With just two more stops to go in their two month-long world tour, JYJ recently sat down with Star Today to reflect on their tour thus far.
Jaejoong, who’s also the director for their Asian tour, began, “I aimed to create a stage that allowed artists to express their full potential. I paid special attention to understanding the culture of every city we were performing in and to converse more directly with our fans there. It was extremely heartwarming to see my thoughts come alive at every concert through our fans, and it’s definitely a thrilling experience. I’m thankful for everyone who came to see us.”
Junsu continued, “Bravo! I love it when the crowd shouts that. We’re with the best choreography teams for our American stops. They’ve worked with stars like Beyonce and Christina Aguilera, so the happiest moment for me is when they gave us a thumbs up and when staff members praised our live’s harmony. Because our staff members have worked with world pop stars, I do weigh their opinions more heavily. I’m glad that they feel our potential.”
Yoochun added, “The more time passes, the stronger we’re getting. I can feel that we’re growing and moving towards a better direction. With every new concert that we complete, things start to come together and the level of perfection gets higher. This world tour makes my heart swell with pride.”
Jaejoong finally concluded, “The tracks that we composed for our world tour are receiving a lot of love, which makes me proud. We hope to grow as artists that continue to make great tracks under the name of JYJ, and hope to meet more fans across the globe.”
JYJ will be concluding their American tour in San Jose on June 3rd before concluding the tour altogether in Busan on the 11th and 12th.
Source + Photos: Star Today via Nate
Trans by: Allkpop
Shared by: JYJ3
I love the boys!
They make me so proud~~~~~~~~
@Shadoww, ¡helloooo sweetie!
I feel very happy and proud of them too. Sweet JYJ boys.
Hi babe~~~ caught ya! 🙂
I think we’re develping some bad characteristics because of our boys.
1) Too proud –> everything the boys do, we become proud.
2) Intolerance –> of lousy and talentless singers/actors.
3) Too righteous –> speak up when we see injustice.
keke~~ man… no wonder the antis hate us as much as they hate our sweetie JYJ.
lol @shadow I agree
@Shadow, sweetie, I AGREE with you. But I don’t think those are “bad characteristics” because they’re based on true and proven facts, so……………..
@Shadow
“I think we’re develping some bad characteristics because of our boys.”
Oh darn. OK, I promise: I’ll repent in my next lifetime.
(I learned about this handy way of deferring having to change from K-dramas, btw. lol)
@Lilibaiyu
Babe, regrets much? NEVER!! lol^* I answered on your behalf!
People trying to “get us” out of this fandom don’t understand. Once you’re in, you can never get out! 🙂
@Shadow
“People trying to “get us” out of this fandom don’t understand. Once you’re in, you can never get out!”
Oh! It’s like the mafia. Cool!
🙂
hello guys 🙂
i miss u so much
well i can’t say much except agree with u
every minute, every hour, every day my respect and the feel of the proudness always became bigger than before
@Miaw, hi sweetie. Missing you a lot.
I miss you two sweeties too! *hugs*
@Shadow, @Miaw, ¡BIG GROUP HUG! With JYJ boys in the middle…….. ¡OMG! ¡GREAT!
give a big hug for all of you
Agree, agree, agree 🙂
LOL 🙂 It just shows that JYJ fans have good taste 😉
Jaejoong finally concluded, “The tracks that we composed for our world tour are receiving a lot of love, which makes me proud. We hope to grow as artists that continue to make great tracks under the name of JYJ, and hope to meet more fans across the globe.”
No worries Director Kim Jaejoong… Best Actor Park Yoochun, Musical Star Kim Junsu… Your music will reach more people, will warm more hearts, and will touch more lives… I love JYJ!!!
On that note, I will wholeheartedly agree, and say this…
JYJ fans are extremely fortunate to have such incredible artists to champion.
Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu…the three of you are headed for great things, and this fandom is proud of you beyond belief. Along with your family, and friends we will be with you all the way!
JYJ ***FIGHTING!!!***
@ButterfliesAreFree
“Along with your family, and friends we will be with you all the way!
