[KMusic Rookies Week] Boys Republic : Profile

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March 17, 2014

Universal Music, the largest music company in the world, had not until 2013 put it’s hands into the K-Pop music industry on it’s own.

Of course if you’ve been listening to K-Pop for a while you probably know that Universal Music Japan promotes for such names as BIGBANG, Infinite, Rainbow and SHINee when they perform in Japan, so they are not completely unfamiliar with handling the K-Pop style group.

Taking their first steps into K-Pop with Boys Republic, Universal Music are surely hoping for a long and lucrative future with these five boys.

Apparently though, it isn’t only the future of Universal Music that the CEO is worried about.  In an interview with MyDaily the members of the group revealed that their CEO had opened savings accounts for each of them.  It was later revealed that it had been the CEO’s idea and had surprised both the boys and the staff with the gesture.  The 5 year savings accounts were the CEO’s way to show he was thinking about the boys future knowing that it can take a year or two for a group to take off and even than there was no guarantee that Boys Republic would do well so he wanted them to have something to fall back on.  The gesture so touched the members that in gratitude they hugged the CEO, causing him to turn red, and it has given them that much more determination to work harder to succeed.

Not only has the CEO made sure to take care of the boys future but in preparing for the boys debut Universal Music made sure to do their homework.  They hired composer Park Geun-tae (worked with Wheesung, Jay Park and ZE:A) to help produce the album as well as Jung Hae-ik (H.O.T and g.o.d) to manage the group, throw in 2 years of training and you have a solid base to debut with.

On June 5th, 2013 the public got their first full look at what Boys Republic was going to be bringing to the table.  Releasing the music video for their debut track “Party Rock,” Boys Republic debuted with boy next door charms and a catchy electronic dance song.  Check it out here.

You can also check out one of their live performances below.

Now lets take some time to get to know the individual charms of the five boys of Boys Republic!

Stage Name: Won Jun
Real Name: Jo Wonj Jun (조원준)
Date of Birth: 22nd November 1988
Position: Leader, Vocalist
Height: 179cm
Weight: 61kg
Blood Type: B
Twitter: @BoysRepublic_OJ|
Ideal type: Pretty, kind and smiles refreshingly

Stage Name: DaBin
Real Name: Choi Dabin (최다빈)
Date of Birth: 12 March 1992
Position: Vocalist
Height: 183cm
Weight: 65kg
Blood Type: B
Twitter: @BoysRepublic_DB
Trivia: Previously trained at Cube Entertainment and is a former member of the group TOUCH
Ideal type: Someone who does well in her work and will support and only love Dabin.

You can check out TOUCH’s debut track “Me” here.

Stage Name: MinSu
Real Name: Kim Minsu (김민수)
Date of Birth: 15 April 1993
Position: Rapper, Dancer
Height: 175cm
Weight: 55kg
Blood Type: O
Twitter: @BoysRepublic_MS
Ideal type : Fair skin and puppy-like girls

Stage Name: SungJoon
Real Name: Park Sung Joon (박성준)
Date of Birth: 17 December 1992
Position: Rapper, Dancer
Height: 172cm
Weight: 55kg
Blood Type: AB
Trivia: Previously trained at JYP Entertainment
Ideal type: Tall, long straight hair, pretty nails and a nice fragrance

Stage Name: SuWoong
Real Name: Lee Suwoong (이수웅)
Date of Birth: 20 January 1995
Position: Vocalist , Maknae
Height: 174cm
Weight: 56kg
Blood Type: B
Trivia: Previously trained at Big Hit Entertainment
Ideal type: Pretty and kind and will treat SuWoong well

The boys of Boys Republic even got some attention prior to their debut and caught quite the break. In April 2013, Jeju Air choose them to become their PR ambassadors. Jeju Air commented on their choice, “We’ve chosen Boys Republic as our model based on their potential in the Asian market. We will contribute our own way to make K-POP even more flourishing in the Asian region with Boys Republic.”

They even recorded a song and music video for Jeju Air, check it out here.

They have made two comebacks since their debut. One back in October 2013 with their 1st mini album “Identity” with the title track “You Are Special.” Check out the music video for it below.

More recently they released their secnd digital single “Video Game” a hybrid electronic trap song that is the first in a “Fantasy Trilogy.” The boys took on superhero persona’s and even the lyrics of the song reflected a game like view of trying to win the girl via missions. They released an awesome teaser photo for the video, check it out here and than check out the wickedly addicting song below.

Want to make sure you stay current on this amazing group? Check out their official YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Cafe Daum pages.

Article by: Angelspatience

Edited by: Karolina

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