F.T Island

Also known as Five Treasure Island, FTI
Origin South Korea
Genre(s) K-pop, Pop-Rock
Years active 2007 - present
Label(s) F&C Music
Website FT Island's Official Site

Members
Lee Hong Ki (Lead Vocal)
Lee Jae Jin (Bass, Vocal)
Oh Won Bin (Guitar, Soft Vocal & Rap)
Choi Jong Hoon (Guitar,Keyboard, Vocal)
Choi Min Hwan (Drums, Vocal)
F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is the name of a South Korean rock ballad band. The name F.T. Island stands for 'Five Treasure Island', each of the five members being a treasure.[1] The band's official color is yellow, and their fans carry yellow flags known as "pentasticks." Their debut album, Cheerful Sensibility, was the sixth best-selling album of 2007 in South Korea.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
1.1 Debut
1.2 Cheerful Sensibility
1.3 2008: Concerts abroad
1.4 2008: Japanese Debut
1.5 Colorful Sensibility
1.6 The One
1.7 Other works
2 Band Members
2.1 Lee Hong Gi
2.2 Lee Jaejin
2.3 Oh Wonbin
2.4 Choi Jonghoon
2.5 Choi Minhwan
3 Discography
3.1 Studio albums
3.2 Soundtrack
4 Awards
5 References
6 Link



[edit] Career

[edit] Debut
F.T. Island's first album was scheduled to be released commercially in May 2007.[2] However, instead of releasing the album as planned, all of the members appeared on a television program called “Dugeun Dugeun Yeochinmandeulgi” (Korean: 두근두근 여친만들기) on the Korean television channel MNet. The program title is officially translated by MNet as "Wanna Be My Girlfriend?" although "두근두근" refers to the sound a heart makes.[3] The band also performed on stage live at Rolling Hall and held their first official showcase at Live House Melon-AX, Gwangjang-dong in Seoul on May 27, 2007.[4] On June 7, 2007 F.T. Island performed their debut song on the music television program M!Countdown.[5]Not only this but also they amazed people by winning their first best song award on M!Countdown by beating top artists such as Dynamic Duo and Fly To The Sky in just 2 weeks after debuting.


[edit] Cheerful Sensibility
Their first album Cheerful Sensibility combined 13 songs that can be divided into 2 parts: “Emotional Chapter” and “FT Island Chapter” respectively according to the style of the song in the album. For the “Emotional Chapter”, the genre is rock ballad oriented which produced by the composers who work for many songs of famous Korean singer such as SG Wannabe. The other part, “FT Island Chapter”, tend to be the upbeat pop-rock oriented style, which was produced by the Japanese famous composers participating with the Japanese band, SMAP.[6] The album sold 79,786 copies in 2007, making it the sixth best-selling album of the year[7].

The album was re-released on December 3, 2007 and it was named "The Refreshment". In addition to three extra songs, the package also included various extras, including a photobook, a stack of photocards, and a mixing program called Music 2.0 which allows one to adjust the levels of the instruments and vocals accordingly. This edition sold 25,724 copies in December 2007[7]


[edit] 2008: Concerts abroad
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The group was scheduled to hold their first concert in Malaysia on March 30, 2008, at Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater. On the day before the concert, they held an autograph session at Damansara Cineleisure. A special version of their debut album has been released in mid-February. However, the concert was suddenly cancelled, with no explanation given.

On April 12, 2008, the group held their first concert in Thailand, at the Royal Paragon Hall. In addition to playing material from their album, each member of the group had their own solos as well..


[edit] 2008: Japanese Debut
F.T. Island's Japanese debut album, entitled Prologue of FT Island, was released on 7th June 2008, with the first single released being "Soyogi". The album consists of 8 songs, 2 of which are newer versions of the original songs "FT Island" and "Primadonna". The last track, "Always Be Mine", is an English version of "First Kiss". However, the lyrics are not translated, but completely original. [8] A music video has been released for "Soyogi" and "Friendship".