JYJ ***FIGHTING!!!*** ”
This is the most incredible group of fans because JYJ deserve no less. They are going after Perfection, as Yuchun says.
I think I witnessed a bit of it on Friday night in Los Angeles. And it says a lot about the professionalism of JYJ that they can come barreling into this town and pull out all the stops, give a PERFORMANCE with a capital P in arguably the very heart of the music industry in the U.S. To say I am proud of my guys is a gross understatement of what I am feeling now.
🙂
@Mommy & Lilly.B
Wahhhh~ It’s even more touching to have fans who had first-hand experience of their music share what these men can really do live. There was nothing like this when they had the showcase last year so the Family sharing their concert accounts is just so lovely! It makes us love JYJ more and it makes us more proud of them too!!!
Definitely JYJ will be around for a long time as long as we keep on loving them!!!!
AND I also want to once more thank MIA and the Lovely Adminnies for making all of this possible~! You guys are blessing to us and JYJ! All they need to know now is that we have JYJ3 as our HeadQuarters~!!!
I’m really thrilled that we had so many family members go & see JYJ too. Not because of the fancams or fan accounts – in fact I can’t even say why it makes me so happy – I don’t know why!
Because Family Love is happiness, Twinnie~!!!
Sammie I can’t get to you on Msn. It just keeps saying you’re offline.
@sam-sam
u’re back 🙂
welcome home dear even though maybe i’m little to late 🙂
@sapphire finally u can chat with your twinnie and your soulmate again
i’m happy for u guys 🙂
JYJ boys are feeling their American’s fans love for them. They’re happy and proud of the amazing job they’ve done. And they want to continue improving their abilities. ¡GREAT! ¡JYJ FIGHTING!
this article = <3…
i'm so proud of them… and they really have accomplished a TON over a relatively short amount of time~!
I wish they’ll visit more Asian countries. I really want to see the live.
im happy that they are happy…
This too…. 😉
me too ^_____^
If they are happy then I am happy
Jaejoong – “We hope to grow as artists that continue to make great tracks under the name of JYJ, & hope to meet more fans from across the globe.” Yes, in the end it is JYJ! 😛
Btw Jaejoongie, if you want to come to Australia, I’ll be happy to be your tour guide!! 😉
DID YOU READ MY MIND????
I’m good at that!!! *weird spooky music*
In the end definitely it IS ONLY JYJ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
& me reading people’s minds!!! *inserts The Twilight Zone theme* Mwhahahahahahahaha…
Twinnie.. the nurse will be looking at you again… she’s gonna prepare your meds… lol
In the end it’s JYJ!
yup
in the end it’s only JYJ
i don’t know why but i really like those words 🙂
They never stop making me proud. ^^
Fighting!
“We hope to grow as artist that continue to make great tracks UNDER THE NAME JYJ”
I HOPE DELUSIONAL “FANS” REALIZE NOW THAT JAEJOONG, YOOCHUN AND JUNSU WILL NEVER GO BACK TO SM AND TVXQ NOW!!!!!!!
IN THE END ITS….JYJ!!!!!!!!!!!
i want LIKE button..
@fatim
I do too.
**LIKE** Oh. Here it is.
Am I wrong for liking this 10000% and wholeheartedly agreeing? I get that there are some OT5 fans who hope for a reunion and I want to respect their opinion even if i don’t agree with it but…I just love this comment!! The boys obviously want to continue their music careers as JYJ and honestly…i want the same thing. They’re making beautiful music and seem happy this way and i support whatever makes them happy.
“…continue to make great tracks UNDER THE NAME JYJ”
yup…there it is. That’s who they are now and for the future….they’ve been speaking it and doing it for a year now – and yet STILL…if you load up their twitter feeds and read as it scrolls by ~ you’ll see endless tweets from TVXQ5 fans – begging, or most often, demanding that they reunite as 5. Completely disregarding ALL the facts which are clear and undeniable.
