It has been recently reported that boy group, B1A4 will be marking their official Japanese debut on June 27!
A representative of the boys had an interview with Osen and shared, “B1A4 formed a fan club in Japan on April 19th and have scheduled to make their Japanese debut on June 27. Their title track will be ‘Beautiful Target‘.”
With the formation of ‘BANA Japan‘, which is the official B1A4 fan club name for Japanese fans, B1A4 expressed, “From now on, we want to work hard and place ourselves on the number one spot in the Oricon charts. We will work hard so that we can hold a solo concert in the Nippon Budokan.”
Aside from their debut on June 27th, the boys are also slated to hold a hand shake event on June 30th. They also plan to hold special events in Kawasaki on July 1st as well.
Source: Osen - allkpop
3 Feb:
Idol group B1A4 have set a goal to reach 2,000,000 Twitter followers!
The boys are currently starring in Mnet’s ‘Sesame Player 3’, where for 12 weeks, they’ll embark on various missions to increase their Twitter followers.
The goal is actually part of a contract B1A4 made with ‘Sesame Player 3′. According to this contract, “B1A4 will not hide things about their personal lives on the show”, “B1A4 will work hard in making impersonations and utilizing other talents to bring laughter to their fans”, and “Absence without leave and refusal to film will not be acceptable.”
“The contract will end when all the members’ Twitter followers combined will be a minimum of 2,000,000, or if a member reaches 500,000 followers.”
Fans are excited and looking forward to this challenge due to some of the members’ promises. B1A4’sGongchan promised that he would take off his top if they reach 1,500,000 followers, while Baro said he would reveal his six pack if they hit 2,000,000.
If you want to see their abs, be sure to follow the B1A4 members on Twitter!
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Jinyoung: @B1A4_JINYOUNG
Gongchan: @B1A4_gongchan
Baro: @baro920905
Sandeul: @SANDEUL920320
CNU: @B1A4_CNU
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6 January:
On January 4th, B1A4 came out to play in Hongdae for a recording of ’Guerilla Concert‘.
Despite little to zero promotions prior to the event, a crowd of 2,000 gathered around the area, causing traffic to come to a still.
Fans who attended the show immediately uploaded pictures onto blogs, Twitter, and other community sites after the performances.
This ‘Guerilla Concert’ event was specially organized by Mnet‘s ‘Wide Entertainment News‘. The members were divided into several teams as they headed individually towards the event location. Jin Young and Gongchan were grouped together to ride the subway, while CNU and Baro rode the bus together. Finally Sandeul commuted to the concert alone in a van.
According to reports, hundreds of fans were already present before the members’ arrival, as most learned about the concert through B1A4′s social networking site, three hours prior to their arrival.
B1a4 performed “O.K” and “Beautiful Target” at the concert while Sandeul did a solo. Member Gongchan also treated fans with a cute 5-set aegyo stint.
You can check out the concert in full when it airs on ‘Wide Entertainment News’ on the 6th.
Meanwhile, check out a fancam from the concert below!
10 December:
Rookie group B1A4 is preparing for their Japanese debut and began off-shore promotions on a successful note by drawing over 1,000 fans to their first showcase.
The boys performed nine of their tracks to a rapt audience, including their debut song, “O.K“, as well “Beautiful Target“.
At the press conference, leader Jinyoung talked about their Japanese promotions. “We want to show our skills in Japan as well,” he said. Fellow member Gongchan agreed, “We will work hard in Japan to win the rookie award here, as well.”
Contracted with famous talent company Pony Canyon, B1A4 is scheduled to officially debut in Japan in summer next year. Prior to their debut, however, they will release a compilation album of their first two Korean releases, “Let’s Fly” and “It B1A4“, on January 25th.
14 November:
Rookie group B1A4 amazed the public with their level of popularity after it was revealed that tickets to their first Japanese showcase were sold out in just 1 minute!
The boys will be putting on their first show in front of Japanese fans and local media at the ‘B1A4 – Japan Showcase Live 2011′ on December 9th in Tokyo.
As soon as tickets went on sale, a flood of eager fans overwhelmed the site and caused the server to crash. During the second round of sales after the crash, all the seats were sold out almost instantly. Those fans who weren’t able to get their hands on a ticket have been pleading for an extra date, and some have even paid up to 100,000 yen (~$1,300 USD) for one ticket on auction sites.
