26 April:check out the tracks from their fan appreciation album, FIRST STEP + 1 below and remember to support by purchasing the music.
20 April:
On April 26th, CNBLUE will be releasing a special present for their fans in the form of an album titled “First Step +1 “!
This album is being released as an expression of gratitude for the fans who showed them such explosive love for their first official album. A total of four tracks – “Love Girl“, “Try Again Smile Again“, “Yes“, and “Goodbye” – will be included.
Since it is a present, the members wanted to add their personal touch to the album by producing the tracks themselves. “Love Girl” was re-arranged, and other songs include co-writing by the members of the band. The album is also unique in that it will be produced in the form of a diary for fans to record daily thoughts and memos into; it’ll also include extra everyday photos of CNBLUE.
FNC Music stated, “Since the boys have received so much love to the point of earning double and triple crowns, we have decided to produce a new album as a way of saying thanks to our fans. With three tracks that were originally only released in Japan and plenty of photos of the members, we hope that it will become a great present for our fans.”
The music video teaser for the band’s follow-up track, “Love Girl”, will be released on April 22nd.
The music video teaser for the band’s follow-up track, “Love Girl”, will be released on April 22nd.
15 April:Seoul Central District Court officially ruled that CNBLUE’s “Loner” was not plagiarized, ending a year of heated allegations between their composers and indie band, Ynot.
Sitting down for an interview with Star News, CNBLUE’s Yongha stated, “I feel really refreshed that a year later, it’s finally been revealed that ‘Loner’ was not plagiarized. Aside from all of that, we’ve always worked on our music with sincerity, and that will hold true for our future as well.”
Minhyuk continued, “I feel like I can go anywhere now and be confident. It feels great that ‘Loner’ was revealed to not be a plagiarized track, and the response for our new album is positive as well. Please look forward to not only our album promotions, but our acting as well.”
CNBLUE’s agency concluded, “From the start, we were sure that the song was not plagiarized. It’s a great feeling to have that acknowledged by the court. We do not have any ill feelings towards Ynot for making those allegations to begin with.”
13 April:The plagiarism case between Ynot and CNBLUE’s “Loner” has finally come to a close after a year of allegations.
On April 13th, judge Park Jung Gil of the Seoul Central District Court ruled against the plaintiff, indie bandYnot, in favor of co-composers Kim Do Hoon and Lee Sang Ho of “Loner”.
In March of 2010, four members of Ynot had claimed that the chorus of “Loner” was directly plagiarized from their track, “Blue Bird“, and filed a $50,000 USD lawsuit against the two composers of “Loner”.
11 April:CNBLUE has shaken up a music chart in Taiwan!
The band’s first studio album, “First Step“, recently ranked #1 on Taiwan’s weekly music chart, G-MUSIC. This is surprising because CNBLUE did not officially release the album in Taiwan.
CNBLUE has appeared on foreign charts before when they ranked second on Japan’s Oricon singles chart. Their success as a band rather than a dance group is helping to diversifying the Hallyu wave overseas.
Meanwhile, CNBLUE’s title song, “Intuition” won the Mutizen award on SBS’s “Inkigayo” on April 10th, holding up to its hot popularity.
9 April:
On April 7th, CNBLUE guested on SBS Power FM’s “Choi Ha Jung’s Power Time” and put their teamwork to the test by answering a series of questions that asked them to choose ‘A’ or ‘B’. Should they choose the same answer, they’d pass the round.
Hilariously, the boys failed to get it right when asked to choose between a ‘kiss and back hugs’ and ‘intellectual charm and ingenuous beauty’, but came to a concensus when asked to choose between ‘IU andAfter School’s UEE‘.
All four members had exclaimed, “UEE!”
The group immediately expressed their surprise and stared at one another in awe while listeners enviously commented, “UEE must be happy.” When asked to choose between abs or a cute behind, the members all chose abs, rounding out their teamwork points to two.
