Recently, the music event Weverse Con 2024 officially took place with the participation of many star performers from HYBE, such as LE SSERAFIM, TWS, ILLIT, TXT, SEVENTEEN, and several other guest artists. The most prominent guest was J.Y. Park, the founder of JYP Entertainment and “father” of many famous groups like TWICE, Wonder Girls, miss A, Stray Kids, ITZY, GOT7, and so on.
At this event, J.Y. Park delivered an impressive series of collaborative performances. The most historic moment was the collaboration between two of Kpop’s most prominent producers – J.Y. Park and Bang Si-hyuk.
In particular, Bang Si-hyuk played the piano while J.Y. Park performed his hit song “I Have A Girlfriend.” Here, J.Y. Park shared that it had been 22 years since CEO Bang last accompanied him on the piano.
It is known that the two were very close friends, with Bang Si Hyuk even composing music for JYP Entertainment. They previously performed the song “Lie” (g.o.d) together 22 years ago, among many other songs.
Following this, J.Y. Park joined the girl group ILLIT to cover the song “When We Disco,” which he originally sang with Sunmi. Additionally, J.Y. Park performed the song “Don’t Leave Me” with new generation groups like ILLIT, TWS, BOYNEXTDOOR, and The New Six.
However, the collaboration between JYP’s CEO and HYBE artists sparked controversy, especially when considering that the last performance of “Don’t Leave Me” was by TWICE, GOT7, DAY6, and Stray Kids at JYP Nation 2018.
Since then, there hasn’t been a true JYP Nation collaboration stage. Therefore, netizens were shocked and bewildered to see J.Y. Park eagerly performing with “rivals” but neglecting his “home-grown” talents.
Below are some comments from netizens:
- Why is he performing for HYBE’s event and not with the new generation of JYP artists?
- When will we see a collaboration stage of TWICE, ITZY, Stray Kids, and NMIXX?
- So he is… neglecting his own artists to enthusiastically perform at a rival company’s event?
Source: K14
