Park Ji-yoon, the wife of former Kakao co-CEO Cho Soo-yong and a singer, delivered deep comfort and empathy with a high-quality performance.

Park Ji-yoon held the 2025 Park Ji-yoon Concert ‘It‘s Okay’ at Nodeul Island Live House in Seoul on the 15th and 16th and interacted with music fans.

This concert was Park Ji-yoon’s first solo concert in a year since ‘Love is my song’ held in March of last year, and it received a lot of attention from fans, and proved the hot ticket power by selling out all tickets in just 2 minutes after ticket sales opened.

Before the start of the full-scale performance, Park Ji-yoon explained the title of this concert, ‘It‘s Okay’, saying, “I prepared this with the hope that this winter, which was unusually cold, would be a time for us to tell each other that we’re okay.

The concert themed ‘It‘s Okay’, which is also the title of Park Ji-yoon’s song, delivered a strong resonance through Park Ji-yoon‘s musical spectrum and stage skills, presenting an unrivaled stage.

Park Ji-yoon started with ‘April 16th’, which she chose as the opening song, and then performed ‘You Are Like a Tree’, ‘I’m in Love’, ‘I Don‘t Love You’, ‘Miracle’, ‘Moon’, ‘So I’m Sorry’, ‘I‘ll Tell You It’s Okay’, which she performed for the first time at a concert, ‘Sleep Talk’, ‘Confession’, ‘O’, ‘Quiet Dream’, and presented a highly immersive performance through her resonant voice and fantastically timed lighting direction.

As Park Ji-yoon continued her performance, the audience joined in, even clapping cautiously, and enjoyed the stillness with their warm gazes. Also, in ‘Where Are You Going?’, which featured a powerful band sound, she played the red guitar herself, making the audience focus solely on the stage.

Park Ji-yoon selected ‘No. 2’, which featured in BTS RM‘s solo album, and ‘Breathe’, which was written and composed by SHINee member Jonghyun, to convey her feelings for her fellow musicians who left an impression on her.

At the end of the concert, she wrapped up the concert by performing 21 songs over 130 minutes, including the concert’s title song ‘It‘s Okay’, and well-known songs to the public, ‘In Faded Memory’, and ‘Steal Away’.

After finishing the performance, Park Ji-yoon said, “I’m happy to be able to sing on stage,” “I really want to tell you that I‘m grateful for coming here,” and “I’ve endured by remembering the saying, ‘Even when times are tough, if you try to see the light rather than the darkness, that light will come to you,’ and I hope this year will be that kind of year for you all,” before shedding tears of emotion as she sent her heartfelt greetings to her fans and family.

Park Ji-yoon‘s 7th album, ‘Flower, First Again’, which was often referred to as a classic among music fans and where she took her first steps as a singer-songwriter, was named one of the ‘100 Greatest Korean Pop Albums of the 2000s’ by EBS Space Sympathy in April of last year to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

The EBS Space Sympathy ‘100 Greatest Albums by Park Ji-yoon’ episode featuring Park Ji-yoon will air at 10:45 p.m. on the 19th.

Park Ji-yoon married former Kakao co-CEO Cho Soo-yong in 2019 and they have one daughter. Former CEO Cho Soo-yong received 35.74 billion won in compensation in 2022, beating out conglomerate heads such as the CJ Group Chairman and Lotte Group Chairman to become the top earner among businesspeople.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com

This article is automatically translated using Google AI. If you notice any inaccuracies, please let us know at allkstar@donga.com.