MANILA, Philippines - Julian Trono (photo) visits Korea and will have a guest spot on MBC’s live musical variety program Show Champion.
The Kapuso teen star was handpicked by JU Entertainment Music & Contents, Inc., a Philippine company which adopts the K-Pop system. Jin-Eog Kim, a co-CEO of the company with Alfredo delos Santos, found Julian’s promising talent as a singer when he saw his performances on TV. Jin-Eog Kim’s expertise includes scouting, developing talent and artist management, and has produced famous artists including SeoTaiji and boys.
Julian is excited as he goes through the different executions of the production. For the past months, he has been training with the Korean team, which helps him develop his singing skills, and adopt the Korean Pop (K-Pop) style of dancing.
Behind him is a team which includes songwriter Jack Kim (Kim Heon-Jik), who composed famous artists’ songs and soundtracks for drama programs, movies and commercials. In 2005, Jack received the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards for the Best Composer in China and Hong Kong.
Rapping alongside Julian is ONE, a member of the crossover hip-hop team T.L CROW. He has performed as an underground artist and established his reputation in New York as a rapper in 2003 when he won Joe Jackson Hip-Hop Boot Camp, a rapping battle founded by Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson. ONE was the first Asian winner in the history of the competition and started to work with many artists in the US and Korea since then.
Last Jan. 29, ONE visited the Philippines to work with Julian in the music video which is under the helm of Albert Langitan, respected drama and reality shows director of GMA Network.
Hwang Young-Chul will take the official stills for the project. He has photographed over 60 Korean drama and movie posters, and is known as the best photographer for profile pictures of Korean top celebrities. He also held many photo exhibitions in Korea and Japan wherein he received the Korea Culture Entertainment Award for Hallyu (Korean Wave) Star Photographer in 2011.
Completing the dream team is GMA Records, which is closely involved with the process and will distribute Julian’s upcoming single worldwide.