110907 “Let’s Get JYJ On Music Bank!” Fans Are On The Move

With JYJ(Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu)’s first Korean album set to be released soon, fans have begun a movement to get the group on broadcasted music programs.

It has been found that JYJ’s fans plan to buy their albums at stores that are included in the album sales count of KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank’. Music Bank’s K-Chart Album Sales points are given according to the rankings from 1 to 100 on Hanteo Charts’ weekly nationwide album sales as well as the weekly album sales from Korea’s two major album distributors Synnara and Hottracks. Each album is then ranked proportionally to the total sales and given points accordingly.

But there is separate reason why JYJ’s fans are focusing on ‘Music Bank’. It is because KBS stated in May that JYJ were unable to appear on ‘Music Bank’ as they did not have an official album released at the time, which is the criteria for singers who wish to appear on the show. This means that when JYJ release their new album, there is no official reason that KBS can give to reject JYJ.

At the time of the announcement, C-JeS Entertainment stated, “We thank KBS for their official statement that says they will allow JYJ to appear on their music program when they release an official album,” and “Even just by looking at the recent events, anyone can surmise that the artiste can’t help but be in the weaker position as their appearances on broadcasted programs are blocked for various reasons.”

The upcoming album will contain songs that are composed by the members and were first released during JYJ’s world tour that began after they dropped their first worldwide album ‘The Beginning’ last October.

The title song ‘In heaven’ is a sad R&B ballad that is written by Kim Jaejoong and the album will consist of ten tracks that include ‘Get Out’ and ‘You’re’.

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110727 JYJ To Release Korean Album This Year‏

JYJ will release a Korean album in Korea finally. The release date is unconfirmed but JYJ has expressed that “The release is targeted to be this year and is currently in production.”

This Korean album release will be the 2nd album after “The Beginning” release during last year’s October. Upon reporter’s interview, they said, “Although it is good to fix the release date but it is still unconfirmed. This Korean album was prepared in order to thank the domestic fans.”

An interesting point this time will be whether JYJ are able to participate in promotional activities for this album. When the three members sang ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’ theme song, Found You, the song came in first place in KBS’s Music Bank but was unable to appear on the programme and resulted in commotion. At that time, KBS expressed, “If it is an official album release, they will be able to appear on the music programme.” To this, CJeS said, “Hopefully there are not external pressure or prohibition this time.”

Additionally, JYJ received the cancellation notice for KBS’s “Jeju New 7th Wonder Wishes Special’ just four days before the broadcast and the representative company have submitted the complaint to the official committee.

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110718 JYJ Members Expressed Their Feelings With Regards To Performance’s Cancellation‏

JYJ members revealed their feeling with regards to cancellation of their performance in KBS “Wish for 7 Wonders – KBS Special 5 Live”. Representative company CJeS Entertainment stated that Jeju’s honorary ambassador JYJ was slated to perform 2 songs at the “Wish for 7 Wonders – KBS Special 5 Live” and to go through the ambassador appointment ceremony on the 20th, but they received the broadcast cancellation notice on the 16th.

JYJ Kim Jaejoong tweeted on the 16th with, “If there are going to be obstacles blocking us from promoting our nation’s natural wonder, then this time, I’ll just promote it alone (like this).” He tweeted again on the wee hours of the morning on 18th with, “I don’t believe that the 7 Natural Wonders of the World Declaration Committee chooses beautiful locations in the world as a means of publicity for the profit and losses of a specific nation. Finding beautiful things in the world is a “happiness” that everyone in the world shares. Wouldn’t the purpose of choosing these natural wonders be to preserve them for a long time? But if there are complicated conditions existing beyond this significance, then the simpleness ..of everyone finding happiness will not be a smooth road.” Kim Junsu also expressed on his Twitter, “We cross mountain after mountain.. but ahead looms another one” and “Why are you all sorry.. we’re the ones who should be sorry”

(T/N: all tweet translations are credited to dongbangdata.net)

CJeS Entertainment stated through their homepage that JYJ was supposed to be appointed as ambassadors through the Special broadcast but with Jeju’s local government proceeding with the promotional activities, they (CJeS) officially announced their stance that “In this situation where there are no negotiations with the artistes and performance was one-sidedly canceled just four days before, we will file a complaint to Korea Fair Trade Commission.” CJeS Entertainment has yet to hear any response from Jeju’s local government or KBS Jeju.

On the other hand, KBS had ever stated in their homepage’s message board regarding JYJ’s unability to perform on KBS Music Bank that it is due to the on-going lawsuit between JYJ and ex-company SM Entertainment and yet contracted with current representative company. They also stated, “The continuation of allowing JYJ to perform would cause legal problems and damage the cultural development and order. Until the judgment between JYJ and their company is passed or a mutual agreement is agreed upon, broadcasting activities will be stopped as what was stated before and would be further discussed depending on the judgment.” They further explained that, “The stance before the judgment of invalidity of the contract was a mistake in our management.”

