Blasts from the past #31-33: Grace under pressure.
Four months after Debut, August 2002!
Even when the sound people had trouble with his background track and “Handshake” was ruined beyond repair, as upsetting as it had to be, a very young JiHoon simply bowed out gracefully and then came back as adorable as ever with “Instead of Saying Goodbye.” Cool as a cucumber.
That’s our Rain. 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
Rain 020830 M_Double Impact HandShake+Goodbye. (courtesy of maruborarain2)
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Two months after Debut, June 2002!
Just LISTEN TO THE STRENGTH IN HIS VOICE during this First Live “Bad Guy”! Seriously. O.O And during “Handshake.” Ahhh.
Rain 020623 K_FM Kayohiroba First Live_BadGuy+Handshake. (courtesy of maruborarain2)
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Aaaand… Rain visits the Asian-American community in Chicago, sometime in winter of 2003 or early 2004, I’m guessing, and was a very Bad Guy!
Bi (Rain) in Chicago. (courtesy of kookie315)
Cloud USA 
Jihoon looked so shocked. I would have done the same. I get speachless still when I’m on stage w/ group our by myself.
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AWWWW This was Awesome! I think his voice was their for the first performance its just he was thrown off a little but still very much the professional that he is. The second one WOW you can see the power of his voice and the bad boy waiting to get out. hahahaha, Now the last one in chi town AWE BABY even his boys(dancers) were like man we gonna get some tonight! hahahahaha I could see how he wasn’t use to the openness of the women they were ready to eat him up! hahahaha DANG he was only 3 hours from me!!! and I never knew a thing about him, well now I do and WHAT A MAN!!!!
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Thanks for posting, always love to see these earlier videos and see how far Rain has come in his career.
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Oh, wow he is just a baby!!! He looks soo adorable!! He talk with his fans in such a simple way, like he was in a talent show!! AWWW!! LOOOOVE his voice, even then, it was smokey hot!!! The dancing was funky and the clothes too but, hey, with that charming personality and beeeautiful voice, Does it matter? Not a bit. LOL
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Let that happen now to MR. Ji-Hoon Jung. His reaction would still be the same……He would very calmly walk back stage, no screaming. He would then look at the culprits and in a quiet tone he would say….”Now you know what’s next?” The culprits would then kneel before THE BOSS and then after 5 minutes 4 heads would go rolling out onto center stage and then land in the laps of the people sitting in the front row.
MR. Ji-Hoon Jung would then return to the stage and proceed to sing…….somehow “My Way” takes on new meaning! That’s right JACK!!
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LMAO…!
Yeah, somebody’s ass would be in a cinch. LOL
Stephe ^@@^
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Yes M’am…….I’m talking Ninja “Ass”assin!
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