Their interview transitioned onto the topic of their ideal women, to which Jonghyun replied, “Someone who’s fun to be with.” Jungshin added, “I’d like an older woman that has a higher mental age,” whileYonghwa stated, “A girl with clear eyes and long, straight hair.”
Minhyuk surprised the rest by replying, “I want to meet a variety of different women, but my ideal woman is gagwoman Song Euni.”
Source: My Daily via Nate, TV Daily via Nate via allkpop
Following in the footsteps of TVXQ and Big Bang, CNBLUE has been recorded to have sold over 100,000 copies of “First Step“! To add to the achievement, the boys also completely sold out their special limited edition within the day of its release.
The special edition was released as a gift to fans for the love they’ve been showing their title track, “Intuition“, on music charts. Holding all 12 tracks and 80 pages of photos from the set of the “Intuition” and “Love Girl” music videos, all 30,000 copies were also sold out on the day of its release.
This achievement makes CNBLUE the third artist of the year to surpass the 100,000 mark, alongside TVXQ and Big Bang. Congratulations!
5 April:
On April 7th, CNBLUE will be releasing a special edition of their first official album, “First Step“.
The special edition will be featuring all 12 tracks from the standard edition, as well as an 80-page behind-the-scenes photobook from the music video sets of “Intuition” and “Love Girl“.
Only 30,000 copies will be made; fans are already in a frenzy to grab this limited product.
FNC Music stated, “Due to requests from their fans, we have decided to release another special edition. There are a lot of never-before-seen pictures of CNBLUE.”
3 April:
One week since their comeback, CNBLUE grabbed the #1 spot on MNET’s ‘M! Countdown‘. So what do the boys do after reaching the top? They celebrate of course!
On April 1st, CNBLUE snatched #1 on ‘Music Bank’ with their latest hit song ‘Intuition‘. After the broadcast of the show, the boys tweeted, “We got #1!!!! We thank you again BOICE!!♥” along with a photo of themselves holding their well deserved trophy.
In addition, bassist Jung Shin commented, “Wow… I’m really pleased that we won after only appearing twice [on Music Bank]^^… We’re always thankful to you! We want to share our happiness with those of whom love our music. Thank you to our fans! I’m saying this on behalf of CNBLUE today!!”
In response, countless fans and netizens alike responded, “You guys hit the jackpot once again”, “I congratulate you with most sincerity. I’m crying tears of joy” and “‘Intuition’ really made it big!”
Congratulations CNBLUE! It was well-deserved!
1 April:It was a tough scramble for the top this week, but CNBLUE beat out K-Will and Wheesung for the #1 spot on the Gaon chart.
Though it’s only been a week since they made their comeback, their song “Intuition“ landed first place on Gaon’s ‘Top 100 Digital Songs’ chart. K-Will, who held the crowning spot last week with “My Heart is Beating“, stepped down one spot for the newcomer, and Wheesung was forced to move down to 3rd place with his song, “Word That Freeze My Heart“.
Meanwhile, Yoon Do Hyun’s ‘I Am a Singer‘ remake of ‘I Will Always‘ took #4, and Girl’s Day’s “Twinkle Twinkle” rounded out the top 5.
25 Maret:CNBLUE kicked off their comeback activities with an hour-long special through Mnet!
The program, titled ‘CNBLUE First Step‘, played back CNBLUE’s recent showcase on March 21st. It also provided a look back to the 21 days before the album’s release. The boys discussed their feelings about their comeback, and share their processes of preparing the new album, in addition to readying an event for their fans.
Check it out below!
Source: allkpop
24 Maret:
CNBLUE will be kicking off their comeback activities with an hour-long special through Mnet!
The program, titled ‘CNBLUE First Step‘, will revisit CNBLUE’s recent showcase, as well as step back to the 21 days before the album’s release. The boys will discuss their feelings about their comeback, and share their processes of preparing the new album, in addition to readying an event for their fans.
