SS501 : Member's profile

SS501(pronounced as Double-S 501 or Deo Beul E Seu Oh Gong Il) is a popular South Korean boyband under management of Daesung Entertainment, also known as DSP Entertainment. The name of the band is a combination of the alphabet and numbers that have special meanings in them. The first “S” stands for “Super”. The second “S” is an abbreviation for whatever they want to be that starts with an S, Star/Singer etc. The number 5,0 and 1 means `five members united as one forever.’ Their official fan club is known as “Triple S”. There are only three official Triple S currently, but more are surfacing from other countries and waiting for DSP to recognize them.

Debut:SS501 debuted in 8 June 2005 with their first single “경고” (“Warning”), with a second single “Snow Prince” released in late 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April.^{[citation needed]} The hiatus was due to Heo Young Saeng’s throat condition which required surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover.^{[citation needed]}. In mid-2006, they held their first concert, “Step Up Concert” in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10. Singles from the album included “Unlock” and “Four Chance”. As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. On their 600th day (January 28, 2007), they won the Mutizen award from SBS Inki Gayo for their song “Four Chance”.

Entering Japan:

Later in 2007, the group debuted in the Japanese market. A Japanese fanclub has been established with the name of “Triple S Japan”; it officially debuted on March 25, 2007, when SS501 had their first official meeting with the group. In Korea, their fan club members number around 41,700^{[citation needed]}. The group had a Japanese single “Kokoro”, which had multiple versions, including one with all members and five others featuring the members individually. The single debuted at #5 on the Oricon chart,and jumped to #3 the next day. A full album was released later in the year.

Comeback to Korea:

In 2008, SS501 returned to Korea with their single Deja Vu released on March 8, 2008. The title track was the first song to be promoted, and they started their comeback on music channel M.Net’s M Countdown.^[1] After success with their single “Deja Vu”, they began to promote their second single, “A Song Calling For You”. They performed their Goodbye Stage on Music Bank on June 6th, 2008, to return to Japanese activities.

Boys Over Flowers:

On October 2, 2008, an official announcement confirmed Kim Hyun Joong as part of the cast for the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, also known as Boys Over Flowers, which is scheduled to be broadcast via KBS 2TV in the first half of 2009 with a total of 25 episodes. According to an official from Group Eight, the production house in charge of the drama, Kim Hyun Joong was selected to play Hanazawa Rui, or Yoon Ji Hoo (Korean ver.). He was the only flower boy who was selected without going for any auditions. After the show, SS501 gained even more fans and Triple S started forming and expanding, both in Korea and overseas.

Subgroup:

Due to two of the members’ busy schedules, Jungmin performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, also known as Boys Over Flowers, SS501′s album, originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009. Instead, a subgroup SS501 was formed. They initially wanted to use Triple S as their group name but gave up the idea because they think that they are 5 members always as 1 no matter what, so they continued to release a special project album U R Man (released on November 25, 2008) under the name of SS501.

The three (members of the subgroup) also had a cameo in the fourth episode of Boys Over Flowers as performers in a club, singing “Ur Man”. Finishing their promotional activities for ‘Ur Man’, they went on to promote ‘내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I’m stupid)’, a song they sang for the OST of ‘Boys Over Flowers’. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.

2nd Japanese Album:

They released their official 2nd Japanese album on 13 May 2009 titled “All My Love”. They held a ‘SS501 ALL MY LOVE Sale Commemoration Hand Shake Session’ on 17 May at TFT Hall in Tokyo where 7,000 fans attended.

1st Asia Tour PERSONA:

The original group, with all five members, cameback in August 2009. They begin their First Asia Tour from Aug’09, which includes countries like Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Hongkong etc. Two Asia Tour Concerts has been done, 01 Aug & 02 Aug in Seoul and 13 Aug (1pm & 7pm) in Tokyo. SS501 held a fanmeeting in Taiwan on 28 Jun and HongKong on 01 Aug prior to their Asia Tour.

Members:

 Kim Hyun Joong:

• Korean：김현중  Chinese： 金賢重
• SS501 Leader
• Nickname: dog or cow
• Birthday: 1986/06/06
• Zodiac: Gemini
• Seoul origin
• Height: 183cm
• Weight：63kg
• Blood type：B
• Education: Kyonggi University, Department of electronic digital music
• Family member : Parents, Elder brother
• Hobbies : swimming, workout, basketball, football
• Talents : guitar, paino
• idol : Lee Hyori
• dream girl : straightforward, like friend
• own body part that like most : eyes
• motto : You can only live once
• In 2008 starred in MBC variety show, “We got married”; 2009 Korean Drama Boys Over Flowers (South Korean version of “Meteor Garden”), which of Yoon Ji-Hoo
  

Career:

Kim debuted as the leader of SS501 in 2005. In addition to their musical activities, SS501 participated in two reality shows — Thank You For Waking Us Up (2005) and Thank You For Raising Us(2006) — that profiled the group’s life together. They also appeared in MNet’s Idol World in 2007, which showed SS501 doing various missions in Japan.

He joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on May 11, 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior. They achieved high popularity acting as a newlywed couple. Due to his appearance on We Got Married, he was cast in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango as one of the members of the famous F4. Known as the “Lettuce Couple”, Kim and Hwang Bo went on to win MBC’s Best Couple Award. The couple made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts presented by Boys Over Flowers.