B1A4 has signed with Pony Canyon, the same Japanese agency as Hallyu star Jang Geun Suk. It’s an unprecedented feat for a rookie group, and with this new development, it proves that they’ve got a lot to offer.
In related news, B1A4 will follow up their “Beautiful Target” promotions with “My Love”, a second track off their mini-album.
JTV recently aired the ‘Sunchang Fermented Soybean Festival‘ to celebrate Suchang County‘s popular food.
Sunchang’s is one of the best and reputed red pepper paste manufacturers in the South Korea. Red pepper paste, or gochujang, is made from fermented soybeans, glutinous rice, and red peppers. The governor of the county puts his personal seal of approval on it to make it authentic Sunchang Gochujang. The county takes great pride in its red peper paste, hence the festival.
During this year’s festival, amid the screams of rabid fans, B1A4 pleased festival attendees with an energetic performance of their latest song, “Beautiful Target“.
Source: allkpop
23 October:
Although it hasn’t been too long since their Korean debut, rookie group B1A4 has just announced that they’ll be extending their act into Japan with an official overseas debut!
“B1A4 has struck a deal with Japan’s Pony Canyon,” revealed an industry representative. Pony Canyon is a company under Japanese media giant Fujisankei Communications Group, and is also the current management for Hallyu star Jang Geun Suk. “We’re very proud that they are going into Japan so shortly after their debut.”
A representative from Pony Canyon stated, “We were struck by their debut album, which featured high-quality music, smooth choreography, and instinctive fashion.” They continued, “Although they are rookies, we struck a deal based on their future potential as the best Hallyu stars. Jang Geun Suk was also complimented B1A4 on their future potential.”
B1A4 is scheduled to kick-start their Japanese activities with their first showcase, to be held on December 9th at the Sinagawa Stellar Ball in the heart of Tokyo. They will release their Japanese album in January of 2012.
Stay tuned for more updates!
19 September:
Last week, idol group B1A4 finally revealed their comeback MV for “Beautiful Target“.
The boys had a successful round of promotions on the music shows over the past weekend and now a special behind the scenes / making of video for “Beautiful Target” was released.
Check out some of their hilarious antics from the MV from different perspectives below!
15 September:
After releasing their new mini album, ‘It B1A4‘, B1A4 has been receiving explosive attention.
After releasing B1A4′s special mini album the online music sites have been stormed with orders.
Even before officially going on sale, the mini album was recently ranked at the top of Kyobobook,Aladdin, Interpark, Yes24, Apple Music, and others for having the top number of presales.
B1A4′s agency, WM Entertainment stated, “After the teaser for their title song, “Beautiful Target“, was released on Chuseok, more than 20,000 people visited their homepage and it seems that their 2nd mini album has received a lot of attention“.
The agency continued, “When we started the presales for the music album, the orders were storming the websites. Despite being rookies, their sales figure is quickly rising over the 25,000 album sold threshold. If it continues like this, they will easily surpass the number of albums sold from their 1st mini album.”
Notably, for this mini album, Shinwoo and Baro wrote the title song and also participated in creating the rap lyrics for the album, while Jinyoung contributed a self-composed and arranged song.
Their title song, “Beautiful Target“, contains Baro’s and Shinwoo’s feelings towards their noonas, containing the motif of their “zooming and rocket-like” feelings.
Idol group BIA4 are ready to make a splash in the K-Pop industry once again with their second mini-album, “It B1A4“.
Their title track is called “Beautiful Target“, and it highlights the boys’ improved vocals, all while retaining that ‘sweet boyfriend’ feel in their melody that drives nuna-fans wild.
Check out “Beautiful Target” and the rest of their tracks below, and don’t forget to support the boys bypurchasing their album here.
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01. Beautiful Target
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02. My Love
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03. 쮸쮸쮸(Chu Chu Chu)
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04. Wonderful Tonight
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05. Fooool
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06. Beautiful Target(Inst.)
06. Beautiful Target(Inst.)
Source: allkpop
9 September:
After unveiling individual concept photos for each member, B1A4 has finally revealed their MV teaser for their comeback track!
Titled “Beautiful Target“, the video aims to showcase B1A4′s ‘young prince’ charms with comical acting and adorable styling.