Producer Park Chan Wook passed on, “CNBLUE had personally remodelled their most beloved shoes for their fans as a surprise gift. It’s scheduled to be given away through an event on their homepage after the show airs, so we hope for much support.”
The program will broadcast at 7:30 PM KST on March 24th.
Source: Star News via Naver via allkpop
CNBLUE recently released their first full-length album, “First Step“, after a long hiatus. But despite thedelay, fans can’t seem to get enough of the fabulous foursome – their title track, “Intuition“, has achieved an all-kill on Korea’s major online music charts!
The boys have already reached #1 on Melon, Bugs, Dosirak, and Cyworld, and it seems that they’ll be continuing to hold that position for a little while yet, as they will only kick off their official comeback promotions through music programs from this week onwards.
The album is also flying high in offline sales as well, with over 10,000 pre-orders made for “First Step”.
Congratulations!
Source: Sports Chosun via allkpop
21 Maret:
After releasing their first official album, “First Step,” and the MV for “Intuition” earlier today, CNBLUE held a press conference at the M Pub in Seoul’s Time Square, and took their first official step into their comeback.
Yonghwa began, “We gathered together the songs we liked from our Japanese releases and recreated them for our album. If there’s one thing we learned from this album, it’s that there’s joy in writing and producing songs. Thanks to those skills, we’ve become better at interpreting songs. Our official album took a long time to prepare, especially the recording. We’d re-record and edit whatever didn’t satisfy us. Thankfully, the response towards the album has been positive so we’re quite proud.”
The members participated in the writing, composing, and arranging of nine out of the album’s 12 tracks.
Jonghyun, who wrote “Love Rides the Rain” and “Lie,” commented, “Usually, I write and compose songs from the feelings I come across in my day-to-day life. But because of our busy promotions, I lived vicariously through movies and dramas and produced my songs from there. This album is important in that it shows the true color of our band.”
Yonghwa continued, “Honestly, I want to give our album 50 points. There are lacking aspects, but we really did try hard and tried to create everything from our own efforts. To say we’re 100% satisfied is too much, as we’ve still got a long way to go.”
When asked about his “We Got Married” wife Seohyun supporting the group, he replied, “I contacted her and she said she would come to the showcase to support us. I asked her if she was serious, and she said that she’d be supporting us with her heart. I’ll be supporting Seohyun’s promotions actively as well.”
On ending his virtual marriage with Seohyun, he stated, “I’m upset that I wasn’t able to treat her better. Over the year that I’ve spent with her, I experienced a lot of things that I otherwise couldn’t have. I’ve become fond of her, and I’ll be sure to support her from here on out.”
He continued, “Although I didn’t experience marriage life directly, I feel that it’s vital that couples treat each other without even 1% of anything lacking.”
Earlier, we reported that Yonghwa was cast in MBC’s upcoming drama, “Festival.” At the press conference, member Minhyuk was revealed to be casted as well.
Yonghwa revealed, “Not only will we be promoting through our drama, but through dramas as well. Kang Minhyuk has been cast with me for ‘Festival’ and is busily taking acting lessons. My role in the drama is ‘Lee Shin,’ a cold man that knows nothing but music. I’ve been trying to get into my role lately and have been treating my bandmates coldly. We’re alike in that we’re both band vocalists, so I’m working to bring that out.”
He continued, “As a way to express the meaning of starting fresh, I began a diet and lost about 8kg.”
Minhyuk added, “In the drama, Jung Yonghwa is the main character, while I’ll be playing a character named ‘Yeo Joon.’ It’s not my debut drama, but my second, so I hope to show how much I’ve improved.”
Jungshin stated, “I want to try acting as well since I have interests in both dramas and movies, so I’m preparing for that. I’ve also wanted to model, and recently received the opportunity to walk at the Seoul Fashion Walk this month.”
