In addition, Jaejoong once again demonstrated his ‘Kim Jaejoong’ effect, that this particular type of lace lash extensions sold out within hours after the teaser was released.
SOLO Album TOP Quality
Kim Jaejoong has penned the lyrics for all his songs in this album; among the songs, is one where he used his own life story as words for the lyrics, hence there is great expectation for this album. After the first single “One Kiss” has been released, even though it is only a preview version, its not hard to discover that Jaejoong’s singing prowess and charismatic voice works well with the rock genre. At the same time of receiving enthusiastic response, he also expressed his wishes that this album, from the preparation to recording to production, including the filming of the MV, will all be of top quality. Looks like the demon king plans to have an explosive return after staying silent for ages.
Making the MV with Heart
This solo album’s main track is also impressive, being something Kim Jaejoong has never attempted before, but feels like this has been the effect he had intended. Company representative states “We believe this will be one of the most sensational MVs in the Korean music industry this year. In order to achieve a better visual effect, Jaejoong undertook 60 hours of filming, and despite sustaining injuries, still kept his concentration.” This MV used snakes, an owl, along with other animals, to highlight some meanings the lyrics tried to convey, no matter if its Kim Jaejoong’s leap into the air or swirling sands, all made use of high speed camera, so the MV is considered a big production.
Birthday Performance with Huge Meaning
Other than releasing his own solo album, Kim Jaejoong also held a mini concert and fanmeeting on his birthday as a special stage event. This album is mainly rock, and what he intended to present at his concert was a great source of curiosity and anticipation for his fans. This mystery is revealed by himself, that his concert will be named “Your, My and Mine”, with the performance divided into three parts. [JJ said] “Held on my birthday, I feel that will make it more meaningful, and also as a way to express my thanks to fans.”
Heartthrob’s Love Life
As the perfect lover in the hearts of his throngs of female fans, what is Kim Jaejoong’s ideal type like? “I won’t be attracted by perfect women, but I care more about the first impression. I will also pay more attention to females with beautiful hands or feet, and like homely girls who has wifely qualities. But not as a housewife, I hope its someone who has ambition in her own career, but still can take care of the family, juggling well household chores as well. But I swear that, I don’t have a girlfriend at the moment!” Jaejoong is so busy with his career that he probably has no time for love.
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JYJ Jaejoong Explain Why He Didn’t Use Name “Hero”
JYJ Jaejoong just released his first solo album. Trying out a new genre that he hasn’t sung before, Kim Jaejoong collaborated with Kim Bada to create a song that carries the traditional rock genre with a unique color that accentuates his powerful vocal talent.
Kim Jaejoong shared his thought about his new song genre. There’s a negative view on idols pursuing a musical career in the rock genre. This is one of the reasons why Moon Hee Joon had so many anti-fans when he began pursuing a solo career after H.O.T disbanded. “I took those negative views into consideration. Because rock is a completely different genre from the styles that I’ve sung till now, I tried really hard to get rid of the habits I’d formed over the years, and I learned how to sing and express my emotions in the traditional form of rock.”
He also added, “It was really hard to change my singing style. If you listen to my mini album and compare the voice from the first track and the last, doesn’t it sound like two different people? ‘One Kiss’ has a lot of high notes, so I felt like I was in another world (laughter). It felt like I was back to being a rookie, but I didn’t throw away my original style to fit the rock genre, I just worked hard to find a way of changing my style slightly to go with the genre.”
Kim Jaejoong participated in the song- and lyric-writing process of his entire album. Kim Jaejoong wrote down all the emotions and hidden stories of his life as a singer and actor in the lyrics of his songs and showcased his extraordinary talent yet again.
“I tend to write lyrics pretty quickly. It might have taken me a while if I was writing something where I had to create a story, like in a novel, but since most lyrics aren’t that embellished, I write them pretty quickly. It took me around 15 to 20 minutes to write the lyrics for ‘I’ll Protect You’ from the ‘Protect the Boss’ OST and ‘Even When I’m Alive, It Feels Like a Dream’ from the Dr. Jin OST. But it took me three days to write the lyrics of ‘One Kiss’. I think that’s the longest time it’s taken me to write lyrics.”
What reaction did the members of JYJ, who are famous for their strong friendship, have to Kim Jaejoong’s solo album? When asked this question, Kim Jaejoong gave a content smile.
“In Yoochun’s case, he listened to ‘One Kiss’ for the first time in China and said, ‘I feel like having a drink right now. This song is really good. If I said that I liked it better than Junsu’s ‘Tarantallegra’, he’d start sulking at me, right?’ Yoochun has always preferred emotional songs over dance tracks, and I think that’s why he felt like having a drink when he heard that song.”
