Jason

**Jason** is a South Korean singer, songwriter and producer formerly under **Spark Entertainment**. He is a former member of the boy group **NXT**. He is currently a songwriter, composer and producer under **Sunrise Entertainment**.

He made his solo debut on August 29, 2024 with his first digital single *Namanana*.

## **Career**

### **Pre-debut**

Serenity Park is a family friend of Jason's and recruited him early in Spark Entertainment as a trainee. He's rumored to be the first to join the company. He was revealed to the public in late 2017 in frequent dance practice videos shared by the company and later made it into the final lineup for **NXT** in early 2019.

### **2019: Debut with NXT**

On September 4, 2019, he made his debut as the Leader, Visual and Main Vocal in NXT with their first digital single, *Hello*.

### **2024 - 2028: Solo and collaborations**

In June 2024, Jason announced he would be making his solo debut under the stage name Jay later in the year. Throughout July and early August, he revealed snippets of the behind the scenes recording and teasers for his debut. He made his official debut on August 29, 2024 with his first digital single *Namanana.*

Periodically from 2025 - 2027, he would release digital singles, following a pattern much like NXT's. On May 6, 2027, he released his first mini album *Wings* after a collaboration with Astrolight's Nina for his digital single *Breaking Free* and with Sophia for her digital single *Winter Flower*.

### **2029 - 2030: Departure from NXT**

In December 2029 after *Shout It Loud* promotions ended with the group, Spark Entertainment announced the departure of Lucas and Jason from NXT. He officially departed from the company in January 2030.

### **2031 - Present: Sunrise Entertainment and Independent Work**

After his departure from NXT, Jason worked independently as a songwriter, composer and producer for other groups. While he did receive offers from numerous companies, like Lucas, he declined all of them as he felt he didn't want to continue as a solo artist and wanted to instead focus on building a career elsewhere in the music industry.

In June 2031, he accepted an offer from Lucas to be an in-house songwriter and producer for Sunrise Entertainment while working independently. He is also part of their board of directors.

## **Discography**

### **Digital Singles**

* *Namanana* (August 2024)
* *You're Welcome* (March 2025)
* *Into the Unknown* (August 2025)
* *Tell Me Why* (January 2026)
* *Heaven* (April 2026)
* *Move* (July 2026)
* *Breaking Free* ft. Nina (April 2027)
* *Monster* (June 2028)

**Features and Collaborations**

* *Winter Flower* (with Sophia) (January 2027)

## **Official SNS**

**Instagram:** itajason

**Twitter:** itajason

## **Trivia**

* Serenity Park recruited him while performing at a holiday party with both of their families. Some fans feel their connection was why Jason was a favorite of the company and debuted solo first.
* He doesn't have an official fandom name but once jokingly said he would've called them Bluejays because he liked the way the birds sound when singing. Fans wonder if it's also because he finds the play on his stage name amusing.
* Occasionally "likes stealing Minjae's thunder" as Lucas puts it.
* Outside of former NXT members, he has a close bond with Astrolight's Chloe. Fans once thought they were dating and the two rolled with it as a random prank for a week.
* He turned down being a co-founder for Sunrise Entertainment.
* Napping is one of his favorite pastimes.
* One of his favorite video game characters is Mario, which is where he got his usernames from.