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Bernard Park (born January 29, 1993), also known as Nakjoon, is an American singer based in South Korea. He is best known as the winning contestant of K-pop Star Season 3. He made his official debut on October 13, 2014 with his first extended play I'm.
On August 9, 2014, Park participated in the JYP Nation concert "One Mic" which was held at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul. He performed the song "The Last Time", before collaborating with Miss A member Bae Suzy for the song "Farewell Under the Sun" (). The latter song eventually became the title track for the live concert album which was released on December 10.
On October 15, 2014, Park held his first solo concert titled "Bernard Park's Fall Music Appreciation Concert" at the JBK Convention Hall in Samseong-dong. The following month, Park participated at Park Jin-young's "42 No. 1" 20th Anniversary concert at the Milk Music Live Station, which was held on November 8 at the Olympic Hall located in the Olympic Park, Seoul. Then on December 28, Park performed at the 6th Philippine K-pop Convention held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay, appearing alongside Sistar and labelmates Got7.
Park then collaborated with labelmates Park Jimin and Park Jin-young with the release of the song "Busan Memories" () on September 22, 2015. The song reached its peak position of 99 on the Gaon Digital Chart.
On April 4, 2016, Park released the digital single titled "With You" (), which was a duet with Wonder Girls member Woo Hye-rim. The song reached a peak position of number 53 on the Gaon Digital Chart. On July 6, Park released the song "Dirt" () in his first soundtrack participation for the drama A Beautiful Mind.
On June 21, 2017, Park announced that he would be promoting himself in his future activities with his Korean name, Nakjoon, in conjunction with the first reveal of his new song "Blame" featuring rapper Changmo. The song was released as a maxi single on June 28, supported by the B-sides "Your Story" and "Marry Me".
Park then participated in the soundtrack album for the drama Radio Romance with the release of the song "The Covered Up Road" (), which was released on February 5, 2018. On October 10, he collaborated with former f(x) member Luna for his digital single titled "Still". The single was supported with the pre-release track "Sleep Mode", which was released in both Korean and English on October 7 and was written by labelmate Young K of Day6.
On December 7, it was first announced that Park would be enlisting for mandatory military service as an active duty soldier, having given up his US citizenship in order to do so. He later held a mini-fan meeting titled 'Starry Night' to deliver a performance for his fans before undergoing his enlistment. On December 17, he entered the 22nd Division of the ROK Army where he began basic military training and continued active service in the division's military band. Park formally finished his military service on July 27, 2020.
Park made his first onstage performance and media appearance after enlistment with an appearance on MBC's King of Mask Singer in its episode which aired on August 30, 2020.
On October 7, Park announced that he would go back to using 'Bernard Park' for future promotions. In the same month, he participated in the soundtrack album for the JTBC drama More Than Friends with the release of the song "Close Your Eyes", marking his first song after his military enlistment, as well as the return of his birth name for promotions.
On November 15, 2021, Park released a new digital single titled "Bad Influence".
On September 19, 2022, JYP Entertainment announced his departure from the label after deciding not to renew his contract.
| 2014 | 1st Place (Winner) | |||
| 2015 | Best New Artist | |||
| 24th Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang Award | "Before the Rain" | ||
| Popularity Award | ||||
| Rookie Award | ||||
| Hallyu Special Award | ||||
| Rookie of the Year |
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