Yoo Jae-seok announces the new beginning of JS Entertainment and sets out to find the top main vocalist.
In MBC's 'What Do You Do When You Play?' broadcast on the 21st, JS Entertainment's new beginning was depicted. While Yoo Jae-seok is moving quickly for the comeback of JuJu Secret and the debut of One Top, who is still a trainee, Daesung of Big Bang has emerged as a candidate for One Top's main vocalist.
The broadcast on this day recorded a 2049 viewership rating of 2.7%, a key indicator of channel competitiveness and topicality, ranking first among entertainment programs broadcast on Saturday. The viewership rating for households in the metropolitan area was 4.4%. The best minute was the meeting scene between Yoo Jae-seok and Daesung at a sundae soup restaurant, and the highest viewership rating soared to 6.2%. (Based on Nielsen Korea metropolitan area)
JS (Yoo Jae-seok), who appeared in the new office, said, "I tried to dress modestly, feeling like I was starting in earnest here." No sooner had JS finished saying, “I think there will be a lot of changes at One Top,” Haha, Joo Woo-jae, and Lee Yi-kyung entered the office, followed by Juju Secret members Park Jin-joo and Mi-ju Lee.
JS talked about the goals of the agency, which places importance on profit and performance, and talked about the position within the company of Secret, a shareholder who has made hundreds of millions of dollars in sales through the 'I'm Scared of the Night' activity. JS said, “(Juju Secret) is not suffering from celebrity disease, but is a real celebrity,” and drew a line by saying, “We only did covers of One Top. We haven’t debuted yet.” When told that ONE TOP recorded a minus(?) score, Haha made everyone laugh by saying, “They all went underwater.”
JS then announced the change in ONE TOP, announcing that the original original members were no longer able to join and that Joo Woo-jae had joined as a ONE TOP trainee. Meanwhile, Joo Woo-jae expressed his ambition to become the second Koyote, saying to JS CEO, "Can't you join the former Secret shareholders (Joo Woo-jae + Park Jin-joo + Lee Mi-joo)?" Regarding the main vocalist that ONE TOP desperately needs, JS said, "We are looking for someone with superior singing skills. We will definitely recruit the main vocalist."
In particular, JS drew attention by preparing a candidate song for Juju Secret's new song. JS made a surprise announcement of the nominated songs, saying, “Korea’s top tier composers sent us great songs.” The first candidate song released was 'Please Come Back', which captured the members' ears with its deep ballad sensibility. JS explained, “It’s a song that has been floating around aimlessly for four years.” The next song is ‘I Like You’. With a song that feels like a winter season song, Jinju Park was confident, “I think I can capture the hearts of all men.” Regarding the third candidate song 'LOVE ME', JS said, "I thought this song was it when I first heard it for 2-3 seconds," and the last candidate song 'GO TO DANCE', which had a trendy feel, heated up the scene.
Next, a vocal test was conducted for the top trainees. Joo Woo-jae hopes for the main dancer position and emphasized, "My style is GD style. Until recently, we were in the same company (YG)." After seeing Joo Woo-jae's dancing skills, JS eliminated him as the main dancer, saying, "You can't have that level of skill. Just dance hard as a member." In the vocal test that followed, Joo Woo-jae tried to show off his vocal skills by selecting 'MIROTIC', but JS suddenly attacked him and took over the microphone, making him unable to sing properly, which made him laugh.
Lee Yi-kyung, who appeared at the interview, showed a different temperature than when she was with the One Top members and expressed her motivation, saying, "I waited for this time. I wanted to serve the CEO." Lee Yi-kyung, who appealed that she has a variety of vocals, showed off her unexpected rap skills by singing Leessang's 'Clown'. JS expressed satisfaction, saying, "I think I did well in this interview today. I discovered something about Lee Kyung that I didn't know about."
JS, who set out to find the main vocalist for ONE TOP in earnest, entered the candidate's favorite restaurant. JS said, "It's been 7 years since I've seen this friend on TV. Because he worked as an idol, he has dancing skills." He added, "The moment I see this friend, I get the feeling, 'He must be really good at singing.'" He added about the nomination. explained about it. The person who appeared in front of JS was Daesung. Daesung, who stood in front of the camera for the first time in a long time, was amazed at the new broadcasting system, saying, "I'm so nervous. Don't you have a sketchbook these days?" JS recalled his memories by mentioning that he and Daesung played as Dumb and Dumber brothers during 'Family Outing'. Daesung, who opened up his sense of entertainment, even told an honest story, saying, "I couldn't do this when I was in Big Bang. I was afraid that I might cause trouble by saying something."
JS appealed the charm of JS Entertainment by saying, "We are the first in the domestic entertainment industry to give pocket money to parents," and said, "We need a top-notch main vocalist." However, JS was embarrassed by Daesung's confession that his vocal cords had been swollen for two months. Unable to hide his feelings, attention was focused on whether Daesung would join as One Top's main vocalist.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr