Jay Park had a busy day after delivering his new singles and twerking expertise for Kehlani.
On the night of Feb. 13 native time in South Korea, the rapper-singer-CEO dropped two new songs, “Yesterday” and “Love Is Ugly” that includes Hwa Sa of Okay-pop woman group MAMAMOO. Whereas Park is most identified for his rap expertise, the 2 new tracks see the Korean-American star embracing his R&B sensibilities and showcasing a young vocal strategy.
“Yesterday” is an English acoustic monitor that comes with a stripped-down music video the place Park sings heartfelt lyrics (“Your smile is all I would like, with out you these lungs can’t breathe/ I’d fall from the sky for you, need to do higher and thrive for you”) in a white T-shirt and denims. Quickly sufficient, the love curiosity Jay’s singing to joins him, performed by actress Lee You-mi who’s finest referred to as the Emmy Award–profitable Squid Recreation actress who was the primary Korean named Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection.
Park’s second new track, “Love Is Ugly,” stays in a equally laid-back, R&B sound with Jay and Hwa Sa buying and selling off expressive, emotive verses. The 2 carried out the monitor reside for Hwa Sa’s cable tv present on Korean TV station tVn (beneath), with the most recent episode additionally together with a canopy of Park’s wonderful pop-R&B single “Ganadara” and Hwa Sa masking “Keep” by 2023 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present headliner Rihanna.
After dropping the brand new music, Jay Park made his method to Seoul’s YES 24 Reside Corridor the place Kehlani was performing as a part of the Asia leg of her Blue Water Street Journey tour that night time. Not solely was Jay spotted watching the show, however he ultimately joined Kehlani on stage for what gave the impression to be an impromptu dance lesson of the right way to twerk to Park’s 2015 single “MOMMAE.” Followers in attendance shared footage all through the night time, together with the second when Jay pulled his shirt off prompting a hyped-up response from the group and Kehlani herself.
“Yesterday” and “Love Is Ugly” are the most recent releases from Jay Park underneath his newly created Extra Imaginative and prescient file label that launched almost a yr in the past. Like these two new tracks, Extra Imaginative and prescient has seen Park serving extra within the pop and R&B lane with singles like “Ganadara” and “Must Know.” The previous monitor earned Park his first High 10 entry on Billboard‘s World Digital Tune Gross sales chart since 2016, maybe indicating that U.S. followers are particularly loving his newest enterprise.
Watch Jay Park’s “Yesterday” video with Lee You-mi and “Love Is Ugly” reside efficiency with Hwa Sa beneath: