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F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is the name of the 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 sunshine yellow, and their fans carry yellow flags known as "pentasticks." Their debut album, Cheerful Sensibility, made the sixth best-selling album of 2007 in South Korea. Their official fanclub is "Primadonna".
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* 1 Career
o 1.1 2007
o 1.2 2008
o 1.3 2009
o 1.4 Other works
+ 1.4.1 2002 – 2005
+ 1.4.2 2007
+ 1.4.3 2008
+ 1.4.4 2009
* 2 Band Members
o 2.1 Hongki
o 2.2 Jonghoon
o 2.3 Jaejin
o 2.4 Seunghyun
o 2.5 Minhwan
o 2.6 Former
+ 2.6.1 Wonbin
* 3 Headlines
* 4 Discography
o 4.1 Studio albums
o 4.2 Singles
o 4.3 Soundtrack
* 5 Awards
* 6 References
* 7 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] 2007

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. They received their first #1 M!Countdown and beat other top artists such as Dynamic Duo and Fly To The Sky just 2 weeks after debuting.[citation needed]

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.[5] The album sold 79,786 copies in 2007, making it the sixth best-selling album of the year[6].

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[6]

[edit] 2008

Overseas promotions

The group was scheduled to hold their first concert in Malaysia on March 30, 2008, at Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater.[7] On the day before the concert, they held an autograph session at Damansara Cineleisure. A special version of their debut album was 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.[8] In addition to playing material from their album, each member of the group had their own solos as well.

F.T. Island's Japanese debut album, entitled Prologue of FT Island, was released on June 7, 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. Music videos were also released for "Soyogi" and "Friendship".

Return to Korea

Their second Korean album, Colorful Sensibility, was released on August 27, 2008. A follow-up EP, Colorful Sensibility Part 2, was released on October 17, 2008.

Japanese Single Release

Later that year, on December 17, F.T. Island released "The One", their first Japanese single, which hit #9 on the Oricon daily charts. F&C Music stated that although other Korean bands utilized the assistance of large Japanese record labels to gain popularity, F.T. Island was able to make it onto the charts without any true marketing efforts.[9] It was the last official released CD with Oh Won Bin, as a member of FT Island.

[edit] 2009

Regrouping, Jump Up

Rumors had been circulating that speculated that member Oh Won Bin would be leaving the group. On January 28, 2009, the rumors were confirmed as it was announced that he would indeed be leaving the group and would soon be replaced. [10] It was announced a day later that F&C trainee Song Seung Hyun would be joining F.T. Island as a guitarist and backup vocalist, and that an album would be released in February.[11] In the weekend of the 6th week, the Music Video of their Mini-Album title song "Bad Woman" was revealed online. They performed on SBS Inkigayo. Two days later was the official release date of the Mini-Album Jump Up.

Return to Japan

On 22 April, F.T. Island released their 2nd Japanese Single. For the first time, members participated with lyrics and production. Member Lee Jae Jin co-wrote the 2nd song "Moonlight Angel" and leader Choi Jong Hoon co-produced this song. I Believe Myself is the 1st Japanese Single with member Song Seung Hyun. They will have several performances in Japan in this summer.

Asia Tour

F.T. Island will be touring parts of Asia which include Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and so on to promote themselves in the summer of 2009. The showcases kicked off in Singapore during 25th June 2009 to 27th June 2009. [12]

2nd Comeback - 3rd Album - "Cross & Change"

Already in end-May the members revealed in interviews their plans for a 3rd album around July-August and tighten it during the Singapore showcase. So on the 9th July, F&C Music released a jacket photo for the upcoming 3rd album called “Cross & Change”. On the following day, a MV teaser was released online featuring kids watching ”their” idols (played by the members it selves) on TV. The title song is called “I hope”. Release date is the 16th July.

According to the information on the jacket photo, FT Island will try out new music styles in “Cross & Change”, which are different from the past pieces of music. Furthermore, it includes in total 12 songs with a wide range of types of songs – From moving ballads to addictive songs with a bright melody. In case of fashion styles, FT Island carried out a 360° turn. This time they’re using a “retro style”, using so-called “Bokgo”, which is inspired during the “jeans jeans look”-time from the 80’s.

[edit] Other works

[edit] 2002 – 2005

Member Lee Hong Gi 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. He also participated into "Neh Sontob Kkeuteh Bichi Nama Issuh". Also in Kangsooni, where he played a role named Kang Soo Bong. He also sang the OST of this children sitcom.

