B.A.P concludes promotions for “No Mercy” and to return with “Crash”

Powerful boy group B.A.P will be returning with their new title track, “Crash” from their upcoming repackaged album!

After a month full of promotions, B.A.P concluded their final stage performance of “No Mercy” on the August 26th broadcast of SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘. The group is now scheduled to release their new repackaged album ‘Crash’ on the 29th and return with a fresh new image.

B.A.P marked success with “No Mercy”, which had exciting hip-hop rhythms along with a dialect rap and samulnori (traditional Korean percussion music) sounds, as it topped Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks and also ranked #1 on the ‘German Asian Music Chart‘.

Now, the group is ready to return with “Crash” which is produced by Duble Sidekick, the production team behind SISTAR‘s “Loving U“, MBLAQ‘s “It’s War“, Eru‘s “I Hate You“, and Baek Ji Young‘s “Voice“. With a British rock base in addition to elements of synth and guitar sounds, the song will express the feelings of falling in love through its lyrics.

In addition to “Crash”, the repackaged album will consist of a new version of Bang Yong Guk‘s “I Remember”, but this time featuring B.A.P’s Daehyun rather than B2ST‘s Yoseob.

Details on B.A.P’s upcoming repackaged album revealed

Earlier, we reported that B.A.P would be releasing a repackaged album of ‘No Mercy‘. Since then, details have been revealed through several retail sites about the upcoming album including the track list as well as the album cover.

The repackaged album is titled, ‘Crash‘, and contains seven songs in total. In addition to the songs included in the ‘No Mercy’ album, ‘Crash’ will also feature the new title song, “Crash”, as well as a new version of Bang Yong Guk‘s “I Remember” featuring B.A.P’s own Daehyun this time rather than B2ST‘s Yoseob!

“Crash” is the work of Duble Sidekick, and will express the feelings of falling in love through its lyrics. The song is said to have a British rock base with elements of synth and guitar sounds.

The album is scheduled for release on August 30th, so stay tuned!

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B.A.P to release a repackaged version of ‘No Mercy’

Wrapping up their promotions for “No Mercy“, rookie group B.A.P plans to top music charts again with the release of their upcoming repackaged album.

As mentioned previously, “No Mercy” has hit the top of Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks in a row and also ranked #1 on the ‘German Asian Music Chart‘.

The title track for B.A.P’s repackaged album will be produced by Duble Sidekick, the production team behind SISTAR‘s “Loving U“, MBLAQ‘s “It’s War“, Eru‘s “I Hate You“, and Baek Ji Young‘s “Voice“, raising the excitement among fans for the repack, which will contain two new songs.

B.A.P made their debut with a tough and strong concept for “Warrior” and also showed their softer, sweet charms through “Secret Love“, and has thus left fans anticipating what new image the boys will showcase next.

B.A.P.’s “No Mercy” tops the ‘German Asian Music Chart’ + Taiwan’s ‘g-music’ K-Pop chart

B.A.P.‘s on the rise not only in Asia, but all the way in Europe as well!

In addition to their “No Mercy” release maintaining its position at the top of Taiwan’s g-music K-Pop chart for five consecutive weeks in a row, TS Entertainment has shared with allthatkpops that the song has also managed to top a German chart in the Asian music category.

The song has managed to surpass current hits like Psy‘s “Gangnam Style“, as well as those by B2ST, Super Junior, 2NE1, JYJ‘s Junsu, and other popular Japanese artists. B.A.P. is no stranger to the chart, as their “Warrior” and “Power” releases had always managed to rank in the top four. Fortunately, they hit a home run with “No Mercy” this time, confidently coming in at first as one of the rookie groups to look forward to.

B.A.P. is actually the only rookie to record such acn achievement on the chart since the chart’s creation in 2009, so representatives of the chart made sure to send their messages of congratulations to the boys.

In related news, B.A.P. is also working their way into the hearts of Russian fans, as a few contestants of the ‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival’ in Russia competed with B.A.P dance covers, with one contestant even doing a vocal imitation of Bang Yong Guk.

B.A.P’s Zelo gains a thousand followers on Twitter after sharing close-up selca

TS Entertainment told allthatkpops that B.A.P‘s maknae Zelo gained a large amount of followers after sharing a selca that showed off his new side part and bare face.

On the 25th, Zelo tweeted “1:9” and shared the above picture of him resting his chin on his pillow, flaunting his flawless skin and defined features. According to TS Entertainment, his tweet was referring to his new hair part, which is separated according to a 1:9 ratio.

Fans seemed to be quite impressed with his flawless baby skin as Zelo is reported to have instantly gained over one thousand followers after his tweet, surpassing 140,000 in total.

