T-Maxhas unfortunately announced that they will be disbanding as a group.
Their agency, Planet 905 Entertainment, revealed that the members agreed to a disbandment at the end of 2011 in order to pursue individual activities. Minchul and Chanyang will continue their path as singers, while Kim Joon, Yunhwa, and Park Hanbi concentrate on their acting careers.
T-Max debuted in 2007 with their single album “Blooming” and became a hit after Kim Joon starred in the KBS drama, ‘Boys Over Flowers‘. Their OST, “Paradise“, has become a trademark in the industry.
Yunhwa enlisted in the army early last year and Kim Joon enlisted shortly after, leaving Minchul and Chanyang as the only members able to promote in the group.
Although fans are upset with the news, they promised the boys that they will support their individual paths.
CEO Yoon Jung Soo expressed, “They’re a group like real brothers to me and I truly did all I could for them so I wanted to take in whatever decision they chose. I told them that they could return as T-Max whenever they wanted to.”
T-Max is leaving a final gift for its fans before Kim Joon‘s enlistment on September 29th.
Formed in 2007, T-Max, composed of Shin Min Chul, Park Yoon Hwa, and Kim Joon, is releasing its completed song, “She is Crying“. “She is Crying” has a sad tone and ballad song tempo and tells of a man’s confession of seeking forgiveness and the pain of farewell from his lover.
The combination of composer Lee Yong Joo and songwriter Jung Joon Hwan showcases the talents of the three members of T-Max.
T-Max’s agency gave its official statement on the possible dissolution of T-Max after Kim Joon’s enlistment with, “When it first started as a 3-member group until its current reorganization as a 4-member group, the members of T-Max had the common factor of loving music, they are friends to one another.”
The agency continued, “Even though member Shin Min Chul’s exclusive contract is expiring, the name T-Max that he was selling for is always right for other various members, and they can come back with various music genres.”
Kim Joon will leave for the army on September 29th at 1:30 PM.
“Boys Over Flowers” actor and T-MAX member Kim Joon recently unleashed a black & white pictorial titled ‘Private Kim Joon‘ prior to his enlistment in the military.
All 41 pictures were unveiled on September 28th through Kim Joon’s facebook page, revealing the actor and singer’s everyday life. He can be seen roaming the streets, playing the guitar, reading a book, and comfortably listening to music.
Netizens commented on the pictorial by stating, “Your daily life is a beautiful pictorial“, and “Your fans are trembling in excitement due to your handsome looks!”
Kim Joon entered the Nonsan Training Center on September 29th, and will begin his 4-week basic training course. After his training, the star will work as a conscripted policeman for 23 months.
On September 29th, at 1:30pm KST, Kim Joon entered the Chungnam Nonsan army camp, where he will undergo 4 weeks of basic military training before serving as a military policeman.
Before entering the camp, Kim Joon tweeted, “Since a lot of people are worried about me, I guess I won’t have to worry. There are more things I want to do right now and I want to continue reaching for my dreams, but I’ll put my greed side by taking control of my emotions and return safely”.
He continued, “I’ll become closer to this ‘Kim Joon’ person that I’ve been neglecting and return quickly”.
Kim Joon joined the group T-Max in 2007 and later earned his fame by playing Song Woo Bin in the extremely popular KBS drama, ‘Boys Over Flowers‘.
Additionally, T-Max left a final gift for their fans before Kim Joon’s enlistment with a new track. Titled, “She is Crying”, it’s a ballad song with a sad tempo and tells of a man’s confession of seeking forgiveness and the pain of farewell from his lover.
We previously reported in July that T-Max‘s Kim Joon would enlist with the army this year. As it turns out, Kim Joon plans to enlist sometime this month, causing fans to gasp over the surprise announcement.
On September 13th, comedian Han Min Kwan and Kim Joon both guested on KBS‘s ‘Invincible Baseball Team – Field of Dreams‘, where Han Min Kwan revealed, “Kim Joon will enlist with the army in September. Once the Chuseok holiday ends, he plans to start his military service after a few weeks pass.”
Kim Joon bashfully stated, “I wanted to say it first with my own mouth during the broadcast; I didn’t know this would come out of nowhere.”
When asked whether he was worried about enlisting with the army, Kim Joon replied, “A lot of people are worrying, but if Min Kwan-hyung went, then I don’t see why I wouldn’t be able to.”
It was officially announced that T-Max’s Kim Joon will be enlisting in the army in the latter half of 2011.
On July 4th, T-Max announced through their official homepage, “Kim Joon received a call from the nation, and will be enlisting into the army later this year.”
“T-Max signed a contract with a Japanese agency this year and have been actively promoting since the end of June. However, with the sudden call from the nation, Kim Joon has instead been preparing for his enlistment,” the group’s agency revealed.
“In order to keep their promise to the fans, T-Max made agreements with their contacts in Japan to uphold their existing Japanese schedules. However, if the event organizers no longer want us to promote till the end of the year, we have no choice but to cancel future schedules.”
They continued, “We were unable to announce this news earlier, as we were busy arranging for a mutual agreement in order to keep our promise. With Kim Joon entering the army as a mature man, and the other members – Shin Min Chul, Joo Chang Yang and Park Han Bi – preparing to start new journeys to live their own dreams… We ask for your support for each and every member.”
Actor Kim Joon’s fans have delivered a gigantic amount of gifts in food and drinks to KBS’s‘Crime Squad’ team.
DCInside’s ‘Kim Joon Gallery’ and T-Max’s (group Kim Joon is a member of) fancafe ‘Go T-Max’ delivered snacks worthy of 100 people from the start of ‘Crime Squad’ filming, a total of four times, handing out each personally to Kim Joon’s co-actors and actresses, as well as the staff.
On the assorted snack food gift boxes that include hand-made rice balls, donuts, rice cake, cake, cookies, drinks, fruits, etc., individual stickers with Kim Joon’s picture on them show phrases such as, “Detective Shin Dong Jin is buying this time”, “Please take care of our young Shin Dong Jin detective”, “For viewer ratings that go over 70%”, and “We support you in the path of becoming the nation’s drama”, have been stuck on, showing their effort in preparing the gifts.
Kim Joon passed on his thankful thoughts through his Twitter, “’Crime Squad’ goes off running again with the food fans gave us!! Because of you guys, we can film well. Everyone, we ate it all thankfully!”
Meanwhile, Kim Joon is receiving the viewers’ love for his character of the smart brain detective on-site and clumsy pretty boy off-site.