[edit] 2007

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 appeared regularly on the show.

[edit] 2008

FT Island also hosted the second MBCEvery1's Idol Show. In total there are 13 episodes. Hong Ki has also been on many other shows, such as Becoming a Good Daddy (SBS) (2008 - 2009), Monwonaehangbok (Happy Shares Company)(2007) (MBC), Family Outing (SBS).

Hongki was also meant to star in the drama, 'God of Study' in December 2008.[13] However, due to certain issues, the drama has since been put on hold.[14]

[edit] 2009

Lee Hong Ki hosted SBS's music show Inkigayo .

It was announced that Choi Min Hwan would have a minor role in the drama The Road Home," which is airing on KBS1. He attended the press conference on the January 7, 2009. The drama started airing on January 12.

On March 11, 2009, it was announced that Lee Jae Jin will participate in the musical Sonagi. He will get the role as a young boy. He was cast because he "showed a great passion for the piece, had the image of a sincere young boy, and had the qualifications to be considered a musical actor." He follows the footsteps of Big Bang's SeungRi, who already participated in the musical in summer 2008.[15] His first appearance in "Sonagi" was on the show for the 1st May with an agitation from the press. Other than Hongki, who had a tight schedule that day, all of the other members managed to attend the musical.

On June 25, F.T Island arrived in Singapore for their showcase on June 27. For one hour, the five members performed their hit songs from their latest album, including 'Bad Woman,' to a full house of 900 fans from different countries. On June 27, the band left Singapore on an overnight flight after the showcase ended.

The cosmetic brand Baviphat announced on June 26 that all FT Island members would be the new models for the men's skin care line-up. At the same time, Lee Hong Ki was cast for the musical A Midsummer Night's Dream (한 여름밤의 꿈), which is scheduled to run from August 26 to August 31.

On June 29, Choi Jong Hun was featured with Core Contents Media's soloist Hong Jin Young as one of the main characters in her music video "Love Battery".

On August 18, 2009, it was announced that Lee Hongki will star in an SBS drama, You're Beautiful, as a main cast with Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye scheduled to air on October 7, 2009.

[edit] Band Members

[edit] Hongki
Name Lee Hong Ki (Korean: 이홍기)
Birthday March 2, 1990 (1990-03-02) (age 19)
Education Seongji High School (Korean: 성지고등학교)

Attending Kyung Hee University since March 2009, majoring in Drama and Theatre
Position in band Main Vocal
Other works Acting debut in 2002 in KBS2 Magic Kid Masuri (매직키드 마수리) as main role

Cast as Lysander in a Korean version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

[edit] Jonghoon
Name Choi Jong Hoon (Korean: 최종훈)
Birthday March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) (age 19)
Education Shindongshin Middle Information Industry High School (Korean: 신동신정보산업고등학교)

Attending Gyeonggi University since March 2009, majoring in Digital Music
Position in band Guitar, Leader, Piano, Vocal

[edit] Jaejin
Name Lee Jaejin (Korean: 이재진)
Birthday December 17, 1991 (1991-12-17) (age 17)
Education Seonyoo High School (Korean: 선유고등학교)
Position in band Bass, Vocal
Other Work Acting debut in 2007 KBS2 daily sitcom Unstoppable Marriage as Wang Sa Baek (왕사백)
Musical acting debut in 2009 in "Sonagi"

[edit] Seunghyun
Name Song Seunghyun (Korean: 송승현)
Birthday August 21, 1992 (1992-08-21) (age 17)
Position in band Rapper, Vocal, Guitar

[edit] 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
Other Work Acting debut in 2009, KBS1 The Road Home

[edit] Former

[edit] Wonbin
Name Oh Wonbin (Korean: 오원빈)
Birthday March 26, 1990 (1990-03-26) (age 19)
Education Seongji High School (Korean: 성지고등학교)

Attending Gyeonggi University since March 2009, majoring in Digital Music
Position in band Soft Vocalist, Rapper, Guitarist, Harmonicist

[edit] Headlines

During the Gayo Daejun's festival at the very end of 2008, FT Island performed on the festival of SBS. Because of the busy schedule, Hong Ki became ill. He suffered from fatigue, exhaustion and had problems with his voice. But he continued to perform, resulting that he lost his voice gradually. Later on, he fell and was rushed to a hospital where he got medical treatment. Netizens affirmed first that this was "unprofessionalism" of Hong Ki, but then the assumption changed after they knew about his illness. Hong Ki himself felt ashamed with that incident and had publicly apologized to everyone especially "Primadonnas" (FT Island fans) for that incident.

