I really, really hate saying goodbye.

Lol, I sound like some High School Musical cliche.

But the time has come.

We’re shutting down 2HOT.

Harsh, right? It’s been a wonderful almost year. It really has. We’ve had tons of great projects and memories and inside jokes and it’s been great. But for some reason, after our upgrade to WordPress, our reader count went down like whoooop. I guess we should have stayed on LiveJournal, huh? But this is the end. Maybe we’ll start it up again, maybe we won’t. You can’t have a blog without readers, it totally kills the purpose, you feel me? But we’ve created memories and we were able to express our fangirly ways with everyone. So thank you, to all our supporters, to all our fans, to all our people. BIG thank you to all our donators. We would have gotten literally nothing done without you guys. BIG BIG thanks to all of our staff – our old and our new. You guys, really, basically make 2HOT. Without y’all (hey, I’m from Texas!), we wouldn’t be 2HOT. So thank you and sorry for all those moments when we were big female dogs about you guys getting your assignments finished on time, haha. Anyways, Tammy and I would like to say our goodbyes. We’ve loved and hated working for 2HOT, but we don’t regret it. Thanks, everyone. You guys need to stay amazing for the next big thing, ‘kay?

BUT I’M NOT DONE YET.

2PM is coming to MY town.

Yes. MY town.

On June 10th, 2010. I will be attending their concert. SITTING IN THE FRONT FREAKING ROW.

So before we say our for real deal good byes…

I will be keeping you guys posted with concert coverage. So keep on the look out for those because I will have those FIRST HAND YEAH BABY.

Gawd, I should’ve sprung for VIP passes, hahaha.

Anyways, TRACY’S OUT, LOVERS. KEEP THE PEACE!

cr; jayparkaom

Lemme just say right now I basically flipped a cap when I saw this video.

… yeah, I’m still flipping out, LOL.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW THIS GUY?

Three things I noticed about Jay:
1) He cut his hair. It’s like a buzzy-kinda-cut.
2) He deffffinitely got buffer. Gone to the gym much, Jay? ;D
3) He’s doing his twisty head thing less.

He’s doing muuuuch better in his singing and rapping too, you can tell he’s been practicing a lot.

Man, now I wanna cry a bit, LOL.

Subscribe to Jay’s YouTube account @ jayparkaom AND become a fan of Art of Movement @ Art of Movement Facebook Fanpage!

When they posted this video, Junior left a message: hey i know u guys miss this guy so heres something that should make your day!

Heck yes, Junior. This made my year.

This was… intense. I could feel the tension in this conference, lol. The fans… were not very kind. I felt horrible for 2PM, and I felt bad for the fans. I can see it from both sides but really… things have been getting out of control. JYPE had to succumb to getting police to protect the boys, things are getting so bad. Ex-Hottests have been getting their Korean equivalent of a social security number and exploiting them. I mean, first of all, how the heck do you obtain someone’s social security number!? That’s just ridiculous, seriously o___o Some people have too much time on their hands, lol. And by the hour, fans are dropping from 2PM’s Daum. It’s ridiculous. Weren’t these the fans that promised to stick by these boys until the end? It’s hypocritical yet I can see why they do it. Argh, what a controversial matter.

