2PM’s largest fanclub is planning for a silent protest in front of JYP building coming 12th September.
Written on 2PM’s official fanclub ‘Hot Star’ site on 10th September, there are discussions for fanclub members to do the silent protest in front of JYP’s building on 12th September.
This fanclub is the largest 2PM fanclub in Korea with over 200,000 members and they will head down directly to JYP’s building for the protest.
They will start the protest from 2pm. They will protest in silent in their large numbers. They recognize that there may be some inconveniences cause to the residents living in the area but stated they will carry out the protest seriously.
A netizen said, “What is important is to do it for JaeBum’s good image. We have to find a way for him to come back while always supporting him.”
But another netizens also said, “This is doing harm to JaeBum, you guys should not go. If it doesn’t go well, it will just make more ugly talk about the issue.”
The members will also be holding placards saying, “Find JaeBum” in unified colours that day.
Meanwhile, JaeBum has left 2PM and also Korea on 8th September, 4 days after the backlashes from the revelation of his pre-debut messages posted on MySpace.
Park Jin Young also issued an official statement on 10th September and some fans are also doing up a boycott movement against JYP.
Meanwhile, fans continue to post up Post-Its in front of JYP building messages to JaeBum and the other 2PM members.
JYP's statement
I have received much shock from what Jaebum wrote 4 years ago to his friend. Could it have been another celebrity, I myself would have felt much anger, resentment, and abandonment at his words. But I have known Jaebum for so long that those words are not surprising to me.
I already knew Jaebum was that kind of child.
When Jaebum first came to Korea 4 years ago, he was very rebellious and out of line. He laughed at Korea and belittled his fellow trainees, even going so far as to see me as ‘easy.’ I believe he thought that being a Korean celebrity was something to laugh at. He was a boy that wanted to b-boy in the streets. He fought with company employees, his dance instructors, and made threatening statements.
At times, he even said that he did not like JYP Ent., and would name another rival company, wishing to be sent there instead.
But what made us surprised even more was that when asked whether he had the guts to succeed, he said “We could succeed if we don’t receive JYP’s music.”
At this point, employees wondered why we were keeping such a rebellious boy.
This is why his words 4 years ago are not suprising.
Then why would we keep such a kid?
I love rebellious children. Rather than children that are nice up front but are calculating and evil behind my back, I love children that are rebellious up to my face. I loved the fact that he showed his emotions straight up. It gave me hope. Who would have the guts to utter such words to my face? To say that his failure depended on my bad music? I thought that it was funny.
I believed that rebellious children had too much energy, just no place to express that energy. Or they never met someone that would trust them enough to show them the correct path. I wanted to help this person go on stage and feel the energy and joy. As long as I could instill within him trust and love.
To Jaebum, there are only two types of people. His family, and those that are not his family. He loves his family more than I could ever know. The reason he talks about money in interviews is not to buy nice clothes, it is to pay back his family, who always works hard for him. That’s why he ran the path of becoming a singer.
He was rebellious, but he excelled in training.
I saw this and thought, if only I could make him think of my company, his fellow trainees, this company as his family. if only.
So one day, I told him “Jaebum, someone is not a family only because they share the same blood. Please open your heart to them first. Then others can be your family too.”
Through these efforts, he began to change.. He began to hug his fellow trainees, start conversations with company employees, and began enjoying his time on the stage.
He finally began to express his energy on stage and began to shine through singing and dancing.
I chose him as the team’s leader. The rest of the 6 really believed in him and followed his lead.
He always trained with them and always thought of his younger members before him..
After his debut, he felt a change in his heart at the news reporters and attentions that showed him in a positive light and began showing affection.
He was touched at by the hearts of his fans.
Good people, good friends, good fans… good music.. through all this, he began to change.
But as things began to go up, like a sad movie scene, his entry from 4 years ago was released.
He was so sorry. To his 2PM brothers, to me, to his company employees, to his fans.. and to nobody more than to his Koreans.
He thought to himself that if he stayed any longer, his brothers would only get more hurt. He told me he did not have the confidence to get up on stage.
I knew what he was saying too well to hold him back.
If I were him, I would have mdae the same mistage.
And so he left.
His last email to me said “I’VE BEEN A LITTLE PUNK IN THE PAST. I JUST WANT TO LET YO UKNOW THAT IT WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. IT MADE ME A MUCH BETTER MUCH STRONGER PERSON AND I’M THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME. REAL TALK.”
My heart was ripping. It hurt. But knowing what Koreans would feel at his words, an immense sense of betrayal, I could not say anything.
But what I can do for him is to tell everyone that he showed on TV is not fake. He might have been rebellious but never fake. He never hid his true emotions. He was always up front, straight up… and that is something that can never change.
