KIM JONG KOOK: Intro Backstory
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Comments (11)
I enjoyed this video, Ashley's voice is very soothing. Thank you Ashley and Tim, nice one!
Thank you Lupe!!! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Omg! I got to know Kim Jong Kook the exact same way—by watching Running Man back in 2011. 🙈
Hahaha yes!! I miss the OG crew. Crazy the show is still going
Thank you, Tim, for watching the entire intro video! I had a lot of fun making this. I wish I could have added more artists, but I didn't have time. The one I wish I had time to put in was that KJK and Ateez did a collab. It is a great song where you can hear KJK and Jongho singing together. Also very cool to hear you used to powerlift. Me too! Another reason I am a big fan of his, since I do like fitness. Another fact that just came to me. In Korea, they refer to gyms as health clubs and in one of his youtube episodes they mention how Jong Kook made the term gym popular in Korea. He loves Los Angeles and is there often. Perhaps there is a day you two may meet!!!!
I was totally surprised when I saw this video last year! He travelled to Mainz, Germany to watch a football (soccer) match. Mainz is less than 100 miles from where I live! https://youtu.be/5ObPleYSi54
Now (in the 90s, these may have been different awards), there are 5 major K-pop awards shows: Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), Melon Music Awards (MMA), Golden Disc Awards (GDA), Seoul Music Awards (SMA), Circle Chart Music Awards, and many smaller awards shows, such as AAA and KGMA. There's also the Korean Music Awards (KMA), but it's not a K-pop-focused awards show, but rather a show that honors both mainstream and underground music artists from various genres. Grand Prize - daesang is usually for three categories: artist of the year, song of the year, and album of the year.
Maybe I am wrong, but I have heard that KJK started working out, because he started having severe back pain due to the heavy overworking. So he got into working out to strengthen his midsection and back. He eventually stuck to it and got more into a healthy lifestyle. Also after leaving Star Music, it was hard for him to even get a song, because the former company intimidated song writers to make sure no one would support him.
Yes, he said in an interview that he broke his leg in high school, and it made the leg shorter than the other, so it caused a lot of lower back problems for him. I wonder if that is why he went into singing ballads after Turbo, because the dancing was rough on his body.
OMG! Ashley! How sweet of you to include Jihyo and Minnie in the vid! Thanks a lot! ♥️ Great vid!
Yay I am glad you watched it and enjoyed it! Jihyo is such a workout pro and Minnie is so cute. Their challenge vid all together was hilarious