“Junsu really liked my title song ‘MINE’. In the past, when we were active in Japan, I once released a single called ‘Maze’. Ever since then, Junsu’s been telling me, ‘If you ever release a solo album, you have to do a rock song. You have to do a song with a strong, rhythmic beat.’”
Though he is a member of JYJ, Kim Junsu has kept his title of ‘Xia(h)’, the name he used when he was a member of TVXQ, whenever he partakes in any solo activities. But Kim Jaejoong is cautious about using the name ‘Hero’.
“Junsu must really like ‘Xia’. (laughter) Junsu believes that when he’s a musical actor, the name ‘Kim Junsu’ fits him best, and when he’s a singer, the name ‘Xia’ fits him best. And I think I agree with him on that. For me, because the title ‘Hero’ is a name I used when the five of us used to be together, I’ve decided to refrain from using it as much as possible now.”
Kim Jaejoong, who has started off the year as a singer, plans to continue his acting career as well, on TV and on the big screen. With JYJ activities scheduled as well, 2013 is set to be a very special year for his fans.
source; koreanupdates
[INTERVIEW] 130129 Kim Jaejoong: “Why I chose rock for my first solo album? Because I like it!”
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong is a positive person. Instead of being afraid of changes and failures, he’s filled with excitement for new challenges. His smile didn’t fade throughout the interview.
At a cafe located in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul, he appeared with a ‘Hello’, bowing and greeting me. About the release of his first solo album, he said, “I feel so good because this is my first solo album. As it’s my new attempt, I hope that people will listen to it with a tender mind.”
Kim Jaejoong chose Rock for his first solo debut. The reason is simple. Rock music is what he always likes and is happy to sing.
“I chose it just because I like rock. Maybe I came to like it because I was so happy singing rock when I was little. ‘I’m a rocker to the bone’, I didn’t make the album with that mind. However, I never thought that I’d receive songs from great seniors and work with them. I really feel honored.”
“I didn’t attempt a transformation to fit the existing rock to my style. Instead, I tried to digest authentic rock as the way it is. I think it was time for me to learn how to express emotions and vocalization when singing rock.”
In order to make his first solo album that contains rock genre which he had been pursuing, Kim Jaejoong worked on the album in collaboration with Kim Bada, Sinawi’s vocal.
Kim Jaejoong’s choice was excellent. Husky yet gentle vocals of Kim Jaejoong in harmony with an intense rock sound in One Kiss made the song top real-time charts of Bugs, Cyworld Music shortly after released. Not only that, it also swept #1 in iTunes music charts of 9 countries such as Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, etc., showing off the power of ‘Rocker’ Kim Jaejoong.
“It was really hard to record ‘One Kiss’. It’s way different from usual singing methods. Especially the treble, I had to learn the vocalization on stage. I felt like I was learning deugeum (T/N: vocal techniques in Pansori, a genre of Korean traditional music. Deugeum literally means “to acquire the vocal sound”, and refers to the intensive training that singers have to go through to attain the perfect stage of the superior, advanced quality of vocalization techniques) Haha. It was like I came back to my rookie times.”
“He (Kim Bada) respects me and thoroughly taught me about rock music. I think he tried to find a more suitable way to express rock for me. It’s not that rock music colors me but rock music and I become one. He taught me that feeling.”
In the meantime, Kim Jaejoong has participated in JYJ’s albums and Kim Junsu’s album as lyricist and composer. He wrote lyrics for this whole album ‘I’, which has proven once again his competence as a singer-songwriter.
Toward the praise of the reporters that ‘the lyrics are really good’ Kim Jaejoong burst into a hearty laughter. “I also think that I did write well indeed. I usually write lyrics very fast. I would take long to imagine and write but if I just barely write down, I can finish it real soon. I usually trace back in memory to write lyrics. In case of drama OST or such, because there is defined writing material or synopsis, I finish the lyrics more quickly.”
Rather than care about the ranking of the album, Kim Jaejoong is more curious about the reaction and evaluation relating to his album. “If I go to the fansites, I often read the post where they write about my music. The most memorable was a post from an Indie band active in Hongdae, saying ‘We hope that more singers would attempt rock music’. When a pop singer sings rock, I think rather than being hostile, they hope that rock music will be popularized through more attempts.”
Kim Jaejoong’s first solo album. At first glance, it might be viewed as another challenge to test his competence. However, if you look more deeply into Kim Jaejoong, you can easily surmise that ‘I’ is an album of the fans, by the fans and for the fans.
