How JYP Restricted Sunmi’s Style And Facial Expressions During Her Time Under The Agency

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Sunmi had a lot to say about her time in JYP!

Sunmi has recently made a comeback and she’s been doing variety show appearances to promote her latest release, during an appearance on “Radio Star,” Sunmi talked about the restrictions she faced under JYP Entertainment.


She explained that Park Jin Young tightly managed how she was supposed to perform on stage during her time with the agency. She explained that his instructions developed her breathing pattern.

JYP artists are known for singing with the classic “half air, half sound method.” Its Park Jin Young signature singing style and something that he had also taught his artists.

Sunmi explained that this style of singing had issues because it was pushed for every song which meant that she couldn’t experiment the way she wanted with her vocals.

Sunmi also revealed that during the performance for her song “24 Hours,” she was told by JYP she wasn’t allowed to make any facial expressions, they told her to look pale and not wear makeup or eyelashes which wasn’t ideal for her.

“After leaving JYP Entertainment I could direct and decide everything for myself. So I tried having 20% of voice and 80% of air with my voice. I could try many things.

As for Producer Park Jin Young, he told me not to make any kinds of facial expression on stage … After leaving his label; I could perform however I wanted including facial expressions.

But in hindsight I think that was the answer.”


The hosts also highlighted how many former JYP artists lately understood his instructions but would never want to work with Park Jin Young ever again.

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2 comments

  1. this… is actually really eye opening. i think that fans can only see the surface of most situations, like how beautiful they are, which is really superficial. kpop, as a genre, should give artists the ability to creatively and openly make their own albums.

  2. Went to my 1st Kpop concert because my daughter wanted to see Twice, I found it to be very scripted. The audience was fantastic and entertaining. I wanted to see this from the group but it had more of a Disney feel. I thought maybe the male groups have more freedom to express themselves. Twice did have an exciting section where they danced individually or paired to songs they picked.
    A concert needs some unpredictability, it’s part of the experience. Overall, Twice performed perfectly, they never went off script.

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