Teddy Park is not a strange name, the male musician is the man behind the success of hundreds of Kpop hits, from BIGBANG, 2NE1, to BLACKPINK. Undeniably, Teddy Park is the one who brought brilliant auras to this global girl group.
Teddy is known as the “music wizard” with the biggest role in creating the success of Blackpink, or the hit series of 2NE1, Big Bang. In particular, the greatest success of this genius musician is probably BLACKPINK. Most of Blackpink’s songs since their debut are performed by musician Teddy. There is even a funny question that Teddy Park is like “the 5th member of Blackpink”.
Korean fans have heaped praise on producer Teddy’s music. For those who love Blackpink’s music in particular and YG artists in general, they have all heard of familiar producer names like Danny Chung, R.Tee, … and most notably Teddy. It is he who has built Blackpink’s musical style since its debut until now, based on the girls’ own personalities.
Teddy Park is a Korean-American from Los Angeles, Teddy Park rose to fame in Korea in the late 1990s – the early days of K-pop – as a rapper in the 4-member hip-hop group 1TYM. , often considered the forerunner of Big Bang, under YG Entertainment.
However, Teddy Park then focused on making music. YG’s cult groups, from Big Bang, 2NE1, to Winner, Blackpink… all have Teddy’s hand in composing.
Many of Big Bang’s hit songs have been contributed by Teddy such as “Love Song”, “Fantastic Baby”, “Blue”, “Loser”, “Bae Bae”, “Bang Bang Bang”, “We Like 2 Party” , “Sober”… In 2009, Teddy was really famous when he played the main role of the newly debuted girl group 2NE1.
The two opening songs included in 2NE1’s first mini-album, “Fire” and “I Don’t Care”, were composed by Teddy. Even, “I Don’t Care” helped 2NE1 win the Daesang “Song of the Year” at MAMA 2009 as a rookie.
The unique, “addictive” music of Teddy when he was a producer of 2NE1 created a big buzz. Even the famous singer Lady Gaga once asked Teddy to make music for her, but he refused because he was busy composing albums for 2NE1.
Later, Teddy revealed that he did not accept Lady Gaga because he did not understand who Lady Gaga was. There is a working principle Teddy always adheres to, he only composes for singers he has really understood about them.
Teddy explained, “I think that making music acts as a kind of intermediary between what the composer is aiming for and the singer’s intentions. Many times I have been offered large sums of money to compose. However, I declined because I don’t know that person well. I think that’s why I’ve only worked with YG artists until now.”
This is most clearly demonstrated through the success of Blackpink. Teddy has been Blackpink’s main producer since the group’s debut (2016) until now.
Almost all of Blackpink’s released songs are composed by Teddy. The series of hits that helped Blackpink become globally famous “Bumbayah”, “Ddu-du Ddu-du”, “Kill This Love”, “How You Like That”, “Pink Venom”… are all thanks to Teddy’s great efforts.
Teddy is Blackpink’s “Musical Heart”. The iconic intro “Blackpink in your area!” Also made by Teddy. Lisa once shared about Teddy with Rolling Stone: “He directs all of Blackpink. He knows us very well and always pushes us forward.”
“He’s like an alarm clock, reminding us to keep going with music. Teddy is hip-hop to the bone… And we’re inheriting that,” Jennie said of her role. Teddy for the group. In 2021, Teddy Park will be in the Top 50 greatest musicians of the 21st century honored by American Billboard magazine.
Under Teddy’s hands, Blackpink brings the most unique music in Kpop. The public calls Teddy “the 5th member of Blackpink” because it seems that Blackpink cannot be without Teddy.
Many people think that Blackpink is too dependent on Teddy. The group’s hit series is almost full of Teddy colors, so much so that difficult audiences find it boring.
However, it is undeniable that Teddy is still helping Blackpink go far on the way to conquering international audiences. Notably, the ‘painful’ problem in the BlackPink fandom community for a long time is that YG has given 4 girls too few comebacks. Even many people think that because BLACKPINK is too dependent on Teddy Park, he himself cannot meet the group’s comeback.
Because of this, YG has many times received criticism from BlackPink fans and even many comments that YG is too ‘lazy’, neglecting ‘house chickens’.
Taking on the position of making music and creating “measured” songs for BlackPink from the early days of their debut until now, Teddy shared about the reason why YG “hidden” from allowing the 4 girls to release many products. more products.
The male producer said that YG had separate directions for BlackPink. Now, they focus on quality and want the 4 girls to express their music as an artist, a product with more depth and emotion. Teddy revealed, “Now we feel the need to tell more personal stories.”
Besides sharing about YG’s ‘music recipe’, Teddy also shared that he himself knew how angry fans were when YG didn’t let BlackPink release music regularly. “I know the fans are angry. It’s like, ‘We want more.’ We have a lot of songs here, but we’re very picky about what comes out.”
Teddy is a hit every time he releases music, the songs he is in charge of all have unique and addictive beats, so the reputation of the YG producer has spread to the West.
Teddy has a brilliant career as a producer, many famous artists want to work with him, but this talented producer is also a controversial figure. Many times he was accused of plagiarism and became the target of criticism from netizens.
Throughout his career, Teddy has successfully built a brand of “music wizard”, many people assume that as long as the YG producer “gets involved”, the song will be successful anyway.
Although popularity is associated with controversy, it is undeniable that Teddy’s effort and talent in creating hits for BLACKPINK in particular and YG’s “chicken” group in general. He has formed the personality color, having 1-0-2 of an artist from YG, partly contributing to the kpop hit legacy of the past 2 decades.
