XIA, also known as JYJ’s Kim Junsu, is back with his fourth studio album – “Xignature” – showing his passion and determination to produce high quality music that stays true to his unique style. The album has 13 tracks that features everything from powerful ballads to high-energy dance music that showcase XIA’s musical skill and range.
The first title track of his fourth studio album is “Rock the World,” a hip-hop inspired dance track that features Automatic, who also worked with XIA on his “Incredible” album, and rapper The Quiett. The song focuses on the vibrant energy of the stage, and through XIA’s lyrics, expresses a dynamic atmosphere that ensures a one-of-a-kind performance from Junsu, for which he is known to deliver.
The second title track is “Sweet Melody,” which features the sweet vocals of singer Ben. XIA also wrote the lyrics for “Sweet Melody,” describing how one feels in front of the person he/she loves, nervous and shy, but wanting to confess and give everything to that person.
Before XIA embarks on his concert tour, Soompi was able to catch up with the artist for a short interview in which he discussed his new album and his musical tastes, showing his pride in the album.
If you had to choose one, what is your favorite track from your fourth studio album, “Xignature”?
It’s hard to choose just one, so I will say the title track “Rock the World” and the second title track of this album, “Sweet Melody.” Specifically for “Sweet Melody,” the quality of the song is high and you can hear how well-balanced my voice is with singer Ben’s. The lovely melody of the song matches well with the summer time.
You’re able to successfully pull off both dance tracks and ballads, but is there a genre you prefer?
Actually, I have no preference. I think there are different charms to both genres. In terms of dance music, it’s always the best way for communicating with fans by giving a performance. For ballads, they are able to deliver sensitive emotions.
Are there any music genres that you would like to challenge, for example, like Jazz or the Blues?
While they are not traditional jazz genre songs, there are two jazzy ballad tracks in my new album. I greatly enjoyed recording them as I felt the appeal of the genre and its characteristics. I have not yet tried to the Blues genre, as you know, but I would like to try it someday for sure.
What’s the best way to cheer you up when you’re down?
Yummy food! (laughing) When I feel down or am a bit depressed, I think enjoying my favorite foods is the best way to refresh myself. It’s my secret healing time.
What can we expect from you in the near future?
After releasing this album on May 30, I held a live showcase to reach out and communicate closely with fans. I’ll soon be embarking on an Asia concert tour, starting in Seoul on June 11 and 12, and then proceeding to to Nagoya, Kobe, Tokyo, etc.
Do you have anything that you want to say to your international fans?
I have come back with my fourth studio album! The album contains 13 tracks of various genres that I love. I hope that you will also love it. Thank you for all your love and interest; as always, I appreciate it a lot. I hope to see you again soon with great performances. Thank you!
XIA’s fourth studio album – “Xignature” – is out now! XIA embarks on his “2016 XIA 5th Asia Tour Concert” starting June 11 in Seoul at the Olympic Gymnastic Stadium and he then proceeds to to various cities around Asia.
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Dear i-fans, its very important that you spread the following among fans, Please bear with me and Read:
C-jes has official online South Korean channels on Naver TV Cast, and on V live ( that provides English subtitles for i-fans and online korean brodcast channels such as these do not lag the count view as youtube does. (going from Naver TV cast and V line to youtube can help prevent youtube from assessing your view as spam and deleting your view from the count, at the same time, naver and v-ive won’t consider it spam if you re-watch again and again as youtube does, but do keep in mine to also view on youtube)
The Naver TV cast works as Korean TV broadcast do, it’s made for kpop stars to be recognized nationally through the amount of views a video gets.
Just like it helps on TV broadcast, the Naver tv cast and V- live channels, help get idols a great deal in order to be noticed on a national level. Allot of i-fans make use of the high number of views to get their idols recognized.
JYJ i-fans can help korean fans to increase the number of views, seeing other kpop idols are supported on these channels through the sheer number of their international fans combines with the locals.
The count views are highly important for JYJ members, it made especially for korean entertainers to be recognized on a national basis, it’s the closest to TV made for their line of profession, lets not bring the boys down now when C-jes got permission to open a naver TV cast just by the end of last year, just one month before 2015 ended a new opened door for JYJ, and it’s a door where i-fans can participate in.
Despite this chance, There has been a seriously disappointing number of views for Junsu’s live promotional broadcast on v-live, and also his other recent related works broadcasted on naver TV cast. The view count is embarrassing for the name JYJ
If you want the name JYJ not disappear this year, please spread the word to all fans, as many fans as you can, to watch C-jes post releases on Naver TV Cast, V line (who always provide eng sub of their videos) continuously, the view count won’t be deleted as in youtube and the local benefit would be immense,
This is where i-fans can provide support without much effort, please It’s very important to also Vote for Junsu on time and View videos on those channels on Time so JYJ isn’t dropped out this year. Junsu fell off the vote on Show champion last time because i-fans had no knowledge of the event taking place, until it was too late. Let’s not let that happen again.
An international JYJ fan-base should lead JYJ i-fans on how to take action, when and where, properly for the sake of supporting JYJ members when they need it like how Junsu needed it and needs it now. like with raising View counts, streaming songs and voting. Don’t let koreans see the embarrassing low number on those korean online broadcast channels to whip the JYJ name with it, hitting them as unpopular overseas.
Where is the leader of the international JYJ fan-base? where are the posts on time, the leadership in educating the fans on how to stream and where to view where it counts to support on time. Why must it be too late like with Show champion vote battle, streaming right now isn’t even mentioned despite knowing Junsu’s songs are out for stream. where is the voice of a concerned leader over seeing the low number of views, are you even concern about the source channel they go for count view? Does our International JYJ-fanbase even have a leader at times like these? why has the international JYJ fanbase become an artcles post it site only? where is the action of support and guidance for i-fans who want to do.
Ok Jane. I just know about the naver & v live when MV for Rock The World be released & sure I will support any of JYJ channel. What you said about YouTube views, it’s true!
Thank you.
I also wanted to say something like this but my english not good enough. Hope that fans will listen.
The same happened with Yoochun’s and Jaejoong’s promotional videos – only about 400k and 130k on navertvcast and vlive.tv.
And when JJ’s MV was released on youtube big part of it’s views were constantly removed because a lot of fans streamed like in old times and all their repeats and playlists were counted as bots.
Also fans can stream on yinyuetai. It dont help for music shows but it help for charts – gaon social chart and vchart
link for Junsu’s MV: v. yinyuetai. com/video/2582071 (remove spaces before y and com)
you can see real time vchart here: vchart. yinyuetai. com/vchart/trends?area=KR (remove spaces before y and com)
sorry for mistakes – *watched like in… and *can watch on yinyuetai
thanks for your info Jane…
will start to watch their MV through those channel…right about now..
Vote to Xia’s Rock The World MV on Soompi,
http://www.soompi.com/2016/06/04/this-week-in-k-pop-mv-releases-exid-luna-ikon-xia-and-more-june-week-1/