Claire, hi ❤️
I guess you already saw the news but tell me, as a 9x9 specialist and a Nadao aficionados, what do you think is the plan for him in GMMTV? I loved him in Great Men Academy and In Family We Trust! I hope he will join the cast of High and Low : Born to be High with Sky. Thank youuu
Hiiiiiii spoon (✿◡‿◡)
I saw! I keep telling myself I won't be surprised by any new additions to GMMTV but I have to admit this one shooked me a little. Not because it's unexpected but I am admittingly afraid of what it means for the future of annual TRINITY reunion at Superfluid Songkran singing ผู้โชคดี (The Lucky One) aka Great Men Academy OST (mind you TRINITY have been doing this every year since before and after 4NOLOGUE dissolved and TRINITY members are all under separate management).
Jackie already made a long farewell/explanation post on the starting of his new journey at GMMTV.
The past two years have been some of the most challenging in my life. First, I want to tell everyone that my decision to join a new home under GMMTV was my own. I believe this will be another important opportunity for me to grow, both as an artist and as an actor. Looking back to the day I decided to start my own company, I had almost no knowledge of management. Everything was new and much harder than I imagined. But within that difficulty, it was also fun and full of valuable lessons. Over the past two years, I've tried and failed, learned about business, behind-the-scenes work, and understood how much dedication from so many people is required to create a single piece of work. Today, I want to thank my past self for daring to do something I'd never done before and giving it my all. I also want to sincerely thank everyone at OTH Entertainment, both those who have been with me on this journey and those who are still here today. Thank you for believing in Jackie, and thank you for your continuous support, help, and dedication. We started as a small team with many different roles, some days barely sleeping, and some days solving problems on set minute by minute, but everyone persevered. This has resulted in something we can all be proud of. The memories, experiences, and friendships that have developed over the past two years will always be cherished and something I'll be proud of. For me, everyone was truly a Dream Team. From the very first day, I always intended that we wanted to be a part of creating good work and bringing happiness to everyone who followed and supported us. Even though OTH is no longer managing me, the intention and purpose from the beginning remain the same, and I will continue to uphold this in every role I take on in the future. OTH will also continue on its own path, and I hope everyone will continue to follow and support the company on its future journeys as well. Finally, thank you to all the fans, partners, clients, and everyone who has supported me and OTH Entertainment throughout the years. Thank you for being with me through every moment, and thank you for believing in us. From now on, I will do my best in my role in the next step of my life. This chapter may be ending, but the horizon is still ahead. See you on the horizon 🤍 Jackie Jakarin Kangwankiatichai, CEO - OTH Entertainment
But if you ask me WHY? Jackie is joining GMMTV of all place. The very simplified version is that GMMTV made him a good offer in this lakorn/thai ent recession period - one which we can only speculate on. It's probably important to note that Jackie has been on the press record the past few months talking about both about how he's considered leaving the industry and the lukewarm reception to his music despite his efforts and also his dreams of winning the lottery and quitting the industry once he's won the biggest lotto prize.
My personal thoughts from what I've seen as someone who's been following mostly Jackie's acting works is that GMMTV seems like a comfortable place for Jackie to grow a stable fanbase for his acting works while having full behind the scenes support for his music endeavors. I think the past two years of Jackie trying to do everything himself have shown him that perhaps it's better to have team that can better support the behind the scenes for his musical endeavors than him having to do everything himself from scratch (but it's indeed very endearing and admirable watching Jackie and his OTH team doing things like hosting online google meets with fans to survey what they want for his concert)
This is just my instinct but I feel like Jackie want to act more and GMMTV is a great backing should he wants to take on more acting gigs at the moment in this lakorn recession period. Two of his SWU best friends (Nanon and Perth) are also at GMMTV so why not? (GMMTV probably would have snatched Gelboys' New Chayapak from this friend squad as well had he not been with LOOKE)
So honestly I'm cheering for Jackie and whatever he wants to be doing next at GMMTV. My biggest fear is that Jackie will have to decline annual TRINITY Songkran reunions and Olympop but for that we'll have to wait and see next year if his move to GMMTV has changed the freedom he had as an independent artist.
side note: I think it's really ironic how both of Meen's "BL" partners (Ping and Jackie [who is starring in Ban Son Sop บ้านซ่อนศพ - TrueVisions Now bromance/male friendship series adaptation of a BL horror novel]) are ending up at GMMTV. If P'Gong isn't holding onto Meen so tightly, I bet GMMTV has their eyes on Meen as well.