Host: Everyone’s faces or identity will not be filmed. It will be filmed from where 2PM members will be sitting, and voices will obviously get recorded, but nobody will be filmed. The conference will start in 3-4 minutes when the members enter.
Fan: I have a question. Is JYPE going to distribute filmed material for media to use?
Host: As you know, this event is not open to media…
Fan: (interrupts) What I want to ask is, since this event is not open to media, is the video filmed by JYPE going to be distributed to media for use and if JYPE’s video is going to be distributed then…
Host: (interrupts) You’re talking about editing and…
Fan: (finishes off what she was saying) …distributed like that.
Host: I will let you know after clarifying this with others. Please wait.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Fan: Would you not film this if we refused filming?
Host: To answer the first question, you were talking about us editing this or distributing it to media; we’re not filming this to give it to the media.
(Sound of fans talking)
Fan: Can you take responsibility to what you just said?
Fan: Are you sending this to Jaebeom?
Fan: I heard you say you’re filming this to prevent accidents? What accidents are you talking about?
Host: All questions right now are about JYPE filming this event so if you give me bit of time then I will prepare answers for your questions. Please wait.
Fan: So you’re hosting this event without even knowing anything about filming?
Multiple fans: What is the point of filming?
Host: (tries to calm fans down) Ok. The filming was to take place for next two or three or four hours depending on how things go (sound of fans sneering); the video was for both parties to use as a reference, not for us to distribute to media, or to edit and make it say what we want, but there seems to be confusion about the matter so we will decide to not film the event as we were originally planning to.
Multiple Fans: Ok.
Host: To enforce this, please wrap up your cameras. Since guests [conference attendees / Hottests] are concerned we will start without it.
(Sound of fans talking)
(Sound of fan asking questions, hard to make it out)
Host: Because our guests are here today, thinking many similar things…
Fan: (interrupts) What we want to ask is if the company is going to film this, we want the right to freely film this event as well.
Host: Again, because we have you, our guests here today; many of you have similar ideas but regarding filming, as I said there may be parts where people might become concerned about later, so we were going to use video as reference. We weren’t going to film the video for media to use but some of our guests have different ideas and are talking about filming themselves, but since it’s hard to unify the voices of everyone here today so…
Fan: (interrupts) Since we do not have many fans here today, why don’t we just vote…
Host: (interrupts) So you would like to vote? But you’re a guest with an idea slightly different from others…
Fan (interrupts): If we unified our idea then would you let us film?
Host: For us to film the event for reference, then we need everyone to say that we can, but guests seem to have different ideas here today, saying if the company was to film then fans want to film as well. What I said before (sound of fans talking) excuse me, the fans seem to have different ideas but what we could all use is as we agreed on, not to film anything and we agreed on that so we decided to go that way (sound of fans talking) if that is the opinion of the majority then (sound of fan asking a question, hard to make out) as I said before, our guests seem to have disagreements but the majority opinion seems to not want the company to film for reference so we will pack up our camera and not do any filming. We were planning on filming because some words could be interpreted wrongly and such, but since our guests are concerned about the matter and since our concern was not a big deal, we will exclude filming of the event, and, when talking about this event later or reading about it, we will consider our 80, 90 guests here as witnesses and each one of you as a camera.
Fan: So is that confirmation saying there is no limitation to us recording this event for references? That is what we want. We want to make something for references as well; can’t just trust everyone here as being a camera and we need to leave a reference so…
Host: (interrupts) What you are saying right now is as I was saying before; this is where our guests seem to have disagreement, asking if it is okay to film, then (sound of fans talking) (rep sighs) our fans seem to be having a disagreement.
Multiple fans: What about both parties do it?
Fan: (angry voice) If JYPE films, we’ll film. If JYPE audio-records, we’ll audio-record. Both sides should have equal rights…
Multiple fans: (frustrated voice) He said he won’t do it.
Host: To summarize, we are sorry but for filming, we have a camera to film for references. As you notice, we have no media in here; our guests thought that was one-sided of us so we will not film and since we have 80, 90 guests here and every one of you…
Fan: (interrupts) What we demand is not to film or not film, is JYPE going to film and send it to media…
Host: (interrupts) Because of such concerns we decided not to film this.
Multiple fans: Do it if you want.
Multiple fans: Why don’t both parties film?
Host: Our guests have come to conference today, and we need some basic rules in order to host this, and to say this again we have 80-90 people here and every one of your opinions matter to us, but if we somewhat reach an agreement then that will be the path we take in terms of hosting. Filming on our side, which was your concern, will not be done and we will only use communication for hosting without any filming done by both parties.
Multiple fans: Ok.
Host: I apologize but hosting is a bit tough and it is important to host communication between our fans, 2PM members and those that represent the company. So I know a couple guests have brought cameras, but due to multiple concerns, when we are hosting something within the company, such as the Wonder Girls conference we just had where we had fans send representatives we…
Fan: (interrupts and asks a question but cannot make out)
Host: Again, there will not be any filming.
Multiple Fans: Ok.
Host: Many are here but I will consider that all of you are agreed on this and will continue on.
Multiple Fans: Yes.
Fan: Please clearly tell us in detail how you picked fans who are here today.
Host: It was notified but since 2PM debuted there were many communities. In our standards we picked communities who could be said to represent the fandom, from the fans’ perspective, and picked from those. We did not give a quota per community or hand-pick communities. We took recommendations from those that can be said to represent the community and brought about one hundred, and I believe about 90 are here today. We did not hand pick people or community. So in order to move on…
Fan: (interrupts, something about 12 communities)
(Sound of fans talking)
Fan: We want to know more about this “representation”.
Fan: Let me tell you something I don’t know. First you said you notified about picking one hundred, but you didn’t. Also, one community was told to submit list of people they wanted to bring to JYPE but they didn’t, but they ended up getting in anyways and was told to just bring officers. How do you explain that?
(Sound of fans sneering)
Host: Guests are asking questions, but what is it that you are concerned the most about 90 people who are present today? Are you concerned that the company handpicked communities or individuals or…
Fan: (interrupts) You need to reveal the names of communities that are present.
(Multiple fans agreeing to that)
Host: So could I move on after that?
Multiple fans: Yes.
Host: Please hold on a moment.
(Sound of fans talking)
Host: Due to unified concerns of our guests we will talk about the 12 communities then start the conference right after that.
(Sound of fans talking)
Female voice: I will announce communities that are here today. I accepted these communities, even if the communities had very few people. I will announce the names. (Announces names of communities that are present)
Host: I will consider that to answer your questions and go ahead with the conference.
(Sound of fans talking)
Fan: (asks a question but hard to make it out)
Host: We are not thinking of limiting this to an hour or two. Since we have many guests here we’re taking questions freely but try to keep them from being repetitive. There won’t be time limit so no limiting length or questions or answers, or prohibition of people to ask questions. Again, there are many guests here today so please refrain from asking repetitive questions or from one guest asking multiple questions.
Fan: Why are only 2PM members here?
Host: (interrupts) We will move on with only the members for now, and I will explain that later. Since members are here now they’ll say hello and move on.
2PM: Hello, we’re 2PM.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Fan asking question (Q): According to a statement by JYPE, six members of 2PM agreed upon Jaebeom’s termination on January 6th. Any disagreement or concerns with the statement? I would like an answer from all members.
Host: I apologize, but as I mentioned before there is no filming so if you have a…
Q: (interrupts, irritated voice) Do not give them time to think, please answer right away…
Host: (interrupts) Then I will say it after answering these questions. Here is the last announcement for those that are audio-recording. This was agreed by both parties before…
Multiple fans: (irritated voice) We won’t do it.
Q: Please answer.
Junsu: I will go first. Yes, it is correct.
(Sound of fans talking)
Q: Nichkhun, please answer.
Nichkhun: Yes, it is correct.
Chansung: Yes.
Taecyeon: Yes, it is correct.
Junho: Yes, it is correct.
Wooyoung: Yes.
New Q: I want the six members to talk about their honest feelings. I want to know if you all consider Jaebeom to be unfit for leader or member of group 2PM. An official statement says that Jaebeom was considered unfit to be the leader due to personal wrongdoing and you all agreed upon his termination because he needs to be morally responsible for his actions. Members agreed on that matter on January 6th. But after that, a member called Jaebeom a good brother and said he missed him on February 14th. Also, someone said Jaebeom was a jewel on a TV show, not to mention the “us seven” remarks. All those things were said after you all decided that Jaebeom was unfit. Then can we consider these statements to be saying that you are not concerned about Jaebeom’s morality and are only concerned about his abilities? Also, such comments about Jaebeom after a decision has been made appear to be telling lies to and deceiving fans. Then aren’t moral levels of the six members questionable also? I will ask again. When reflecting on moral levels of each member, do you really think Jaebeom is unfit to be a member of 2PM?
Taecyeon: Yes.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Q: All members must answer.
Junsu: Yes. I think he is unfit.
Multiple fans: Go on.
Q: I want answers from all members.
(Sound of irritated fans)
Q: (raises voice) Answer!
Nichkhun: Yes.
(Sound of fans demanding that the member explain his answer)
Q: Let me summarize the question for you, since you don’t seem to understand such difficult words. You all agreed on Jaebeom quitting and being terminated from 2PM on January 6th. But after that, you continued to deceive fans by commenting on him. What was the reason behind that? Aren’t you just using fans to make money, and if so, do you all really have rights to ask for love from the fans, and if so, then don’t you ever question your own morality? No yes or no, explain your thoughts.
Taecyeon: Not deceiving but more of not being able to make a decision ourselves. We made an agreement but Jaebeom was still our member and we still think of him as a good friend.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Q: (interrupting a member trying to speak) He is unfit but he is a good friend? Are you all saying that Jaebeom has moral problems but since he can rap and sing and do something he is good in terms of his abilities?
Taecyeon: I didn’t say he is a good friend in terms of his abilities, we really think Jaebeom is a good friend but since he did something wrong we cannot accept him.
(A fan tries to ask a question but host interrupts her)
Q: I want answers from all members. Taecyeon seems to be speaking for the team…
(The fan tries to ask a question again but the host keeps interrupting her)
Junsu: I will answer. Our fans must be wondering what Jaebeom did to cause such problems…
Q: (interrupts) No. I don’t want to know about his personal life, I want to talk about marketing that uses him.
Junsu: We were with Jaebeom during Again and Again and I Hate You, and even before that. So we said we thank Jaebeom when we got awards but really, when we heard of the news we thought it would be hard for Jaebeom to be 2PM’s leader anymore so that is why we made a decision.
Fan: Are you joking? Really, do you think you’re telling a joke?
Multiple fans: We want to hear from other members.
Nichkhun: What I said during the fan meeting was because I really missed Jaebeom so I said that but as we said Jaebeom couldn’t come because of what happened.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Q: Got to tell us about him not being able to come.
Nichkhun: (mumbles)
Multiple fans: Speak in English.
Host: This is a tough question and as you know, his Korean isn’t 100% so he could speak in English if you could excuse him since his Korean isn’t 100% and bad choice of vocabulary could end up not well so regarding that we will do what you want. Chansung, please speak.
Chansung: I think, a friend who is really close and is like a family member made a mistake and, I’m just saying for example here, did something bad but I don’t think it is right to talk badly about his morality or anything. I mean, even thieves have really close friends.
(Sound of fans sneering)
Fan: Is Jaebeom a thief?
Chansung: I was saying…
Fan: What a dumbass.