In the hit drama series, Boys Over Flowers, he plays Yoon Ji Hoo. The series was a huge media and ratings sensation in Korea during its run from January to March 2009, garnering a huge amount of popularity for the entertainer.

Along with his bandmates, Kim is preparing SS501′s new Korean album, for which each member will be doing a solo. Their Asia Concert Tour began in mid-August 2009.

Filmography:

• Boys Over Flowers (KBS2, 2009) Yoon Ji Hoo
• Nonstop 5 (Episode 208, MBC, 2005)
• Can Love Be Refilled? Sitcom (KBS2, 2005

Awards:

• Popularity Award for Television on KBS2′s Boys Over Flowers (The 45th PaekSang Arts Awards, February 2009)

• Best Couple Award on MBC’s We Got Married with Hwang Bo (MBC Awards, December 28, 2008)
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  Heo Young Saeng:

  

   

  • Korean: 허영생, Chinese：許永生
  • SS501 Prince
  • Nickname : Otter
  • Birthday: 1986/11/03
  • Zodiac: Scorpio
  • Gochang gun Jeollabuk origin (born in Guangzhou City, Gyeonggi-do)
  • Height 178cm
  • Weight 63kg
  • Blood Type: O Type
  • Family member : Parents
  • Hobbies: Online game, listening to music, self-portrait (photos)
  • Talents: Piano, voice intimation
  • idol : Song Hye-gyo
  • First Love: Middle school with a girl three years older than him
  • ideal girl: cute, considerate, intelligence
  • motto: I need to overcome all the difficulty to keep go on
  

  *Career:

  Heo Young Saeng was a trainee under SM Entertainment, making him close with members of TVXQ and Super Junior. He later joined DSP Entertainment and debut as a member of SS501 on 8 June 2005.
  Young Saeng hosted SS501′s Youngstreet (SBS, 2006) with fellow member Park JungMin from 1 May 2006. He had to part with the program in Aug’06 due to some problems on his vocal cords which requires surgery and time to recover.
  In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama “Boys Over Flowers“, SS501′s album which was originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.
  Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed, with Heo Young Saeng as the leader of this sub unit. Other two members in this unit are Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5 members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R Man” (released on November 25, 2008).
  Young Saeng composed and wrote his solo song, ‘사랑인거죠 (Is it Love?)’ which is also included in the special project album. This song is written while SS501 were having activities in Japan in 2007. He is the first member to have both composed and wrote lyrics for a song.
  Finishing their promotional activities for “U R Man”, they continued their activities to promote “내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I am stupid)”, a song they sang for the OST of “Boys Before Flowers”. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.
  

  *Solo:

• Hajimete Miru Sora Datta (はじめて見る空だった) (‘Kokoro’ August 2007)
• Is It Love? (사랑인거죠) (‘U R Man’ November 2008)
• Memories without a name (이름없는 기억) (SS501 Solo Collection June 2009)
• My Baby You
• Go wipe your tears(눈물을 지워가)- Friend, Our Legend Drama OST

*Radio Show:

• SBS SS501′s Youngstreet (May ~ Aug 2008)

• Kim Kyu Jong:

  
  
  
  • Korean: 김규종, Chinese：金奎鐘
  • SS501 Center
  • Nickname: Center
  • Birthdate: 1987/2/24
  • Zodiac: Pisces
  • Blood type: A type
  • Height / Weight: 181 cm / 65kg
  • Education: All Beijing Normal University affiliated High School (graduate) Baiji University of the Arts Department of Music (studying in)
  • Family member: Parents, little sister
  • Hobbies: listening to music, reading, basketball
  • Talents: Magic
  • idols: Wu Shijing
  • ideal girl: someone like idols Wu Shijing, warm hearted
  • Motto: No regrets, I would like to challenge all!
  

  Career:

  Kim Kyu Jong debuted as a member of SS501 on 06 June 2005.
  Kim Kyu Jong took over the role of DJ from Heo Young Saeng for SBS radio program ‘SS501′s Youngstreet’ on 21 Aug 2006 as Young Saeng had to undergo a throat surgery and require time to recover. He hosted this program with his fellow member Park Jung Min.
  Kim Kyu Jong started his acting career with a role in Mnet hip-hop music drama “Break” (11 May 06) showcasing his acting skills and dance skills at the same time while playing the role of a b-boy.
  In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama “Boys Over Flowers”, SS501′s album which was originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.
  Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed with Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5 members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R Man” (released on November 25, 2008).
  Finishing their promotional activities for “U R Man”, they continued their activities to promote “내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I am stupid)”, a song they sang for the OST of “Boys Before Flowers”. This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.
  Kim Kyu Jong joined as one of the regular host for MBC Every1 “God Of Cookery Expedition” since 21 Nov 08.

