The group’s agency, PQM, revealed that the members have signed with Japan’s Dreamusic and will be releasing their Japanese single on December 7th.
The single will contain the Japanese versions of their Korean debut track, “Addiction”, as well as “Miracle”.
PQM stated, “Code-V –who came in 1st place in a survey that asked Japanese residents, ‘Which K-Pop singer would you like to see debut in Japan?’ — will succeed with the songs that have Code-V’s distinct style.”
Code-V will be holding an event commemorating the release of their debut single on December 26th at Tokyo’s Tower Records. After holding several performances, the boys plan to release their 1st official Japanese album next Spring.
This group debuted in Korea in June 2010 with “Addiction”, and have since been receiving many love calls from Japan. Despite facing numerous complications with their schedules in Japan last year due to the Tohoku earthquake, the boys were determined in carrying out their duties to the best of their ability – earning much praise from Japanese fans.
13 July:
On July 13th, representatives of PQM Entertainment revealed that the boys would kick off their tour on July 28th, and go through Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Fukushima, and Sapporo before concluding the event on August 9th. They had originally planned to hold just one concert in Tokyo, but due to an influx of requests from fans all over the nation, they decided to go ahead and add five more dates.
Many big Japanese labels are said to be keeping a close eye on this new group, and this tour will surely help in getting their name known more widely.
Code-V will also be continuing their Korean promotions, and are scheduled to perform on the July 15th episode of KBS’s ‘Music Bank’.
5 June:
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They were in the midst of introducing their title track, when they abruptly stopped to ask, “Do you want to hear us sing it live?” After a short on-the-spot a cappella performance, the boys went on to reveal that they also possessed dozens of different voice imitations to show off on variety shows as well.
This talented team is comprised of leader Sang Woo, ‘visual’ Sol, ‘chocolate abs’ Naro, maknaeTaemin, and their newest addition, Louis.
Code-V initially promoted under the name ‘Bless‘ back in 2007 before making their debut with the track, “Addiction“, back in June of last year. Unfortunately, they didn’t meet the success that they had hoped for, and had to abruptly conclude promotions without attaining much in achievements.
“There was always a natural disaster following us,” they explained. ”We had to postpone our broadcast promotions because of the Cheonanham skirmish, and when we were preparing for our Japanese promotions, there was an earthquake in Fukushima. We’re sort of immune to everything now (laughter). In order to break that jinx, we persistently promoted in Japan.”
They continued, “While preparing for this album, we think our failures created a strong foundation for each of the tracks in it.”
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Although they’re not quite well known in Korea, they’re already growing as Hallyu stars in Japan. They recently ranked first in a survey that asked Japanese fans to choose a Korean artist’s debut that they were looking forward to the most.
Japanese fans have been highly anticipative of the group for their vocal talent, especially for their resemblance to TVXQ in that they’re both a capella groups. As such, they were nicknamed the ’second TVXQ.’
Code-V commented, “We think the Japanese music fans see us in the same light as TVXQ since we promoted with a dance track, but our members are all vocally talented. A capella is also our specialty so we resemble them in that way. We personally like TVXQ and respect them, but as opposed to emulating them, we hope surpass them and show a color of our own.”
The members also added, “After TVXQ’s split, some of their fans came to us.” Sol revealed, “They say I look like KCM in Korea, but in Japan, they think I look like Jaejoong. When we go out to eat, some people even mistake us to be TVXQ.”
When told that those were rather dangerous statements to be making, the boys replied with aegyo, “It’s not something all five of us agree with.”
Speaking of their Japanese promotions, the boys recently completed a successful promotion cycle there despite the earthquake. In an effort to give their fans a boost of energy, the boys continued on with their promotion plans instead of canceling it. They also came up with the heartfelt idea of folding 1,000 paper cranes to deliver to Fukushima. The project is currently on display at a hotel lobby.
They explained, “We don’t make much so we couldn’t make a big donation… Even if it isn’t anything physical, we wanted to make something that would deliver our feelings. We noticed that the Japanese fans liked it when lovers would exchange paper cranes in dramas so we went with that idea. It’s kind of romantic, right? We were worried that they would think we weren’t being genuine, but they liked it, which was fortunate.”
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Now that they’ve made their return in Korea with their first official album, “Honestly“, they’re promoting with a beautiful ballad track to showcase their vocal potential. “We were going to use a dance track for our title song, but a week before our album was to be released, we decided to change it last minute because we fell in love with a ballad that our composer hyung had hidden. With shows like ‘I Am a Singer‘ and ‘Birth of a Great Star‘, vocal talent is being regarded as important again, and we felt that fans would be bored of idol dances now. We went with something we wanted to show this time.”
The boys finally concluded, “We want to become a luxury idol. Although we’re all different in personality and style, we come together really well. It’s because of each of our voices coming together that we shine that much more. Hopefully those who didn’t know of us before will get to know us through this album.”
Source + Photos: Joy News 24 via allkpop
23 Mei
The boys of Code V recently unveiled the audio tracks to their “Honestly” album, which has 8 songs, 1 remix, and 2 instrumentals.
Take a listen below and tell us what you think!
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Tell You Honestly
Go!
Summer Love
Miracle
Poisoning
I’m More Sad
I’m Coming To Meet You Now
Do Not Be Reconciled
Poisoning (Remix)
Tell You Honestly (Instrumental)
Go (Instrumental)
Source: allkpop
16 Mei:
Back in June of 2010, boy group Code-V made their return to the K-pop scene with Addiction. The group had originally debuted in 2007 under the name Bless, but suffered from poor sales and lack of promotion. Unfortunately, their comeback results in June was sub-par and member Taemin left the group in August.
In October, the group found a replacement for the departed Taemin in Seo Min Ho and now they’re preparing for a comeback.
Last month, the boys revealed comeback photos and information that their comeback should be some time in May. Now, as we approach the halfway mark in May, a comeback teaser video for “Tell you Honestly” has been revealed through their youtube channel.
There’s still isn’t a definitive comeback date, rather a “code-v comingsoon” message. However, with this teaser we should expect it to be very soon. Check out the teaser below!
Source: allkpop
15 April:
In October, the group found a replacement for the departed Taemin in Seo Min Ho and now they’re preparing for a comeback.
Currently there isn’t much information for their comeback as there isn’t a definitive release date but it should be some time in May. Even though we don’t have much information about their comeback, photos of the group from their upcoming album was recently revealed.
Source: allkpop
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