I know the public and the fans and I am listening to your opinions. But the most important thing is that Jaebum is not 2PM’s Park Jaebum but a child, a teenager Jaebum.
I genuinely wish for you all to hold his decision true.
I apologize once more.
JYP
credit- ahhyala @ omgkpop
Note from Jaebum's stylist
“A cold winter, I met a friend who had a charming smile.
Was it because I saw him on my birthday?
I can’t forget the day when we first met.
It was a showcase for trainees.
In order to do styling and meet trainees as a staff, I also met a friend at my age when I came in my office.
According to our manager of the developing trainee department, He was a child who understood Korean just a little and was learning it step by step.
He spoke Korean together with English and wore Hip-Hop style clothes that were seen in the movie ‘Step Up’.
He is a friend who was uncomfortable in skinny jeans that I bought.
A friend who fits on a shirt without sleeve,
A friend who has a tender heart, who worried about me and said “Don’t push yourself too much” when I caught a cold and had a hard time.
A friend who texts message slowly because he is still learning Korean,
A friend who has different eyes on stage,
A friend who is more shining on stage than others,
A friend who looks cold when he doesn’t say anything but in the reality he is more kind than others.
A friend who rarely shows his feeling but takes care of his little brothers and co-workers silently.
He is a boy who loves Korea and wants to get to know Korea.
You all know that it’s hard to live without friends and relatives in a strange country, right?
We say it’s “Our country” as we live and exist in the country, don’t we?
For Jaebeom, Korea is already ‘Our country’.
Please give him a hug again when he overcomes everything and returns.
You must come back…you are as strong as you are weak.
Get over it and come back to work together again…my friend…”
credit: 2pm-online.com
Letter from Jaebum's friend in Korea
Hello this is Jaebum's friend who was in the same class with him and I would like to share how Jaebum lived at the time.
Jaebum moved to study at our class for his 3rd year in high school. There was nothing special. I just heard that he was a JYP trainee from USA. I regarded him as an ordinary student. At first, he could not adjust himself to Korean cultures and barely spoke Korean. Jaebum was not in acquaintance with friends and preferred to be alone. As time passed, he could finally get along with friends. We played basketball together. He seemed to be fond of physical education class the most. Since he had to part from his family and friends who he used to hang out and practiced dancing with in the States, he looked lonely at times. He was living by himself in a tough conditon as a trainee in Korea.
Jaebum had a lot of things to do. He usually practiced singing during his free time or writing rap lyrics. He loved to go to the gym the most. I remembered inviting him for lunch but he rejected and only ate food with protein nourishment. How pity he was then. We were in the same basketball team. The friends in our class used to sing birthday songs to him. When we graduated, Jaebum was trained full time at his company and one day he boasted to me that he was put into a group, 2PM and would be on national televisions. I knew that he worked so hard before he debuted with his first album.
Not only Jaebum, I heard that all JYP trainees and staff also worked so hard. Even though Jaebum had extreme tight schedules, during the second album promotion, he could come and join our alumni party. I was happy to see his confidence and shine coming from him which was different from the time he was still just a trainee where his future was in doubt. He told me that he liked Boom-hyung. Boom-hyung is a fun person who takes care of him so well. I knew that he was living a happy life at the time.
But, for the past few days, there were a controversial of Jaebum's offending comments from his myspace. All those efforts he put were shattered in the blink of an eye. I tried to call him because I was so concerned. He told me he was at the airport and about to leave for USA. I asked if he'll ever come back. He said how could he when so many people hate him this much...
As a friend of Jaebum, there is nothing I can do. I can only let him leave like that. His flight left at 6:30pm. I can only wish that he go back to have a better life with his family. Even in the US, I wish he still carry on and fulfill his dream. I would like to thank you all who loved my friend. Jaebum Fighting!
“Now I think I have become a real Korean”
“I'm proud to be Korean”
“The Republic of Korea”
“Korean people are like stars, they dress so well comparing to me I dress like a pauper. Oh no, yes I am a pauper.”
“I'm not familiar with English now, isn't it funny? Haha”
These messages were written by Jaebum in 2006.
Looking at those messages, you can see that his attitude has changed.
He said he was proud to be Korean and he truly love Korea.
Please believe him.
Please don't judge him only by the message he wrote when he was a struggling trainee (4 years ago)
Please...
SOURCE: Daum Trans: Kor-Thai by Tik@2pm-online.com, Thai-Eng by Offogato@2pm-online.com, Edited by Tiff @ 2pm-online.com
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Source: Heechul’s Cyworld (cyworld.com/yuri9doo)
Credits: mel @ OneTVXQ.com { One World. One Red Ocean. One TVXQ! }
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