(T/N: This refers to KBS’s change of stance stating that “the previous ‘restriction’ stance was in February.” They later on released another statement that JYJ would be able to appear when they release a new album since JYJ did not released an album since February.) 

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110519 KBS’ Official Statement, “When JYJ Release A New Song, They Will Be Able To Appear On ‘Music Bank’”

Regarding the restriction placed on JYJ from appearing on KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank’, KBS released an official statement on the 19th that read, “When JYJ release a new album, they will be able to appear on Music Bank.” They also said, “The decision to allow JYJ to appear on the show will be made solely by the staff of ‘Music Bank’.”

The KBS publicity team stated that JYJ have not been appearing on ‘Music Bank’ “Because they haven’t released any new songs recently.”

According to the KBS publicity team, the staff can only request the appearance of singers when they release a new song, excluding drama O.S.T.s, but since JYJ have not released a new album since mid-February, they have been unable to appear on ‘Music Bank’.

The team continued to explain that the ‘cut off’ date was set in mid-February for JYJ’s appearances in variety programs such as ‘Music Bank’ as JYJ were locked in a legal dispute with SM Entertainment till this date.

On the 17th of February, the Courts rejected both SM’s formal objection to the partial acceptance of JYJ’s exclusive contract suspension injunction, as well as their own exclusive contract suspension injunction against the contract signed between C-JeS Entertainment and JYJ. The KBS publicity team stated that KBS had done what is usually done and refrained from allowing JYJ to appear on variety programs before this date as these televised appearances may have had an impact on the outcome of the Courts’ verdict.

It was also stated that the ‘Variety Program Sector’s Stance On The Restriction On JYJ’s Appearances In ‘Music Bank’, which was posted in the Viewers’ Thread on the 17th, was deleted on the 18th as, “There was a business error.”

The KBS publicity team stated, “The post in question was a response the variety program sector wrote last February to a question submitted to the Viewers’ Thread but due to a business error (by the Viewers’ Thread staff), the statement was posted much later than it was intended to be, which is why it has been deleted.”

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110519 KBS Says, “The JYJ Post Was Written Before February… There Are No Restrictions Against Them”

Regarding the official statement released on the topic of restrictions placed on JYJ, Jeon Jin Gook, the director of KBS’ variety sector, stated on the 19th that, “There are currently no restrictions placed on JYJ in the variety sector of KBS.” Regarding the official statement released by the variety program sector on the 17th, he seemed to be at a loss for words as he said, “That’s from February…”

The director stated that the official statement of the variety program sector, on the controversy surrounding restrictions on JYJ’s televised appearances, was compiled and submitted before February, but seemed to have only just been posted in the Viewers’ Thread on the 17th.

But the response was made to a post made by Ms. A in the Viewers’ Thread on February 25th titled, ‘Please explain why JYJ can’t appear on KBS shows’. KBS took a battering when it was revealed that the official position stated that as JYJ are currently in a lawsuit with SM and as they are tied to a dual-contract, KBS is following the “normal procedure to await the outcome of the situation and to refrain from allowing the celebrity to appear on TV.”

This is because by mid-February, the Courts had already rejected SM’s formal objection to the partial acceptance of JYJ’s exclusive contract suspension injunction, as well as their own exclusive contract suspension injunction against the contract signed between C-JeS Entertainment and JYJ.

JYJ were still unable to appear on variety shows in March. Last March, Park Yoochun was scheduled to appear on KBS’ ‘Kim Seung Woo’s On A Roll’ as Kim Kap Soo’s special guest, but his appearance was suddenly cancelled, sparking rumors of external pressure on the variety program sector.

Director Jeon stated, “The request for and the appearance of JYJ on programs is up to the staff in charge,” and emphasized once more that there are no restrictions whatsoever in the variety program sector against JYJ. He also added, “When JYJ release a new album, wouldn’t that naturally lead to talks of TV appearances with the PDs of their respective programs?“

The official statement regarding restrictions on JYJ’s televised appearances on KBS has been deleted from the Viewers’ Thread.

When asked why the post had been removed, a representative of the thread stated, “The content of the official position is currently being revised.”

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110519 KBS ‘Buck-Passes’ After Deleting The Controversial ‘JYJ Explanation’

KBS is being scorned by the public for resorting to evasion of responsibility after deleting their official position on the restrictions against JYJ’s televised appearances on its variety programs once the statement was surrounded by controversy.