  Solo:

• Hikari (光) (‘Kokoro’ August 2007)
• Never Let You Go (‘U R Man’ November 2008)
• Wuss Up (SS501 Solo Collection June 2009)

Drama:

• Break (Mnet, 2006)

Variety Show:

• God of Cookery Expedition (MBC Every1, 21 Nov 2008 to 01 May 2009)

Radio Show

• SBS SS501′s Youngstreet (21 Aug 2006)

• Park Jung Min:

  

   

  • Korean name: 박정민, Chinese: 朴政玟
  • SS501 SEXY CHAIRMA
  • Nickname: Horse
  • Birhday:  1987/04/03
  • Zodiac: Aries
  • Seoul origin
  • Height: 185cm
  • Weight: 66kg
  • Blood Type: O Type
  • Education: Dongguk University, Normal University affiliated high school, Kyonggi University, Department acting
  • Family member: Parents, elder sister
  • Hobbies: listening to soft music
  • Talents : Tap dance
  • idol: Gao Ying
  • ideal girl: with long hair
  • always saying: some English expression like “Oh! my goodness”
  • motto: always living with thankful heart
  

  Solo:

• HERE (‘Kokoro’ August 2007)
• If You Cannot feat. Jisun (SS501 Solo Collection 2009)

TV Shows:

Elephant (Episode 85)

Musical:

• Grease (musical) (December 2008 – March 2009)

Kim Hyung Joon:

• Korean name: 김형준, Chinese: 金亨俊
• SS501 baby
• Position: Main vocal, Rap
• Nickname: dinosaur or rabbit
• Birthday : 1987/08/03
• Zodiac: Leo
• Seoul origin
• Height: 181cm
• Weight: 66kg
• Blood Type: O Type
• Family member: Parents, little brother (Kim Ki Bum @ U-Kiss)
• Education : Dongguk University Teacher’s College High School (Middle school of it), Kyonggi University (still attending)
• Hobbies: basketball, listening to music, online game
• Talents: fanciful constellation of talents
• idol: BoA
• ideal girl: Feminine, hard-working
• motto: no matter what I encounter, I won’t give up

Solo:

• Impossible Goodbye (Sayonara Ga Dekinai) (‘Kokoro’ August 2007)
• I Am (‘U R Man’ November 2008)
• Hey G (SS501 Solo Collection 2009)

Single Album:

• Men From Mars, Woman From Venus Feat Miso (9 April 2009)

                                                            SS501 "Like This"

The best of the k-pop : Teen top

TEEN TOP (Korean: 틴탑) is a South Korean boy group that consists of six members: C.A.P, Chunji, L.Joe, Niel, Ricky, Changjo. Under T.O.P. Media, they were founded by Andy Lee of Shinhwa in 2010. They released their first single album "Come Into the World" on July 9, 2010 and made their Official Debut on July 10, 2010 on MBC's Show! Music Core. Teen Top's Official Fan Club name is "Angel" and was formerly (unofficially) referred to as "Andromeda" (adapted from their Daum Cafe).

  

Career

 Teen Top members Ricky and Niel were both child actors. Niel debuted through the musical “Please“, and played the younger role of actor Joo Won in the musical. Ricky debuted through the music video for Seo Taiji’s “Human Dream“, and played the younger role of Song Seung Hun in “Love Song” as well.^[1]

 

2010: Debut

Teen Top made their official debut in July, with their title track, Clap (박수), with the music video featuring Lizzy from After School. Their debut single album, Come Into The World, was released on July 9, 2010. The group's debut officially began on July 10, 2010, first performing on MBC's Show! Music Core and then later on SBS's Inkigayo, receiving positive reviews for both performances. ^[2] Netizens also gave Teen Top the nickname 'Knife Choreography'.

2011: "Supa Luv" , Roman and "No More Perfume On You"

On January 13, 2011, Teen Top made their first comeback on M!Countdown with their 2nd single, "Supa Luv", which was produced by Shin Hyuk. The lyrics were rewritten and translated by Wheesung, with the original song written and sung by Redd Stylez.^[3]
On March 2, 2011, Teen Top released an MV for a remixed version of "Supa Luv" by A-rex featuring scenes from Beastly. The remix has then been chosen for promotional works for the movie throughout Asia. ^[4]
The group also made an appearance on Le Grand Journal. Teen top received overwhelming critical acclaim by comparison to other acts that have made it to the show. The performance of “Supa Luv” on the show was highly praised, with hosts commenting on the synchronized dancing and the pastel colour hair sported by each member. Notable acts who have made it into the talk show as well include Eminem, Usher, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna who have each attended and performed live.
On July 11, 2011, after celebrating Teen Top's first anniversary, T.O.P. Media, as the agency representative of Teen Top, announced on Teen Top's official site that a new mini album was set to be released on the 26th of July 2011. Further details were also revealed regarding teen Top's comeback.
On July 21, 2011, T.O.P. Media released the first teaser for Teen Top's comeback single, "No More Perfume On You", through various video sites including YouTube and Daum, with the second teaser being released exclusively on YouTube the day after. The mini-album, titled "Roman", was released on the July 27th through market sales, while audio streaming and downloading was released the day before.^{[5] [6]}

2012: It’s, aRtisT and "Be Ma Girl"