Zelo’s followers all over the world commented, “Where did your eyebrows go? You look like Mona Lisa,” “Cute. Even your bare face is perfect,” and “Wow. Got handsome. What are you doing when you’re supposed to be sleeping?”

Meanwhile, B.A.P is currently promoting their first mini-album ‘No Mercy‘ and will meet their fans this week on ‘M! Countdown‘, ‘Music Bank‘, ‘Music Core‘, and ‘Inkigayo‘.

BABYs trend three B.A.P hashtags worldwide on Twitter

To celebrate the comeback of B.A.P with their 1st mini album, ‘No Mercy‘, BABY‘s all over the world have gathered to trend the group on Twitter.

A Canadian fan recently alerted TS Entertainment, via B.A.P’s official fancafe, on the group’s worldwide Twitter trend to help prove B.A.P’s ever-growing popularity.

According to the fan, the hashtag “#NOMERCYBAP”, “No Mercy”, and “B.A.P” seized the top 3 spots on Worldwide trend immediately upon the release of ‘No Mercy’ on July 19th.

In addition, the mini album has proved to be performing well overseas. On July 21st, ‘No Mercy’ ranked within the top 10 on the iTunes Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums chart for the U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia. It has also been reported that the album ranked #2 on the iTunes chart in both Norway and Finland’s iTunes on July 20th.

The group has also attained great success with their debut album, ‘WARRIOR‘, which came in at #10 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. Upon releasing their second single, ‘POWER‘, the album ranked #1 and #2 on iTunes Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums chart for Canada and the U.S, signifying the group’s domestic and overseas popularity.

Meanwhile, B.A.P will be continuing their promotional activities this week.

B.A.P trashes 50,000 copies of their new album due to color print mistake

It has been revealed that B.A.P has trashed all 50,000 copies of their 1st mini-album ‘No Mercy‘ and will be delaying its release to a later date.

B.A.P was scheduled to release the MV of “No Mercy” and the album both on and offline on July 19th. However, the group has decided to discard all 50,000 copies of album due to problems with the finished product.

According to TS Entertainment, “We were initially planning on releasing the physical album on July 19th, but the color print on the finished product was a bit off from what we expected. Therefore, we have decided to discard all albums to present fans with the best as we have promised.”

The release of “No Mercy” immediately reflected on MelOn‘s real-time music chart, placing high upon its release. With a complete 180-degree concept, the boys returned with exciting hip-hop rythms and rock riffs. The song starts off with leader Bang Yong Gook and maknae Zelo‘s dialect rap, followed by samulnori sounds (traditional Korean percussion music).

The MV of “No Mercy”, in particular, is gaining much interest as the director of the MV turned out to be none other than Hong Won Ki of Johnny Bros, who’s famously known for directing music videos for Girls Generation, Seo Taeji, B2ST, Super Junior, and more.

B.A.P will be making their comeback on the July 19th episode of Mnet‘s ‘M!Countdown‘, followed by KBS‘s ‘Music Bank‘ on the 20th, MBC‘s ‘Music Core‘ on the 21st, and SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘ on the 22nd. In addition, the boys’ showcase that was held in Malaysia will be aired on Mnet’s ‘Wide Entertainment News‘ on July 19th at 5PM (KST).

B.A.P’s title track mv teaser “No Mercy” to be released today + new “Pop Boy” photos!

TS Entertainment revealed to allthatkpops today, that B.A.P‘s video teaser for their  first mini-album title song “No Mercy” will be revealed later today and also unveiled some new photos.

Yesterday, TS Entertainment unveiled album jacket photos of Bang Yong Guk, Zelo and Youngjae. Today they have released to us the photos of Himchan, Jongup and Daehyun, following up with their “Pop Boy” concept, which means leaders in style and fashion.

In addition, B.A.P’s music video teaser for “No Mercy” will be revealed later tonight at 6PM KST and the full music video along with their album will be released on the 19th.

Check out the new album jacket photos below and stay tuned for more information on B.A.P’s comeback, only on allthatkpops!

 

Jongup

 

Himchan

 

Daehyun

 

B.A.P releases album jacket photos for Zelo, Youngjae, and Bang Yong Guk

After revealing that the boys of B.A.P were slated to make a comeback on July 19th with “No Mercy”, TS Entertainment has released to allthatkpops, several of the album jacket photos for their members Zelo, Youngjae, and Bang Yong Guk.

According to TS Entertainment, the new, 180-degree turnaround concept for the B.A.P members is a ‘pop-boy’ style, meaning someone who takes the lead on style and fashion among his peers.

Using eclectic colors with fanciful, sporty poses, it seems like the boys of B.A.P are ready to show us a side of themselves their fans have never seen before!

Stay tuned for further teasers from B.A.P, only on allthatkpops!