Park JinYoung Talks About his Secret Recipe for Making Stars:
Rain gave me his heart and body for three and a half years
11 Sep 06. Sina News
Morning Post Journalist, Bing Li Hua reports.
Credit: RainHK// Biwithrain // Jinlees@soompi
Ch to Eng: Rayndrop
Three years of hellish training behind closed doors. He gave up his family, his friends, his favourite food, chances to go overseas. He tore his life into two parts: One half dedicated to singing, the other half to dancing. This was the life Rain went through before he became a pop sensation, and it is still ongoing even now.
If you ask Rain why, he'll tell you, he has given his life up to someone that year when he was 16. That person is his teacher, Park Jinyoung. This person, who is known in Korea as the Godfather of Hip hop was once a famous singer like Rain. He was good at dancing and composing. Today, he has another identity which is just as successful--A producer. The day before, he arrived as a professional judge at a local talentine competition, and talked about his secret recipe on making stars.
Discovering Rain...
His eyes were so sincere.
JY Park has been carefully grooming Rain since he picked out the 16-year-old out during an audition. Three and a half years of training behind closed doors, devoting more than 20 hours each day. To any producer, this is definitely not something that you can describe with a simple word, "job". He told the journalists of his determination to shape a global superstar, "I wanted someone like Michael Jackson".
So what exactly did Rain possess for JY Park to make such a decision? "There were many kids dancing and singing that day, but you could see him with one look. It wasn't anything but the look in his eyes. Not one kid had that kind of sincerity he had in his eyes. It was the look of someone standing at the edge of a cliff, like it was pleading for someone to save him", said JY Park.
Despite sounding so incredible, to JY Park who gave the same amount of hard work in order to succeed, he fully understood the kind of grilling and pain an artiste need to go through in order to rise to super-stardom. If you didn't have enough desire burning within you, you'll never have the determination to finish walking through this path. "What I value is the wants and desires of a person." He confessed he didn't want to risk giving the chance and waste his time on a kid who is just fooling around.
Creating Rain...
Hand your life over to me.
Many gold award-winning producers always say the same thing when they first meet a newbie, "This is just the beginning." But JY Park added another sentence to that, "I can make you a star, but can you hand your life over to me?"
This is not a joke. After he gave his nod of agreement, the next thing Rain had to do was to give up everything that was originally in his life. He couldn't see his family; he had no friends; he couldn't go travelling with friends like people of his age are doing; he even gave up all the food he loved. From dusk to dawn, he had only one thing in his life, and that was, using JY Park's words, "prepare to become a singer."
Is this kind of a lifestyle too heavy a burden for a 16-year-old? JY Park told the journalists that even he was surprised sometimes at how this child can just take it all quietly, without even making a decent protest once.
"Will he simply turn into a machine that sings?" Certainly, those who love Rain will have this worry after finding out about this three and a half year he went through. Perhaps Rain can answer for this with his confession during his concert--that day he said, he wanted so much to sing a song for his mother who has passed on, and he wanted so much to share a picture of his mother with everyone. But having gone through all the drawers in his house, he only found some pictures of his mother on the sick bed. "I think mother will want everyone to see how she looks when she is healthy, so I didn't bring any pictures." In the end, he sang this song, charged with emotions. Due to his rebellious days when he was young, there was a barrier between his father and him. But that night, he also invited his father to the concert sincerely.
Anticipate Rain...
He'll need to learn Chinese if he wants to go further.
Rain has succeeded, and is walking towards the global stage like JY Park said he would. he held a concert in the US in February this year. Despite the harsh critics in New York Times and New York Daily, this is an indication of the attention casted on Rain. Presently, he is busy preparing himself for his Global Concert Tour when he will perform in 12 different countries all over the world.
"Honestly, at first I've thought that Rain may disappear after three to five years, but the truth is indeed telling a different story. Because of this, he has made me think a lot," said JY Park. From what he can see, the answer seems to lie in Rain's unique character, "i've studied many singers. A lot of them are lacking in character. No matter how outstanding they are, they go out of fashion very quickly. This is a very realistic issue."
If he wants to continue going towards the global stage, JY Park says Rain still have much homework to do. One of the most important part is to learn Chinese, "US and China are part of the future world. These are the two languages which any Asian of this new generation must learn. Rain is already working hard on them."
"There are two kinds of stars: One is the charismatic kind; the other the kind whom others respect and look up to." Before the interview came to a conclusion, JY Park had this to say: As a "mentor", he frequently has discussions with Rain on the topic of the next path he should take. He believes Rain has his own way of thinking.
