Jay Chang (제이창) is an American singer and lyricist under FM Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group ONE PACT and the project group B.D.U, and a pre-debut member of M.O.N.T Arena.
He made his solo debut on October 17, 2023, with the mini album Late Night.
He is best known for participating in the reality survival shows Under Nineteen, Boys Planet and Build Up : Vocal Boy Group Survivor.
Career
2018: Under Nineteen
On October 25, 2018, Jay Chang was introduced as a contestant of Under Nineteen with his moving poster. The poster revealed that he was a part of the vocal team.[2] Unfortunately, in the sixth episode, which was aired on December 8, Jay was eliminated during the first round of eliminations and ranked 18th out of 19th place in the vocal team.[3]
2022: M.O.N.T Arena
In September 2022, Jay Chang was then revealed as the second member of M.O.N.T Arena.
2023: Boys Planet, solo debut with Late Night, debut with ONEPACT
On December 29, 2022, he was revealed as a contestant on the survival show Boys Planet, which premiered on February 2, 2023. He ranked 10th place overall in the finale episode, nearly debuting with the 9 member boy group ZEROBASEONE.[4]
On September 18, 2023, FM Entertainment announced that Jay Cahng will be making his official solo debut in October.[5] On September 31, FM Entertainment announced Jay Chan's debut mini album, Late Night, set to be released on October 17.[6]
On October 18, he was introduced as the fifth member of ARMADA Ent upcoming boy group, ONE PACT.[7] They debuted on November 30 with the mini album Moment.
2024: Build Up, debut with B.D.U
In January 2024, Jay Chang was revealed as a contestant on Mnet's reality survival show Build Up : Vocal Boy Group Survivor.[8] The show aired from January 26 to March 29 where it was revealed that Jay Chang would be debuting in the resulted boy group B.D.U.[9] They made their debut on June 26, 2024 with their first mini album Wishpool.
Discography
Mini albums
- Late Night (2023)
Digital singles
- "Is You" (2020)
- "Liar" (2022)
- "I'd Do Anything" (2023)
Features
- Beomhan - "The Awakening" (2022)
Writing credits
| Artist | Song | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Jay Chang | "Is You (English Ver.)" | "Is You" | Writing[10][11] |
| "Liar" | |||
| 2023 | |||
| Jay Chang | "I'd Do Anything" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
| "I'll Be There" | Late Night | Writing | |
| "Up To You" | |||
| "Sunlight" | Writing Composing | ||
| "I'll Be There (English Ver.)" | Writing | ||
| "Rockstar (English Ver.)" | |||
| 2024 | |||
| M.O.N.T | "Lucky" | Idgaf | Writing |
Concerts
Fanmeetings
- 2023 Jay Fanmeeting: The Reason (2023)[13]
- 2023 Jay Chang Fanmeeting [Shine on Me] in Taipei (2023)[14]
- 2023 Jay Chang & Yoon Jong Woo Fanmeeting in Tokyo [The Beginning] (with Yoon Jong Woo) (2023)[15]
Filmography
Reality shows
- Under Nineteen (MBC, 2018) - contestant
- Boys Planet (Mnet, 2023) - contestant
- Build Up : Vocal Boy Group Survivor (Mnet, 2024) - contestant
Photobooks
- Next Stop 'Autumn Bridge' (2023)[16]
Trivia
- His MBTI personality type is INFP.[17]
- He learned how to play the drums at the age of 3 and considers it his most proficient instrument[citation needed]
- He's also a self-taught guitarist and learned how to play around 2016.[18]
- He loves to play baseball and go bowling.[citation needed]
- He loves Star Wars and gaming.[citation needed]
- He is of mixed descent; his father is Hungarian-Irish while his mother is Filipino-Chinese.[19]
- He is best friends with Beomhan (trainee under FM Entertainment), Na Kamden (Former Boys Planet contestant and trainee under FNC Entertainment), and Yoon Jongwoo (Former Boys Planet contestant).
- He has three original songs: "Swimming Pool"[citation needed], "Sunlight", and "Four Seasons"
- His hobbies include playing basketball, watching movies, writing scripts, study history, and play games.[17]
- His specialty is playing drums with his left hand.[17]
- His role models are Taeyang and Crush.[17]
- He can speak English and Korean.[17]
- A habit he has is when he smiles, only his left lip corner rises.[17]
- His favorite song is Japanese Denim by Daniel Caesar.[17]
- His catchphrase is "I am your only rockstar!"[17]
- His favorite anime is Demon Slayer.[citation needed]
Gallery
- Main article: Jay Chang/Gallery
References
- ↑ Jay Chang on Twitter (October 22, 2023)
- ↑ Soompi: Watch: “Under 19” Unveils Fun Moving Posters For Contestants
- ↑ Soompi: “Under 19” Reveals Team Battle Results And Announces First Eliminations
- ↑ Boys Planet: Episodes 1-12
- ↑ (KR) Newsen: ‘보이즈 플래닛’ 제이창, 에프엠엔터와 전속계약 “10월 데뷔” [공식]
- ↑ @fment_official on Twitter (September 31, 2023)
- ↑ @armada_ent on Twitter (October 18, 2023)
- ↑ Soompi: Mnet's New Vocal Survival Show "Build Up" Unveils All 40 Contestants
- ↑ @MnetKR on Twitter (March 30, 2024)
- ↑ Melon: "Is You (English Ver.)" song description
- ↑ Melon: "Liar" song description
- ↑ @jchang63 on Twitter (August 8, 2023)
- ↑ @jchang63 on Twitter (May 5, 2023)
- ↑ @oninnasia_tw on Twitter (July 7, 2023)
- ↑ @oricon on Twitter (July 11, 2023)
- ↑ @jchang63 on Twitter (September 1, 2023)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 Boys Planet profile
- ↑ @jchang63 on Twitter: June 11, 2020 tweet
- ↑ @jaychangtt on TikTok (January 16, 2022)
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