On January 4, 2012, Teen Top released their second mini album, "It's". Brave Brothers produced, wrote, composed, and mixed all six tracks in the album. ^[7] Teen Top later revealed the music video for their comeback, "Going Crazy" on January 5, 2012, featuring 4Minute's Kwon Sohyun.^[8] “Going Crazy” was introduced in Brazilian Rede TV’s entertainment news program “Leitura Dinamica” on January 10, 2012, which helped to gain international interest for Teen Top in Brazil.
On February 3, 2012, Teen Top won their very first award on KBS Music Bank since debuting on July 10, 2010 with Clap.^[9] They received the honor of performing the ending stage on MBC Show! Music Core, followed by a another win on SBS Inkigayo. ^[10] At the average age of 17.3, they were the youngest idol group to have won awards on the aforementioned music shows.
On February 25, 2012, Teen Top once again, received the honor of performing the ending stage for MBC Show! Music Core.
On May 28, 2012, Teen Top celebrated their first Official ANGEL Fan Club Inauguration.
On May 30, 2012, their third EP aRtisT was released digitally, followed by the MV for their title track, "To You". They have already gained much attention with this album, topping major music charts. Physical albums were released on June 4th, 2012.
On June 19, 2012, they began their 'Teen Top Zepp Tour 2012' in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo (Japan).

On August 3rd, 2012, the music video for "Be Ma Girl" was released. The following day, Teen Top made their comeback with "Be Ma Girl" on MBC'S Show! Music Core.

Teen top : member's profile

Teen Top, (Korean: 틴탑) is a South Korean pop group that consists of six members: C.A.P, Chunji, L.Joe, Niel, Ricky, Changjo. They are under the label T.O.P. Media and were founded in 2010 by Andy Lee of Shinhwa. They released their first single album, Come Into the World, on July 9, 2010 and made their official debut on July 10, 2010 on MBC's Show! Music Core.

Before their official debut, Teen Top held showcases at Lotte World covering various songs by artists including Big Bang, 2PM and Shinhwa. Teen Top's official fan club name is 'Angel', previously (unofficially) referred to as 'Andromeda' (adapted from their Daum fan cafe).

 

Teen Top had been chosen through various open auditions. There were 10 candidates for the six member group. The group was featured on the MTV program The Vice Guide to Everything in December 2010.

The Teen Top members, Ricky and also Niel were both child actors. The two had ample experience working in movies, CFs and musicals before their debut as singers through TEEN TOP; they’re also known for their close relationships with top tier stars like Lee Sora, Seo Taiji, and Song Seung Hun. Niel debuted through the musical “Please“, and played the younger role of actor Joo Won in the musical. Ricky debuted through the music video for Seo Taiji’s “Human Dream“, and played the younger role of Song Seung Hun in “Love Song” as well. Ricky's appearances as a young CF advertising model also garners a lot of attention.

C.A.P

Real Name : Bang Min Soo

Birthdate : 4th November 1992

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 61kg

Hobbies: Design, drawing and exercise

Speciality: Writing lyrics and rapping

Education: Seongname Information Industry High School, 3rd Grade

'Charisma Rapper'

Leader of the group

Chunji
Real Name : Lee Chan Hee
Birthdate : 5th October 1993
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 53kg
Hobbies: Puzzles, reading
Speciality: Imitations
Education: Seongji Middle School, 2nd grade
'Power Voice'

 

 L.Joe
Real Name : Lee Byung Hun
Birthdate : 23rd November 1993
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 50kg
Hobbies: Acting
Speciality: Piano, violin, music composition, English
Education: Korea Arts High School, 1st grade
'Bad Boy Rapper'

Niel
Real Name : Ahn Daniel
Birthdate : 16th August 1994
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 54kg
Hobbies: Music appreciation
Speciality: Football
Education: Heungjin High School, 1st grade
'Emotional Vocal'

Changjo
Real Name : Choi Jong Hyun
Birthdate : 16th November 1995
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 58kg
Hobbies: Choreography composition, music appreciation
Speciality: Self-defence
Education: ChunCheon Middle School, 3rd grade
'Dancing Boy'

Ricky
Real Name : Yoo Chang Hyun
Birthdate : 27th February 1995
Height: 172cm
Weight: 55kg
Hobbies: Movies Appreciation, piano
Speciality: Acting
Education: Namgang Middle School, 3rd grade
'Lovely Vocal'

 

 Song's

2010: "Clap"
2011: "Supa Luv"
2011: "Supa Luv Remix"
2011: "Angel"
2011: "No More Perfume on You"
2012: ''Crazy''
2012: ''To You''
2012 (summer) : Be Ma Girl + Party Tonight

The best of the k-pop :INFINITE

Infinite is a seven-member boy group composed of Sunggyu, Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong under Woollim Entertainment, also home to Epik High and Nell. The group debuted on June 9, 2010 with "Come Back Again (다시돌아와)" being their first promotional song under first single, "First Invasion." They promoted another song, "She's Back" afterwards.

They made a comeback with "Before the Dawn (BTD)" in January 7, 2011. The song immediately became a huge hit not only in Korea but also overseas. Their choreography accompanying the song called the "Scorpion dance" has brought a widespread attention to the group. The song has also brought them to debut in Japan with "To-Ra-Wa" which gave them success as rookies in the said country. Not a month later after ending promotional duties with BTD, on March 7, 2011, they released the very catchy "Nothing's Over" under their first ever single album, "Inspirit," which is also the same name given to their fans club.

