Jae Park

Jae Park
Park in March 2017
Native name 박제형
Born Park Jae-Hyung
(1992-09-15) September 15, 1992
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Musician
  • Rapper
  • Composer
Home town Long Beach, California, U.S.
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Electric guitar
Years active 2015–present
Labels JYP Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박제형
Revised Romanization Bak Je-hyeong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chehyŏng

Park Jae-hyung (Korean: 박제형; born September 15, 1992), better known as Jae,[1] is a Korean American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and composer best known as a vocalist and electric guitarist of South Korean rock band Day6. Prior to joining Day6, he gained attention in South Korea as one of the final six finalists of the first season of the singing competition television series K-pop Star.

Early life

Park was born in Argentina. He moved to South Korea for two years when he was five years old,[2] and later moved to Long Beach, California. He graduated from Cerritos High School and later studied political science at California State University, Long Beach until he passed the preliminary auditions for K-pop Star and moved to South Korea.

Though he was eliminated from the series on April 1, 2012 as one of the final six finalists,[3] Park later went on to sign an exclusive contract with JYP Entertainment along with fellow contestants Baek A-yeon and the season's first-place winner Park Ji-min.[4]

Career

Park debuted on September 7, 2015 as a vocalist and electric guitarist of JYP's first rock band, Day6. The band debuted with EP The Day.[5] In late March 2016, the band released its second EP Daydream, for which Park participated in the making of two tracks: "Blood" and "First Time."[6]

On June 28, 2016, he became an MC of Arirang's After School Club, alongside Park Ji-min and Kevin Woo, formerly of U-KISS.[7] He officially graduated as ASC's MC on July 17, 2018. [8]

Park was a guest DJ every Mondays on Arirang Radio's Monday Music Access with singer, Bernard Park. His last time as a guest DJ was on April 30, 2018. [9]

Discography

Filmography

Television shows

Year Title Network Role
2011 K-pop Star Season 1[10] SBS Contestant

MC

Year Title TV Network Role
2016–2018 After School Club Arirang MC

References

  1. ↑ "day6jae :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  2. ↑ "[V LIVE] DAY6의 Free한 라디오 with Jae, 도운". Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. ↑ jbarky (2012-04-02). "Park Jae Hyung Dropped from April 1 Show of SBS K-Pop Star'". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  4. ↑ jbarky (2012-05-22). "Baek Ayeon and Park Jae Hyung Join Park Jimin for JYP Entertainment". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  5. ↑ "JYP's Boy Band DAY6 Debuts With "The Day" Mini Album and "Congratulations" MV". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. ↑ leejojoba (2016-03-16). "Update: DAY6 Confirms Comeback Date With 5 Members". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  7. ↑ "'After School Club' announces its new MC! | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/arirang_ASC/status/1015073280636563456
  9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BiL2pZBgSJE/?taken-by=musicaccess_arirang
  10. ↑ "K-PopStar". Daum. July 24, 2012. Retrieved Nov 4, 2012.
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