34 Facts About Jung Joon-young

Jung Joon-young is a South Korean former musician.

Jung Joon-young was convicted in 2019 for gang-raping two different victims on two occasions in 2016.

From 2015 to March 2019, Jung Joon-young was the lead vocalist of the rock band JJY Band, which was renamed Drug Restaurant in 2016.

Jung Joon-young hosted his own radio program titled Jung Joon-young's Simsimtapa on MBC FM from 2014 to 2015 and made his film debut in Love Forecast in 2015.

Subsequently, Jung Joon-young retired from the entertainment industry, admitting that he had "filmed women without their consent and shared it".

Jung Joon-young was born on February 21,1989, in South Korea.

Jung Joon-young then grew up in Indonesia, China, Japan, France and Philippines.

Jung Joon-young is the youngest son of Jung Hak-chun and Choi Jong-sook.

Jung Joon-young's father was an international businessman who travelled to many countries for his business.

Jung Joon-young took private lessons for subjects such as Math and English, as well as violin, and piano.

When Jung Joon-young turned 17, he went to the Philippines to do missionary work.

Jung Joon-young taught Taekwondo and music to the local children.

Jung Joon-young was a member of the choir that performed for the former president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Jung Joon-young stated that he got inspired by Kurt Cobain and was determined to become a rock star after he watched Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show when he was a teenager.

Jung Joon-young was featured in an advertisement for "BGF Retail", and participated in other artists' music videos, such as "Liquor Bottle".

Jung Joon-young had been at risk of dropping out several times, but he passed through into the finals by Psy's choice in the judge's final decision.

Jung Joon-young received multiple suggestions to try a different genre of music, such as ballads, from the judges.

Jung Joon-young was able to survive the third stage through a large number of phone votes.

Jung Joon-young has appeared in several TV shows including KBS2's Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend, Happy Together, MBC's Radio Star, and We Got Married.

Jung Joon-young earned Star of the Year at the MBC Entertainment Awards.

On March 12, Jung Joon-young released an official cheer song, "Always Reds", which was collaborated with the hip hop group Soul Dive, a track on the Red Devils' official cheer album "We are the Reds" for 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Jung Joon-young entertained the audience by covering his own version of Michael Jackson's "Black or White".

Jung Joon-young participated in the OST for SBS's Modern Farmer, singing the song "Same Place" which is a rock ballad that tells a heart-breaking love story.

Jung Joon-young next starred in The Lover, a 19+ drama aired by Mnet, playing an unknown musician who is both living with and dating a woman 12 years his senior.

Jung Joon-young next joined a new variety show called Old House, New House aired by JTBC as a cast member.

Jung Joon-young picked soft rock as the main sound for his new solo album.

Jung Joon-young wrote, composed, and produced another track in the album and included his broad musical abilities in the album.

Two days later, Jung Joon-young's agency revealed the tracklist of the album through their Twitter account.

Jung Joon-young appeared in 2018 World DJ Festival Anthem Compilation, performing a new track called Fly alongside Advanced on May 28.

Jung Joon-young will be singing the third track titled, Hifive Republic of Korea in the album called, We, The Reds.

On March 12,2019, Jung Joon-young retired from the entertainment industry.

The allegations surfaced during a police investigation into Seungri for allegedly providing prostitution services, and resulted in Jung Joon-young being investigated as well.

Jung Joon-young apologized to the multiple women he filmed, as well as his fans, and pledged to cooperate with police.

On 19 March 2024, Jung Joon-young was released from a prison in Mokpo, South Jeolla upon completion of his prison sentence.