Kim Jaejoong's first 'Music Bank' stage in 18 years... Premieres new song 'Tonight'

Singer and actor Kim Jaejoong shared his thoughts on returning to the KBS 2TV ’Music Bank’ stage after about 18 years. On the 22nd, Kim Jaejoong posted on his SNS, ″Appearing on ’Music Bank’ after 18 years was not just a simple broadcast appearance for me,″ adding, ″It may seem like nothing special to others, but I believe this day was created together with the fans who endured all that time and the continuous journey of music.″ He also expressed, ″I sincerely thank everyone who made it possible for me to stand on this stage again after 18 years.″ On the ’Music Bank’ broadcast on the 21st, Kim Jaejoong performed the title track ″Tonight″ from his new single ’THE WAVE’ for the first time. The song expresses his ambition to breathe with fans on stage and leap into the world, and it ranked number one on the Bugs Top 100 chart on the day of its release. Kim Jaejoong’s appearance on ’Music Bank’ is his first in about 18 years since December 2008 when he was active as a member of TVXQ, and it is his first as a solo artist. After leaving TVXQ in 2009 with Kim Junsu and Park Yoochun, Kim Jaejoong formed JYJ and was active. He later went through an exclusive contract dispute with his former agency SM Entertainment, which made it difficult for him to appear on terrestrial music broadcasts for a long time. In 2013, the Fair Trade Commission ruled that SM Entertainment and the Korea Federation of Pop Culture and Arts Industry had obstructed JYJ’s broadcast appearances and issued corrective orders. The revised Broadcasting Act in 2015 included provisions restricting broadcasters from banning specific individuals from appearing on broadcasts without justifiable reasons at the request of third parties, which became known as the ’JYJ Act.’ His return to terrestrial broadcasting continued from 2024. Kim Jaejoong appeared on the KBS 2TV variety show ’New Product Launch Ppongstorang’ for the first time in 15 years, and later that year, he stood on the music broadcast stage of SBS’s ’Inkigayo’ for the first time in 16 years. With this ’Music Bank’ appearance, he also returned to KBS music broadcasts after 18 years. Meanwhile, Kim Jaejoong released his new single ’THE WAVE’ on the 20th and is scheduled to hold a solo concert titled ’The Wave’ at the KBS Arena in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, on the 29th and 30th.