JYJ Tokyo Dome press conference & their new Japanese song

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JYJ Members Share Their Hopes for Life in Their 30s

The JYJ members shared their hopes and dreams for life in their 30s.The JYJ members held a press conference prior to JYJ Japan Dome Tour Ichigo Ichie, which was held on November 19 in Tokyo Dome, and brought up JYJ’s future.

Park Yoo Chun started, “I hope I can eat well in my 30s. I hope I can be healthy. I hope I can continue to be healthy so I can see you often in a healthy condition.”

Kim Jae Joong said, “This is something I told Kim Junsu in the waiting room a moment ago. We will be 30 soon. We’ve lived our 20s and no matter how much we struggled and enjoyed until now, I’m honestly worried about what our 30s will be like.”

Kim Jae Joong shared, “I don’t know why I began to have this anxiety about the future. Although I laugh about it now, I’ve gone through some extraordinary times in my 20s, so I wonder how extraordinary my 30s will be and whether I will be able to spend good, extraordinary times.”

He added, “I hope I can be healthy and not be sick. I received a health check up two years ago and the doctor said, ‘You must not drink or smoke. It’s all clean.’ I can never know what’s going to happen so I hope I can spend a healthier 30s and become JYJ where the three of us can overcome any obstacle.”

Kim Junsu said, “From ten years ago until now, I never really looked far into the future. I’ve been living by think about what to do right at the moment or what to do the next day. Now that I’m about to enter my 30s, I began to look further into the future. I began to imagine how we would be like when we’re 35 or 40.”

Kim Junsu continued, “I’m not just saying this with empty words, but I think health is the most important. Because as celebrities, happiness doesn’t just come from being able to continue promoting. I thought about until when we can continue promoting individually or as JYJ. Whether we continue our activities as celebrities or not, I hope that the three of us can always gather to eat or drink coffee as we share conversations. And I want to be happy like that until the day I die.”

JYJ also reflected on its activities this year and shared goals for the future.

Kim Junsu said, “I worked on two musicals this year. I performed in December until March and performed 30 times for Dracula for about two months until July. I think I was very happy and did well in Dracula.”

Kim Junsu said, “I’ve heard that Dracula was not an anticipated piece until it began. Numerous cast members, including me, and production team worked together to make the show. Although it was a licensed performance, a lot of work went into the script work, to the point where it could be called an original piece. We changed a lot of things, including the stage set up, to the point where people wonder if it’s the same musical as the ones performed in other countries, but I think the results came out great so I’m happy. I’m glad that I could add a good project like Dracula to my filmography as a musical actor.”

About starring in MBC’s Triangle, Kim Jae Joong said, “I had fun. The drama was extended so it was long but I had more fun as it went towards the end to the point where I wanted to extend it more. It was a drama where I took the first lead role, giving me good experience to begin acting alongside Kim Junsu,” adding, “It was a drama that made me feel like I acted out two different roles. I would like to act out a new character that I did not show on Triangle in my next project. If it’s a good project I would like to challenge myself with a new project anytime to show a good side of me.”

About winning Best New Actor award from The 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for the film Sea Fog, Park Yoo Chun said, “Actually it was my first film so I don’t think I knew the exact meaning or value of Korean Association of Film Critics Awards until now. I ate with Choi Min Sik sunbaenim after the ceremony and as I listened to many things, I realized that it is a very important and meaningful award ceremony. It was meaningful to receive the Best New Actor award from the ceremony. I really enjoyed filming the movie. I fell too deep into the movie. I had fun filming,” and added, “I would like to have a good relationship with all the actors in the future. I would like to have a good relationship with the members, of course, but also with everyone at the company as well as CEO Baek Chang Joo.”

Meanwhile, this will be JYJ’s third dome concert, following Thanksgiving Live in Dome in 2010 and The Return of the JYJ last year. It adds meaning since the group will begin official promotions in Japan after having gone through the period of not being able to promote freely in Japan.