There’ll be more to come later, so stay tuned to allkpop for updates!
30 August:
B1A4 quickly rose as one of the biggest rookie groups this year, debuting in April with “OK“ and also landing an endorsement deal with Big Cola. Since the end of the their promotions, fans have eagerly waiting for their comeback and now there’s news that the boys will officially comeback in September.
On August 30th, a message by the moderator of B1A4’s official fanclub posted the following message on B1A4’s community board: “B1A4 will make their comeback in September with their new album.”
No other information was posted, but fans should expect some official news on their comeback in the coming days.
24 June:
This comes just after their joint CF deal with Block B for “Tropicana Sparkling“, as well as a slew of other offers in the works for drinks, clothing, and accessories.
On June 22nd, the boys visited the streets of Insa-dong with top Thai actress May Pitchanat and filmed late into the night. After the filming, B1A4 gave both Pitchanat and the Thai staff traditional Korean presents.
The boys are currently running fan signings nation-wide, as well as starring in the MTV reality show, ‘Match Up‘. Be sure to check out their follow-up stage on MBC’s ‘Music Core‘ tomorrow!
22 June:
After making a successful debut with “OK” in April, B1A4 recently began their follow-up promotions for“Only Learned the Bad Things” on the various music shows.
Now the MV for the track has been finally released!
The MV is a about a cute love story, check it out below!
21 June:
How did these flower boys get together to form one group?
According to rapper Baro, he joined the group after his company saw a photo of him on his friend’s Cyworld page. At the audition, Baro had sung Jo Soo Mi’s ‘Once I Leave’ and Sung Si Kyung’s ‘The Path Leading to Me’. Because he enjoyed hip-hop, he’d also showed off his rapping and beat-boxing, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Leader Jinyoung had continuously admired the world of the celebrities and singers since he was young, and was also casted into his current company after his photo was spotted on Cyworld. Jinyoung had auditioned with the portrayal of character ‘Gong-gil’ from movie “Man of the King“. He can also act, having some experience in the field of dramas.
Maknae Gongchan was the third member to be contacted thanks to Cyworld, but it turns out that he won the site’s ‘Uljjang Challenge’ event when he was in middle school. Gongchan’s beauty also earned him a runner-up position in a cross-dressing contest after he performed a dance of Ivy’s.
Main vocal Sandeul originates from Busan, and prepared to become a singer by going to various singing competitions. His agency approached him during a talent show after Sandeul delivered a stirring performance of a ballad song from Kim Yun Woo.
Shinwoo, who has the role of both vocals and rap, was inspired by his musical family. There is a trot singer in his family, and one of his noonas tackled traditional Korean singing as well. He decided to participate in a teenage singing contest one day, which proved to be fateful after he cracked a smile on-stage. A company associate attending the event fell head-over-heels over that smile and contacted him, resulting in his enlistment with B1A4.
B1A4 all originate from the countryside, earning them the nickname ‘country-dol’. Jinyoung and Shinwoo are from Choongbook, Cheongju; Sandeul from Kyungnam, Busan; Baro from Junnam, Kwangju; and finally Gongchun came from Junnam, Soonchun. Jinyoung had been counted as the number 1 attendee for any talent shows or festivals during his school days. Saying that he loved to go out in front of people since he was young, Jinyoung had a mischievous but bright and cheery smile, and was a popular student who partook as a grade representative as well.
Shinwoo had participated in the school’s band club, and was a child who loved music, even going to perform in Hongdae at times. Contrasting from his gentle image now, Shinwoo – who says he liked rock and did rough music then – makes people around him smile by saying, “During school, I didn’t ‘know’ smiling, but people say that my smile’s pretty and that I should smile a lot now.”
Sandeul had also become famous by having a singing battle among his musical friends. Everyone had been surprised because they only knew him as a child who liked music. Sandeul mused, “My mother was from a choir, so she gave me advice that when I sing, I shouldn’t imitate another person but to do my own type of singing. I engraved that advice into my heart.”
Bright Baro also was an active and extroverted type of person since he was young. Aside from becoming the grade president just one week after transferring schools, he also has the experience of emceeing a festival and participating in a comedy club during high school.