“I think, in the meantime, because I was focusing on drama and movie, they couldn’t hear my music. Although there are people who like JYJ, there are also people who like the vocals of each member. The biggest reason of releasing this album was that I didn’t want to let those people wait longer.”
“I don’t have exact plans yet but if I have a chance, I also want to greet overseas fans. There is not many songs in the album but I want to meet the fans and let them hear my songs directly.”
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong, “There Exists An Unjust World That People Can’t See”
- His lawsuit comes to an end in 3 years… His first solo album in 10 years
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong (27), who we met at the Seoul Plaza Hotel on the 21st, seemed to be cautious of his words. When we asked him how he felt about his recently ended lawsuit, he seemed to shake a bit before he spoke up. He said, “I’m really happy,” and “You probably don’t know how big my smile was when I heard the news.”
The lawsuit of JYJ (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu), who broke away from TVXQ in 2009, against SM Entertainment ended in November last year with a settlement. The group also won their exclusive contract invalidity and indemnification for damages lawsuit against Japan’s biggest music agency AVEX on the 18th. AVEX signed a contract with JYJ in February, 2010 to help them with their Japanese activities, but then announced that they would be halting all of their activities in September. The Tokyo District Courts gave the verdict, “Avex can no longer claim that they are the sole management agency of JYJ.” AVEX must pay 7.8 billion Won (660 million Yen) to JYJ for the indemnification for damages charges.
“In our point of view, this was something we knew would happen, but we were frustrated because it was taking so long to resolve. The three of us told each other ‘It’s been rough, but we got through it.’”
But there’s a disappointing note to all of this. Kim Jaejoong said, “Unjust things. They’re not limited to the laws and contracts,” and “There’s an unjust order that people can’t see, there exists a world where such ridiculous things are accepted.”
As soon as their lawsuit began, it became more difficult for JYJ to appear on TV. He stated, “Whenever PDs or screenwriters say, ‘Why don’t you appear on TV?’ I say to them, ‘Muster the courage to be the first to call us in.’”
The situation isn’t that different in Japan. When they borrowed a concert venue, they would be blocked in various ways. He said, “Most of all, I really want to hold a concert in Japan as soon as possible.”
Though JYJ have been faced with so many obstacles, they have collected a string of achievements. Kim Junsu and Park Yoochun have been shining in the musical and drama industries respectively. Kim Jaejoong, who took on the role of the stage director for JYJ’s world tour, released his solo album on the 17th and has stepped up on his individual activities. He has always filled JYJ’s albums with emotional compositions, and he has now put his all into his own solo album.
The theme of the album is ‘rock’. Of the five tracks in the album, ‘MINE’ and ‘One Kiss’ were created through a collaboration with rocker Kim Bada, who took on the melody while Kim Jaejoong took on the lyrics. Kim Bada also helped direct the vocals and chorus of the songs.
Kim Jaejoong said, “I know that it’s dangerous for a singer with roots in an idol group to sing rock songs. Kim Bada was also concerned about this,” and “Regardless of this, I really wanted to work with great rock musicians, and I wanted to create an intense, rock-inspired performance.”
He has always introduced a rock element to JYJ’s world tours, creating songs with rebellious messages. Regarding his title song ‘MINE’, he explained, “It’s a story about my small domain, and it’s a song that warns others not to take even that freedom away from me.” He added, “I was worried that underground artistes would reject my work and say, ‘A kid who doesn’t know the first thing about rock is singing rock’. But there were a lot of people who gave me good reviews,” and “I think it’s because I mixed K-pop with rock, instead of fully going the traditional rock route, or because of Kim Bada.” The other two songs ‘Comfort for Myself’ and ‘All Alone’, sincere and sophisticated songs, were composed by Kim Jaejoong.
Kim Jaejoong made his debut as a member of TVXQ in 2004 and it has been 10 years since his debut. He said, “I couldn’t fall asleep yesterday (20th) so I listened to all the songs I’ve sung till now, and I found that there are 120~130 songs,” and “I looked back on the past 10 years by listening to all the songs, and I found that the good memories came to mind before the bad ones.” He also smiled and said, “This is my first solo album since I made my debut 10 years ago, and it makes me happy to feel like I’ve become a rookie all over again.” Kim Jaejoong will be focusing on his individual activities in the first half of the year and will resume group activities with the rest of JYJ in the second half of the year.
Source: [kyunghyang]
Translated by: dongbangdata.net
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