(Korea) ‘공격 행보’ 아이콘, ‘韓초유’ 데뷔 2달만 뮤비 6편+日아레나투어
[스타뉴스=길혜성 기자] Rookie idol boy group iKON (B.I, KIM JINHWAN, BOBBY, SONG YUNHYEONG, JU-NE, KIM DONGHYUK, JUNG CHANWOO) once again continues their aggressive moves, taking six music videos (MV) in only two months since their official debut.
According to some insiders, today (the 24) iKON is shooting the MV of a song included in their full debut album to be released on December 14.
For their debut project, iKON released their debut warm-up single album “MY TYPE” on September 15, and debut half mini-album “WELCOME BACK” that has six songs on October 1. On the 16th this month, iKON released two digital single albums, “APOLOGY” (BOBBY and B.I’s duet song) and “ANTHEM”. The release of their full debut album is scheduled for December 14.
Already, five music videos related to iKON’s debut project ─ “MY TYPE”, “RHYTHM TA”, “AIRPLANE”, “APOLOGY”, and “ANTHEM” ─ have been already shot. iKON is shooting one more MV for a song in their full debut album, making a total of six MVs in just two months after they made a first step in the K-pop scene. This is a first for a Korean idol group.
Although iKON’s label, YG Entertainment (“YG”) is one of the biggest labels in Korea, iKON’s moves are indeed an aggressive marketing strategy, with which it aims to win iKON fans’ hearts with good contents.
For BIGBANG, now the best K-pop boy band, YG did its best holding their concerts across Korea and producing and releasing several albums from their debut in August 2006 until they made a big hit with “LIE” in the second half of 2007, even when they were not a big-name artist.
Now more eyes are on iKON’s future steps as they are an ‘ex-rookie’ who shoots six music videos in just two months after their debut with support by YG.
iKON has already swept the top spots of Korean and overseas music charts and of K-pop TV programs. They also took the first place of the MV chart of QQ Music, China’s biggest music streaming website, and 26,600 fans came to their fan meeting tour held in Japan.
In early October, iKON held their own showcase-like concert surrounded by about10,000 fans’ cheer in the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena, one of Korea’s largest indoor concert halls.
Starting with iKON-only concert to be held at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on 11 February 2016, iKON will have Japan arena tour to meet with about 150,000 fans at Tokyo Nippon Budokan on 15 – 16 February, at Kobe World Memorial Hall on 20 – 21 February, at Makuhari Messe Event Hall on 12 – 13 March, and at Osaka-jo Hall on 15 March.
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