11 Sep 06. Sina News
Morning Post Journalist, Bing Li Hua reports.
Credit: RainHK// Biwithrain // Jinlees@soompi
Ch to Eng: Rayndrop
Three years of hellish training behind closed doors. He gave up his family, his friends, his favourite food, chances to go overseas. He tore his life into two parts: One half dedicated to singing, the other half to dancing. This was the life Rain went through before he became a pop sensation, and it is still ongoing even now.
If you ask Rain why, he'll tell you, he has given his life up to someone that year when he was 16. That person is his teacher, Park Jinyoung. This person, who is known in Korea as the Godfather of Hip hop was once a famous singer like Rain. He was good at dancing and composing. Today, he has another identity which is just as successful--A producer. The day before, he arrived as a professional judge at a local talentine competition, and talked about his secret recipe on making stars.
Discovering Rain...
His eyes were so sincere.
JY Park has been carefully grooming Rain since he picked out the 16-year-old out during an audition. Three and a half years of training behind closed doors, devoting more than 20 hours each day. To any producer, this is definitely not something that you can describe with a simple word, "job". He told the journalists of his determination to shape a global superstar, "I wanted someone like Michael Jackson".
So what exactly did Rain possess for JY Park to make such a decision? "There were many kids dancing and singing that day, but you could see him with one look. It wasn't anything but the look in his eyes. Not one kid had that kind of sincerity he had in his eyes. It was the look of someone standing at the edge of a cliff, like it was pleading for someone to save him", said JY Park.
Despite sounding so incredible, to JY Park who gave the same amount of hard work in order to succeed, he fully understood the kind of grilling and pain an artiste need to go through in order to rise to super-stardom. If you didn't have enough desire burning within you, you'll never have the determination to finish walking through this path. "What I value is the wants and desires of a person." He confessed he didn't want to risk giving the chance and waste his time on a kid who is just fooling around.
Creating Rain...
Hand your life over to me.
Many gold award-winning producers always say the same thing when they first meet a newbie, "This is just the beginning." But JY Park added another sentence to that, "I can make you a star, but can you hand your life over to me?"
This is not a joke. After he gave his nod of agreement, the next thing Rain had to do was to give up everything that was originally in his life. He couldn't see his family; he had no friends; he couldn't go travelling with friends like people of his age are doing; he even gave up all the food he loved. From dusk to dawn, he had only one thing in his life, and that was, using JY Park's words, "prepare to become a singer."
Is this kind of a lifestyle too heavy a burden for a 16-year-old? JY Park told the journalists that even he was surprised sometimes at how this child can just take it all quietly, without even making a decent protest once.
"Will he simply turn into a machine that sings?" Certainly, those who love Rain will have this worry after finding out about this three and a half year he went through. Perhaps Rain can answer for this with his confession during his concert--that day he said, he wanted so much to sing a song for his mother who has passed on, and he wanted so much to share a picture of his mother with everyone. But having gone through all the drawers in his house, he only found some pictures of his mother on the sick bed. "I think mother will want everyone to see how she looks when she is healthy, so I didn't bring any pictures." In the end, he sang this song, charged with emotions. Due to his rebellious days when he was young, there was a barrier between his father and him. But that night, he also invited his father to the concert sincerely.
Anticipate Rain...
He'll need to learn Chinese if he wants to go further.
Rain has succeeded, and is walking towards the global stage like JY Park said he would. he held a concert in the US in February this year. Despite the harsh critics in New York Times and New York Daily, this is an indication of the attention casted on Rain. Presently, he is busy preparing himself for his Global Concert Tour when he will perform in 12 different countries all over the world.
"Honestly, at first I've thought that Rain may disappear after three to five years, but the truth is indeed telling a different story. Because of this, he has made me think a lot," said JY Park. From what he can see, the answer seems to lie in Rain's unique character, "i've studied many singers. A lot of them are lacking in character. No matter how outstanding they are, they go out of fashion very quickly. This is a very realistic issue."
If he wants to continue going towards the global stage, JY Park says Rain still have much homework to do. One of the most important part is to learn Chinese, "US and China are part of the future world. These are the two languages which any Asian of this new generation must learn. Rain is already working hard on them."
"There are two kinds of stars: One is the charismatic kind; the other the kind whom others respect and look up to." Before the interview came to a conclusion, JY Park had this to say: As a "mentor", he frequently has discussions with Rain on the topic of the next path he should take. He believes Rain has his own way of thinking.
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