JYJ, which includes 3 main members from TVXQ (arguably the biggest selling male vocal group in Asia), has teamed up with A-list US producers Kanye West and Rodney Jerkins for their global album debut The Beginning. The title of the album is synonymous with their journey to date and marks a first for the group to release an English language album.
JYJ has an enormous fan base worldwide and the trio made it to the Guinness Book Records in 2008 and 2009 for having the World’s Largest Official Fan Club at over 800,000 members in Seoul alone and being The Most Photographed Celebrities in the World shot an estimated 500 million times in magazines, albums jackets, and commercials from the time of their debut in 2003 to May 19 2009 with their former group.
The first single off the album “Ayyy Girl” is produced by Kanye West who lends his vocals to the song. It also features the maestro of spoken word, Malik “The Poet” Yusef. It’s a song that depicts the quest of seeking that perfect girl but when you find her, things are never quite as perfect as you envision it to be.
Besides the catchy first single by Kanye West, The Beginning also sees original compositions by top music producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. The two tracks are “Empty” and “Be My Girl”.
“I’m really glad to work with JYJ on their debut album. It’s all about the East meeting the West these days and the world is becoming a melting pot of various cultures. To have Kanye and myself champion the cause of unifying the world through the international language of music and introducing top artistes from one end of the globe to this end in America makes this a very special project to us” adds Rodney Jerkins.
Other than the creative collaborations with the US top producers onboard, JYJ who has been dabbling in songwriting since their teenage days, have also contributed a song each to the album. The tracks are “Still in Love” Jaejung, “I Can Soar” Junsu and “I Love You” Yuchun.
To promote the album, JYJ will be embarking on an eight-city new album showcase tour from October 15 to the end of November in Asia and the US. The Asian dates of the tour are as follows:
Bangkok: October 15, 2010
Singapore: October 16, 2010
Malaysia: October 17, 2010
Hong Kong: October 24, 2010
Ticketing information for the Singapore leg is:
JYJ The Beginning New Album Showcase Tour 2010 Singapore
Date: 16 October 2010 (Sat)
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 3
Ticket Price: S$250, S$170, S$140, S$100, S$70
(Prices stated above are inclusive of S$2 handling fee)
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