On the 19th, KBS deleted its official statement on the reason why JYJ (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu) are unable to appear on KBS variety programs such as ‘Music Bank’, which was posted on the ‘Viewers’ Thread’ and answered by the staff of the variety program sector.

This deletion seems highly related to the controversy and opposition that arose against the official statement. JYJ’s agency refuted each point made by KBS and JYJ’s fans raised their voices as they said, “This is unacceptable.”

However, KBS is breeding doubt by failing to post an official reply as to why the post was deleted.

In a phone call with Star News, the representative of KBS’ Viewers’ Thread staff did not give a definite explanation and evaded the question as he said, “I think you’ll have to ask that question to the publicity team.”

But as the ‘Response from the Staff’ in question was moderated by the Viewers’ Thread staff, this shows that they have done nothing but evade their responsibilities.

On the homepage itself, the Viewers’ Thread staff have explicitly stated that, “The ‘Response from the Staff’ is a subsection of the ‘Daily Viewers’ Opinions’ in which the Viewers’ Thread staff choose questions submitted by the viewers for the staff in their respective fields to receive and answer in order to strengthen the viewers’ understanding of a certain event or program.”

The KBS publicity team stated, “As this was not an official statement released by the publicity team through the online publicity office, the situation is not one that the publicity team can explain. We are currently investigating the situation.”

This means that the KBS Viewers’ Thread staff have deleted a controversial post without even giving a reason why. We would like to question if ‘buck-passing’ is the best course of action for the KBS Viewers’ Thread at this moment.

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JYJ released official press release in response to KBS’s official stance on MAY 19, 2011.

We appreciate that KBS officially stated its stance saying that JYJ will be able to appear on Music Bank when JYJ release an official album. According to recent cases, it is inevitable that artists are in inferior positions when a broadcast company refuses appearances on TV regardless of what the reason may be.

In Feb, the court acknowledged that SM interfered in JYJ’s album release by sending official document to Warner Music, production label of JYJ, and ordered SM to pay compensation for the interference. In the view of these facts, there still are many obstacles stading in JYJ’s way to release an official album. [Translator's Note: In Oct 2010, SM sent an official document to Warner Music, asking not to distribute JYJ's worldwide album <The Beginning>.]

But we will overcome this invisible external pressure for our fans waiting for us and release an official album. With this, we hope that we will meet the viewers via Music Bank.

And regarding the present situation, the issue is not only about JYJ’s appearance but also about the inappropriate post on a public online forum that damages JYJ’ name. Therefore we request that KBS rectify this in order to minimize misunderstanding that the post may ensue.  

Source: JYJ / Translated by Mission4JYJ
News Link: http://10.asiae.co.kr/Articles/new_view.htm?a_id=2011051920215309845

110519 KBS explains why they deleted their statement regarding JYJ’s broadcast appearances

Shortly after the release an official stance by KBS on the exclusion of JYJ from music show broadcasts and variety show programs on May 18th, JYJ’s agency, CJES Entertainment fired back with a heated response, claiming that their statements did not match up with the current situation. KBS had since deleted their post from their official site, which brought upon further speculations amongst fans.

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The next day, KBS’s promotional team explained that their official statement was actually an outdated statement that was written back in February as a response to a question that was posted on their bulletin board that asked about JYJ’s lack of broadcast appearances.

KBS’s promotional team explained, “The statement was a reply to a question that our help desk received back in February, but because of a certain service error, the response was posted late, which is why we took it down shortly after.”

KBS also came forth to explain that the only reason why JYJ have not yet appeared on “K-Chart” or performed on “Music Bank” was simply because JYJ hadn’t released a new single or album since February.
They stated, “The group has only been releasing OSTs, not official albums. When they do release official albums, a decision on whether they will appear on broadcast will be made by the show’s producer.”

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In contrast to KBS’s statements though, JYJ did indeed release an official album back in 2010, titled “The Beginning“, and also unveiled a ‘music essay’ back in January 2011.

So why weren’t JYJ able to perform their songs on “Music Bank”?

In the case of their music essay, it was categorized and sold as an ‘essay’ rather than a single or album. As it was considered more of a book rather than music, “Music Bank” had not taken their sale aggregations into consideration.

But in the case of “The Beginning”, the album has it clearly written on its cover, “First Worldwide Full Album“, and was even properly distributed by Warner Music.

JYJ’s agency stated, “The album ‘The Beginning’, was sold properly via a legit distribution company. However, we have never been notified by the broadcasting company regarding what measures or actions to take in order to be included in aggregation calculations for their charts. Moreover, there has never been a time when we asked why JYJ haven’t been able to appear on broadcasts. Protests that are written up on KBS’s viewers’ discussion board are not our official statements, but the opinions of the netizens.”

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