Kamis, 26 November 2009

Kim Kyu Jong


Kim Kyu Jong debuted as a member of SS501 on 06 June 2005. Kim Kyu Jong took over the role of DJ from Heo Young Saeng for SBS radio program 'SS501's Youngstreet' on 21 Aug 2006 as Young Saeng had to undergo a throat surgery and require time to recover. He hosted this program with his fellow member Park Jung Min. Kim Kyu Jong started his acting career with a role in Mnet hip-hop music drama "Break" (11 May 06) showcasing his acting skills and dance skills at the same time while playing the role of a b-boy. In 2008, due to 2 members' busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical "Grease" and Hyun Joong filming drama "Boys Over Flowers", SS501's album which was originally due for release in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.
Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed with Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named "Triple S" but they changed it back to "SS501", reason being that they are 5 members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album "U R Man" (released on November 25, 2008). Finishing their promotional activities for "U R Man", they continued their activities to promote "내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I am stupid)", a song they sang for the OST of "Boys Before Flowers". This song is very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the "Song of the month (Feb)" award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com. Kim Kyu Jong joined as one of the regular host for MBC Every1 "God Of Cookery Expedition" since 21 Nov 08. For SS501's second mini album "Rebirth", Kyu Jong wrote his own part of the song "Green Peas".

Park Jung Min


Park Jung Min, SS501 personnel one recently suffered an injury in his left knee. Park Jung Min falling and injuring his leg while appearing in musical performances on 24 February. Despite the injury, Park Jung Min keep appearing on the show Music Bank wrote to the 500th episode yesterday. The opportunity was not missed time Jung Min Park because the show SS501 performed 5 personnel with full formation. DSP spokeswoman said that Park Jung Min 2nd surgery date yesterday in a hospital near his home. He also apologized for making everyone feel worried. One personnel SS501, Park Jung Min managed to lose weight as much as 7kg for his role as Danny in the stage musical "Grease."
Park Jung Min who had had a 72kg weight is now only about 65kg. According to Jung Min, she felt compelled to adjust to the role of Danny in Grease. To express youth full of Danny dances. Jung Min Park originally did have a dream to be an actor, but his own career started from group SS501. When the opportunity came, Park Jung Min said he did not want mensia miserably.A surprise visit by SS501 leader, Kim Hyun Joong on one of the musical performances personnel SS501, Park Jung Hyun Joong Min before leaving for Macau.
On November 29 last, Hyun Joong stage watching the musical "Grease" is performed in Seoul, Sejong Culture Gwanghwamoon Theater. One of the SS501 spokesman said, "Hyun Joong came to the stage musical is encouraging for Jung Min. Min Jung actually felt so depressed that she asked that the personnel did not come SS501. But Hyun Joong indispensable to go abroad for shooting took time to come without telling the manager. Hyun Joong's arrival to the event that attracted much attention Hyun Jung must go before the show finished.
Without the presence of managers, Hyun Joong can not do much on the fans swarmed reply. Before the show ended Hyun Joong out for fear of causing problems. By shooting the series "Boys Before Flowers" on December 1 and, Kim Hyun Joong leave for Macau.

Kim Hyun Joong


Kim Hyun Joong debuted as the leader of SS501 in 2005. In addition to their musical activities, SS501 participated in two reality shows — Thank You For Waking Us Up (2005) and Thank You For Raising Us (2006) — that profiled the group's life together. They filmed an 8 episode reality programme SS501 SOS by Mnet. They also appeared in MNet's Idol World in 2007, which showed SS501 doing various missions in Japan. He joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on May 11, 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior. They achieved high popularity acting as a newlywed couple. Due to his appearance on We Got Married, he was cast in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango as one of the members of the famous F4. Known as the "Lettuce Couple", Kim and Hwang Bo went on to win MBC's Best Couple Award. The couple made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts presented by Boys Over Flowers.
In the hit drama series, Boys Over Flowers, he plays Yoon Ji Hoo. The series was a huge media and ratings sensation in Korea during its run from January to March 2009, garnering a huge amount of popularity for the entertainer. The series was not only a hit in Korea, but all around Asia as well. It was popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and many other SE Asian countries. Along with his bandmates, Kim is preparing SS501's new Korean album, for which each member will be doing a solo. Their Asia Concert Tour began in mid-August 2009.
On September 2009, during promotions in Japan for Boys Over Flowers, Kim Hyun Joong was diagnosed with H1N1. Currently recovering from H1N1, Kim Hyun Joong could not attend Seoul's International Drama Awards. To accept the award on his behalf, his members of SS501, Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyung Joon were present for the award show. He has now recovered from H1N1 and was out of the hospital on September 15, 2009.

ss501


SS501 (pronounced as Double-S 501 or Deo Beul E Seu Oh Gong Il) is a South Korean boyband under management of Daesung Entertainment, also known as DSP Entertainment. The first “S” stands for “Super”. The second “S” is an abbreviation for "Star". The number 5,0 and 1 means `five members united as one forever' . Their official fan club is known as "Triple S".SS501 debuted in 8 June 2005 with their first single "경고" ("Warning"), with a second single "Snow Prince" released in late 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April.The hiatus was due to Heo Young Saeng's throat condition which required surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover.In mid-2006, they held their first concert, "Step Up Concert" in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10 called S.T.01 now. Singles from the album included "Unlock" and "Four Chance". As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. The group also lent their voices for the 2006 animated movie.
Later in 2007, the group debuted in the Japanese market. A Japanese fan club has been established with the name of "Triple S Japan"; it officially debuted on March 25, 2007, when SS501 had their first official meeting with the group. The group released their Japanese single "Kokoro", alongside multiple versions, including one with all members and five others featuring the members individually. The single debuted at #5 on the Oricon chart, and move to #3 the next day. A full album was released later in the year.
In 2008, SS501 returned to Korea with their single Deja Vu released on March 8 2008. The title track was the first song to be promoted, and they started their comeback on music channel M.Net's M Countdown. After success with their single "Deja Vu", they began to promote their second single, "A Song Calling For You". They performed their Goodbye Stage on Music Bank on June 6, 2008, to return to Japanese activities. On October 2, 2008, an official announcement confirmed Kim Hyun Joong as part of the cast for the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, also known as Boys Over Flowers, which is was broadcasted via KBS 2TV in the first half of 2009 with a total of 25 episodes. Due to two of the members' busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a Korean production of the musical "Grease" and Hyun Joong filming Boys Over Flowers, SS501's album, originally due for release in late 2008, was pushed back to July 2009. Therefore, a subgroup was formed consisting of the latter 3 members, they released a special project album U R Man under the name of SS501 in November, 2008. The group had a cameo in the fourth episode of Boys Over Flowers as performers in a club, singing "U R Man". Finishing their promotional activities for 'U R Man', they went on to promote '내 머리가 나빠서 ("Because I'm Stupid"), a song they sang for the official soundtrack of 'Boys Over Flowers'. The song was very well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the "Song of the month (Feb)" award at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards. Hyung Joon and Kyu Jong later released "Lonely Girl" for the “Bad Girl Diary” Official Soundtrack.