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 | | Subject: Cube Entertainment Presents BEAST Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:10 am | |
|  INFO ABOUT BEAST:
Beast (비스트, stylized as BEAST or B2ST) is a boy band from South Korea that consists of six members, under Cube Entertainment, JYP Entertainment's sister company. The group was originally known as B2ST, an acronym for Boys to Search for Top. However, their name was changed to BEAST (Boys of the East Standing Tall) a few days before debut. They released their first mini-album Beast Is The B2ST on October 14, 2009.
Pre debut
There were many news articles on the group before its debut as many of them had previous experience in the entertainment industry. On October 2, their documentary, MTV B2ST was broadcasted on the MTV Chuseok Special to showcase their abilities before their official debut.
2009- Today
In late 2009, news articles started to surface online about Cube Entertainment's new group, B2ST (pronounced "BEAST") as explained by member, Dong Woon, in episode 8 of their MTV documentary MTV B2ST which showcased their journey leading up to their debut.
On October 14, the group's first mini-album, Beast Is The B2ST, was released selling over 20,000 copies in October of 2009 and has even further reached 40,000 copies sold in sales to date. A Cube Entertainment representative for BEAST revealed that they have sold all the albums they printed in the first batch and are tentatively planning to produce 5,000 more and also considering reissuing AJ's album due to strong demands.
On October 16, they made their live debut on KBS Music Bank with their debut track, "Bad Girl".The group became popular after debuting, following various commercial calls from companies around Asia.
On December 2, 2009, BEAST won their first award, Rookie of the Month, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It was later announced by Cube Entertainment that Universal Records would be assisting BEAST and 4minute with international launches of their albums.
On January 23, 2010, BEAST commenced their international promotions in Taiwan. The group was awarded with the Best Newcomer Award at the 19th Seoul Music Awards on February 3, 2010.
The group's second mini-album, Shock Of The New Era, was suppose to be released on March 2, 2010, however it was put forward a day and was released on March 1 due to the fact that all of their songs have been leaked. Despite the leak of their songs, the album has been rising up on various music charts and have already sold 20,000 copies to date.The new genre prepared by BEAST is 'Rocktronic.' With a powerful sound and BEAST's added color to Shock of the New Era, they sped up the overall completion of the album. Their title song "Shock" is being reviewed as serving a powerful voice while having a strong sound with an abundance of melting sensibility, and will be performing a VTach dance with dynamic poses.
On March 25, 2010, BEAST will have a surprising transformation as Ballad Singers and sang an orchestra version of the sad ballad 'Despite Holding On' by Noel that once attracted popularity as they were recognized as a boy group with singing ability. On March 25, 2010, BEAST receive their very first win on Mnet’s ‘Mcountdown’ with their new song ‘SHOCK’. On April 14, 2010, BEAST has given the fans their special Music Video of ‘Take Care of My Girlfriend’ (Say No) without the help of anybody in the staffs. BEAST will be performing at the 8th Korean Music Festival held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California on May 1st, 2010.
On the third episode of the MTV show ‘B2ST Almighty’, BEAST members released a Music Video 'Mystery' in response to the fans wishes, as special guests, Girls Generation and Kara also appear in the Music Video.]
New digital single version of ‘Easy’ is officially released on April 29th, 2010 that has the title ‘Easy (Sincere Ver.)’together with the strings and piano music helps BEAST to show off a whole new attraction that isn’t the normal hip-hop and the electronic instruments feel.
BEAST is featured in the teaser music video "Who`s next" for 4minute.
On May 22nd, 2010, BEAST performed for ‘2010 I love Korea DREAM CONCERT’ that took place along with Rain, Lee Hyori, Girls Generation, Wonder Girls, 2PM, Super Junior, SS501, CN Blue, Kara, After School, F(x), T-ara, 4minute, Davichi, SHINee, MBLAQ, U-KISS, ZE:A and more of the artists representing the power of Korea participated totaling up to about 20 teams.
Other activities
BEAST was the topic of a short-lived reality show, MTV B2ST, which was hosted by MTV. The show ran on a weekly basis from August 23, 2009 to October 9, 2009, with a total of ten episodes. The program was to showcase their journey to debut.. It was announced in March of 2010 that BEAST will be hosting a second season of MTV B2ST entitled MTV BEAST Almighty. After last year's broadcast debut, season 2 will have fans and viewers' wishes as the concept of the program. BEAST members will have to pick one wish for every episode. The show ran on a weekly basis from April 10, 2010 to May 29, 2010.
On November 25, 2009, it was announced that the group would release the song "Crazy" in promotion for the film, Attack the Gas Station 2. On January 25, 2010, the group participated in the God of Study official soundtrack, with the song "Ready Go", which topped various charts.
Shin Sae Kyung and BEAST who had been chosen as the models for BBQ Chicken after the Wonder Girls, and they will be filming the commercial for BBQ Crispy Chicken.
Members
Yoon Doo Joon
Jang Hyun Seung
Yong Jun Hyung
Yang Yo Seob
Lee Gi Kwang
Son Dong Woon
DISCOGRAPHY:
ALBUMS:
Beast Is the B2ST
Release Date: 10.14.2009
01. Beast is the B2ST
02. Bad Girl
03. Mistery
04. 아직은 (Yet)
05. Oasis
Shock of the New Era
Release Date: 02.28.2010
01. Just Before Shock
02. Shock
03. Special
04. 내 여자친구를 부탁해 (Say No)
05. Easy
SINGLES:
AJ (Ki Kwang) - First Episode A New Hero
Release Date: 04.02.2009
01. Intro
02. Dancing Shoes
03. 2009 (feat. Hyun Ah)
04. 눈물을 닦고 (Wiping The Tears)
05. Dancing Shoes (Inst.)
OTHERS:
Crazy (Attack The Gas Station 2 OST) (Digital Single)
Release Date: 12.28.2009
01. Crazy
V.A - God Of Study OST Part.2
Release Date: 01.23.2010
06. Ready Go | |
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