Former Member Oh Won Bin officially left the group on January 28, 2009. F&C Music stated that his withdrawal was because of "differences in music". Won Bin has said that he is pursuing a solo career and currently in training as a trainee again in the same company.

Youngest member Choi Min Hwan fainted on the 23rd March during shooting his drama. He was quickly taken to the hospital where he received treatment. Nothing serious happened and he was able to leave early the next day. F&C stated that he had become increasingly tired because of his music activities and his drama. In addition, he had caught a serious cold and seemed to have overworked himself.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums
Album # Mini-Album # Album Information Track Listing
1st - Vol. 1: Cheerful Sensibility

* Released: June 7, 2007
* Language: Korean
* Sales: 82,880 copies[16]



1. 사랑앓이 (Love Sick)
2. 행복합니다 (I'm Happy)
3. 천둥 (Thunder)
4. 한사람만 (Only One Person)
5. 집착 (Cling)
6. 남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다 (A Man's First Love Follows Him To The Grave)
7. 하지말래요 (They Said To Stop)
8. FT Island
9. Reo Reo
10. Primadonna
11. 마중 (Meeting)
12. 사랑하는 법을 몰라서 (Because I Didn't Know How To Love)
13. 첫키스 (First Kiss)

- - Special Album: The Refreshment

* Released: December 6, 2007
* Language: Korean
* Sales: 36,957 copies [17]



Special CD1: Emotional Chapter

1. 너 올 때까지 (Until You Return)
2. 사랑이야 (It's Love)
3. 눈물이 더 가까운 사람 (A Person Who's Closer To Tears)
4. 사랑앓이 (Love Sick)
5. 행복합니다 (I'm Happy)
6. 천둥 (Thunder)
7. 한사람만 (Only One Person)
8. 집착 (Cling)
9. 남자의 첫사랑은 무덤까지 간다 (A Man's First Love Follows Him To The Grave)
10. 하지말래요 (They Said To Stop)

Special CD2: Island Chapter

1. FT Island
2. Reo Reo
3. Primadonna
4. 마중 (Meeting)
5. 사랑하는 법을 몰라서 (Because I Didn't Know How To Love)
6. 첫키스 (First Kiss)

- - Prologue of FT Island - Soyogi

* Released: June 7, 2008
* Language: Korean, Japanese, English
* Rank: #124



1. Friendship
2. ミライジテンシャ (Mirai Jitensha)
3. Soyogi
4. Stars
5. A Song For You
6. FT Island
7. Primadonna
8. Always Be Mine

2nd - Vol. 2: Colorful Sensibility

* Released: August 27, 2008
* Language: Korean
* Monthly Rank: #4
* Sales: 40, 000+ [18]



1. 사랑후애 (譃愛) (After Love)
2. 여자는 몰라 (Girls Don’t Know)
3. 그대는 사랑입니다 (You Are Love)
4. Love Is
5. 멋쟁이 vs 예쁜이 (FT vs PRI) (The Cool vs The Pretty)
6. 외워두기 (Memorize)
7. 미워하고 원망하고 (Hate And Resentment)
8. 1분 1초도 (One Minute And One Second)
9. 사랑하지마요 (Don’t Love Me)
10. 사랑이라 부르는 이름 (A Name Called Love)
11. Troublemaker
12. Train

- - Vol. 2.5: Colorful Sensibility Part 2

* Released: October 17, 2008
* Language: Korean



1. 너를 사랑해 (Love Is...) (Loving You)
2. Heaven
3. 너의 안부를 물을 때 (When I Am Asking About Your Well-Being)
4. 바램 (Prayer)
5. 내 오랜 그녀와 해야 할 일 (The Thing I Should Have Continued With Her)
6. 그대는 사랑입니다 (Remix) (You Are Love)

- 1st Mini-Album: Jump Up

* Released: February 11, 2009
* Language: Korean



1. 나쁜 여자야 (Bad Woman)
2. 인형 처럼 (Like A Doll)
3. 마법 (Magic)
4. Missing You
5. 그대와 나 (You And I)
6. 어쩌란 말이야 (What Can I Do?)