Following the Tokyo Dome concert on November 18 and 19, which gathered 100,000 fans, JYJ will continue the dome tour in Osaka Dome on December 13 and 14 and Fukuoka Yahoo Dome on December 23 and 24.

Through the tour titled ‘Ichigo Ichie,’ which means ‘the meeting that comes once in a lifetime,’ JYJ will be presenting upgraded performance and steady live stages.





JYJ’s Kim Junsu expressed his affection towards Kim Jae Joong and Park Yoo Chun.

The JYJ members launched a press conference prior to JYJ Japan Dome Tour Ichigo Ichie, which took place on November 19 in Tokyo Dome, and shared their thoughts about each other.

On top of promoting as a singing group, the JYJ members have been carrying out individual activities in various fields, such as dramas, films and musicals. About coming together as a group to perform on stage in a long time, Park Yoo Chun started, “It’s exciting. It’s been a lot of fun. Since I don’t have be chased by time and can act comfortably, that gives me more room to relax.”

Park Yoo Chun said, “When the three of us perform on stage together, I feel very grateful. During yesterday’s concert, we didn’t discuss what to do on stage and just said, ‘Let’s try to go for this feel for opening stage,’ but we naturally created an atmosphere where we talked to each other so I enjoyed it so much,” adding, “I felt like I was being comforted during yesterday’s concert, instead of having fun. Being together with the members itself is enjoyable.”

About the members who are always by his side, Park Yoo Chun said, “The moment I was the most thankful for the members is not something huge, but very personal. I feel thankful when they try to talk to me first when a problem comes up or when I need to talk to someone. I feel thankful when they are there for me when I really need someone to talk to.”

Kim Jae Joong said, “There have been many moments recently when I felt grateful,” adding, “Since we are close, we don’t really contact each other very much. But now we have a group chat room where we talk to each other when we’re bored or send weird pictures and although it’s just a messenger, I feel supported just to have a place to lean on. I wasn’t like this before but now I lean on them when I struggle. They ask to meet up for a drink when they struggle. Even though that makes it harder the next day. I think those things energize me and make me courageous.”

Kim Junsu said, “I always feel grateful towards the members. I always think about it and feel it but the reason I was able to come this far is all thanks to the members. I would definitely have struggled and be exhausted if I came this far alone. I’m thankful and can depend on them just because they walked with me in the direction I wanted to head to.”

Kim Junsu revealed, “I felt it yesterday too. Actually instead of the moments when we do something big for each other, I get the urge to cry when I feel that we’ve spent the past ten years together when we sing together on stage or look at them next to me during a talk. You could say that I’m still young but since I’ve promoted for a long time, my mind got weaker with age. I think that’s why I feel the urge to cry more.”

Kim Junsu added, “In the past, I used to worry about how long we can be together but I’m not afraid of that anymore. Our meetings became natural. We used to be upset if we met each other after a long time but now, even if we meet each other after a month, it feels natural as if we just drank together the day before. Because of this naturalness, I’m looking forward to our 30’s.”

Meanwhile, this will be JYJ’s third dome concert, following Thanksgiving Live in Dome in 2010 and The Return of the JYJ last year. It adds meaning since the group will begin official promotions in Japan after having gone through the period of not being able to promote freely in Japan.

Following the Tokyo Dome concert on November 18 and 19, which gathered 100,000 fans, JYJ will continue the dome tour in Osaka Dome on December 13 and 14 and Fukuoka Yahoo Dome on December 23 and 24. Through the tour titled ‘Ichigo Ichie,’ which means ‘the meeting that comes once in a lifetime,’ JYJ will be presenting upgraded performance and steady live stages.




JYJ expressed its excitement on the upcoming promotional activities in Japan.

