Studio J

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Studio J
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FoundedJanuary 18, 2015;9 years ago (2015-01-18)
Founder J. Y. Park
Headquarters,
Parent JYP Entertainment

Studio J is an in-house label created by Park Jin-young in January 2015. Park described Studio J as a label which will launch JYPE into a new direction in music. The sub-label will create music which rather than appealing to the mainstream will instead showcase free and deep artists. Few days later he revealed G.Soul to be the first artist on Studio J's roster. [1]

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History

J. Y. Park announced the new label that "rather than appealing to the mainstream we hope to showcase free and deep artists.” On January 19, 2015, G.Soul made his debut with the album Coming Home and became the first artist of Studio J after being a trainee for 15 years.

On September 7, 2015, Studio J debuted its first group, a six-membered pop-rock band Day6 namely: Sungjin/박성진 (guitar), Jae/박제형 (guitar), Young K/Brian/강영현 (bass), Junhyeok/임준혁 (keyboard), Wonpil/김원필 (synthesizer), and Dowoon/윤도운 (drum).

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On December 29, 2016, Studio J announced that Day6 will have their monthly project in 2017 titled Every DAY6. The project would release two songs every month on the sixth (except May, June, August and October) along with concerts before the release of monthly song. [2]

On November 1, 2021, JYP announced their new band Xdinary Heroes. [3]

Artists

Groups/Bands

Sub-unit

Soloists

Former artists

Discography

2015

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
January 19Coming Home G.Soul CD, downloadKorean
April 5"Hopeless Love" Park Ji-min Download
June 29"Love Me Again"G.Soul
September 7 The Day Day6 CD, Download
September 10DirtyG.Soul
November 30Frank Baek Ye-rin Korean, English

2016

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
February 15Crosswalk Jo Kwon CD, downloadKorean
February 16"Smooth Operatore"G.Soul feat. San E Download
March 30 Daydream Day6CD, download
May 11"Far, Far Away"G.SoulDownload
June 20"Bye Bye My Blue"Baek Ye-rin
August 23 19 to 20 Park Ji-minCD, download
December 7"Love You on Christmas"Baek Ye-rinDownload
December 20"Look Alike"Park Ji-min & D.ear

2017

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
January 6"I Wait" Day6 DownloadKorean
February 6"You Were Beautiful"
February 17"Come Over"Baek Ye-rin & Dean
March 6"How Can I Say"Day6
April 6"I'm Serious"
May 8"Dance Dance"
"Take Me Home"Primeboi feat. Park Ji-min
May 18"Light" The Quiett feat. Baek Ye-rin
May 29Bittersweet Baek A-yeon CD, download
June 7 Sunrise Day6
June 28"Blame" Bernard Park feat. Changmo Download
July 6"Hi Hello"Day6
August 7"What Can I Do"
September 6"I Loved You"
September 29"When You Love Someone"
November 6"All Alone"
November 7"Say I Love You" (Meloholic OST Part 2)Park Ji-min
November 30"Why" Jun. K feat. Park Ji-min
December 1"The Little Match Girl"Baek A-yeon with Wendy of Red Velvet
December 6 Moonrise Day6CD, download

2018

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
January 22Nirvana (with Ravi)Park Ji-minDownloadKorean
February 4"The Covered Up Road" (가리워진 길) (Radio Romance OST)Bernard Park
March 14 If (Mata Aetara) Day6CD, downloadJapanese
April 25"Save Me (with JERO)"Park Ji-minDownloadKorean
May 21"Was it You" (너였었니) (Wok of Love OST)Baek A-yeon
June 6 The Best Day Day6CD, downloadJapanese
June 17"Stop The Rain"Download
June 26 Shoot Me: Youth Part 1 CD, downloadKorean
September 4jiminxjamiePark Ji-min
September 10"Beautiful Feeling"Day6Download
September 18"Breaking Down"Japanese
October 10"Still..."Bernard ParkKorean
October 15"I'm All Ears" (다둘어줄게) (with Choi Youngjae)Park Ji-min
October 17 Unlock Day6CD, downloadJapanese
November 6"Chocolate" (Want More 19 OST)DownloadKorean
November 15"Games"Park Ji-min & Jung Jin Woo
November 17"What Are You Doing Now" (너는 지금쯤)Day6
November 21Dear MeBaek A-yeonCD, download
December 10 Remember Us: Youth Part 2 Day6
December 11"Why" (Webtoon YEONNOM (웹툰 연놈) OST)Baek A-yeonDownload

2019

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
January 10"Always Be With You" (Encounter OST)Baek A-yeonDownloadKorean
January 16"Deep Voice" (The Last Empress OST)Park Ji-min
February 19"둘만의 이야기" (Anna, Mari OST)Baek A-yeon
March 18Our Love Is GreatBaek Ye-rinCD, download
July 15 The Book of Us: Gravity Day6
October 22 The Book of Us: Entropy
December 4 The Best Day2 Japanese

2020

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
May 11 The Book of Us: The Demon Day6CD, downloadKorean
August 31 The Book of Us: Gluon Even of Day

2021

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
April 19 The Book of Us: Negentropy Day6CD, downloadKorean
July 5Right Through MeEven of Day
September 6Eternal Young K
September 27"Out of the Blue"DowoonDownload
November 15"Bad Influence"Bernard Park
December 6"Happy Death Day" Xdinary Heroes

2022

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
February 7 Pilmography Wonpil CD, downloadKorean
July 20 Hello, World! Xdinary Heroes
September 26To Whom It May Concern Bernard Park
November 11 Overload Xdinary Heroes

2023

ReleasedTitleArtistFormatLanguage
April 26 Deadlock Xdinary Heroes CD, downloadKorean
June 23"Better Day" Young K Download

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