Jae Park

Park Jae-hyung (Korean: 박제형; born September 15, 1992), better known as Jae,[1] is a Korean-American musician, singer, songwriter, 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.

For the rapper and founder of record label AOMG, see Jay Park.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

Jae Park
Park in March 2017
Born	Park Jae-hyung (1992-09-15) September 15, 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education	Cerritos High School California State University
Occupation	Singer Songwriter Musician Composer
Home town	Cerritos, California, U.S.
Musical career
Genres	K-pop Pop rock
Instruments	Vocals Electric 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

Park was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and later moved to Cerritos, 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,[2] 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.[3]

Career

Main article: Day6

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.[4] 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." Park continues to actively participate in the making of numerous tracks following their "Daydream" album.[5]

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.[6] He officially graduated as ASC's MC on July 17, 2018.[7]

In September 2017, Park started a Youtube channel called JaeSix (was later changed to eaJ). [8] He began a personal music project on the channel in 2020, releasing self-written solo tracks under the name eaJ. [9]

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.[10]

Discography

Main article: Day6 discography

Filmography

For Park's work with Day6, see Day6 § Filmography.

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Network	Note	Ref
2011	K-pop Star Season 1	Contestant	SBS	Placed in the top six	[11]
2016-2018	After School Club	Host	Arirang	Episodes 218-324, graduated episode 325

References

1. "day6jae :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-06.
2. jbarky (2012-04-02). "Park Jae Hyung Dropped from April 1 Show of SBS K-Pop Star'". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
3. jbarky (2012-05-22). "Baek Ayeon and Park Jae Hyung Join Park Jimin for JYP Entertainment". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
4. "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.
5. 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.
6. "'After School Club' announces its new MC! | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2016-08-05.
7. https://twitter.com/arirang_ASC/status/1015073280636563456
8. "Watch: Jae Shows His Daily Life In First Vlog Uploaded On DAY6's 2nd Anniversary". Soompi. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
9. "Update: DAY6's Jae Sings "LA TRAINS" As eaJ In New Video". Soompi. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
10. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiL2pZBgSJE/
11. "K-PopStar". Daum. July 24, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

External links

• Jae on JYP Publishing