3rd - Vol. 3: Cross & Change

* Released: July 16, 2009
* Language: Korean
* Monthly Rank:
* Sales:



1. 빙빙빙 (Bing Bing Bing)
2. 바래 (I Hope)
3. 미우나 고우나 (Love It, Hate It)
4. 천사와 나무꾼 (Angel and the Woodsman)
5. 소년 소녀를 만나다 (Boy Meets Girl)
6. 결혼해줘 (Let's Get Married)
7. 꼭은 아니더라도 (It's Not Necessary)
8. 첫눈에 알아 (I Knew from First Sight)
9. 보내주기 (Send Away)
10. 못난이 (Ugly)
11. 남의 속도 모르고 (Make Little of Others)
12. 바래 (Ver. 2)

[edit] Singles
Single # Single Information Track Listing
1st Japanese Single: The One

* Released: December 17, 2008
* Language: English, Japanese, Korean
* Rank: #9
* Sales: 4, 024



1. The One
2. Live Like a Musical
3. You’ll Be In My Heart

2nd I Believe Myself

* Released: April 22, 2009
* Language: Japanese, English, Korean



1. I Believe Myself
2. TV Radio
3. Moonlight Angel (Co-written by member Lee Jae Jin) (Co-composed by member Choi Jong Hun)

[edit] Soundtrack
Album information Track listing
인순이는 예쁘다 OST (In Soon Is Pretty OST)

* Released: November 9, 2007



1. 사랑을 보았나봐 (I Think I Saw Love)

못말리는 결혼 OST (Unstoppable Marriage OST)

* Released: November 9, 2007



1. 요즘 나는 (Hong Ki & Nam Gyu-Ri from Seeya)

온에어 OST (On Air OST)

* Released: March 20, 2008



1. 한가지 말 (One Word)

연가 2008 OST (special album with SG Wannabe & Choshinsung)

* Released: April 3, 2008



1. 눈물이 흐른다 (Tears Are Flowing)

[edit] Awards
Years Awards
2007

* 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: Best New Male Group (Lovesick)[19]
* 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival: MNet.com Award (Lovesick)[19]
* 2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Popularity Award
* 2007 Golden Disk Awards: Anycall Best New Artist Award
* 2007 Asia Song Festival: Best New Group

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
* Korean Entertainment Awards: Best Male Group
* 2008 Golden Disk Awards:YEPP Popularity Award[20]

[edit] References

1. ^ 이재환 (2007-03-19). "아이돌 밴드그룹 에프티아일랜드 방송 직후 검색어 1위". 뉴스엔. http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?news_uid=122505&search=title_content&searchstring=에프티%20아일랜드. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
2. ^ 한준호, title = 에프티아일랜드, "데뷔도 안했는데 벌써 스타" (2007-03-19). 스포츠월드. http://www.segye.com/Service5/ShellView.asp?TreeID=1052&PCode=0007&DataID=200703201105000033. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
3. ^ 이정혁 (2007-03-19). "'꽃동산 장애인' 에프티아일랜드 , 여친 공개 모집". 네이버 스포츠조선 연예. http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?ut=1&name=/news/entertainment/200703/20070320/73t76101.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
4. ^ Mnet. "핫데뷔 FTIsland! 첫 쇼캐이스에 여러분을 초대합니다". http://mnet.mnet.com/Event/MakingGirls/. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
5. ^ Naver 뮤직. "1집 Cheerful Sensibility". http://music.naver.com/album.nhn?tubeid=151632. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
6. ^ a b Music Industry Association of Korea. 2007 album sales chart. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
7. ^ FT Island - 1st concert in Malaysia
8. ^ Thailand Concert
9. ^ F.T. Island land 9th position in the Japanese Oricon Daily Charts
10. ^ FT아일랜드 오원빈 팀 탈퇴… 멤버간 불화설? (FT Island's Oh Wonbin Leaves Team(We'll Miss You)...Due to Group Discord?). Hankooki.com. January 28, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
11. ^ Mo, Shin-jung. FT아일랜드, 오원빈 대체 새 멤버 송승현 공개 (FT Island, Oh Won-bin Replacement Revealed to be Song Seung-Hyun). Hankooki.com. January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
12. ^ http://primanoona.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/news-090622-ft-island-begins-asia-tour-this-summer/
13. ^ http://coolsmurf.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/park-ye-jin-and-lee-hong-gi-in-teacher-student-relationship/
14. ^ http://www.mydaily.co.kr
15. ^ Resource: http://isplus.joins.com/enter/star/200903/12/2009031208295943010020100000201040002010401.html
16. ^ 무제 문서
17. ^ 무제 문서
18. ^ 무제 문서
19. ^ a b Winner of "Mnet KM Music Festival 2007 (MKMF)"
20. ^ Winner of the "Golden Disk Awards 2008"