Jay Park or formerly known as Park Jaebeom first presence in Korea as a trainee at JYP Entertainment in 2004. He emigrated from America to South Korea to continue his goal as a singer.

Being auditioned and chosen directly by Park Jinyoung, the boy who was born in 25 April 1987 decided to leave his comfy life in Seattle, America, to start a new life in Korea. Simple reason, he did not want to continue his study at college. His mother eventually set his free to do what he wants.

Together with 2PM, Jay as a leader debuted with single ’10 Points Out of 10 Points’ on 4 September 2008. Their first mini album ‘Hottest Time of the Day’ got good feedbacks. Continued with the second mini album ‘2:00PM Time For Change’ with hits ‘Niga Mipda (I Hate You)’.

However it’s undeniable, that living in a new country is hard. “So difficult. I’ve never lived in Korea and I don’t know anything about Korean culture or Korean music. I hesitated for a while but my mom kept pushing on the grounds it would be a good move for my future,” said Jay in an interview reported by the Daily KPop News.

The difficulty to adapt caused long term effect. Because of some posts from his MySpace personal account which insulted Korea in 2005, Jay finally had to leave Korea. Left 2PM who had raised his name. “A few months earlier were so difficult because I’ve never stayed away from my family. I really missed them especially my friends who I used to meet with everyday. I didn’t know anyone and I didn’t speak Korean,” he complained.

In 9 August 2009 Jay finally returned to America, brought cries of hundreds of fans who were waiting for him at the airport. He decided to go back to his family and friends.

March 2010 Jay finally returned to the public by creating a personal YouTube account. He posted a video containing him singing the song ‘Nothin’ On You’ by BoB (ft Bruno Mars) in a bathroom. The video was immediately spread out and being watched as many as two million times over 24 hours. He finally sent a message of thanks to the fans who continue to support him.

Jay then successfully spawned his first album titled ‘Take A Deeper Look’ in April 2011. The title track ‘Abandoned ‘ and ‘Tonight’ was successfully drove him back to the music scene in Korea.

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