During press conference for 2014 JYJ Japan Dome Tour Ichigo Ichie in Tokyo, which took place on November 19 in Tokyo Dome, Kim Junsu responded to the question about choosing TVXQ’s Begin as the concert ending song saying, “I’ve really wanted to sing it during every concert until now but the situation didn’t allow it,” adding, “As the situation got better (by solving conflicts with Avex company), we prepared it as a gift for the fans.”

He continued, “The lyrics to the song represent what JYJ wants to convey to the fans. Also, the song contains a lot of memories from the time of TVXQ so we judged that it’s appropriate in many ways.”

Kim Jae Joong revealed his thoughts on promotional activities in Japan, which became freer. He said, “Until now, Japanese media did not write a single line of news even when we held concerts. But the press within Japan showed a lot of interest and excitement for this concert. I’m actually very awkward with this situation but thanks to being introduced in many media outlets, even the fans who could not make it to the concert were able to hear about us, so I’m very happy.”

JYJ was involved in a legal battle with the Japanese company Avex for four years, from 2010 until January of this year. When Avex demanded exclusive rights to manage JYJ in Japan, the group received limits on its activities in terms of broadcast promotions and album release. When the two companies came to a mutual agreement in January, JYJ was able to receive legal guarantee on its future promotions in Japan.

Starting with the Tokyo concert on November 18, JYJ will be meeting the fans through 2014 JYJ Japan Dome Tour Ichigo Ichie in the major cities in Japan, including Osaka. The two-day Tokyo concert held on November 18 and 19 gathered a total of 100,000 fans.

Korean popular group [JYJ] talked about why they still receive unchanging love after debuting for 10 years.

JYJ held a press conference before their performance in Tokyo Dome in the afternoon on 19th. Questions were asked by reporters on the secret of them maintaining and boasting this unchanged popularity, despite the slump of Hallyu in Japan.

[JYJ] debut in 2005 as the group [Tohoshinki] in Japan officially, and will celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. Jaejoong said “We did not enter the Japan market riding on K-POP Hallyu book. Our case was a start by capturing a base in the Japan system, and this seemed a little different from those Hallyu artists in the Japan market now. Because we started with music written in Japanese right from the beginning, the mass probably view us differently”. After this, when asked to give some advice to those junior singers, he advised “I think it should be in a sequence where you start performing in a small space with fans, and then making it bigger gradually”.

[JYJ] performed in Tokyo Dome in 2010 and 2013, but Japan Dome Tour is a first this time. This is also the first time they performed in front of the Japanese media.

The Dome Tour and single release this time has a deep meaning being the start of full-scale Japanese activities of [JYJ], who could not conduct Japanese activities freely until now.

[JYJ] held 2 performances in Tokyo Dome on 18th and 19th, attracting 100,000 audience. 50,000 people in 1 performance is the largest capacity Tokyo Dome can accomodate, and the sold-out concerts is proof of their unchanged popularity.

[JYJ] will continue their Dome Tour from November into December in major cities Osaka and Fukuoka, and has plan to release their first Japan single in December.

Source: mwave: 1 2 3 , wowkorea, jyj3, Angel Wing



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I really wish Jaejoong would stop smoking for realsies. I really love their friendship ;___; And I really like the new song.

Comments

[siaht.livejournal.com]

They look so effing good and I admire them so much for everything. They've come such a long way and I'm just so proud. I really have so many feels for them.

[smilez4you.livejournal.com]

I'm so proud of them :') and I can't wait to hear the studio version of the song. Sounds great <3

[undeniablysarah.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is great every time we get news from them and their success! I will forever be proud of them and support them.

They really should stay and focus on Japan music wise since SM blocks out Korea for them and Japan loves them.

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

ia about promoting in japan. their japanese fans are so loyal to them and jaejoong is royalty over there. korea loves them too but there are so many obstacles, i think they would be happier in japan.

[dokyungsoo.livejournal.com]

shall we play a drinking game where we down a shot every time jyj says health or healthy or something about their health

but in all seriousness, i hope they really are planning to do something about smoking/drinking.

