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f(x) (에프엑스) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The quintet consists of Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function. The group made their debut on September 5, 2009 with release of the digital single "LA chA TA". f(x) released their first EP Nu ABO in 2010 to growing popularity. f(x) released their first studio album Pinocchio in 2011. The lead single off the album "Pinocchio (Danger)" gained their first music program win and was their first song to win the triple crown.
They released their second Korean EP Electric Shock on June 10, 2012. Electric Shock reached the #1 spot on both the US and Canadian iTunes electronic albums chart soon after its release. The lead single off their EP gained significant popularity and acclaim, domestically sweeping digital charts.
Pre-debut history
Krystal Jung was first spotted by SM Entertainment in 2000 on a family visit to Korea, which earned her a small role in a short segment of Shinhwa's "Wedding March" music video. Sulli first debuted as a child actress in 2005 when she was selected to play young Princess Sun-hwa in the SBS television drama, The Ballad of Seo-dong. In 2006, SM Entertainment recruited Luna after seeing her performing on SBS's television program, "Truth Game". Victoria was spotted by a S.M. Entertainment's agent at a Beijing dance competition, and later joined the company. Two months later, Amber was cast through SM's Global Auditions in Los Angeles, California, where she was one of two people (one male) selected to be trainees.
2009: Debut, first single album, and collaborations
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SM first released a teaser preview of the group via YouTube on August 24, introducing them as "Asia's Pop Dance Group." For five days, SM individually released information through news portals and posted pictures of each member on SM Town's official website, starting with Korean member Sulli on August 26, Taiwanese-American member Amber on August 27, Korean-American member Krystal on August 28, Korean member Luna on August 29, and lastly the Chinese member Victoria on August 30.
On September 1, the group's first single "LA chA TA" was digitally released. Following their first performance at the Samseong-dong Fashion Center on September 2, the music video was screened and released online the next day. The group's first broadcast performance of "LA chA TA" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on September 5.
On October 7, the group also released the electro-pop version of the digital single, "Chocolate Love", alongside their label mate Girls' Generation. The single was released for the promotion of the 4th edition Blacklabel series of LG CYON phone, LG Chocolate (BL40).
On November 9, f(x) released their first single album, Chu~♥, which consists of 3 songs.
On December 19 and 20, f(x) appeared as special guests on Into the New World concert of their label-mate girl group, Girls' Generation, in Olympic Fencing Gymnasium.
On February 27 and 28, the group appeared once again as special guests on Into the New World concert in Olympic Fencing Gymnasium.
On May 4, f(x) released their first mini-album, Nu ABO, consisting of 6 tracks. The lead single, "Nu ABO", topped online music portal charts Monkey3, Dosirak and Bugs. The song also made it to the Gaon Chart weekly number-one singles. The music video for the song was released on May 6. The group made their live comebacks on KBS's Music Bank on May 7, MBC's Music Core on May 8 and SBS's Inkigayo on May 9.
Amber went on hiatus on June due to an ankle injury. The remaining group activities of the year 2010 were carried out without her.
On July 17, the group started performing their next promotional single, "Mr. Boogie", from their mini-album, Nu ABO. They had their first performance for the song on MBC's Music Core.
f(x) also participated in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour alongside their label-mates on August 21 at Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium. They also performed in Tokyo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, andParis (2011) on later dates. This marks the first time f(x) and their fellow label-mate groups performed outside of Asia.
On November 24, 2010, Avex Entertainment, as well as SM Entertainment Japan, released a statement about the renewal of contracts of SM artists signed to Avex. It stated that f(x) is now signed to Avex, and its albums will be released under the said label in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong.
The first teaser photo for their full-length album entitled Pinocchio was released on April 7, 2011 at the f(x) official website. The MV teaser for the lead single, "Pinocchio (Danger)" (a remake of Kristine Elezaj's "Razor"), was released on April 15, 2011. The album was released on April 20, 2011 and the group held their first comeback stage through KBS’s Music Bank on April 22, 2011.
The group have achieved 8-wins with "Pinocchio (Danger)" from the music shows, namely M! Countdown, Music Bank and Inkigayo.
On June 8, it was announced that f(x) would be releasing their repackaged album of Pinocchio, titled "Hot Summer", on the 14th. It included all 10 songs from their first album and new track "Hot Summer" (a re-recording of a Monrose song), written by Thomas Troelsen and Remee), their OST song for "Paradise Ranch" and digital singles "Chu" and "LA chA TA."
In August 2011, f(x) released an OST called "Garagabana" for the online game "Bust-a-Move".
On December 13, 2011, f(x) released an English song entitled "1, 2, 3" as part of the album 2011 Winter SMTown – The Warmest Gift.
2012-13: SMTown Tour, Electric Shock, Japanese debut, and SXSW
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It was confirmed that f(x) would be making a comeback in either June or July. However, SM later confirmed on June 5, 2012 that the girls would be releasing a new mini-album titled Electric Shock on music sites such as iTunes on June 10, 2012. On June 5, SM Entertainment has released a teaser image of Krystal for their comeback mini-album Electric Shock. On the following day, SM released teaser photos of Victoria and Sulli. On the following day SM released f(x)'s album cover and M! Countdown's teaser images. On June 8, SM released teaser photos of Luna and Amber. Along on that day, they released a video teaser for "Electric Shock".
After releasing a series of teaser images and an MV teaser, f(x) have released their newest EP ‘Electric Shock‘ digitally on June 10, 2012. f(x) began promotions for "Electric Shock" on M.net's M! Countdown on June 14 and also performed "Jet" as part of a special comeback stage. The group performed "Electric Shock" on various music shows such as Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo.
The group will begin its Japanese promotions by releasing its hit track Hot Summer in mid-August. The track has already been selected as the CM background song for Uminoie Resort, giving fans in Japan a first listen to the spunky track. On June 27, 2012, f(x) Japanese official website went online. f(x) ended their Electric Shock promotions on July 15, and began preparing for their Japanese debut. Representatives of SM Entertainment had released, “Although we haven’t come out with a definite schedule yet, we will be preparing [f(x)] for their official Japanese debut during the second half of the year.” They continued to ensure Korean fans, “f(x) will be attending to Korean activities occasionally alongside their Japanese activities.” A preview for their debut Japanese single, a remake of their 2011 Korean hit, "Hot Summer", was released on July 31, 2012.
On January 29, 2013 at the press conference for 10th Annual Korean Music Awards, it was announced that the songs "Electric Shock" and "Jet," both releases from their second EP were nominated for the same category "Best Dance & Electronic Song." In regards to the two songs being nominated in the same category, a representative of the KMAs said "This is due to the corresponding songs having excellent music reviews and rather than disregarding them because it is from the same artist, we chose to recognize their excellence." The 10th Annual KMAs will be held on February 28.
It was revealed through the press on February 11, 2013 that f(x) would be performing at the 2013 SXSW South By Southwest held in Austin, Texas. SXSW is one of the biggest annual music conference and festival events in the United States. It will be held from March 8-17, and f(x) will be one of 11 K-pop artists to perform.
Excuse me, can you please link us other variety shows that f(x) hosted/guested? In advance, I really appreciate you're nice works.~
ReplyDeleteI'll try. Will update later on. Thanks for the support and do u like all the SM idols? *curious*
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