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DEAN – a South Korean future R&B artist and Multi-Platinum songwriter. DEAN began his musical journey as a hip-hop artist at age 16, beginning his career as part of a crew with Korean rapper Keith Ape (whose single ‘It G Ma’ boasts over 18 million YouTube views), but by the age of 18, DEAN discovered his talent for singing and his gift of creating infectious melodies. Now having written chart toppers for K-Pop boy bands such as VIXX and EXO, DEAN has already proven himself as a successful hit maker. Recently DEAN wrote ‘Unfair’ for EXO and ‘World Tour’ for Lee-hi in 2016. <130 mood : TRBL> is DEAN’s very first EP including three previously-released tracks, “I Love It (Feat. Dok2)”, “Pour Up (Feat. ZICO)”, and “What 2 Do (Feat. Jeff Bernat, Crush) with four new tracks: ‘And You? (Skit) (Outro)’, ‘Bonnie & Clyde’, ‘D (Half Moon) (Feat. Gaeko)’, and ’21’. The meaning of title is –’130′ is kind of symbol of James Dean as he put the number 130 on his car. It is revealed that DEAN has been inspired by James Dean. ‘TRBL’ stands for ‘trouble’ and it’s from DEAN’s nickname ‘DEAN TRBL’. The whole album is in reverse order of one man’s love story, from falling in love with a 21-year-old girl to suffering heartbreak, which seems to be a part of our life. : It will win the sympathy of the listeners through his storytelling. DEAN appeared on SXSW 2016 – Spotify house and Hypetrak stages and it’s very first time for Asian artist. Also he will be showcasing his talent at many of the industry’s major upcoming events and festivals.
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ASTRO is a six-member boy group that debuted on February 23, 2016 with their mini-album Spring Up. Prior to releasing their debut single 숨바꼭질 (HIDE & SEEK), the group first starred in their own web drama series To Be Continued in August 2015 as well as their own reality television show Astro OK! Ready in January 2016. Since then, their music video for HIDE & SEEK has gained over 1.8 million views and their official fanclub name has been revealed as AROHA, which stands for ASTRO Hearts All Fans.
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BTS, which debuted in 2013, has been showing remarkable development as the next generation leader of K-POP boy group. They are evaluated and found to be leading the Korean wave in the music market not only in Korea but also Japan, Asia and all over the world. BTS is an excellent group with high potential they compose and write their own songs. They gave full-fledged rap, singing, performances and have enormous energy on stage. Members · Rap Monster (랩몬스터) · SUGA (슈가) · Jin (진) · J-hope (제이홉) · Jimin (지민) · V (뷔) · Jung Kook (정국)
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Girls’ Generation-TTS, also known as TTS or TaeTiSeo is a subgroup of Girls’ Generation, composed of the members: TaeYeon, Tiffany, and SeoHyun. Their album ‘Twinkle’ was released in 2012, which became the first album by a Korean artist to rank number 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart. In September 2014, the group released their second album ‘Holler’, which became their second album to rank number 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart. In December 2015, Girls’ Generation-TTS released their third album, a Christmas special album titled ‘Dear Santa’. As an effort to support music education for children in Asia, Girls’ Generation-TTS contributed a part of the album’s sales profits to charity campaign, ‘SMilefor U’, a campaign held between S.M. Entertainment and UNICEF.
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Twice is a nine member girl group under JYP Entertainment that debuted in 2015 through the reality show Sixteen. Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu are the nine members. Their first mini-album “The Story Begins” featured title track “Like OOH-AHH,” which was well received by the public. The music video for that song hit 50 million views within five months and is now the most-viewed debut music video for any K-pop group.
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TAEIL, JAEHYO, B-BOMB, U-KWON, PARK KYUNG, ZICO, and P.O, and are the seven members of Block B. ZICO, the leader of the group, was already recognized as a rapper before his debut producing hip hop mix tapeswith top level hip hop artists, which no other boy bands have done. They are occupying the music market with powerful and trendy hip hop music along with amazing performance Korean boy bands have never presented before. Especially, they are known as true artists as the members, with ZICO on the lead, write, compose, and produce the songs themselves, creating the colors of Block B music. Block B recently released ‘A Few Years Later’, the lead single of their 5th mini album, and their mini album ‘Blooming Period’ will be released in this April.
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GFriend (여자친구) is a six-member South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consists of Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB and Umji. They made their debut with their five-track EP Season of Glass. Since debut, GFriend won several 2015 female rookie awards and has also garnered a lot of momentum since their debut. In 2016, they made a comeback with their third EP Snowflake and won first on many music shows with the title song “Rough”