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

they are ahjussis in kpop age lol health is a big deal

[chocolatebows.livejournal.com]

oooooh they look so good, much better than the press con on the first day imo but the middle partings have to go....
smth inside me dies every time they accidentally say tohoshinki instead of jyj
that said I'm so proud of them, I really wish I could attend one of their concerts
it's a good song but jae's dancing makes me laugh
also I've been wondering if jaechun had cheek implants or smth because their cheeks look weird, there's a line at the part beside their mouth
i hope they stay healthy and continue to sing for many many years after they get out of army

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

I was in need of this post, i still cant get over yesterday's concert. Everything was so perfect!! Even though JJ's solo activities were awesome last year (his lives were sooooooo good!), I will always love them more together. You could feel how happy they were, their MCing was on point, such good energy! I cried like a baby during Junsu's perf of AI's Story, it was so beautiful!

And when Jae broke down in tears after they sang Nine and Begin... I just couldn't handle it ;~; And then he had to go and say "We were very happy then, after all", refering to their time as 5 at the Dome... Argh, I just wanted to give them all a big hug!

[chocolatebows.livejournal.com]

Wow you attended the concert! So jelly
Aww jae... sometimes I feel like he's the biggest OT5 fan out there lololol but it feels like they're having some sort of closure

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

aww that's so sweet :') JYJ's superior live vocals and their good MCing makes up for their weird, jumping from side to side choreo they seem to have for all of their songs lol

[aneeleniffum.livejournal.com]

THEY SANG NINE?! I'm officially jealous with youuuuuuu

[chloe1910.livejournal.com]

So jelly that you were there. I heard the live streaming and heard the fans cried so badly and keep saying that Jaejoong is crying a lot T_________T

I feel in love with Begin the first time I hear Jaejoong sang "Everyday, and night, with you". So beautiful and OT5 harmonization is just perfect. T_______T

I pray hard they'll still sing Begin in Osaka and I could hear it live myself. But since Junsu said the situation got better, I assume they somehow managed to get permission from Avex to sing that song and they'll definitely be singing Begin in Osaka.

Too bad I'll never get to hear Bolero, Love in the Ice, Doushite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandaro, Asuwa Kuru Kara, Proud, Heart, Mind and Soul, Kiss Shita Mama Sayonara, Lovin You, Toki Wo Tomete, With All My Heart and others. I truly regret not going for their last TD concert as OT5.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Junsu performing Ai's Story? What an excellent choice of song. God I looooove the song and the lyrics is just so beautiful. ;_; I hope I can find a fancam of it at the YouTube. :))

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

every time JYJ talk about how close they are I wanna burst into tears and sob. they are so precious and hard working. holy shit 100,000 from just 2 concert dates?!?! fuck that's insane JYJ dominate Japan and should promote more over there.

I hope they actually pay attention to their health and stop drinking/smoking as much but i doubt it

[calzonazos.livejournal.com]

I didn't know they also had a legal battle with Avex!! they were definitely blacklisted, but why? can anyone explain to me what happened there exactly? because it doesn't seem like SM would have enough power to have them blocked in japanese media, so JYJ must have done something in order to piss off Avex, but what?. At the end, It's good that they solved the issues they had, even though being a Tokyo Dome tier artist with absolutely no promo is already extremely impressive IMO.

[alleybetwixt.livejournal.com]

It's a really long complicated issue and we don't have all the details, of course. But yeah, the general idea is that SME threatened Avex for supporting JYJ and Avex was forced to abandon them. Similarly to SME trying to hold an exclusive contract over JYJ, which would keep them from working in Korea... Avex tried to claim an exclusive contract over JYJ to keep them from working in Japan.

About SME's power over Avex: Initially, Aves was entirely supportive of JYJ after SME had put DBSK on hiatus. Avex signed them to a new contract, they recorded a mini album, had concerts, performed at A-Nation, etc. Avex CEOs publicly expressed confusion over the conflict with SME and also said stuff about Changmin being rude to them and defending JYJ's new management in Korea (CJeS).