Chansung: So what I think is that you must be asking why did we say those things after what happened to Jaebeom, but we could say those things because he is still a good friend, and… (pause) what we’ve been saying, we could say we’re 7 and we miss him because what happened did not get announced yet and I think we can still say those. Like I miss him, he is a good friend.
(Fans laugh)
Fan: Wow, I’m getting a really good laugh out of this.
Junho: We know of course how hurt you all are. But what’s important is that I don’t think we used Jaebeom for marketing. When we were planning Heartbeat we did it wanting Jaebeom to come back and thinking he is coming back. Before January 6th, no, January 3rd, whatever program we were on or award show we were at we sang thinking about Jaebeom and him only. Really, that is not a lie. We have no reason to intentionally hurt you. I’m sure many of us miss the days when we were 7. We do too, by a lot. For us to come back like this we prepared a lot and Jaebeom practiced a lot in States and while watching videos of him dance we were thinking when he comes back, we’re going to be on the top. That is why we were giving you guys little hints, for example what I wrote in “thanks to” in our album.
Fan: Thanks to is thanks to.
Junho: But after we learned of what happened on January 3rd, even we hated him for a little while. We had made the path for him to come back…
Fan: Who made that path? We f*cking made that path.
(Sound of fans talking)
Junho: You all made the path. You made that with us. Isn’t that right?
(Sound of fans talking)
Host: Please wait until the answers are over to…
Fan: (interrupts) We cannot communicate if we keep on making reactions while a member is speaking.
(Sound of fans talking)
Fan: (continues on) We can’t hear the answers clearly and ask questions, so please do not react like this when members are answering questions.
Host: Junho, please continue.
Junho: Anyways, we all made the path. Not just the six of us but with the help from all of you. Thanks to all of you who love Jaebeom. Because we were making that path, we hated him when we heard that story and we were so sorry to you. We felt so sorry for fans who had faith in us. I was going crazy. We were together and couldn’t say anything. When we heard of what happened, all I could do is just think of the path we were making and was literally stunned for a while. If someone learns of what happened or you learn about what happened, you’d feel the same. We cannot talk about what happened because we respect Jaebeom. Those of you that are laughing, I know you think this is absurd. How do you think we felt when we heard the story? We thought you were our strength and Jaebeom’s strength so we valued you so much. I am so sad about what’s going on. You all spent about 2 years with Jaebeom. We spent from 3 to 5 years. That is why we were so sad. You might laugh at us but we are over that level, we are just plain going insane, because we can’t be with Jaebeom. The awards we received, we felt that we needed to really thank Jaebeom and all of you so we think we could mention him, at Seoul music awards that you are all concerned about.
Q: Wooyoung, please speak.
Wooyoung: I’m sorry but may I ask a question to guest who asked a question? Not only to you but everyone who are here today. Do you want us to answer just the questions you have prepared today, or do you want to just hear us talk seriously?
Multiple fans: Both.
Wooyoung: Serious talk should be answers to questions. Honestly, my heart is breaking down… (sighs) we came here today willing to invest the entire day and talk seriously with all of you. Please understand that our answers may get dragged on and we think this conference is valuable in that we can tell you our serious stories. We are really sad and heartbroken about what happened. In my case, I wasn’t good enough to be a member of 2PM, as you all know I lacked acrobatic skills or singing skills and thanks to Junho, Chansung, Taecyeon, Khun, Junsu and our leader Jaebeom I could be in 2PM. I was thankful of and felt sorry to our members each and every day because I was not good enough. We could do this together thanks to our trusty members. Even when we were hurt because of little things we tried to talk those out. Although we didn’t have any fans in the beginning but we tried and one by one we started getting those that would cheer us on. I felt really thankful and realized what it feels like to be proud. Every album we tried out best. Jaebeom can make mistakes but really, we might be able to forgive him since we trust him and you all might forgive him… yes, we forgive him. You heard it, right? We forgive Jaebeom. But we made such decision because… (pause) we are not the only ones in this world. Other countries and other nationalities. Living things. We are not the only ones in this world so we couldn’t just think about ourselves. Because we thought about others we started thinking into the future. Thought about we might feel really hurt now, but will we regret out decision in future? Those were our concerns. This decision left a crack between our fans and us. We do not want that, nor do we want a crack between Jaebeom and us. We prepared with all our heart and because of that the crack feels so wide. I spoke with all my heart but if you still feel the need to point fingers at us, please understand the feelings of us 7 of 2PM, that way we can be over this crack and together again. Those are my thoughts.
Junsu: It is obvious for you all to be angry and hate us. You all loved us so much but those kids made an absurd decision, so the words we say must be hateful and hurting. But as Junho said, think about how we would feel, and we did not give up on 2PM. We came to that decision regarding Jaebeom because we had no choice and it makes us sad. I dare say it is really sad. (raises voice) we made that decision because we had no choice but to. The reason we keep calling him a good friend is because he really is. It is above the level of something social or humane; even we can’t protect him from it. (sigh) Please understand us.
Nichkhun: It breaks my heart.
Junsu: The situation where you are angry and misunderstandings are being built, having to hold a conference is really tough. Things happen during lives. We will try our best in answering you today. Thank you.
New Q: Two questions. I would like to ask the members, when was the last time you contacted Jaebeom? What did you talk about? Does he know about this conference? Also, there are many rumours out there right now. This is really a question to the company, but to members, I heard one member was all for letting Jaebeom go and one was against it until the end. I also heard the company abandoned him because 2PM was fine without him, and admins of large fan communities are being bribed by the company. Such unspeakable rumors are out there. Members, are there any rumors you wish to explain? Company, do you plan on doing anything about these rumors/ When rumors spread they become reality and become accepted, so do you plan on doing anything about that? If the members have anything to talk about regarding the rumors, please speak up.
Taecyeon: On contacting Jaebeom, Khun texted him yesterday, to see if anything was up. They talked about the situation and on what happened online when the statement went out. Jaebeom knows of the conference. Regarding the rumours, there are lots of absurd rumors out there. Not even ones like who agreed and who disagreed, there are ones that shocked us and as Wooyoung said, we had no choice but to make such decision and there are many rumors out there but most them are made up. As statement revealed, we were waiting for him to come back starting in October and our album name was changed from “Heartbeat” to “1:59PM” because he was coming back. (sigh) It was all planned like that so abandoning him because the six of us were doing well is pretty absurd. If you have questions regarding other rumours then please ask again.
Host: You asked a question to JYPE too, but we will first let the fans and 2PM members have sufficient time to talk and later talk about questions you have for the company.
New Q: You said Jaebeom knows about the conference. Did he say anything about this?
Nichkhun: Jaebeom said he wanted to shoot some video with you, and said he is really sorry… and that’s it.
New Q: (angry voice) I would like to ask a question that is not on the questionnaire sheet. I believe I am the oldest fan here today. I am a mother with a son who is as old as the members. What I want to know is the rumor that everyone here knows of but cannot talk about. I’m sure all members know of it. Jaebeom is being talked of like a trash. You all know, right? You just can’t say it. He is like a human trash. Apparently what happened will have bigger social impact than the mistranslation that happened last year. It is already on the news. Personal problem with big social impact means termination? Reading the statement by the company, the problem is something everyone can gossip about. The members said we cannot accept him when considering not only us but what is being viewed to the society. We are fans who knew him for 2 years but you knew him for 4, 5 or 3 years and you just let go of his hand. I don’t know how big of a personal issue it is but he is a human trash on the Internet because of it. Members must know; you use the Internet daily. My son goes to the army next month. I am here today because this issue really doesn’t sound like someone else’s. I want to ask this. Jaebeom has to live his entire life with that issue haunting him unless a proper explanation is made. Wooyoung, did you say you didn’t abandon 2PM? You didn’t abandon 2PM, but the fans are about to. When a person’s heart meets with another’s then they can even accept enemies who killed their children. What kind of socially wrong thing did he do? Murder? Drugs? It was a moral slip not a criminal one. Why would he mention it to the company? I don’t know what kind of mistake he made but I don’t think this is right. On the Internet, Jaebeom is international trash. He is below human. That is all.
Taecyeon: Thank you. Who wants to answer?
Multiple fans: Everyone should.
Taecyeon: Everyone? I’m sorry; I couldn’t really hear the question.
Fan: Let me reiterate it for you.
Taecyeon: Yes, please.
Fan: (continuing on) So you don’t need to mention what Jaebeom did. But from your perspective, is Jaebeom’s wrongdoing something that is a problem because he is a celebrity or would it be a social problem even if he was not a celebrity.
Multiple fans: That’s not it…
Wooyoung: We are sorry to have made a decision when you were watching, and honestly, we are really hurt but we are still trying to make a smile. The reality hurts but, if we were to cry, we would look irresponsible. We think this is the way we can protect Jaebeom until the end. We think this is a social problem to the point where we can’t mention it or answer to your question. We can’t answer even in a conference like this where we are taking time to be hurt and question and answer. Heart and heart, that is important, faith. We think in a situation like this we can’t answer as a human and us 2PM, even in far future, until the end, until we die, we will try our best to not forget about us. Even when we get married and have kids, we won’t forget that we were 2PM, we are one. We don’t think this is the only way to defend Jaebeom. We’re not letting Jaebeom go. We are protecting him. But this is really social… (sigh) we can’t speak it with our own mouth. We are really sorry. We can say sorry because we are one and we didn’t abandon him from our heart. Please don’t misunderstand. Let’s make a promise. Not us six but us seven, and with everyone here, let us make a promise. (fans sneer) Whatever people say, we will defend him until the end. I thought that was the best we could do.
Host: So the questions are answered…
Multiple fans: (demands that the question be answered properly)
Wooyoung: Being a celebrity or not doesn’t matter. If you’re a human, if you’re a human… we can’t do much, really.
Multiple fans: (demands that the question be answered properly)
Fan: He is clueless.
Fan: Let me summarize the question for you. So you think he is a good friend but you don’t think he can be in 2PM and work with you. That was the question but you answer very vaguely.
Wooyoung: It is not vague but I can’t help it. There have been many questions and answers but there is only one answer. We made the decision because we really had no choice but to do so. I won’t ask you to understand us. We are heartbroken and it feels like facing the cold winter naked. This is tough, really.
New Q: Wooyoung mentioned that the decision was made for all 7 members of 2PM. The decision was made to protect Jaebeom but the words “personal life” were mentioned in the statement. That word is spawning many rumours so I want to know what you felt after reading the statement.
Wooyoung: The statement from our company?
Q: I’m not done yet. Also, you said it is a secret that you can take to the grave, but about criminal law…
(The fan mumbles and another fan takes over the questioning)
You said that what happened was a big problem and should not have happened. Criminal law exists to control such problems. If the problem is so large and socially wrong then it is a criminal matter, not social. Talk of morality was not even on the statement. Rumors popped up when the statement said “personal life,” and when few rumours became well-known you said that was not right, but I am really curious. What kind of problem is not criminal and only moral, but is large enough to cause this?
Taecyeon: I don’t believe we mentioned morality.
Wooyoung: Let’s say Jaebeom came back after committing a legal wrong. Would he be able to perform as 2PM? We might be able to forgive him, but the society might not. (fans yell out, he can take punishment) I said it is something that I can’t speak about. (fans yell out, he needs to receive punishment) Punish? (fans yell, yes) Punishment is for a court. We won’t punish him.
(Fans keep pointing things out and Wooyoung mumbles)
Junsu: You all are keep asking questions regarding what Jaebeom did. We’ve known Jaebeom for a long time, and we were questioning did Jaebeom really do that? It was that shocking. If you are here today because you love Jaebeom who used to be the leader of 2PM, please refrain from asking such questions. If you really love him.