I want to feel sorry for those who cling to the past – and it’s not that I don’t understand their pain – but if you’re still tweeting your demands and still calling out the names of former group mates AT JYJ concerts – it’s time to re-evaluate reality. The guys have moved on ~ let them. ❤
@sally-b
“I want to feel sorry for those who cling to the past – and it’s not that I don’t understand their pain – but if you’re still tweeting your demands and still calling out the names of former group mates AT JYJ concerts – it’s time to re-evaluate reality. The guys have moved on ~ let them.”
It’s just more delusional thinking. I mean what do they think is going to happen….? The guys will just stop in their tracks one day and sigh,”Ooohh, OK. Let’s go back to SM, let’s go kiss LSM’s ass so we can do what we’re told and sing with YH&CM again.” I mean… really?? They think that’s going to happen?? There IS NO singing with YH&CM without SM Entertainment!
YH&CM have signed, sealed and delivered themselves to that company.
I think the guys have developed a very well-deserved sense of pride these days for all their accomplishments, how hard they have worked, their perseverance. I think they have come to enjoy and find great satisfaction in living well for the first time in their lives as a result of these things.
In order for “TVXQ to get back together” they would have to lie down with dogs again. They would have to turn their backs on their very realizable dreams of being artists in a variety of different fields. I’m betting it’s not even a distant possibility for them at this point.
My VE sister, they are part of that saying…”There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.”
These are the kinds of people for whom reality disconnect is a constant state of being.
i still cringe when I see comments like “i want to see all 5” my heart breaks for them.. I want it too but maybe for a special -one-time event but not as a career path anymore for the boys they’ve all gotten in the crossroads and the 3 chose a different road where no one usually goes and it made all the difference.. i dont want them to be like who they were yesterday because i think they are a lot better not only musically but also as grown men right now..
Jenknight18, I’m one of those who have made you cringed in the whole of Nov last year. Back then as a new supporter, I used to think if all five can get back like their early days is really wonderful. After fully understand what’s going on with their agency and the rest. I have a change of thoughts as both sides are heading towards different paths. JYJ is heading a path “no one usually goes” tells us that these young men went through all odds with their ‘given’ difficult spot in their very own-homeland-entertainment world and they are now starting to taste the sweetness of their achievements.
Just one word after reading this article, GLAD.
I’m so glad and happy to know these three young men are doing so well.Knowing JYJ is doing fine makes my day.
@RFairdrive – “After fully understand what’s going on with their agency and the rest. I have a change of thoughts as both sides are heading towards different paths.”
It’s lovely to see comments that there are fans out there who are not only reading the factual news…but are also “getting it”. Welcome to the reality side of life….it’s good here. (hug) ♥
p.s. How did you find DBSK/JYJ? just curious
Hi Sally_B,
It is in fact very confusing and lost when I started to search JYJ treads relating to their lawsuit,previous TVXQ and SME and so on. After hopping on to some reliable JYJ/TVXQ2 sites, I can only say this is one of those sites that are reliable with most facts can be recorded down in black and white.
*crossroads* is the perfect term. Picture in your mind standing at an intersection of road where 4 directions meet. Then picture people from your past and imagine the point at which each of you chose a direction.
For instance: after High School…some chose college, some chose work -a few I knew chose early marriage & children…the point is- at that crucial turning point in our lives – each of us chose things that made our lives diverge ~ ~ ~
At this point in time…I’m in contact with very few of the people I knew then, yet we had grown up together through 12 (!) years of school. We live in different places, have different careers/goals/lives…yet I remember many of them fondly and the impact we had on each others lives.
This is LIFE. …we chose…we walk our path.
How ludicrous is it to expect that 5 boys who have grown into men would FOREVER walk the same road? Who do you know in your personal life (of two or more people) who have maintained THE SAME relationship for even 2 years, much less a lifetime?
If more fans could see this situation as a natural/organic progression of LIFE it would be a whole lot easier on them. And don’t even get me started on when the day comes that each of them falls in love and marries…and bear children – THAT TOO is coming. Fans who aren’t in this for the long-haul might consider letting go alltogether – there are MANY new brightly packaged, never-out-of-the-box, idols for them to chose from.
