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Back To Stage (2007)

Where the lyrics of Back To Stage take you, and where it was really made.

The album's lead broadcast song was written in 2003 and kept in a company vault for years before the album was made.

Key places

Recorded at JYPE Studio (2007)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The recording of the album is listed at JYPE Studio in Seoul. The point is shown at city-center level, so it does not mark the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• Seventh full-length studio album by J.Y. Park
• Produced by Park with Kwon Tae-eun, Kim Tae-yoon, Bang Si-hyuk and others
• Featured guests: Bobby Kim, Yoon Mi-rae, Sunye, and hip hop group Dynamic Duo
• Three songs promoted on broadcast: "Kiss", "Nega Saneun Geu Jip", and "Daenat-e Han Ibyeol"
• In November 2007 Park promoted the songs through publicity and broadcasts

Background

• The lyrics of "Nega Saneun Geu Jip" were imagined by Park
• The narrator, who once loved a woman deeply, sees her crossing a crosswalk with a child who resembles her, and starts following them
• Park wrote the song in 2003 and kept it in the company vault until album production
• "Kiss" came from beat work with US producer Ryan Leslie, whom Park met while working on American singer Cassie's album during a trip to the US to sell songs
• Park and Leslie blended Leslie's distinctive sound with Park's own style
• "Daenat-e Han Ibyeol" is a ballad featuring Sunye of Wonder Girls, following the standard form of Korean ballads

Recording

• The recording location is listed as JYPE Studio, Seoul
• Arrangement and programming by Park and Kwon Tae-eun (vocal arrangement, supervision)
• Mixing: John Frye, Brian Stanley, Chris Theis, Jim Caruana, Kwon Tae-eun, Lim Chang-deok, Park Byeong-jun
• Mastering: Tom Coyne, Choi Hyo-young
• Session players include Sam Lee and Park Ju-won on guitar, the TST horn section, Lee Seung-hwan and Gil Eun-kyung on piano, Shin Seok-cheol on drums, and Choi Hoon on bass

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Park Jin-young is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive, and reality television show judge.
• He first debuted as a trio boy group member in "Park Jin Young and the NG (New Generation)" with Kim Soo-chul as producer, and members Cho Hye-sung and Yoon Tae-jin; their first album 'Floating time' was not successful.
• He rose to stardom as a solo singer after his 1994 debut album Blue City.
• In 1997 he founded JYP Entertainment (then Tae-Hong Planning Corp), which became one of the most profitable entertainment agencies in South Korea.

Career

• As head of JYP Entertainment from 1997 to 2011, he developed and managed K-pop artists including 2PM, Day6, Got7, Itzy, KickFlip, Miss A, Nmixx, Rain, Stray Kids, Twice, Xdinary Heroes and Wonder Girls, plus Boy Story, Nexz and NiziU.
• He produced g.o.d, a five-member act whose success in the early 2000s established his reputation as a hit maker.
• In 2004 he became the first Asian producer to cross over to the U.S., producing for Will Smith, Mase and Cassie.
• In 2009 the Wonder Girls hit "Nobody", co-written with Rainstone, debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first Korean songwriter to reach that chart.
• In 2011 he made his acting debut in Dream High and his film debut in Five Million Dollar Man (released 2012).
• In 2025 he was appointed co-chairman of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee under the president.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The music video for "Kiss" drew controversy over its sexual content, including makeup and stage design that evoked S&M, a sperm-and-egg fertilization scene, and choreography that appeared to undress a woman
• Conservative audiences strongly objected, and Park's image as a "pervert gorilla" and "Sex Park" was largely fixed
• "Nega Saneun Geu Jip", released as the title track, faced lyric plagiarism allegations that had no precedent in Korean pop history
• The chorus lyrics were said to closely resemble the bridge of Babyface's "What if"
• Park's side denied all plagiarism allegations, calling the similarity a pure coincidence

Reappraisal

• "Kiss" was praised as the most balanced and sleek track on the album, combining Leslie's signature sound with Park's style

Records

• "Nega Saneun Geu Jip" entered the top 10 of various music charts
• "Daenat-e Han Ibyeol" was rarely mentioned on Park's broadcast appearances and had no controversy, yet became the most successful track on Back To Stage

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Nega Saneun Geu Jip" was written in 2003, and Park kept it in the company vault until the album was made.
• "Kiss" grew out of Park's US trip to sell songs, during which he met Ryan Leslie while working on Cassie's album.
• After the "Kiss" video's controversy, Park's "pervert gorilla" and "Sex Park" images were largely fixed in the public eye.
• When plagiarism was alleged for the chorus of "Nega Saneun Geu Jip", Park's side called the resemblance a coincidence.
• "Daenat-e Han Ibyeol" had almost no broadcast mentions and no controversy, yet became the album's most successful track.

Sources: ko.wikipedia.org

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