@greenfields This is my favourite 2PM stage, even though Jun.K isn’t there. The outfits were on point, everyone looked so nice and tanned, and there were no crazy hairstyles
(Junho’s the one with the reddish-orange hair)
Heya! Thanks for these introductory posts.
Okay may I share my thoughts? I love the song – it’s clean and simple; and I can tell what its about even without reading the lyrics – the few Eng words + the music convey it very well. And the members are Built. Or is the outfits? They’re not “pretty” like the younger K-pop idols/next generation K-pop idols, but “masculine” in the traditional sense of the word – it’s actually quite attractive.
No need to ask, I love that you want to share your thoughts. 🙂
JYPE songs are always a hit or miss with me, or at least, it takes me a while to like them because they don’t follow the normal structure that one expects from a song.
2PM are known as the beast-dols – they’ve been pretty built since debut.
While most Korean boy bands at the time adopted a “pretty boy” (Korean:kkonminam) image, 2PM constructed a tough and macho beast-like image when they made their debut. By emphasizing their masculine images, 2PM created the “jimseung-dol” (jimseung means an animal or beast in Korean) phenomenon in 2008.
Jay Park left in 2010. He only participated in 2 mini albums.
Jun.K spent a few years in Singapore, so he knows pretty good English, even if he’s not the most confident about it. He auditioned for both YG and JYP and got accepted to both, so he’s close with both GD and Taeyang.
Nichkhun is originally from Thailand, but was cast in California.
Taecyeon also spent about 7 years in the Massachusetts area.
Wooyoung was known as the sexy guy of 2PM, and he had a lot of fangirls.
Junho you know about (he was actually known as Little Rain during his early trainee days), and finally,
Chansung is their actual BEAST. He was always on Dream Team, and he’s the most athletic of them all.
My personal favourite albums are Grown (2013), No.5 (2015) and Gentleman’s Game (2016). Their earlier albums do hold a lot of nostalgia for me though.
Oh, and just like how Hyunseung (Beast) was cut from debuting with BigBang, Doojoon was cut from what would eventually become 2PM.
The main group of trainees would later be split into two – 2PM (for songs to listen to during the PM, a.k.a., dance songs) and 2AM (for songs to listen to during the AM – mostly ballads)
Oh hey! I know Taec from his acting projects as well. And Chansung from one episode of Master Key where he really stood out. ^^ So athletic!
I had no idea Jay Park was originally in 2pm. I do know about his controversy that caused him to leave for a while. And some of his later music.
Doojoon from Highlight?
So 2 pm took an interesting an unique approach. Thanks for the detailed intro as well as your fav albums – I’ll check them out when I can. *Bookmarked*
That is actually the reason they are the only band I like. They are masculine, their choreography looks more like gymnastic moves, and their music is cleancut and to the point.
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 3:42 AM
@greenfields This is my favourite 2PM stage, even though Jun.K isn’t there. The outfits were on point, everyone looked so nice and tanned, and there were no crazy hairstyles
(Junho’s the one with the reddish-orange hair)
greenfields
May 28, 2018 at 4:02 AM
Heya! Thanks for these introductory posts.
Okay may I share my thoughts? I love the song – it’s clean and simple; and I can tell what its about even without reading the lyrics – the few Eng words + the music convey it very well. And the members are Built. Or is the outfits? They’re not “pretty” like the younger K-pop idols/next generation K-pop idols, but “masculine” in the traditional sense of the word – it’s actually quite attractive.
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 4:23 AM
No need to ask, I love that you want to share your thoughts. 🙂
JYPE songs are always a hit or miss with me, or at least, it takes me a while to like them because they don’t follow the normal structure that one expects from a song.
2PM are known as the beast-dols – they’ve been pretty built since debut.
Jay Park left in 2010. He only participated in 2 mini albums.
Jun.K spent a few years in Singapore, so he knows pretty good English, even if he’s not the most confident about it. He auditioned for both YG and JYP and got accepted to both, so he’s close with both GD and Taeyang.
Nichkhun is originally from Thailand, but was cast in California.
Taecyeon also spent about 7 years in the Massachusetts area.
Wooyoung was known as the sexy guy of 2PM, and he had a lot of fangirls.
Junho you know about (he was actually known as Little Rain during his early trainee days), and finally,
Chansung is their actual BEAST. He was always on Dream Team, and he’s the most athletic of them all.
My personal favourite albums are Grown (2013), No.5 (2015) and Gentleman’s Game (2016). Their earlier albums do hold a lot of nostalgia for me though.
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 4:30 AM
Oh, and just like how Hyunseung (Beast) was cut from debuting with BigBang, Doojoon was cut from what would eventually become 2PM.
The main group of trainees would later be split into two – 2PM (for songs to listen to during the PM, a.k.a., dance songs) and 2AM (for songs to listen to during the AM – mostly ballads)
greenfields
May 28, 2018 at 6:20 AM
Oh hey! I know Taec from his acting projects as well. And Chansung from one episode of Master Key where he really stood out. ^^ So athletic!
I had no idea Jay Park was originally in 2pm. I do know about his controversy that caused him to leave for a while. And some of his later music.
Doojoon from Highlight?
So 2 pm took an interesting an unique approach. Thanks for the detailed intro as well as your fav albums – I’ll check them out when I can. *Bookmarked*
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 6:29 AM
Yup, Doojoon from Beast/Highlight.
If you watched Dream High, both Taec and Wooyoung (Jason) were in it. Chansung was the douche-y ex who got murdered in Suspicious Partner.
Midnight
May 28, 2018 at 6:33 AM
ChanSung was in 7 Day Queen and Suspicious Partner, with a cameo in Romantic Teacher Dr Kim. Don’t know if you have watched any of those.
Midnight
May 28, 2018 at 6:23 AM
That is actually the reason they are the only band I like. They are masculine, their choreography looks more like gymnastic moves, and their music is cleancut and to the point.
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 6:24 AM
Yup, they were the original acrobats, and they JYP felt they needed to follow up with Got7
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 6:25 AM
*and then JYP felt
Midnight
May 28, 2018 at 6:28 AM
I don’t know anything about their history. But I liked everything I watched of them.
daydee
May 28, 2018 at 6:33 AM
I think their first 2 songs had a lot of gymnastics in it. Jackson and Mark were the main ones who did it.
UmbrellaMan
May 28, 2018 at 5:47 AM
I love 2PM!! Chansung 😍 I got into Running Man because of these boys. Hahaha.