                                                                  "The cheaser "

                      

                                 

 

In the current music industry, Infinite is obviously the most self-made group. Along with splendid marketing, they did some acting and variety at the same time, without any help, they made their characters familiar and thanks only to their performances, they raised their popularity. In a time where the members’ names and personal talents are used in front line, Infinite is one of the rare teams to be remembered for their music first. Furthermore, their performance stands out with the guitar riffs of their song and their choreography, showing a totally different temperature than the trend these days’. These last 2 years weren’t an easy path made of luck and know-how, it’s the story of their efforts to convince people of their thoughts while they stayed quiet. Also, Infinite made their successful comeback with ‘The Chaser’ that gained the public’s trust and the fandom’s love.

However, the young men are saying that their trophies are still amazing and surprising. They told us that even now, what was important was practicing and making efforts as well as the people around them who strive for the team’s success. Their excessive modesty could even be mistaken for insincere greetings. But rather than taking about themselves, leader Sunggyu talks with even more heat when praising the other members and even every time his hyungs’ reply, maknae Sungjong nods and repeatedly comments: “It’s really like that”, “Hyung, you really became cool”; when listening to the seven members’ stories with young men’s freshness and youths’ passion in both of their hands, we got to know that their shiniest weapon was their innocence. The tears they shed on stage and the sweat dripping in their practice room are still absolutely real. Also when sharing stories with them, we didn’t get bored at all. Right now, we’re revealing seven stories that can guess what is going to make the day of Infinite who are stepping on the takeoff board.


Sunggyu - “The team being successful is always my top priority”

We thought he was the delicate voice who used a lot of breath but it seems that for this album his voice got a lot stronger.

Sunggyu: I was in charge of the chorus in ‘The Chaser’, but I did my best to make my voice cooly louder to give a refreshing feeling. It’s a song where I personally did a lot of new experimentations.

It’s known that the CEO always participates deeply in the whole producing too but, concretely, what kind of concept did he suggest this time?

Sunggyu: When we just debuted, we were watching movies together or when we were filming the music videos, he told us ‘Your eyes have to show it better’ while showing us personally but now, he doesn’t talk to us about this by himself that much.

L: Now he trusts us and leaves it to us, instead he jokes more. He told us ‘This time you will have to go wearing hanboks’ (T/N: Traditional Korean outfits). (Laughs)

Sungyeol: Really, until the day before our comeback, I thought we would have to tie our hair in topknots.

Sunggyu: He only talked to us about things like these. ‘This time you have to show something more Korean’, ‘It will have to hold the Orient’s beauty’.

As the main vocal, appearing on KBS ‘Immortal Song’ gives you a chance to win, did you prepare something especially for it?

Woohyun: I appeared on ‘Immortal Song’ too and I got a lot of aunt and mother fans, I think that Sunggyu hyung will get a lot of mother fans too.

Sunggyu: Actually, there isn’t such a thing as bids for victory. It’s just about overcoming my nervousness to do well because no matter who sees it, if I do my best, they will think nice of me. Also, the bids for victory are Infinite to me. The team being successful is always my top priority.

With your solo activities and overseas promotions, your schedule must have been busy, it seems that it got harder, little by little to take care of your dongsaengs as a hyung, who is the leader.

Sunggyu: I think it got easier instead. Because even if I don’t say it they all know how I feel.

L: Right. Because we know he’s scary. (Laughs)

As your dorm got better, you must have less things to nag about too.

Sunggyu: Because we’re all busy, we don’t really have the time to talk about our life in the dorms, because I don’t clean, I’m not in the position to say anything to the other members about it.

L: Yeah, I’m the one working hard cleaning!

Sungjong: L hyung is the really clean style. He cleans up every messy thing.

Sunggyu: If you get married to this kind of man it would be tiring, really. Because it’s not good if he’s too detailed.

L: No. I would clean everything and even wash the dishes? I feel good only if I do so.

If so, what did Sunggyu scolded you the most about lately?

Sunggyu: I really don’t say anything to them. These days the misunderstandings about me keep on piling up. I said it on SBS (Strong Heart) too but people think that I get tired the fastest. I actually get a lot of medications as gifts, I’m not even the style to take these meticulously, even worse, I thought that rather than taking vitamins as pills, it was better to get them from fruits, I’m the style to be really bad at doing things for my body. Really, the thing I take care of the most importantly is food. It’s all I need.


L “Following the concept, I change my character”

These days, the word ‘L-Co-Removed’ (T/N: L-Cosplay-Removed, the fans made this up from the word ‘Ordinary-Person-Cosplay-Removed, the fans call him that when he takes off his ‘L cosplay’ and is his normal Myungsoo self) is popular among the fans. It seems that when coming off stage, you show the real Kim Myungsoo more clearly than the L concept.

L: Following my mood, I also think I got a bit brighter.

Sungyeol: We also think that he’s really different on stage.

L: Oh, how?

Sungyeol: Ah, it’s not the Myungsoo we knew, why does he look so cool on stage?

Sungjong: Myungsoo hyung has a fresh charm and the hyung on stage shows charisma. He has two kinds of charms.

L always introduced himself saying that he was in charge of ‘the cowardly image’; for this stage too, does the concept have the same extension?

L: It changes for each song. When we were doing ‘Be Mine,” I had a cowardly expression, now I’m trying to show an image that is a bit more manly. Following the concept, I change my character little by little, I try to have emotions that match it. Like how Sunggyu hyung had a wounded sexy charisma. (Laughs)

Did accomplishing your performances this way help for your acting? tvN ’s Hyunsoo’s character has actually a lot of common points with L on stage. Since he gives a taciturn and serious feeling.

