F.T. Island reveals their ‘treasures’ through jacket photos

F.T. Island‘s jacket photos for their upcoming 4th full-length album is receiving much attention as it shows the ‘treasures’ of each member.

The band will be releasing their title track, “I Wish“, as well as the full music video on various music sites on the 10th. Just like the title of their upcoming album, ‘Five Treasure Box‘, the group included several personal items they treasure the most in the jacket photos.

Their agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed, “For the jacket photo shoot, leader / guitarist Jonghun brought his personal exercising weights like dumbbells and barbells. Vocalist Hongki brought his three dogs including the dog house and toys, showing his great love for his pets. Bassist Jaejin brought magazines, chips, and comic books, whereas drummer Minhwan came with his TV and teddy bear. Lastly, guitarist Seunghyun brought his instrument and headset to the photo shoot.”

F.T. Island is scheduled to release their new album on the 10th and will be making their first comeback stage on the September 13th broadcast of Mnet‘s ‘M! Countdown‘.

Source & Image: Star Today via Nate

FNC’s new girl group, AOA, reveals first group photo + more on the mysterious Y

FNC Entertainment, the home to talented artists like F.T. Island, CNBLUE, and Juniel, just revealed the first image of Y, the eighth member of their upcoming girl group, AOA, and now have added the first group shot of the girls as well as more of the ‘Angel’s Story’.

According to this ‘chapter’, the seven full angel members, Seolhyunari, Choaya, Hyejeong.Linus, Chanmi T.T, Yunaria, Minaring, and leader Jiminel, looked on the the human world through their crystal ball, loving humans’ music. Y, the half angel, also referred to as the key keeper, became curious about the human world and used the key she kept to visit it with the other angels.

Where they ‘landed’ and what they did in the human world has yet to be revealed. Stay tuned as they reveal more of ‘Angel’s Story’ in subsequent teasers.

What do you think of the group so far?  Is the ‘Angel Story’ compelling to you?

Source + Image: AOA’s Teaser Site

FNC’s new girl group, AOA, reveals eighth member, half angel, Y

FNC Entertainment, the home to talented artists like F.T. Island, CNBLUE, and Juniel,  recently opened up the teaser site for their upcoming girl group, AOA!

The site’s main page shows a book with “pages” some of which will be revealed at a later date.

The first teaser image revealed showed the first page of the book with the title, ‘Angel’s Story‘.  The first teaser also revealed that the name AOA stands for “Ace of Angels“.

So far we’ve been introduced to the first angel Seolhyunari [Brain Among the Angels], second angel Choaya [Who Has A Heavenly Voice], third angel Hyejeong.Linus [Who is the Most Beautiful Among Angels], fourth angel Chanmi T.T [Who Loves to Dance], fifth angel Yunaria [Who Loves to Play the Glasses Filled with Water], and sixth angel Minaring [Who Plays the Harp All the Time] and seventh angel Jiminel [Rute player, and the leader of 7 angels] .

Now, the last angel, “Y“, [Half Angel], who is described as “the mix between an angel and a human” has been revealed!

Stay tuned as they reveal more of ‘Angel’s Story’ in subsequent teasers.

Source + Image: AOA’s Teaser Site

FNC’s new girl group, AOA, reveals fifth member Yunaria

FNC Entertainment, the home to talented artists like F.T. Island, CNBLUE, and Juniel, has recently opened up the teaser site for their upcoming girl group, AOA!

The site’s main page shows a book with more “pages” that will be revealed at a later date.

The first teaser image revealed showed the first page of the book with the title, “Angel’s Story“, and also revealed that the name AOA stands for “Ace of Angels“.

After introducing us to the first angel Seolhyunari [Brain Among the Angels], second angel Choaya [Who Has A Heavenly Voice], third angel Hyejeong.Linus [Who is the Most Beautiful Among Angels], fourth angel Chanmi T.T [Who Loves to Dance], and now we’re introduced to the fifth angel Yunaria [Who Loves to Play the Glasses Filled with Water].

Stay tuned as they reveal the story of more angels to come!

FNC’s new girl group, AOA, opens teaser site

FNC Entertainment, the home to talented artists like F.T. Island, CNBLUE, and Juniel, has recently opened up the teaser site for their upcoming girl group, AOA!

The site’s main page shows a book with more “pages” that will be revealed at a later date.

The first teaser image revealed shows the first page of the book with the title, “Angel’s Story“, and also reveals that the name AOA stands for “Ace of Angels“.

Stay tuned as the story continues with more teasers to come!

Source + Image: AOA’s Teaser Site

Tip: Selly K

 

Seol Hyun from F.T. Island’s “Severely” MV confirmed to be a member of FNC’s new girl group

With the news of FNC Entertainment preparing to debut its first girl group, the mysterious girl who was in F.T. Island‘s MV for “Severely” is receiving attention, once again.

The girl, who’s name is Seol Hyun, was nicknamed ‘Lee Hong Ki‘s girl’ due to her lead role as Lee Hong Ki’s love interest in the MV. With her tall height and beautiful looks, Seol Hyun is said to be a former model for school uniforms and a popular ulzzang.

FNC Entertainment confirmed Seol Hyun as an upcoming member stating, “It’s true that Seol Hyun is one of the members for the girl group. We’re planning on opening an official teaser website on July 13th at 2PM (KST), so please anticipate it.”

Source: The Star Chosun

Tip: S.Lee

FNC Entertainment preparing to debut its new “7+1″ girl group

FNC Entertainment, home to F.T. Island, CNBLUE, Juniel, and more, is gearing up to finally debut its new girl group.

A representative of the agency revealed, “We will be revealing our rookie girl group through the teaser website on July 13th and the group will officially begin their activities. The team is a 7+1 member girl group, so please show lots of interest.”

As F.T. Island, CNBLUE, and Juniel are all known for their talent and individual colors, many are now highly anticipating the debut of FNC Entertainment’s first girl group, curious to know about the group’s musical flavor as well as their concept.

Meanwhile, FNC Entertainment’s rookie soloist Juniel is rapidly gaining an enormous amount of popularity for her debut track “Illa Illa“.

We aren’t really sure what “7+1″ means, is it the name, the number of members?  Hopefully, the upcoming teasers will provide some clues. Until then, tell us what your thought on a 7+1 member girl group in the comments below.

Source & Image: Herald News via Naver