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Already in the beginning, it’s off to a bad start. Fans were already picking fights with the company, and I could tell the host was very afraid, lol. I would be too if a mob of angry fans suddenly started demanding answers from me. It’s like, come on, chill out, the man is just trying to do his job. They don’t need to get all pissy over something stupid like whether they could record it or not. Given, I could see why they were worried it was gonna be filmed and edited, but the man already said so many times they weren’t filming it. And then they got all asdfjk; about who was there. They must be all on their TOMs because they’re picking fights for no reason! And already when 2PM enters, they’re sneering and stuff, and it’s like… where is your respect. You slave your money and yourselves over these six guys and you’re acting like you’re six. Grow up a little, please. First question… lol. 2PM was kind of cold in answering this one, but I guess gotta give them kudos for being honest. Second question… damn Junsu. That was cold. “Yes, I think he is unfit.” That’s just cold. I feel bad for Nichkhun, getting sucked into this and not having an advanced Korean vocabulary. The fans are really mean, the side comments they make o__o It’s crazy imagining that just last year, they were the ones squealing and buying albums, posters, tickets… About the mother who’s there, she said what I basically said! “When a person’s heart meets with another’s then they can even accept enemies who killed their children.” Hahaha, kudos to me : D I can’t really tell if this is scripted or not. There’s a chance that it is. So I’m not really sure how heartfelt these answers are. I want to believe these are genuine, but at the same time, I feel like they’re… not. It kind of feels like they’re feeding us bullcrap, you know? But then again, as a celebrity, you can’t really show your emotions. They need to understand that celebrities cannot just break down and cry. It ruins their image … and the makeup that they wear, lol. It’s not professional to do that, even if they were crying, they would still have to smile. Junsu’s ending of this part was kind of… harsh. Man, Junsu’s on a roll. I dunno, it seems like the Hottest fanclub has been split into two: Hottest vs. ExHottest. What a hard time the boys are going through. I feel bad for everyone. It’s just horrible. Hopefully, things will calm down when their comeback comes around. I really hope this doesn’t bring the boys down.

