god's Park Jun-hyung reveals first-album settlement fell short of W10m

Park Jun-hyung of the group god has revealed that his settlement from the group's debut album came to less than 10 million won ($7,550).

Park appeared Tuesday on "The Brian," the YouTube channel of Fly to the Sky's Brian, and shared stories from the group's early days. When the production team asked whether his agency had given the members etiquette training at the time, Park said, "There was no manner education — we were just thugs," adding that his settlement for the first album had not even reached 10 million won. He then turned to Brian and said, "Back then, didn't we promote for about three or four months? We worked so hard."

Brian shot back, "Still, you earned more than Fly to the Sky. We got 2 million won back then." When Park said, "But we did pretty well for ourselves," Brian replied, "We did well too. We won a rookie award." Park added, "The third and fourth albums were huge hits — that's when the money started coming in. Before that, we weren't making any."

It is not the first time god members have spoken openly about their first-album settlements. The group appeared in December last year on producer Na Young-seok's YouTube channel "Channel Fifteen Nights" and looked back on their debut period.

At that time, Park said he thought he had received around 10 million won or 12 million won after the first album's promotions, but Kim Tae-woo corrected him, saying, "To be precise, we each received 13.6 million won."

Park said he personally received only 9.8 million won, explaining that he and Yoon Kye-sang had taken their agency head's car out and blown a tire, and the repair cost was deducted from his payment — a story that drew laughter.

Park also offered advice to Fly to the Sky, who are preparing for their first full-group comeback in eight years. "I was most worried about them," he said. "I've been doing group activities myself, and we were active around the same time, so I have a lot of concerns."

He went on to say, "You're not coming back to compete in the charts, are you? What you're doing now is fan service," urging the duo to let go of any pressure over chart performance.

Last month, Brian and Hwanhee announced a full-group comeback, their first since their 10th studio album in 2019 — a gap of about eight years.

god, who debuted in 1999, earned the nickname "the nation's group" through beloved hits including "To My Mother," "I Love You and I Remember," "Lie" and "Road."