Sunggyu: That’s why it was easy. Because he lived while transforming from daily Myungsoo who is very mischievious to L on stage, he could suddenly transform to serious Hyunsoo when he was filming. (Laughs)

L: Of course, there’s that (Laughs) but there were also a lot of difficult points. L and Hyunsoo are similar but in fact, L is a celebrity while Hyunsoo is a character that can exist in real life. I studied this subtle difference and got ready, but I was really worried because if I got it wrong, it would look like both were L. Moreover, because I personally never received acting lessons, I received a lot of help there.

Sungjong: Really, this hyung did a lot of research.

For this concept, you also showed to the fans that you matured as a vocalist.

L: It’s not to the point where I can brag about it, it’s because Toy’s ‘Living By Your Side For A While’ (T/N: The song Myungsoo sang at Second Invasion) was the song I sang when I attended the auditions for Infinite. Because I wanted to set a stage with a special meaning to me, I went to suggest to the CEO myself that I would sing that song. And for the encore concert I sang ‘Love Generation’, I selected this song because I felt like I had to repay the fans who cheered for us at the concert. It’s the performance that made me think that Inspirits are my girlfriends, because the reaction was so big I was really taken aback.

For this album’s promotions, it looks like you really expressed your love for the fans a lot.

Woohyun: Rather than thinking we got 1st place because we did well, I was even more thankful to the people who cheered for us so it made me cry.

L: Truthfully, I was really worried about the hiatus. But the only fact that our fans were waiting for us like this, made me really very happy. Being able to be 1st once again, I think that’s why we got even more moved than when we got 1st for the first time. I’m thankful to everyone who loves our song but I really felt that my love and thankfulness for the fans got even bigger for this comeback.


Sungjong “When we were practicing, I practiced my expressions over and over while looking in the mirror”

Sungjong showed his acting in Tooniverse (Makirae Show) too. Compared to the quantity, it was the acting with the biggest impact in the team.

Sungyeol: Of course he became the president of elementary schoolers after doing that! He received tons of lemon candies as gifts. (Laughs)

L: His popularity with children is really no joke. Once, we were filming in front of an elementary school and all the kids went, “Oh, it’s Sungjongie there!”. (Laughs) That time we realized Sungjongie’s popularity.

Sungjong: (Sighs) They didn’t even say ‘Sungjongie’. They said “It’s the person who appeared in Makirae Show!” When I heard that I realized that the children watched it more than what I thought. Because I didn’t receive private lessons, it was awkward but since it’s a program that young friends watch, I did my best to be bright.

Woohyun: But Sungjongie is really popular to noonas too. When they just see Sungjongie they go “Woojjujjujju”. (T/N: Sound you make to amuse babies)

But when you sang ‘The Chaser’ this time, you received a lot of reviews saying that your stare got a lot more intense.

Sungjong: Ah, (while bowing) thank you. The hyungs monitored me and gave me a lot of advice, it helped me a lot. When we were practicing, I practiced my expressions over and over while looking in the mirror.

More especially, during the concert, you had a ‘Troublemaker’ performance which became a hot topic. Unexpectedly, Sungjong gave up on the woman’s choreography?

Sungyeol: Ah, suddenly this friend, in the morning, I opened my eyes and was hungry to death and he suddenly asked ‘Hyung, do you want to do Troublemaker?” At first I was confused.

Sungjong: I got the idea first so I went to suggest it to the CEO. But the song wasn’t a problem, the most important thing was that it wasn’t me who was going to have the girl’s role but Sungyeol hyung. (Laughs) How was it?

Sungyeol: Of course I thought that it was this friend who was going to do it so I said “Alright, you’re going to pick Hyunah-sshi?” but he said no! Since he directly said he wasn’t going to do it, I refused. But he kept on trying to persuade me, I wanted to do an unprecedented transformation so in the end I agreed. The conditions for me doing it was that he had to kiss me for real. (Laughs) It’s because I wanted to show something even cooler than what we already did. So the both of us did our best to get ready. I even exercised to get ready to rip my clothes.

Sungjong: We wanted to show a reversal.

L: In my opinion, the performance of these two was the flower of the concert. The screams were even louder than for the group performances.

Sungyeol is also the tallest member but is there a special reason why you selected him to be your female partner?

Sungjong: He’s also good looking, and I felt like hyung would do it well. (Laughs) And since he never showed this kind of image, I thought that it would be exceptional. As for me too, until now, I think that I showed more girl group dances than a cool image so I kind of wanted to show a different side of me.

Sungyeol: But because my parents were at the concert that day, I was embarrassed. (Laughs)

Sungjong: That’s why….. I was really sorry to Sungyeolie hyung’s parents.

Sungyeol: Well, they just talked about the concert and didn’t say much about that performance. We’ll keep it to ourselves. (Laughs)


Sungyeol “There were times where I lied but I’m the honest kind”

Sungyeol is the one doing the performance’s opening for ‘The Chaser’. You must’ve been really pressured?

Sungyeol: I was scared because it was the first start. They told me to confidently beat the stage while doing a model walking but matching the rhythm is really hard. So I emphasized on my expression, I think I managed well to put away my usual playfulness in my voice and on my face.