But in conclusion, Jaebeom will not be returning to 2PM.

I honestly don’t know what to say about this. It’s gotten very… serious. Much more serious than I thought it was. And to be honest, I’m not sure if those Hottests in Korea are really Hottests at all. The boycott has gotten even worse. Underground, (group of Hottests who are part of the boycott), seem to be getting more and more extreme. 2HOT was even approached by representatives of Underground to join their conspiracy but we at 2HOT do not support the boycott. This is 2PM fansite, therefore we support all members of 2PM, current and past. I personally feel like by boycotting and hurting the rest of the 2PM members just because Jaebeom had left makes the fan seem kind of… not genuine. I mean, when you are a fan of a group, you love every part of it, right? Isn’t it kind of wrong to just turn against it completely just because a member has left? Given, there are more complications towards it, but this is just how I see it. 2OD will be subbing the entire conference so 2HOT will not be taking up that project. It’s a sad time for all 2PM fans around the world, but is it really necessary to bring down the other six members?

Allkpop has graciously translated a part of the transcript from the conference.

Q: Underground (fanclub) submitted a new question sheet according to your request for a new one but you still have not answered to it.
A (Representative): We could not give any false answers to the questions as we were planning on announcing Jaebeom’s departure in late February, due to Jaebeom’s request. We wanted to talk truthfully in this conference.

Q: Fans seek to communicate with JYPE. In an event like this where you are to communicate the company’s position, why did you bring 2PM members who are not a part of decision making process within the company?
A (Representative): We believe that a conference like this could take place if the members spoke truthfully. If only the company representatives came, the fans wouldn’t believe us.

Q: We fans who are present right now will consider members who are here as representatives of JYPE and not a part of group 2PM, and consider the words that come out of your mouths as the words of the company. JYPE’s official statement says that the 6 members agreed on what was decided regarding Jaebeom on January 6th. Do any of you disagree with any of the said statements?
A (Members): We agree to the statement.

Q: Assuming the statement is true, why did you torture the fans and bring sympathy to yourselves by mentioning Jaebeom’s name even after January 6th?
A (Members): Jaebeom being a good friend is a different matter from him leaving the group. We don’t think it’s a problem for us to say that we miss him. We think even in future that we can say that we miss him if we miss him, and we don’t think that is a problem at all.

Q: We request that following details on termination of contract between Jaebeom and JYPE be answered and also request that you show us supporting documents as proof. When was the contract officially terminated?
A: February 26th.

Q: After the termination, what legal rights does JYPE hold regarding Jaebeom and how long do you hold those rights for?
A: We do not hold any legal rights.

