Jackson Wang Answers More of The Web's Most Searched Questions

Hey, this is Jackson Wang

and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

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Yeah, I Google myself while [censored] all over the place.

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Does Jackson Wang [label peeling]

write his own songs?

I mean for this album releasing this year

called Magic Man 2,

I spent one year writing all of them.

Converting from personal diaries to music.

And the reason for that is because

a lot of the songs in the past,

which some of them I wrote, some of them you know,

it's a lot of people... the team's... the team effort.

But I took a year off because...

Actually never made a song for myself.

I understand all that commercial performance music.

But what do I wanna say as a person?

You know, so that's why this album is personal to me.

Does Jackson Wang reply to DMs? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I do. Sometimes, sometimes.

Does Jackson Wang live in L.A. now?

I live in Shanghai with my parents.

And I also live in Seoul. [label peeling]

Does Jackson Wang have tattoos?

I do. A lot.

I have 13, 14, 15? I'm a big fan of Buzz Lightyear.

So I got them like on my legs.

But then we drank so much.

And the tattoo artist was so drunk.

It looked nothing like Buzz.

It's so bad. Do you wanna see it?

Hey, man, hey... Don't laugh, okay?

And don't get me wrong,

he's a very like famous tattoo artist.

Just... so drunk.

Yeah... Okay, next.

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What is Jackson Wang?

Let me guess, what is Jackson Wang known for?

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Fandom name.

For me, I guess is Jackie.

And for the group, it's I GOT7, I GOT7. Yeah.

Second one...

What is Jackson Wang famous for?

See, this is the top one.

The funny thing is I'm involved in a lot of like

different categories.

KPOP, CPOP, any rising. It's just a lot.

I don't even know. Whatever, you know?

I'm just Jackson Wang.

What is Jackson Wang's net worth?

Chinese name? It's Wang Jaier.

And in Cantonese, it's Wang Ka-yee.

But Jackson is my real name.

Passport? I don't have that like a.k.a. bullshit.

It's just Jackson Wang.

And my mom named me Jackson

because she was a fan of Michael Jackson.

And she wished, you know,

her kid could dance and sing like him.

What is Jackson Wang's first language?

I don't have one, I don't know.

Maybe Cantonese?

I speak a lot but I'm not fluent in any of it.

Mandarin, Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, English.

I think I could just...

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Hey, I'm sorry. Am I supposed to do that?

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Hey, thank you, thank you.

When did Jackson Wang debut?

Hey, easy. 2014, January 16th.

When did Jackson Wang become a trainee?

That was 2011, July 3rd. I arrived in Korea.

I got casted.

I was at that time, I used to be a professional athlete.

Professional fencer.

And I was prepping London Olympics.

And I got casted in school.

Which honest, honestly-speaking, I was lucky.

'Cause I was just playing basketball after exam.

And you're supposed to go home after exam.

But I stayed.

And whoever that was playing basketball with me...

They weren't as good-looking as me.

So thank god they were there.

You know, you got no choice. But I was the only one.

Literally, only three people on the court.

So I'm thankful to them to this day.

When did Jackson Wang...

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I don't remember. I think I was 23.

I didn't go out. Like I just did my own thing.

And lucky, lucky enough, the company that I was in was JYP.

And they allowed me to do that.

So I'm still grateful to this day.

When did Jackson Wang

[label peeling] come to India?

Two years ago, I think.

Yeah, two year... Three years ago. Two or three years ago.

Yeah. Mumbai for a music festival.

It was dope.

Okay. Okay, cool.

Jackson Wang's tour?

Maybe after the album, Magic Man 2.

And I think this time I wanna travel to more cities.

Deep in Europe, deep in South America.

I also wanna go to India, Indonesia.

Also Africa if I can.

You know some cities we're really crazy,

where you can feel the crowd

that they're ready to die with you.

You know like, and they're partying.

And they're not even shooting.

They're not even holding on to their phones.

They're not even shooting videos.

They're just there to party and to have a good time.

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Jackson Wang new album?

My new album is Magic Man 2 dropping this year.

And it's a self-serving album.

Is what I wanna say as a person.

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Jackson Wang red bracelet?

Oh, this one?

So in Chinese culture,

if your sign is matching with the current year.

So if this year is that Year of the dog,

and if my sign is dog, too.

There's a saying that you gotta be careful that year.

Either you're gonna be super-successful,

or you're gonna G.G.

Like you're gonna die. Like you're gonna fail.

Like some shit is gonna happen to you.

So in order to prevent that,

your parents need to give you a red bracelet

to protect you.

And we gotta wear red underwear, whatever. Just red.

And it's supposed to fall off naturally.

So this is from the previous Year of the Dog.

It's still there.

I'm just waiting. I'm waiting for it to fall off.

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Jackson Stanford University.

I received scholarship in Stanford right...

While I was prepping for London back then.

So before giving up everything, and went to Korea.

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Jackson Wang yulong perfume?

This is a perfume that I've been using

for more than four years.

Four, five years.

I prefer yulong tea because it feels,

it's like nature, natural smell.

Instead of like fruity, and like cologne.

Like that's too strong for me.

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Last one?

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Where does Jackson Wang live now?

Shanghai and Seoul, Korea.

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Where does Jackson Wang grew up?

I was born and raised in Hong Kong.

And also Shanghai.

My mom's from Shanghai, my dad's from Gwangju.

For 13 years, it's just back and forth from,

between Hong Kong and Shanghai.

14, 15, I was in Budapest for fencing.

And then Sicily for seven, eight month.

And then went back to Hong Kong for exam.

And that's when I got casted.

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Where did Jackson Wang go to school?

In Hong Kong. It's called AIS.

American International School.

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How to style Jackson Wang hair?

I would wear a hat. I like wearing hats.

Beanies... Yeah, I like to wear them.

'Cause I feel like when you do your hair, it's too serious.

Especially for like lifestyle content.

But performance, like performing... Then, sure.

Or red carpet.

This is... [fingers tapping]

This better be a good one, man.

It's the last one.

Don't disappoint me.

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Okay, wait. Wait... Hold on.

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Oh! Okay, safe. Was Jackson Wang at Coachella 2024?

I was, yeah. I was.

Hey, I'm so blessed. I'm so grateful, you know?

Being able to perform for three years.

So grateful for them.

Hopefully not this year.

'Cause I don't have songs to perform. Maybe next year.

If I... If they invite me.

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Hey, thank you so much for having me.

It's an honor to be on Wired Autocomplete Interview.

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