LEDApple is a group known for their live instrumentation (members play drums, bass, and guitar in addition to vocals). The group has gone through several changes but managed to retain a consistent strong rock/pop sound. On the Startory Entertainment label, LEDApple debuted in 2010 with five members: Youngjun (Seo Young Jun), Kwangyeon (Kim Kwang Yeon), Sunghyun, Minyoung, and I-OH, the group has undergone two more member line-up changes.
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KARA is a five member group signed with DSP Entertainment. In 2007, the group originally debuted with an R&B concept with four members Gyuri (Park Gyuri), Sunghee (Kim Sunghee), Seungyeon (Han Seungyeon) and Nicole (Nicole Jung), but after their first album promotion, Sunghee left the group due to parental pressures. After Sunghee’s departure, DSP Entertainment changed the group’s concept to a cute and playful one and added two new members: Hara (Goo Hara) and Jiyoung (Kang Jiyoung).
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While Internet searches for the stylized name SM☆SH bring back results about an Indonesian pop group with the same name, in K-pop, SM☆SH (SMASH) is a five-member group made up of World (Nam Hyun), Jerry (Shim Min Gyu), Naru (Joo Young Suk), Hanbang (also known as One Shot; Han Jung Soo), and Hero (Kim Min Soo). Cheon Woo (Lee Jin Yong) was also an original member, but he left the group in 2010. The group was created by and is signed with Tony Ahn’s company, TN Entertainment.
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They named themselves after the 1994 movie “Nell” starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson; Nell is a young girl raised in isolation who must interact with people for the first time – the group felt that they were doing something similar with their music career.
Members
Kim Jong-wan (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, songwriter/composer)
Lee Jae-kyung (Lead Guitar)
Lee Jung-hoon (Bass)
Jung Jae-won (Drums)
Debut
1999
Status
Active
Label
Goesoo Indigene (2002-2006); WOOLLIM Entertainment (2006-present)
The story of the life of Jumong, the founder of Goguryeo in 37 B.C. Raised by a king who took both he and his mother in when his father General Hae Mo Su was (supposedly) killed by an ambush from Han Dynasty China. Jumong later meets So Seo No, the daughter of a merchant who later becomes his second wife.
As a child, Dae Woong frees a Gimiho (a nine-tailed fox) and injures himself in the process. Gumiho transforms into a beautiful woman and gives him a magic bead to save him, in return for her freedom. He agrees to help her learn how to be human, and their romance blossoms.
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