Q: When does Jaebeom get paid indemnity and his share of profit?
A: There is no indemnity. His share of profit up to December was paid in full during January.

Q: Promise that there aren’t any clauses that limit him from returning to the entertainment industry in future.
A: There are no such clauses.

Q: We request JYPE be responsible this situation as they were not looking after their entertainer Jaebeom with utmost care. JYPE released statement filled with unclear words and thus made rumours surrounding Jaebeom and 2PM spread. Please tell us what you plan on doing about the rumours and what you plan on doing about damage done to Jaebeom, his family and the rest of 2PM.
A (Representative): JYPE is not responsible for personal matters of its entertainers and thus we believe that Jaebeom should be responsible for everything that he has caused. In a logical sense, Jaebeom is the wrongdoer and the company and the 6 members are the victims.

Q: Has JYPE done anything to protect Jaebeom from related news articles and TV programs since last September 5th? Requesting news articles and comments to be deleted aren’t hard, so why did you just watch the fire spread?
A (Representative): We have never requested news articles and comments to be deleted before the September incident. But we had tried our best. After the September incident, we have tried to delete comments and such, but the number of news articles regarding the incident was so large that we could not handle it all. Plus, the media is uncontrollable by us. I hope you understand our situation.

Q: According to JYPE’s statement, JYPE made final decision on Jaebeom on January 6th, but delayed announcing this fact for a month and 20 days, continuously using Jaebeom for marketing throughout the period. Even if the company did not directly and intentionally use Jaebeom for marketing, why did you just watch media sources use Jaebeom’s name?
A (Representative): It is true that final decision was made on January 6th. However, we agreed with Jaebeom to announce this matter in late February so we could not request anything to the media. Again, the media cannot be controlled by JYPE.

Q: Isn’t JYPE responsible for announcing the reason of Jaebeom’s termination as, of all things, “serious personal wrongdoing”?
A (Representative): We had reasons for that. We did not want the 6 members to be traitors. The 6 is more important than the one. We also could not lie in a statement written to be viewed by the entire nation. In practical sense, the 6 members are the victims and if we did not reveal the reason truthfully, then it would have created more rumors. That is why we revealed the reason truthfully, as “serious personal wrongdoing.”

Q: We are told that only the members and few within the company know what wrong Jaebeom has done. If it is indeed a serious matter then we as fans do not want it to be released to the public either. However, since only few within the company and the members know of the incident, can we assume that if the details do slip out into the public then it had been released by JYPE?
A: We hope that the details do not get released to the public; however, there are people who are not within the company that are part of the incident. There are possibilities of them releasing the matters so we cannot take any responsibilities.

Q: Does Jaebeom know that there is a conference happening at the moment? Does he know that JYPE’s official statement says that the reason for his termination is due to personal wrongdoings?
A (Nichkhun): We have texted each other up until recently and he knows that the conference is taking place. He even wanted to send a video message.
(Representative): He is aware of the statement as well.

Q: Is 2PM planning on selecting in a new member or electing a new leader?
A (Representative & Members): No.

Q: Is there no possibility of Jaebeom returning? What if he was to return as a member of a different management company?
A (Representative & Members): There is no possibility of him returning as a part of 2PM.
(Chansung): If Jaebeom was to return despite all that has happened, I’m all for him. However, I’m not positive about his return to 2PM.

Q: Couldn’t JYPE and the members ignore the issues? If the members did not agree to termination of Jaebeom, would the situation have come to this?
A (Members): It was something that could not be ignored.
(Representative): It was a matter that they could not disagree on, thus we believed that they would all agree. Even if they didn’t, the result would have been the same.

Q: The result would have been the same even if the MySpace incident did not happen?
A (Members): Yes.

Q: Do members take care of their Cyworld themselves? Are messages that were on the members’ Cyworld after September 8th really written by the members themselves?
A (Wooyoung): Yes. I felt anxious so I said I’m anxious.
(Chansung): Yes. I wrote “confused” about a personal matter. It was not related to this situation.
(Representative): We were asked why we do not manage our entertainers in previous conferences. Our contract does not limit entertainers’ personal lives. It is something that the entertainers themselves should take care of.

Q: How do the members feel about the boycott?
A (Junho): We thought that Jaebeom would return so we did not care. We merely thought of it as a problem that would get solved when he came back. But I would be lying if I said we didn’t feel hurt by it. If fans continue to boycott us after this, I think I’ll feel that they just don’t want to see us anymore. However, we will continue trying our best in singing and performing.

Q: Do you realize that “serious personal wrong doing” part you wrote on the statement can be considered defamation if it was revealed to be not true?
A (Representative): We wrote what is true.

Q: What do you plan on doing about Jaebeom’s part when performing the first and second single from now on? Also, can he receive additional profits earned by those albums in future?
A (Representative): Jaebeom’s part in performances is something we have to discuss among ourselves. Additional profit would be a matter that copyrights association will deal with, not JYPE.

Q: Would 2PM fan club continue using the title “HOTTEST”?
A (Representative): Yes. Are the 6 members not a part of 2PM? No. The 6 members are still 2PM, so we will continue to use the title HOTTEST.

Q: Members made final decision on Jaebeom on January 6th. The members were currently away on vacation and were spotted with smiles on.
A (Wooyoung): It was our first vacation.
(Taecyeon): We are celebrities. We cannot frown in public.
(Chansung): I cannot make sad faces when meeting up with relatives over holidays. What do you want? Do you want us to cause a scene during live performances, asking for Jaebeom to come back?

Q: Do you know of rumors that are spreading on the Internet? Aren’t you going to protect Jaebeom?
A (Wooyoung): We are not abandoning him, we are protecting him. I thought that if the details were released in future, I might regret my decisions.
(Chansung): Please do not question our friendship.
(Junho): After being told about what he had done, I honestly hated Jaebeom. We tried our best for his return, but right now, I think that staying silent is the best I can do for him.
(Taecyeon): Rumors will go away.

Q: JYPE revealed that contract with Jaebeom was terminated due to personal problems. Why was he not forced to pay any indemnity although he was the one responsible?
A (Representative): Other members of 2PM are promoting various products so indemnity might occur regarding that, but Jaebeom currently is not promoting any products. Thus he does not have to pay any indemnity to advertisers and although he is responsible for the termination, we decided not to charge him for anything.