When you first debuted, you gave a really mischievious feeling but these days you got more quiet. You also tried to win seriously on Mnet (ranking king) Brain Battle, (Laughs)

Sungyeol: Ah, because I got 1st place in the pilot survey at that time, I wanted to keep that ranking so I played the game sincerely. I couldn’t disappoint the fans who picked me so I didn’t thinking about air time and I wanted to appear at the last second when they all fought with each other and tidy up everything but…… it didn’t went as I wanted.

Sunggyu: Because it was the Brain King, I wanted to do my best too. I got greedy, the writer noona told me where there was a good weapon so I just believed what she said and as I moved there I met Woohyun-sshi too soon. It’s a pity. I didn’t think of my character and wanted to do well but that image sticking with me, it was to the extent where I thought it was God’s will.

Analyzing other people’s moves while going by himself, Sungyeol’s smart image strengthened too.

Sungyeol: That time, it was just that everything the other did was noticeable. I didn’t especially watch or something like that, I think it just got edited well on broadcast.

Your observation skills are good too but it seems that your personality is the one to tell everything you observed. You said you couldn’t lie at all.

Sungjong: It’s because he has nothing to hide.

Sungyeol: Ah, there were times where I lied too but I’m the honest kind. But because I’m so frank, even in situations where the other side could be hurt, I would just say it all. In the past, I already said something bluntly to Sungjongie about his expression, he was maybe embarrassed about it. Now that I think of it, I’m sorry.

Sungjong: But isn’t it good instead that he talks honestly? In the end, thanks to the advice hyung gave me, I fixed my lacking part so it helped a lot. It’s just…… it’s also out of pride. (Laughs) Just kidding.

Also, truthfully, how did you feel doing the showcase after riding the helicopter? It must’ve been scary..

Sungyeol: It wasn’t scary at all. I even prepared medicine in case I got airsickness but I didn’t need it. It wasn’t only me, the other members too, it was something tiring to experience so we enjoyed it and even better. When we were moving, we even fell asleep comfortably.

Sunggyu: More than that, CEO told us to not be pressured about it. ‘Did I ever tell you anything after seeing you on stage? I’m always trusting you guys. You’re doing well so let’s do it as you’re already doing it. ’ He told us that and we got the showcase and rode the helicopter.

Sungyeol: (Laughs) He prepared the helicopter so we wouldn’t be pressured!


Dongwoo “(At 1000 Songs Challenge) Woohyun sang and I focused on supporting him”

We heard that today you recorded SBS (1000 Songs Challenge).

Dongwoo: Woohyun-sshi sang and I focused on supporting him. (Laughs)

Woohyun: I think I sang around 100 songs and Dongwoo-sshi is a friend with good reactions so we recorded well. His cheers were like the cheers of 100 warriors.

Hoya: If you just have a tambourine in one hand, you don’t have anything to be scared of.

Dongwoo: Instead the people in the audience were looking at me weirdly. Because I was working even harder than them. (Laughter)

Hoya: Maybe they felt a sense of crisis when they saw hyung. (T/N: Because he was giving better reactions than the audience)

You’re always smiling but it looks like you’re always sincerely happy.

Dongwoo: Woah, it’s really fun. Even today during (1000 Songs Challenge), there were talks from time to time, Jang Yoonjung sunbaenim is quite funny. He talked so well that I laughed a lot.

Hoya: Oh, are you dissing the other sunbaenims saying that they aren’t funny! Lee Hwijae sunbaenim was there too!

Dongwoo: No, personal preference, personal preference!

Sunggyu: You have to write it in big letters. ‘Jang Dongwoo, Jang Yoonjung sunbaenim over Lee Hwijae sunbaenim!’ ‘As expected, singer over gagman!’

Dongwoo: What is this, are you making up article titles now? (Laughs) You can’t do that.

It seems that Dongwoo always suffers these kinds of things. (Laughs)

Hoya: Even when I was practicing on my acting, Dongwoo hyung got tricked.

Dongwoo: This friend’s acting improved so much it surprised me. He suddenly told me his lines from his drama but I got tricked and asked him what happened. (Laughs)

Sunggyu: It’s because Dongwoo’s reactions are good, Sungyeol’s are nice too, I also always practiced with Dongwoo when I was doing the musical. He replied to all of my lines. Even for the laughter points, if Dongwoo laughs, they laughed at the same moment as him on stage, he’s a really precious member when we’re preparing. So maybe among us, the member who acts the best is Dongwoo. Because at point the leading increases. He gets immersed in it too! (Laughs)

Hoya: He can just read it though (Laughs)

If so, doesn’t Dongwoo feel like challenging acting too?

Dongwoo: I’m interested in doing things like sketches at radios but I think it would be too hard to do it in front of a camera. Once I did some acting on MBC Everyone (Laughs) Was it ‘What is this?’, I feel like it was pathetic myself…… Even if any director saw it, they wouldn’t want me, so rather than a drama, I want to try a sitcom. If I just get the opportunity!


Hoya: “I also usually record my songs on my recorder and listen to them”

The choreography of ‘The Chaser’ doesn’t have a definite point like the scorpion dance, so you must’ve have studied how to keep on maintaining the tension?

