Parc Jae-jung is a South Korean singer. He is well known as the winner of the South Korean singing competition Superstar K 5 in 2013.
Early life
Parc was born in Seoul, South Korea on December 25, 1995. He developed an interest in music at a young age and learned to play the violin, clarinet, and traditional Korean percussion instruments when he was in elementary school. In 2011, he moved with his family to Florida, where his parents worked as farmers.
Career
In July 2013, Parc participated in the fifth season of singing competition series Superstar K5. On November 15, 2013 Parc was announced as the winner of the competition and having opportunity to signing with CJ E&M. On November 20, Parc released his pre-debut single "Stalker". On November 22, Parc made his official debut stage on the annual award event Mnet Asian Music Award at Hongkong's Asia World Expo Arena. On July 17, 2014 Parc released his first EP, Step 1, where contain of five track including the lead single "Ice Ice Baby" featuring Beenzino. In July 2015, Parc joined Mystic Entertainment after his contract with CJ E&M ended. On May 19, 2016 Parc released collaboration single "Two Men" with Kyuhyun. They also made performance of "Two Men" in the variety showRadio Star on May 18. On May 19, 2017 Parc released single "Passport", as a part of Yoon Jongshin's music project Monthly Yong Jongshin 2017 May. In the same month, Parc was cast in the first season of the music variety show Snowball Project. He team-up with Mark Lee of NCT released "Lemonade Love" on July 21, which was produced by Henry Lau and Yoon Jongshin. In August 2017, Parc was cast in the 2017 MBC pilot variety show It's Dangerous Beyond The Blankets. On June 29, Parc released his single "Focus", which was written by Yoon Jongshin and Jung Suk-won of 015B. On October 13, Parc released another single "The Villain", which also written by Yoon Jongshin and Jung Suk-won of 015B. The single is the trilogy of the farewell ballad following "Two Men" and "Focus". On December 18, Parc held his first solo concert Mood In December at Seoul's Hyundai Card Understage. On June 8, 2018 Parc released single "Bad Dreams", as a part of Mystic Entertainment's music project LISTEN. His next single "Words" was released on August 4, which is his first self-composed song since debut.