The boys seem kind of harsh in this conference. given, they were probably very distressed about everything that is going on. All that they’ve worked for is slowly disappearing right before their eyes. Their fanclub is diminishing, their performances aren’t what they used to be, and everything is just going up in flames. I would have never imagined something like this would happen to them, looking back on the Again and Again and the 10/10 days. This makes me very curious to know what Jaebeom had done that was so unforgivable. Everything is forgivable. There is not one thing in this world that is not forgivable. It’s just all up to the offended person to decide whether to forgive them or not. And judging by this conference, it seems that the other six members are not very forgiving. Was it really that big of a deal that they couldn’t even look over it? I mean, this was their leader for pete’s sake. Their so-called friend. I’m not pointing fingers; both sides are at fault. I just feel like this whole matter could be solved very differently, lol, or at least in a way that it won’t hurt the rest of the 2PM boys. Because judging by what I have seen lately, their fanclub isn’t as strong as it used to be. Suddenly, it’s turned into 6PM vs. Jay fanwar. WHAT HAS KPOP RESORTED TO? I remember the days when everything was scandal free and all we really worried about was the next weekend’s music performances. But now? We’ve got lawsuits, member scandals, group break ups, everything pretty much happening at once. It’s going to be a tough year.

Oh a side note, Jay’s dance crew Art of Movement, will be auditioning for America’s Best Dance Crew. I know what I’ll be stalking again if they make it : D Can’t wait to see Jay back on the tv, lol.

So what do you guys think about all of this? How does it make you feel? How do you think it should have been handled? Let us know! We wanna know how all of you guys feel about Jay and the new 6PM.

Remember: try not to fight, lol, simple friendly debate is a-ok though : )

Hey, guess what, guys and gals.

Guess what Tammy and I have cooked up for you all?

GUESS, GUESS.

No, you’ll never guess.

I’ll tell you anyways ;D

Tammy and I put our heads together and created our next brainchild:

A forum made just for Park Jaebeom.

Brilliant, right? : D

We’ve been working on this for a very long time, since like, December, or so. It started out as a simple, joking around kind of idea, but somehow, after all the controversy surrounding our main man Jay, we felt that it would be a good idea to have a place where fans, supporters, and more could just sit around and… talk. I mean, look at us! We go around kpop blogs and we speak out our opinions only to get run over by stuff like, one liners or spam bots. BUT KPOP BLOG NO MORE! Join our forum, cleverly named Jayspiracy, and speak your mind, your heart, your soul out to people who will listen.

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I refuse to believe it. I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. What has this world come down to? What kind of society are we living in? Are mistakes unforgivable now? Are we unable to let go of the past, and move on to the future?

Are we so close minded that we can’t forgive and forget?

As you all may know by now (of course, this kind of news spreads like wildfire) Jaebeom of 2PM will not be returning. That pains me so much inside to say it, but in fact, it is the truth.

“On December 22nd, 2009, Jaebeom confessed to Jung Wook representative that he had done something wrong during Again and Again promotions. Apparently, it was far more serious than his MySpace controversy.

The six other members were not notified then as they were busy with year-end activities. On January 3rd, 2010, everyone of us (along with the members) sat down for a discussion and came to an agreement 3 days later that it was no longer possible for Park Jaebeom to continue activities along with 2PM.

We thus decided to terminate our exclusive contract with Jaebeom.”

translation cr; allkpop

Are you fcking kidding me (excuse my language). I understand that he may feel bad for his sins, but does he not want this? Does he not want to be a part of 2PM? Does he not want to lead them to be one of the biggest and influential boybands of this decade? This is the 21st freaking century. People forgive and people forget. There isn’t a mistake that people don’t let go, no matter how severe. Heck, someone can commit a murder and the spouse of the dead guy WILL PROBABLY EVENTUALLY JUST LET IT GO. That’s the meaning of life. We live, we make mistakes, we learn, and we move on. Jaebeom was supposed to be a part of 2PM’s comeback in April of 2010. His return has been planned since November 2009, and he was supposed to accompany 2PM in a conference at the end of February. WE WERE THIS CLOSE TO HAVING JAEBEOM BACK, AND THIS HAPPENED. Not only does Jay not get to participate in 2PM’s activities, they terminated his freaking contract. Does Jay not want back in 2PM? Does 2PM not want Jay back in? 45000 Hottests have already dropped out of 2PM’s official fanclub. JYP, don’t you see by not persuading Jay to stay, you’re only hurting yourself? You’re losing profit here, man, and you’re just gonna let it leave? Although that may sound bad, we all have to live. Jay was the moneymaker, and you let him go. GG. First Sunmi, now Jay. I can’t believe this. I held out hope for so long. But now.. it seems so official. There’s always the possibility that the contract could be renewed or redone, but… this feels just so official. Alright, I’m done for the day, lol. I just can’t believe it, I really can’t.

Feel free to leave your rants/sorrows/anger/etc. out on this thread. It’s for all of us to cry together >.<

Aren’t they just the sexiest? Chansung’s face totally says “What? >:O”. And Nichkhun’s like “Did I do something wrong? I’m sorry ;(“. And Junho, “Oooh. You’re sexy~ Can I lick you?” Okay, I’m TOTALLLY kidding! But I absolutely love their expressions <3 MAD SEXINESS! And JoKwon’s just there looking fine as always

Go under the cut for a download to the zip file filled with more hot pictures in BIGGER SIZES I know you’re heart is just pounding for it

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Last year, it was 2PM vs. SHINee.

… this year, it’s 2PM vs. Super Junior.