….in the end…it’s JYJ. ♥
*for them to choose from……(really, REALLy need an edit button) ha!
A+ I also click on invisible LIKE button!
Yes, along with the sentence Jae wants to meet more fans all over the globe (and I hope and believe they consider Europe too), this sentence “We hope to grow as artist that continue to make great tracks UNDER THE NAME JYJ” says it all.. the boys, even Jaejoong, moved on and their future is now written as JYJ… I wish OT5 fans (or everyone else who still hope for a reunion) will understand and move on also for everyone’s sake..
I´m so proud of them! ^_^
JYJ you are great!
“… and hope to meet more fans across the globe.”
Ah, Yeah! Maybe the next time they would go to others countries… maybe they come to Sudamerica? *praying* Or Europe? XD
Please, let it be! >__<
Yeah… in the end… it´s JYJ!
*cheers*
Always keep the faith….because in the end, its always just JYJ. ツ
I really like the way these two phrases fit together. Seeing this made me 🙂
I am SO DAMN PROUD OF THESE BOYS BECAUSE EVEN WITHOUT DECENT PROMOTIONS THEY WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT AUDIENCE FOR THEIR CONCERTS.
I love this interview but this really sticks to my mind:“We hope to grow as artists that continue to make great tracks under the name of JYJ, and hope to meet more fans across the globe.”
Even in their old days they were able to compose wonderful songs but sadly they can’t sing it now because it is under someone else’s name which is really sad…They were BEGINNING AGAIN from scratch and it hasn’t been a year since they released their album but they already have songs that is enough for a concert.I cant put in words how proud I am for JYJ.They were simply amazing and THEY WERE TRUE ARTISTS THAT SOUTH KOREA SHOULD BE PROUD OF!!!
JYJ, you’ve made many fans proud; worldwide! Keep striving for perfection and we’ll keep shouting your name,JYJ! JYJ! JYJ!…
“We hope to grow as artist that continue to make great tracks UNDER THE NAME JYJ”
“In the end, it’s….JYJ”
^_____^ I’m grinning like mad…
Ahhh….I really love this news…in the end…I only love JYJ…
so proud of you guys! u’re heating up NA like never before
altho everybody is eager to have tvxq5 back, i love that you are enjoying your freedom as artists
i really do hope that this lasts, and you can control the songs you want to sing, the dances you want to dance, the dramas you actually want to be in and CFs you feel like doing
i like this new style! the albums and concerts have never been like anything b4, 3 Voices came with a totally “JYJ” style
as time goes by this kind of feeling is increases, this JYJ FEEL, i’m lovin it, truly supporting you every step you take!
Yes, it is now JYJ Time. When I sat in that arena in NJ, as they lifted up from below the stage, and appeared; I said to myself… this is JYJ… not a figment of my imagination. They are here in the flesh and blood, not a video. And for 2 hours they showed every fan in the place, also so those who got images from famcams, and photos, what being JYJ is all about.
They showed how much they have matured, grown professionally, and at the same time maintained their dignity. They have arrived. No amount of wishing and hoping for yesteryear is going to change that. For all the blackballing, they stand tall on a stage, no heads are lowered here.
Like I said before, they are singing songs either they have created or helped others create. That is no mean feat. All this in LESS than one short year. So, yes JYJ’s music and style is what folks better get used to seeing and hearing.
The more they put themselves out there, the larger the crowds will be for their shows. I sat in the Prudential Center and pictured what it would look like for ALL the sections to be lit up with red glowsticks. And who knows what more fantastic songs they will create by that time. They might even need to extend the concert to more shows. It’s not hard to imagine at all. 🙂
Side Note: @sally_b
“Who do you know in your personal life (of two or more people) who have maintained THE SAME relationship for even 2 years, much less a lifetime?”
ME! ME! ME! One of my bffs and I have been together since 2nd grade – 53 years and counting – was a bridesmaid at her wedding, and we now work at the same agency, in the same department. Does this count?! 🙂