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article written by Jeff Yang
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| Quote: | The following is an article written by Jeff Yang for San Franciso Chronicle about Wonder Girls but Rain was also mentioned. smile.gif
"...Park reminisces about one of his biggest successes, the multifaceted pop idol known as Rain. Though Rain recently left JYP Entertainment to found his own management company, he spent nine years under the JYP wing, four years as an Academy trainee, and five more as a full-fledged superstar.
“When I found Rain, he was just a kid, and he’d failed in 18 auditions for other production companies,” says Park. “Everyone saw him and said, ‘He can’t sing.’ But I saw his personality, his charisma, and felt that he had great potential. And so I signed him, and put him in my training program. After two years, he said, ‘JY, I want to quit. I’m never going to make it — I don’t know why you think I can sing.’ I was so mad, I made him go into the studio and kneel on his knees. An hour later, I went in and said, ‘Get up. Why would you think of quitting on me when I’m not quitting on you?’”
Two years later, Rain debuted as a singer, dancer and actor, and became an almost instant sensation..."
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