Jay Park Responds To Hate After His Recent Collabs With K-Pop Idols
Jay Park has since posted more regarding the subject, so the article has been updated to include his additional statements.
Korean American rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and entrepreneur Jay Park recently collaborated with beloved solo artist IU for the new song “GANADARA.”
Jay Park has been promoting the single with a TikTok and Instagram Reels point dance challenge, as that’s one of the best ways to get a song out there these days. Not only that, but he has been collaborating with K-Pop idols in doing so.
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It’s quite common now, especially in the K-Pop industry, to meet up with other idols and participate in their dance challenges, helping to promote one another.
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So, while many idols have done his “GANADARA” challenge, Jay Park also did STAYC‘s “RUN2U” challenge.
@stayc_official 박재범선배님과 그루브~ #주춤주춤 🙌 #STAYC #스테이씨 #RUN2U #RUN2U_challenge #STAYC_tiktok @jayparkisoverparty
Jay Park has done collaborative dance videos with quite a lot of K-Pop idols now. Examples include (G)I-DLE‘s Soyeon, SEVENTEEN‘s Vernon and Hoshi, ATEEZ‘s Mingi, and GOT7‘s Jay B.
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Still, it all has attracted hate.
Who let Jay Park on the Hybe premises @HYBEOFFICIALtwt pic.twitter.com/a8dUN3LC0K
— Bran (@yjkive) March 23, 2022
The comment section on any K-Pop idol’s post includes many comments, mostly discouraging the idol from being around Jay Park, considering his past controversies. Some question if the idol is being forced to do the video.
Yet, there’s been even more than usual, especially after the most recent meetup with ATEEZ’s Mingi.
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On Twitter, “jay park” and Mingi have been trending, and it’s mainly for negative reasons. There are 11.6K related tweets at the time of writing.
jay park and mingi together this gotta be the worst day of my life pic.twitter.com/d8w09RxX3E
— ⚓︎ clara⁷ YUNHO DAYYY (@wooluvrjpg) March 23, 2022
im gonna need jay park to stay as far away from mingi as possible pic.twitter.com/SDzA62vpy0
— iry YUYU DAY (@yeobratz) March 23, 2022
Now, Jay Park has responded to the criticism. He posted a statement on Twitter and encouraged fans of the idols to reconsider their words.
Whether ppl like it or not i inspire alot of their favorite idols. just cause they cheer me on doesnt mean you should take it out on them. If your a fan you shouldnt bully the person your a fan of. Think bout how that makes them feel.
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) March 23, 2022
Jay Park also asked for all hate to be directed to him on his own page rather than others’. Recently, there have been many hate comments on ATEEZ’s Instagram due to the dance challenge.
Should come do it on my page if that what makes u feel better. Im used to it. Anyways peace and love to all 💯
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) March 23, 2022
Not only Jay Park but other fans have reminded fellow fans that Mingi has spoken about being a fan of Jay on many occasions. So, this had been a very happy moment for him, meeting an individual he personally admires only to receive so much criticism from his own fans.
I‘m honestly so happy for Mingi that he finally met Jay Park after being a fan for so long. He seems like a sweetheart 💖 pic.twitter.com/rRBSkztbzr
— dunja ✨원소주✨ (@hanbinked) March 23, 2022
Not you all forgetting that Jay Park is Mingi’s role model. This is literally his dream come true.
But go on and tarnish this happy thing for Mingi 🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/Jj31vIk1V3
— 💋 ILY NUEST 💗 (@glitter___0_) March 23, 2022
An hour later, Jay Park shared two more updates to Twitter. He wrote to his fans in Korean, encouraging them and advising refrain from negativity.
만약 저의 팬이라면 누가 어떤 얘기를하던 그똑같은 수준으로 맞욕을하거나 그러지않길 바랍니다. 전 복받았고 감사한삶을 열심히살고있고 여러분도 그러길바라고 인터넷 아닌 현실의 더집중하고 관점을두길바랍니다! ㅎㅎ 마음은 알지만 참으시오 ㅋ 🙏❤️ 피쓰 ✌️
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) March 23, 2022
If you’re my fan, I hope you don’t swear back at the same level as them, no matter what anyone says. I’m blessed, and I’m diligently living a grateful life. I hope you’ll do the same. I hope you’ll focus more and keep your perspectives based on reality, not the Internet! ㅎㅎ I know how you feel, but hold it in. 🙏❤️ Peace ✌️
— Jay Park
Jay Park also updated on “lil bro,” Mingi (their selfie posted on Instagram was captioned, “thank u bro!!”). He said that he checked on him and that he was doing good.
Checked with lil bro and hes good so back to regular scheduled programming~ Anyways who u think my next reels partner is gon’ be??? 😎🤙
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) March 23, 2022
So, we can expect more of Jay Park’s dance challenge collaborations, after all.