K-pop star Jamie talks about her spicy new song Pity Party, standing up for herself online and being a party girl

K-pop singer Jamie began the year by calling out a fellow singer for labelling her a ‘thot’ – a sexual slur – and has just dropped a new song, Pity Party

The single shows a ‘spicy, more strong, version of Jamie’, the singer formerly known as Jimin tells the Post, and adds she plans to release an album in 2022

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K-pop star Jamie has just dropped her new song Pity Party. She talks to the Post about her song and her plans. Photo: Warner Music Korea

Published: 7:15pm, 3 Feb 2022

Jamie, also known as Park Jimin, has had many personas throughout her K-pop career. With the release of her new single Pity Party, she has a new one – a dancing queen.

The 24-year-old singer was born in South Korea but spent much of her youth in Thailand, before pursuing a singing career back home.

Active as a singer and television personality since 2012, she left behind her previous stage name, Jimin, after parting ways with her former label JYP Entertainment in 2019 and, after joining Warner Music Korea, began using the name Jamie on 2020’s Numbers.

“If I started as Jamie with Numbers, this is like another Jamie. A spicy, more strong, version of Jamie,” she tells the Post over a video call ahead of the single’s release on February 3.

A promotional shot for Jamie’s “Pity Party”. Photo: Warner Music Korea

“Ooh, when I’m low/ Then I’m rising even stronger,” she sings in Pity Party. The accompanying music video, bold and full of creepy visuals, provides a dramatic backdrop for the R&B-tinged dance track.

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