ABOUT:
JUSTIN IS A FIRST-GENERATION KOREAN-AMERICAN, AS HIS FAMILY MOVED TO THE US FROM KOREA BEFORE HE WAS BORN. MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING HE LOVED, AS HE STARTED SINGING AND DANCING AT 4-YEARS-OLD. IN FACT, HE WAS INSPIRED BY HIS MOM, WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER IN KOREA. WHEN JUSTIN WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE PERFORMED A BRUNO MARS SONG AT A TALENT SHOW AND WON — AND IT’S WHERE HIS CAREER TOOK A WHOLE NEW TURN. HE KNEW HE HAD FOUND HIS LIFE’S PASSION, BUT HIS MOM WAS ADAMANT ABOUT HIM GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION AND STAYING IN SCHOOL. WHEN HE TOLD HER HE’D RATHER PURSUE MUSIC THAN GO TO COLLEGE, SHE WASN’T THRILLED AT FIRST, BUT SHE LATER SUPPORTED HIS CAREER ONCE SHE SAW THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOR. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, JUSTIN HAS BEEN HUSTLING TO MAKE IT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. HE WRITES ALL HIS OWN MUSIC AND PRACTICALLY LIVES IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. HIS ULTIMATE DREAM IS TO NOT ONLY BECOME A MASSIVE STAR IN THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC, BUT JUSTIN WANTS TO ALSO SHOW THE WORLD THAT ASIANS DON’T HAVE TO ADHERE TO TRADITIONAL ASIAN STEREOTYPES WHEN PURSUING THEIR DREAMS. HIS FAVORITE BAND IS BOYZ II MEN.