At the mention of the band being stereotyped as a ‘flower boy band’ that relies on looks over skills, Yonghwa replied, “Honestly, we predicted such views and reactions. We knew, however, that if we were confident with our music and worked hard to show that, people would be understanding.”
Jonghyun continued, “Our focus is on music, no matter what. We often wondered how we’d deliver the things we wanted to feel and share with the public.”
The group stated, “We hope to break the wall that stands between bands and the public. People stereotype bands as being loud and of a genre that is difficult to approach. Like the Rolling Stones, our dream is to become a band that is loved for a long time.”
Source: Korea Economic via Nate, TV Daily via Nate (2), Asia Economy via Daum, Star News via Nate via allkpop
CNBLUE released their first full album, “First Step“. On March 21st, the band released the full music video for their comeback song, “Intuition“.
In the music video, the four members of CNBLUE are depicted in two ways: as street hoodlums and as themselves. As rebels, the boys are seen sneaking through the streets, using graffiti to tag ‘CNBLUE’ onto everything. They even trespass into a building and shove security guards out of their way!
When the security guards finally catch up to them, however, it’s revealed that the hoodlum versions were, in fact, their actual selves. But the band has myseriously disappeared, leaving behind only their instruments and a huge graffiti tag of their name on the rooftop.
Check out the music video below!
Source: allkpop
On March 21st, CNBLUE finally released their much-anticipated first official album, “First Step“!
In a step towards becoming recognized as true musicians, the album contains a total of 12 tracks with songs personally written and composed by the members themselves. Not only does it contain a slew of new songs, but the band’s past releases in Japan as well, such as “One Time” and “I Don’t Know Why,” both of which previously landed in the Oricon’s charts.
Their title track, “Intuition,” features a strong guitar sound with rhythmical, yet powerful vocals to round it out. Leader Jung Yonghwa participated in the writing, composition, and arrangement for “Love Girl,” as well as member Lee Jong Hyun in “Love Rides the Rain” and “Thank You.” “Just Please,” a track off of their Japanese single, features newly written Korean lyrics by Yonghwa as well.
Check them out below!
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01. Intuition (Title Track)
02. Love Girl
03. Imagine
04. I Don’t Know Why
05. Love Rides the Rain
06. Lie
07. One Time
08. Just Please
09. Wanna Be Like U
10. Ready N Go
11. Thank You
12. One of a Kind (Bonus Track)
Source: Naver Music via allkpop
15 Maret: CNBLUE will promote their new album with a guerilla concert on March 21st.
The concert will mark the start of their official promotions for their first full-length album, “FIRST STEP.”
Their management agency, FNC Music, stated, “We’re currently finding a good location for the street-side guerilla concert. We want a lot of people to be able to show up without causing any concern for danger so that both CNBLUE and the fans can enjoy it fully.”
They added, “The members are preparing hard, as it will be the first time they reveal their new single.”
14 Maret: CNBLUE has finally released the second teaser for their impending comeback!The release date for their first full-length album is just around the corner, and fans felt their anticipation spike up a notch after seeing this hot new preview from the group. Filmed in Japan, the teaser shows a rebellious and tough side to CNBLUE, which is different from their usual image.
The boys are scheduled to release behind-the-scenes photos from the music video on 17th, and they’ll drop their full album on the 21st.
Check out the teaser below!
8 Maret: CNBLUE has unveiled their first teaser video for their first full-length album.
On March 7th, FnC Music released a teaser for their new album “First Step” on Naver and CNBLUE’s official site at 12PM KST.
The teaser video had been filmed in Japan last month and revealed more mature sides of the four handsome boys.
After the first teaser video, CNBLUE will also release another teaser on the 14th, and will finally release their album and title track music video on March 21st.
Source: Star News via Nate via allkpop
3 Maret:
CNBLUE will be unveiling their comeback track through a CF!
Their agency, FNC Music, revealed, “CNBLUE’s new track, ‘Imagine‘, will be shown through the CF for Hazzys Accessory, the brand member for which Yonghwa models for.”