Hoya: For this song, there’s no dance break, we had to show the dance in a flow during the whole song. Especially during the chorus, we had to show sexiness, so we studied a lot how to show the line of our legs sexily. We needed enough sexiness for the girl who left to come back. Hahaha.

Sunggyu: We prepared the album when we were all busy with our solo activities but we didn’t have enough time to practice the choreography so we were really worried right up to our comeback.

Hoya: It was a situation where we had to rent a ballet classroom or a yoga center in Japan to practice. Anyway, after making our comeback and, as we kept going on stage, I feel like the performance was completed little by little.

Not only for the dance but the voices you sing with received more reviews saying they were sexy. It looks like you practiced your singing intensively.

Hoya: I also usually record my songs on a recorder to listen to them, I’m constantly practicing my singing. I keep on practicing rapping with Dongwoo hyung, and as for the singing, Sunggyu hyung gives me lessons. Sunggyu hyung is my singing teacher.

Sunggyu: Aw, I don’t teach him anything. He is a friend who sings better than what you would think.

The two of you show a good chemistry (T/N: Literally ‘Show a good breath’ in Korean) on variety shows too. It’s the kind when Sunggyu does a comment and Hoya returns it to him.

Hoya: Ah, that’s lung piercing (Laughs) I’m the kind to practice a lot in my daily life. I also usually put on the TV while eating with Sunggyu hyung and we talk back to each other.

Sunggyu: Hoya has the style of a striker.

Hoya: The entertainment world’s striker, the gag world’s striker.

Sunggyu: You’re Messi, Messi

Hoya: Uh… Infinite’s shoot-dol

The reaction to the punch line you’ve been pushing the most “I say Ho! You say Ya!” seems to be a bit little?

Hoya: I’ve been pushing it for 2 years but there’s still not many results.

Sunggyu: Far from pushing it, it seems that he’s been pulling it.

Hoya: The fans said they liked it but I don’t really know about other people. I hope it can become a punch line soon on Ranking King.


Woohyun “I receive advices from SHINee’s Key for my airport fashion”

Woohyun is the style to throw in comment until it makes people laugh in variety shows?

Sunggyu: He is also a friend who works really hard. As a member in the same group as him, I’m proud and I think that he’s cool. Hoya works hard too but during a broadcast, Woohyunnie will try to make around 200 funny points.

Woohyun: The other friends are doing well, so I’m just enjoying it.

Sunggyu: He says this now but Woohyun thinks the most before a broadcast and works hard to get ready.

Woohyun: Aah, I’m this kind of sensitive and thoughtful person. (Laughs)

Sunggyu: Unexpectedly, he’s a considerate friend who does a lot of sacrifices for the team. Ah, because I said ‘unexpectedly’ it’s a bit weird?

He looks like he’s also the kind to prepare thoroughly his fashion too. You’ve been wearing glasses often these days, is it an item your close friend SHINee’s Key recommended to you? (Laughs)

Woohyun: I’ve been wearing glasses because I’m from the elite, (Laughs) I never received any advices from Key. He looks like he would recommend good things but he never did. (Angry) These days I got to know a lot of informations on brands too so I feel like he’s been keeping me in check too!

Sunggyu: Ayy, that’s not it. Woohyun takes pictures of his clothes and receives the confirmation from Key.

Woohyun: I do that a bit for the airport fashion. (Docile) I usually have two styles left at my final choice, I could just wear one when going and the other when coming back but it makes me worry like this. Now I know the basics. When I leave, I wear colorful and fancy clothes that give off a ‘Now I’m going abroad’ feeling, when coming back I wear a relaxed style that shows that I’m tired.

Hoya: Aha, when going, a fancy feeling. When coming back, an ‘off from work’ feeling!

Sunggyu: Because he’s so professional, Sungyeol sees Woohyun as an icon. Woohyun gives fashion advice to Sungyeol too.

Woohyun: But I never gave this kind of advice…… (Laughs) You’re just accusing me.

When you get greedy during funny situations like these, there must be a lot of times where your stories don’t match and you expose other members or exaggerate things too.

Woohyun: That’s why our members are so funny. Because we can’t predict it ourselves either. (Laughs) These days L is really funny too, Sunggyu hyung and Hoya are always funny, it would be nice if Dongwoo was a bit funny. He keeps on having fun by himself so I’m curious about what’s so funny too. He’s always laughing alone.

Dongwoo: It’s funny! (Laughs)

Hoya: You have to share the fun, hyung is only imagining it and is already laughing. You have to go a step further.

As your variety skills got better, it feels like it got stronger music wise too. Especially in the song ‘That Year’s Summer’ from the album, you show a different image from your usual image.

Woohyun: That’s right for the main vocals too but it’s a song where the voices match well to show the big progress of the sub-vocals. That’s why it’s a song that the fans really like. For once, it’s not me but L who’s in charge of the high notes so it broke the register, (Laughs) I think it was nice because it showed a new taste in the group’s voice.

Not for the group but personally, which song was the newest experimentation to you?

Woohyun: I’m the kind to put more strength in my voice but in ‘With” I used less strength and I tried to make it appealing so I personally like it a lot. There are several voices in this song but even so, to not make it boring to the people listening to the album, I kept on trying to do various things. I lost a lot of weight so I think that I look a bit more trim now (Laughs) Starting from this album, I’ll try to challenge again my singing skills.