Jae Park

Park Jae-hyung (Korean: 박제형; born September 15, 1992), better known as Jae (Korean: 제이),[1] is a Korean-American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and streamer, 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 contestants in the first season of the singing competition television series K-pop Star.

Jae Park
Park in March 2017
Born	Park Jae-hyung September 15, 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names	eaJ
Education	Cerritos High School California State University, Long Beach
Occupation	Singer Songwriter Musician Composer
Musical career
Genres	K-pop Pop rock
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Years active	2015–present
Labels	JYP
Associated acts	Day6 JYP Nation
Korean name
Hangul	박제형
Hanja	朴再興
Revised Romanization	Bak Je-hyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chehyŏng

Early life

Jae Park was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to Cerritos, California in early childhood.[2] He graduated from Cerritos High School and later studied political science at California State University, Long Beach. Throughout high school and university, he ran a YouTube channel, "YellowPostItMan", where he uploaded vocal-and-guitar song covers as a hobby.[3]

In 2012, Park took a leave from university to compete as a singer-guitarist in the inaugural season of K-pop Star. Though he was eliminated from the competition in sixth place,[4] JYP Entertainment (JYPE) offered Park a contract at the end of the show to join the company as a trainee for an upcoming band. Park accepted the offer and moved to South Korea.[5]

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.[6] In March 2016, the band released its second EP, Daydream, for which Park participated in the making of two tracks: "Blood" and "First Time". Park continues to actively participate in the making of numerous tracks following their Daydream album.[7]

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.[8] He officially graduated as ASC's MC on July 17, 2018.[9]

In September 2017, Park started a Youtube channel called JaeSix (later renamed eaJ).[10] He began a personal music project on the channel in 2020, releasing self-written solo tracks under the name eaJ.[11]

Park was a guest DJ every Monday on Arirang Radio's Monday Music Access with singer Bernard Park. His last appearance as a guest DJ was on April 30, 2018.[12]

On February 5, 2020, Park started his first podcast How Did I Get Here (HDIGH) [13] and on August 7, 2020, Dive Studios announced that AleXa officially joined as the new co-host.[14] With episodes releasing every Tuesday, it quickly gained a sizeable audience. HDIGH Podcast win "People's Choice" and "Entertainment" Category by Podcast Award in 2020[15] and Best Podcast 2020 by Apple Podcast[16]

On September 21, 2020, Park alongside 2PM Nichkhun take on role as a member of crime-fighting boyband "4 2 Sing" in season three of Big Hero 6: The Series. Park played twins, Kwang-Sun and Ye Joon, one half of the boy band 4 2 Sing while Nichkhun played another set of twins Dae and Hyun-Ki, also 4 2 Sing members [17][18]

On November 27, 2020, DPR Live collaborates with Crush (singer) and Park for “Jam & Butterfly” [19][20]

Personal life

On May 10, 2020, JYP Entertainment announced that DAY6's would be taking a hiatus.[21] Later on, Park started to open up about his mental health. In April 2020, Park was having panic attack and was later diagnosed with panic disorder [22] Almost a week after JYP's official announcement, Park shared on his personal account about his condition and started talking more and more about mental health [23]

On September 15, 2020, Park started take action to spread awareness about mental health. Park came up with From Friends, started his project with represent[24] and donated $100.000 to the Jed Foundation, which helps provide free mental health resource to teens and young adults.[25]

Discography

Songwriting and Composing (other artists)

Year	Title	Original artist	Album	Notes
2018	"Chocolate"	Day6	Want More 19 OST	Lyrics: Jae Park Wonpil J.Y. Park Composition: Jae Park Wonpil MAJORCODE Moon Ssng-sun
2019	"Good Night"[26]	Jeong Se-woon	Touch Your Heart OST	Lyrics: Jae Park Wonpil Composition: Jae Park Wonpil MAJORCODE Moon Ssng-sun

Filmography

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Network	Note	Ref
2011	K-pop Star Season 1	Contestant	SBS	Placed in the top six	[27]
2016	Cool Kiz on the Block	Contestant	KBS	Badminton episode 164-165
2016-2018	After School Club	Host	Arirang	Episodes 218-324, graduated episode 325
2020	Big Hero 6: The Series	Kwang-Sun and Ye Joon (voice)	Disney XD	Episode: "Big Hero Battle"	[17][18]

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Network	Note	Ref
2020	How Did I Get Here? (HDIGH)	Co-host	DIVE Studios		[13]

References

1. "day6jae :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
2. Eric Nam (26 August 2019). "Ep. #20 | Catching Up: Jae of Day6". Kpop Daebak w/ Eric Nam (Podcast). DIVE Studios. Event occurs at 04:49. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
3. Eric Nam (26 August 2019). "Ep. #20 | Catching Up: Jae of Day6". Kpop Daebak w/ Eric Nam (Podcast). DIVE Studios. Event occurs at 05:30. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
4. jbarky (2012-04-02). "Park Jae Hyung Dropped from April 1 Show of SBS K-Pop Star'". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
5. Eric Nam (26 August 2019). "Ep. #20 | Catching Up: Jae of Day6". Kpop Daebak w/ Eric Nam (Podcast). DIVE Studios. Event occurs at 16:25. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
6. "JYP's Boy Band DAY6 Debuts With "The Day" Mini Album and "Congratulations" MV". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
7. Jung, Junhwa (March 16, 2016). "[단독] JYP밴드 DAY6, 3월말 컴백 확정..5인조 유지" [[Exclusive] JYP Band DAY6, Comeback at the end of March confirmed..5 members maintained]. OSEN. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via Naver.
8. "'After School Club' announces its new MC! | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
9. https://twitter.com/arirang_ASC/status/1015073280636563456
10. "Watch: Jae Shows His Daily Life In First Vlog Uploaded On DAY6's 2nd Anniversary". Soompi. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
11. "Update: DAY6's Jae Sings "LA TRAINS" As eaJ In New Video". Soompi. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
12. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiL2pZBgSJE/
13. "How Did I Get Here".
14. "Dive Studios Announce AleXa joined HDIGH".
15. "Podcast Awards - The People's Choice". www.podcastawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
16. "Best Podcast 2020".
17. "2PM's Nichkhun And DAY6's Jae To Guest Star On "Big Hero 6: The Series". August 14, 2020.
18. "Watch K-Pop Stars Jae Park and Nichkhun Guest Star and Sing in Disney's Big Hero 6". E! Online. October 11, 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
19. "DPR LIVE "Jam & Butterfly (feat. Crush, eaJ)"". November 24, 2020.
20. "DAY6". day6.jype.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-01-02.
21. "DAY6 to go on hiatus due to health issue". koreatimes. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
22. Abelman, Devon. "A Severe Panic Attack Changed Jae of DAY6's Approach to Mental Health". Allure. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
23. "Jae Condition". May 16, 2020.
24. "Represent X Jae of Day6 for jedfoundation". August 20, 2020.
25. "Jae Park, donated $100,000 to The Jed Foundation". December 4, 2020.
26. Woo, Bin (March 7, 2019). "정세운, '진심이 닿다' OST 참여…데이식스 Jae·원필 작곡 작사한 '굿나잇'". Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
27. "K-PopStar". Daum. July 24, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

External links

• Jae on JYP Publishing