Instead of dropping continuous teasers, the group went with a different marketing tactic by promoting through a CF instead. The song will be revealed through the HazzysBagHug website, as well as through their blog on March 4th.
The group’s official teasers will be released on the 7th and 14th, followed by the official album release on the 21st.
Source: TV Daily via Nate via allkpop
28 Februari:
On the morning of February 28th, CNBLUE’s official homepage unveiled a teaser photo of the group’s comeback concept.The four members are seen dressed in chic outfits with a black-and-white theme.
Fans are ecstatic at finally seeing some physical proof of the group’s impending return; they were originally scheduled for a February 28th comeback, but were forced to push back their return date due to production delays for their music video.
That being said, their first teaser video will be released on March 7th. CNBLUE’s representatives revealed, “CNBLUE has prepared a lot of things for their first album. As much as the album has been delayed, we hope to deliver a higher level of perfection and satisfaction.”
The group is scheduled to make make their comeback on March 21st.
Source + Photos: Chosun via Naver, CNBLUE via allkpop
9 Februari:
CNBLUE has announced that they’ll be postponing the release of their first full-length album by a month.CNBLUE’s official homepage kicked off a countdown timer a few weeks back, which whittled away the hours until the album’s release on February 23rd. Unfortunately, it looks like unexpected change-ups in their production schedule has forced a delay.
The issue seems to source from the recording studio – representatives have stated that additional tracks are being added, and so the album is still in its production phase.
FNC Music, CNBLUE’s agency, issued a statement explaining why they felt a delay was necessary. “As it is CNBLUE’s first full album, there are a lot of areas that we’re putting a lot of focus on. The full album will contain tracks composed by the members themselves, but we think there will be an inevitable delay in the album release as we are working harder to unveil a more satisfactory production.”
They continued, “As much as the fans have been waiting, we’ll be sure to give back to the fans through great songs.”
At this time, CNBLUE is shooting their music video in Tokyo, so hopefully we can expect to hear from the boys soon!
Source: Newsen via Nate via allkpop
10 Januari:
“RE-MAINTENANCE” menampilkan 4 lagu yaitu “Try Again, Smile Again,” “Don’t Say Goodbye,” “Kimio,” dan instrumental. Semuanya ditulis dan diproduce oleh member.Mereka juga mempersiapkan tur 4 kota “Zeff Tour“, yang dimulai di Osaka. Dan telah terjual 12,000 tiket.
8 Januari:
CNBLUE merilis single Jepang ketiga.
Berjudul “RE-MAINTENANCE“, yang berisi 4 lagu. Menunjukkan kemampuan sebagai musisi, member Yong Hwa menulis dan menyusun “Try Again, Smile Again” dan “Don’t say goodbye“, dan Jong Hyun menyusun “kimio“.
Support the artists by purchasing their single!
01. “Try Again, Smile Again” >
02. “Don’t say goodbye”
03. “kimio”
7 Januari:
Juru bicara dari FNC Music menyatakan, “Strong Japanese record labels have made offers to release CNBLUE’s official album.”
“About 10 different agency representatives have visited CNBLUE’s performances once or twice. Representatives that weren’t able to attend due to the tickets selling out have even asked their staff members to pre-order the band’s next performances. The reason they want to sign the group on is not because of the Hallyu wave, but because the group is unique in that they have a strong band sound. The Japanese market is known for their strong band musicians, and CNBLUE has managed to receive positive reviews.“”
Tiket untuk konser CNBLUE yang akan datang di Jepang telah terjual habis. Agensi CNBLUE menyatakan mereka akan promosi untuk “Zepp Concert Tour“. Mereka akan tampil dalam full stadium untuk all four stops, yang menunjukkan kepopuleran CNBLUE di pasar Jepaang.Mereka akan mulai tur tgl 9 di Osaka, tgl 11 di Fukuoka, Nagoya tgl 13, dan Tokyo tgl 16.
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