[edit] Colorful Sensibility
Their second album reveals a more mature and angsty side of the band. The first song released from the album is After Love (사랑후애). They have also recently released a new MV, of the song Heaven, from Part 2 of Colourful Sensibility, just like how Cheerful Sensibility had the Refreshment, with 3 new songs.





[edit] The One
The single "The One" is the first Japanese single. The single released on the 17th December 2008. One day later is was announced that F.T Island made it onto the "Japanese Oricon Daily Charts". This achievement means the band is gaining popularity in Japan. They got the 9th rank. According to F&C Music this is the reason: "Other Korean bands utilized the assistance of large Japanese record labels to gain popularity, but FT Island was able to make it onto the charts without any true marketing efforts."[9]


[edit] Other works
Member Lee Jae Jin was a castmember of KBS's sitcom Unstoppable Marriage. The other members made a cameo appearance. In this sitcom Lee Jae Jin plays the role of Wang Sa Baek (Sim Mal Yeon's fourth son), and appears regularly on the show.

Member Lee Hong Ki debuted 6 years ago on a kid's sitcom KBS2's Magic Kid Masuri as the main character, Masuri. This sitcom gained explosive popularity among elementary school students.

Hong Ki has also been on many other shows, such as Becoming a Good Daddy (SBS), Monwonaehangbok (Happy Shares Company) (MBC), Family Outing (SBS), and more. Lee Hong Ki was also casted in a show that is coming this 2009.

As well, Choi Minhwan is in a sitcom this coming 2009.

FT Island are also hosting MBC Every 1 Idol Army Season 2. Total of 13 episode.


[edit] Band Members

[edit] Lee Hong Gi
Name Lee Hong Gi (Korean: 이홍기)
Birthday March 2, 1990 (1990-03-02) (age 18)
Education Seongji High School (Korean : 성지고등학교)
Attending Kyung Hee University in 2009

Position in band Main vocal
Other works Acting debut in 2002 in KBS2 Magic Kid Masuri (매직키드 마수리) as main role


[edit] Lee Jaejin
Name Lee Jaejin (Korean: 이재진)
Birthday December 17, 1991 (1991-12-17) (age 17)
Education Seonyoo High School (Korean: 선유고등학교)
Position in band Sub Vocal, Bass
Other Work Acting debut in 2007 KBS2 daily sitcom Unstoppable Marriage as Wang Sa Baek (왕사백) *regular cast*


[edit] Oh Wonbin
Name Oh Wonbin (Korean: 오원빈)
Birthday March 26, 1990 (1990-03-26) (age 18)
Education Seongji High School (Korean: 성지고등학교)
Likely to attend Kyung-gi University in 2009

Position in band Soft Vocal, Rap, Guitar, Harmonica


[edit] Choi Jonghoon
Name Choi Jonghoon (Korean: 최종훈)
Birthday March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 18)
Education Shindongshin Middle Information Industry High School (Korean: 신동신정보산업고등학교)
Likely to attend Kyung-gi university in 2009

Position in band Leader, Piano, Guitar,Sub Vocal


[edit] Choi Minhwan
Name Choi Minhwan (Korean: 최민환)
Birthday November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11) (age 16)
Education Eunil Information Industry High School (Korean: 은일정보산업고등학교)
Position in band Drums, Sub Vocal


[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums
Album # Album Information Track Listing
1st Vol. 1: Cheerful Sensibility
Released: June 7, 2007
Language: Korean
Sales: 82,880 copies[10]
사랑앓이 (Love Sick)
행복합니다 (I'm Happy)
천둥 (Thunder)
한사람만 (Only One Person)
집착 (Cling)
남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다 (A Man's First Love Follows Him To The Grave)
하지말래요 (They Said To Stop)
FT Island
Reo Reo
Primadonna
마중 (Meeting)
사랑하는 법을 몰라서 (Because I Didn't Know How To Love)
첫키스 (First Kiss)

