March 15, 2019 – Park Ji Hoon visited the Philippines for his first ever solo fan meeting. This will be his third time visiting the country but first to time to do it as a solo artist. To reminisce our aMAYzing encounter with Park Ji Hoon, here are the highlights of the press conference as well as the fan meeting itself.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Prior to his fan meeting, different media outlets were given the opportunity to know more about Park Ji Hoon as he gave time for a press conference.
KNOWING JI HOON’S TASTE
One of the first questions that was asked during the press conference was his movie or drama recommendation. Park Ji Hoon mentioned that he loves to play games and at the same time he likes drama so he recommends the Park Shin Hye’s and Hyun Bin’s latest drama, “Memories of Alhambra”.
Regarding his fashion style, he said that he is still trying to learn how to be fashionable. But he wanted to wear comfortable clothes.
Ji Hoon also mentioned that he wants to watch the sunset in the Philippines. Unfortunately, his schedule won’t allow him since the start of the fan meeting is nighttime.
THOUGHTS ON GOING SOLO
He admitted that it is hard to go on solo since he started as a member of a group. He felt a little burdened. But he believed that this opportunity will allow him to grow more and be stronger than before. He promised to do his best as he goes solo and will continue to communicate and meet his fans. He is very thankful for the fans support.
At the same time, Ji Hoon said that Wanna One members are still communicating through their group chat. They continue to cheer each other’s successes. Their friendship is tight that they even do collaborations and features on each other’s songs.
Park Ji Hoon will be debuting as a solo artist this March 26, 2019. He may not have given any spoilers during the press conference but he made it sure that the MV and song will come out good since he really worked hard for it.
ADVICE FOR PRODUCE X 101 TRAINEES
Since Produce X 101 is about to start, Park Ji Hoon was asked to give an advice to the future trainees who will also compete. For him, practice is the key. They should always practice and give their very best in every performance.
FOR HIS FANS ‘MAY’
Fans always create such meaningful fan projects for their favorite artists. Park Ji Hoon said that he always remember those fan events that the fans prepared for him. He also said that he feels so happy whenever he sees his fans smiling.
WATCH THE WHOLE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE:
FAN MEETING
On that same day, Araneta Coliseum was filled with loud cheers and screams from Mays. It really felt hot when Park Ji Hoon stood up on stage and did his energetic and sexy dance moves for the song “Shape of You”.
[PREVIEW]
Ji hoon lit the stage with his “Shape of You” performance #PARKJIHOONinManila pic.twitter.com/XXesIV0MjG
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What made the fans scream even more was him saying his famous line “Save you in my Heart” WITH A TWIST. He said it in Filipino language.
GAMES & PRIZES
There were a lot of lucky fans who got to interact with Park Ji Hoon and at the same time received a gift from him.
The finished product! Waaah so cute! ? He placed a bouquet inside! The MAY to receive this is really lucky!#PARKJIHOONinManila pic.twitter.com/DIbOl0NAoY
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Some of the gifts were the eco bags which he personally made and stuffed toys with his polaroid which he got from playing the claw machine. Truly, these fans are very lucky to have these items. It’s a treasure to keep.
PERFORMANCES
Park Ji Hoon not only prepared for the games but he also prepared for his performances. He gave us different kinds of performances that tickles the fans’ emotions.
Since he haven’t debuted as a solo artist yet, he performed some of his favorite Wanna One songs, “Eleven”, “I Wanna Have”, and “Hide and Seek”. Everyone in the coliseum was also shocked when he danced to Wanna One’s “Day by Day”. You know what we meant by that. ?
Some fans got really happy when he sang “Young 20”, a song specially produced for him by Lee Daehwi.
He ended his stage with a very powerful cover of Taemin’s “Press your Number”.
FAN PROJECT
Jihoon watching the video prepared by PH Mays! ?#PARKJIHOONinManila pic.twitter.com/bMKeymL3jj
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Ji Hoon was so happy when he saw the video made by the PH Mays for him. It shows all his talents – singing, dancing, rapping, acting – and at the same time greetings for him by the PH Mays.
“As expected, this is PH May” he said with a big smile on his face.
For sure up until now, the fans still can’t move on with their aMAYzing encounter with Park Ji Hoon. We are really looking forward for his upcoming solo debut!
KPOPCHANNEL.TV would like to thank PULP Live World for the media passes for the press conferences and the fanmeet.