Having lived and worked hard in their respective homes, these members all flocked to Seoul and made their singing debut after undergoing two years of training. There are many children who wish to become singers, but it isn’t easy to come to debut. The homesickness they sometimes felt was smoothed over by their aspirations to become a singer and by each other’s company.
B1A4, who picks ‘familiarity’ as their charm without hesitation, said that they wanted to approach us like a neighborhood oppa or a school friend, and requested for people to watch their progress well.
17 June:
Written by Wheesung, the song is about a man trying to win back the feelings of a lover who’s already turned her back due to his past mistakes.
The members said, “We’re extremely grateful that Wheesung took the time to write for rookies like us. We feel that it’s an honor to be able to promote with his song, and promise to show our best in consideration of the people who have worked so hard for us.”
B1A4 will be kicking off their follow-up promotions on June 18th through MBC’s “Show! Music Core.”
16 Mei:
Rookie idol group B1A4 held their first fan signing for their debut mini-album, “Let’s Fly“, on May 15th at Synnara Records in Seoul.
The event was for fans who purchased their album during the 7 days before its release. Still, organizers were shocked by the number of fans who appeared for the 150 available seats.
Prior to the event, B1A4 members said “Having an event like this under our own name seems like a dream.” They added, “Our dreams are becoming a reality, and we want to work harder in our future activities. Through this signing event we’d like to thank our fans.”
Netizen reactions to B1A4’s fan signing event were mostly positive, with comments like, “At first I thought the names were going to be hard to remember, but they’re actually fun and easy to recall” and “They (B1A4) seem to know how to have fun.”
5 Mei:On May 3rd, rookie boy group B1A4 kicked off a week of their first radio broadcast guesting on MBC’s “Park Kyung Lim’s Starry Night.”
“Starry Night” features a seven-minute corner for rookie groups to guest in and show off what they’ve got in seven minutes. The corner is set up so that groups can perform one live track and go into introducing their profiles to listeners.
B1A4 stunned with their live performance of their debut track, “OK“, and adorable gestures towards the live camera. MC Park Kyung Lim teased the boys about their name, claiming that it reminded her of a parking lot.
Leader Jinyoung was up first for the round of ‘profile talks’ and sang a short snippet of “Bling Girl“, the song he participated in writing and composing.
Unfortunately, the bell signaling the end of their corner went off just then, but fans can expect more fun performances and the rest of their profile talks on the 4th and 6th.
After much anticipation, the group has finally unveiled the music video of their debut title track, “OK“.
Check it out below, including tracks from their first mini album, “Let’s Fly“:
Remember
못된 것만 배워서
Bling Girl
Only One
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The boys will be making their official debut on April 21st, and if you missed the individual member teasers, check them out here: Baro, Gongchan, Sandeul, CNU, and Jinyoung.
Source: B1A4 Official Site via allkpop
18 April:WM Entertainment’s new boyband ‘B1A4‘ has been headlining for their unique webtoons concept, which later opened up to individual member teasers that aimed to showcase the charms of the group.
After much anticipation, the group has finally unveiled their music video teaser for their debut title track, “OK“. They’ve even uploaded a new group photo to boot!
Check it out below:
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The boys will be making their official debut on April 21st. If you missed the individual member teasers, check them out here: Baro, Gongchan, Sandeul, CNU, Jinyoung.
Source: B1A4 official site via allkpop
11 April:
Because so little information is currently available (other than what’s found in the actual webtoon series itself), netizens have been going wild with speculations. One netizen claimed to have figured out the meaning behind their name by explaining that the characters of the webtoon had A and B bloodtypes.
Another speculated that the group was co-ed; though there’s only five male leads in the picture above (Gong Chan, Shin Woo, San Deul, Jin Young, and Baro), rumor has it that there’s a female lead named Anna as well.
On April 11th, a representative from B1A4’s agency finally put out a face and some bio info on of its members. Introduced as leader Jin Young, the representative claimed that this idol possesses exceptional musical talent.
“There are a lot of interesting pieces of information about B1A4 in their webtoon,” they said. “Our agency is receiving a flood of calls asking for more information. Jin Young is the team’s leader and has been trained in composing, singing, and acting for a while now. He’s exceptional in musical talent, and their upcoming album will feature a song composed and written by him.”
B1A4 is currently scheduled to debut by the end of this month.
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