Then, quite suddenly, after A-Nation Avex dropped JYJ, claiming they couldn't work with CJeS (in direct contradiction to what they had previously stated). This made no sense whatsoever until we saw what happened with SNSD. SME was officially starting SNSD's activities in Japan, but instead of signing them to Avex, they signed them to Universal. A huge snub to Avex. SME threatened to make no future deals with Avex (SHINee or other future artists) if they didn't stop supporting JYJ. Missing out on the SNSD cash-cow was enough of a threat for Avex to completely go back on everything they had done with JYJ.

Mess.

THANK YOU!

[duckbuttshinki.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someones posting about all the JYJ stuff going on! I keep seeing it everywhere BUT on omona because new kids are taking over and I'm completely clueless as to how posting here works lol thank you~ ^^

On another note, WHO ELSE IS CURIOUS TO SEE WHATS GONNA HAPPEN ON NOV. 24TH??? I dont have high hopes, but hey, its a start =P

Re: THANK YOU!

[jaesoe.livejournal.com]

It won't happen

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

so I guess it's true that it was junsu that initiated exodus from SM

[soo-tic.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? /goes back to read/

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!! I've been having so much fun looking through articles and videos from their concerts so far. It makes me really happy to see them doing well and making waves in Japan again and being able to properly promote their concert!
When I watched the video of Begin I wept I was so happy to hear their voices in the song again. It's a really special song and they sounded sooooo good.
I wish Jaejoong would stop worrying so much, it's not healthy. And if the doctor is saying lay off the alcohol and smoking then perhaps if he did that he might worry a little less lol who knows. He is the type to get worried, I know, I just wish I could calm him.
They all look great these days. I'm so glad especially to see Junsu having put his weight back on after being so skinny for a while. He looks fabulous ♥.♥ (I'm only a little biased) I really hope along with them that they will stay healthy. And I hope they will be making music together for a long time to come too!!!

[chelamasen.livejournal.com]

I like the song!! Is it going to be released/has it already been released?

[ydelianey.livejournal.com]

There is no set date yet but some have said mid December!

[jaesoe.livejournal.com]

Oh boy, I know I said this many times before...I love them so much and wish they last forever and ever no matter what! Glad to hear that they can resume activities in Japan, but now they have to enlist, so they will be gone for two yrs and I think they will enlist together..? What am I gonna do without them? I'll miss them and will wait...no choice...

[chloe1910.livejournal.com]

So glad to see JYJ being active in Japan again and this time they have the media support. Japanese fans have always been so loyally supporting them♥ And it's good to see these 3 boy's bond with each other is still so close. They've come a loooong way and I'm proud of their achievement. Of course I know many people has been saying the same thing and they are already old enough to take care of themselves, but is till hope that Jaechun will tone down on their drinking and smoking.


Looking forward to see them in 22 days.

[sabser.livejournal.com]

As if they're approaching 30. I got into K-Pop just after they'd released Mirotic and they were 22/23 then! Time has just flown!

Will love these boys forever <3 I just want them to be happy and healthy.

[blue-y.livejournal.com]

It was one big jp press conference and i am so glad because (I hope) it means the beginning of actual japanese activities and promotions! I am so looking forward to their "Wake me tonight" release (so awesome! and i've always been biased to their japanese releases lol), hopefully there'll be other tracks in that single album excluding the possibility of having the japanese version of "Back seat".

Honestly was worried about how their jp activities will fare, but this press conference was a good decision in getting the "JYJ" name out there in the media (exposure and stuff). Looking forward to their jp promotions! Hopefully we'll get to see them on shows etc!

And i'm looking forward to see JYJ and Toho dominate JP lolll

Every time they show their affection for each other♥ JYJ i hope you three will last a long time♥

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

I honestly had no idea that the japanese media wasn't talking about jyj before this. i feel like i always see jaejoong's face on the cover of some japanese magazine lol