Very big upgrade, eh? ;]

It’s a very hot performance. If you haven’t seen it, grab a couple of tissues to wipe your drool, heheheh. Imagine lots of hip thrusts, white outfits, and body waves. Get ready for the steam ~

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I hate to say it – but I was disappointed in this year’s dance battle. 2PM, WHAT HAPPENED. Given, the hip thrusts, the body waves, and the white suits were so, so, so hot. The sensual movements, the choice in song, and the orgasmic faces were definitely a turn on. BUT I WANTED TO SEE THE POTENTIAL. ): Comparing this performance, to last year’s performance… ah, I’d pick last year’s. The dancing skills were good, the choreography was attention grabbing… but I didn’t feel the charisma T___T I didn’t feel the aura! Sigh, I’m waiting for the charm to come back… stay strong, boys, I’m still supporting ya! (P.S. If you have a different opinion then mine, go ahead and speak it outttt ~ I don’t bite P=)

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Last year’s performance. It makes me nostalgic, seeing Jay, but even without Jay… watching the other boys, you can feel the cha-rees-ma ~ I absolutely adore this performance. From the choreography to the song choice to the outfits. Plus, it’s smokin’ hot. I like the 2010 performance too… but I feel this one has just more charm. It shows that 2PM is different from other boybands – it shows that they’re a real acrobatic group. But 2010′s performance I felt like they were just like every other band out there doing the whole hip thrust move to make girls’ blood pressure go high ):

That’s my two cents for the late night post, hehehe. 2PM, I BELIEVE IN YOU. We all do. So good luck to the new year, have a fresh start, and come back with the charismatic, beastly 2PM we all know and love. :’)

Happy Lunar New Year to all ma fellow Asians! ^___^ I have a good feeling that this year will be wooooonderful since it finally snowed in Texas :’) Even though Lunar New Year in the States is not until tomorrow, our friends in Asia are currently enjoying for New Year’s Day! And instead of waiting for Sunday to come and post a New Year’s post when I’ll probably be busy with the fambam, I was like, shoooooot, I’ll post one right now (and continue procrastinating on that darn World Lit paper).

2PM recently gave their Lunar New Year greetings to us Hottests (how sweet of them <3) and One Day also performed wonderfully (hot) on MuBank!

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They’re basically just thanking all the fans and showing their appreciation for their love and support and they talk about how they’ll recieve strength and work harder in the upcoming year. (translation summary credits to my friends~) They’re such sweet boys! Don’t worry 2PM, Hottest will have your back forevarrrr!

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2AM covers 2PM’s Again and Again and… WOOOOOOW. I am speechless. First of all, my honey Jinwoon is absolutely sexy in that black jacket. MMMMM, I love my men in black! I love this ballad version, I’ll rip it later for everyone to enjoy ;’)

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HOT. HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT. This performance absolutely gave me goosebumps. I swear, they need to sing sweet ballads like this more often! Although, I like how they added choreography to this, man, they are such a dance group, loool. The black and white theme = sexy. Ain’t nothin’ bettuh than a man in a black and white suit, srsly. Junsu’s voice cracking at the end was maaad cute, hehehe. I like the fans chant each time the members take their turn singing too ^__^ Although, I wonder how they coordinated with Nickhun’s last name, LOL. Horvejkhul must be a hard one for Koreans to say. I read around on YouTube that the fans also chanted, “We will wait for Jay” or something like that, but my ears couldn’t hear it! If you do, do say which time it was at ~ I’m sure we’d all like to know ^__^ Overall, I’d give them 4.5 stars for the performance. 0.5 deducted for no Jay ;’)

And the night ends with…

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SQUEEEEEEEE~ JINWOON’S RAPPING! >__< I have such a soft spot for that maknae, hehehe~ ONE DAY sings The Place You Belong by their senior group G.O.D. I used to be a G.O.D. fan and might I say this song suits the boys very well, haha. Taec and Seulong make a very beastly rapping couple, LOL, two such tall men, making Changmin look like a chibi at around 1:40. The ONE DAY cheer at the end made my heart melt. I LOVE THEIR BROTHERLY LOVE, IT MAKES ME SQUEAL LIKE AN ABSOLUTE FANGIRL. I cannot tell you how many times I repeated that ONE DAY cheer from the boys. Agh, 2AM and 2PM, you make this fangirl’s blood pressure raise to dangerous numbers. ;’)

Ahhh… it’s been very quiet around here lately, hasn’t it? Well of course it has, you dimwit Tracy, you haven’t been posting! Sorry, sorry to all those who still stalk this website (and to those people, I adore you so deeply in my heart :’D) But you know, as time goes on, I realized that I may actually have a life. That’s so shocking, LOL. Actually no… I don’t have a life, I just have this burdensome pile called homework. But anyways, tomorrow is a snow day (HECK TO THE FREAK YEAH) which is a very rare occurence in Texas due to our extremely hot climates (sad face) but nevertheless, there’s about five-six inches of snow outside and I am loooooving it. So to commemorate this day (and procrastinate on my World Lit paper), I will present to you: 2PM NEWS HECK YEAAAAH BABY.

Now I’m sure everyone knows and adores ONE DAY, amirite? The beloved ballad brothers of our dancing princes, 2AM is well on their way to a very busy but successful future as their comeback, Won’t Let You Go, Even If I Die (the sweetest song I’ve ever heard) but they always make time for their partners 2PM. So, to celebrate Lunar New Year, 2AM and 2PM will be coming together for a special stage on Music Bank, performing songs by G.O.D, their sunbae group.

I remember the last time they sang G.O.D…

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I cried so hard the first time I watch it, and I tear every time I do now, hahah. This song is just too heartbreaking. Plus… JAEBEOM, WE MISS YOUUUUUUUU!

Speaking of Jaebeom (and 2AM), maknae Jinwoon and leader Jokwon have recently expressed their feelings about Jaebeom leaving Korea and leaving 2PM. Jinwoon wrote in 2AM’s new mini-album in the Thanks to.. section, “2PM brothers! Let’s continue doing well! And also to our family member, brother Jaebeom ^^! I miss you~ Let’s all keep fighting!” How cute is this guy? Like, really… you make my heart melt, Jinwoon. We all miss Jay too ): Jokwon, who cried during 2AM’s first win since debut on Inkigayo, stated that, “tears flow down from my face whenever I think of things like the eight long years I spent as a trainee, the period of time I was diagnosed with swine flu, or Jaebeom’s departure from 2PM. Whenever I hear his music, I become overwhelmed and sad” when asked about his crying on stage. Heartbreaaaak ):
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These boys are just too sweet! They love each other like brothers – and it’s not any kind of bromance either ;’) I wish them luck with the continuation of their comeback, and for the success of future comebacks! 2PM will make their own comeback sometime in April, with a rumored new sound and new look, of course. I’m excited to see what they have in store for us, hehehe. I hope everyone has a nice and safe weekend, and happy new year! Rake in the moooooolah!