K-pop company plans to launch Latin group

Park Jin-Young, whose stage name is JY Park, came to Brazil on October 22nd with his special tour “Dance With JY Park” to promote his challenge, Groove Back. In some interviews he gave while he was here, he talked about an upcoming project: a Latin group.

In addition to being one of the best-known producers in K-pop, JY Park is also the founder of one of the largest K-pop companies, JYP Entertainment. The company is home to big names in the industry such as Twice, Stray Kids, Itzy, Day6, among others.

JYP Entertainment already has several group projects outside of Korea, for example, the Japanese group NIZIU was formed through a televised competition; this year they announced the project A2K, a collaboration between the company and Republic Records, where a group with American and Canadian members in the K-pop style will be formed. While in São Paulo, JY Park talked about his new project, a Latin group, for which he will personally participate in the audition process while traveling through South American countries.

_{JY Park thanks the crowd that came to his event. Reproduction: Instagram}

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On Instagram, JY Park thanked the more than 3,000 fans who attended the event, taking the opportunity to leave a message that he will return to the country.

The special “Dance With JY Park” tour is part of a collaboration with a YouTube channel known to K-pop fans, GOTOE. They have visited countries such as Brazil, South Korea, the United States, Thailand and Spain doing the Random Play Dance, with a playlist where fans can dance for a few seconds to their favorite songs by JYP Entertainment artists.

Fans turned out in force at every stop, seeing it as an opportunity to show that their country has an audience for their favorite K-pop groups.

Featured Photo: JY Park. Reproduction/JYPE

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