- Special Album: The Refreshment
Released: December 6, 2007
Language: Korean
Sales: 36,957 copies [11]
Special CD1: Emotional Chapter

너 올 때까지 (Until You Return)
사랑이야 (It's Love)
눈물이 더 가까운 사람 (A Person Who's Closer To Tears)
사랑앓이 (Love Sick)
행복합니다 (I'm Happy)
천둥 (Thunder)
한사람만 (Only One Person)
집착 (Cling)
남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다 (A Man's First Love Follows Him To The Grave)
하지말래요 (They Said To Stop)
Special CD2: Island Chapter

FT Island
Reo Reo
Primadonna
마중 (Meeting)
사랑하는 법을 몰라서 (Because I Didn't Know How To Love)
첫키스 (First Kiss)

- Mini Album: Prologue of FT Island - Soyogi
Released: June 7, 2008
Language: Korean, Japanese, English
Rank: #124
Friendship
ミライジテンシャ (Mirai Jitensha)
Soyogi
Stars
A Song For You
FT Island
Primadonna
Always Be Mine

2nd Vol. 2: Colorful Sensibility
Released: August 27, 2008
Language: Korean
Monthly Rank: #4
Sales: 40, 000+ [12]
사랑후애 (譃愛) (After Love)
여자는 몰라 (Girls Don’t Know)
그대는 사랑입니다 (You Are Love)
Love Is
멋쟁이 vs 예쁜이 (FT vs PRI) (The Cool vs The Pretty)
외워두기 (Memorize)
미워하고 원망하고 (Hate And Resentment)
1분 1초도 (One Minute And One Second)
사랑하지마요 (Don’t Love Me)
사랑이라 부르는 이름 (A Name Called Love)
Troublemaker
Train

- Vol. 2.5: Colorful Sensibility Part 2
Released: October 17, 2008
Language: Korean
너를 사랑해 (Love Is...) (Loving You)
Heaven
너의 안부를 물을 때 (When I Am Asking About Your Well-Being)
바램 (Prayer)
내 오랜 그녀와 해야 할 일 (The Thing I Should Have Continued With Her)
그대는 사랑입니다 (Remix) (You Are Love)

- Japanese Single: The One
Released: December 17, 2008
Language: Japanese, English, Korean
Rank: #24
Sales: 4, 024
The One
Live Like a Musical
You’ll Be In My Heart



[edit] Soundtrack
Album information Track listing
인순이는 예쁘다 OST (In Soon Is Pretty OST)
Released: November 9, 2007
사랑을 보았나봐 (I Think I Saw Love)

못말리는 결혼 OST (Unstoppable Marriage OST)
Released: November 9, 2007
요즘나는 (Lately I ...) (Honggi & Nam Gyu-Ri from Seeya)

온에어 OST (On Air OST)
Released: March 20, 2008
한가지 말 (One Word)

연가 2008 OST (special album with SG Wannabe & Choshinsung)
Released: April 3, 2008
눈물이 흐른다 (Tears Are Flowing)


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[edit] Awards
Years Awards
2007 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: Best New Male Group (Lovesick)[13]
2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: MNet.com Award (Lovesick)[14]
2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Popularity Award
2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Best New Artist Award
2007 Asia Song Festival: Best New Group
2007 Blixter World's Most Beautiful Lips Award
2007 Mutizen Inkigayo Award (Lovesick)
2007 Mnet MCountdown Award #1 (Lovesick)
2007 Music Bank #1 (Lovesick)
2007 Music Bank #1 (Thunder)

2008 2008 Mutizen Inkigayo Award (Until You Return)
17th Seoul Music Awards: Rookie of the Year (Love Sick)
SEED Awards [in Thailand]: Asia’s Most Popular Artist Award
2008 Mnet MCountdown Award #1 (After Love)
Korean Entertainment Awards: Best Male Group
2008 Golden Disk Awards:YEPP Popularity Award[15]



[edit] References