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f(x)

f(x) (Korean: 에프엑스; pronounced /ˌɛf ˈɛks/) is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f(x) strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations. The group members have also been nicknamed "function girls". The group made their debut on September 1, 2009 with release of a digital single "La Cha Ta" (stylized as "LA chA TA"). The quintet consists of Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli and Krystal.

History

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 Choi 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.[2] In 2006, SM Entertainment recruited Luna after seeing her performing on SBS's television program, "Truth Game".[3] 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

f(x)'s performances of "Chocolate" at an LG event.

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" (stylized as "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.[4] 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~♡, consisting 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.

2010: First mini-album, Amber's hiatus, and SMTown World Tour

On January 2, the group released the Chinese track, "Lollipop", a slick derivitive of the famous 1958 classic "Lollipop" - written by Julius Dixson and Beverly Ross, for which they collaborated with the Chinese boy band, M.I.C, to promote the LG Cyon phone. The music video was digitally released on January 12, 2010.

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.[5] 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.[6]

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 and Paris (2011) on later dates.[7] 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.[1]

2011–present: First album Pinocchio and Hot Summer

It was announced by SM Entertainment that Amber returned from USA after a long leave since June 2010 and that f(x) are planning to release a studio album in the first half of the year.[8] As of 2011, f(x) is considered one of the "five in the middle" in the South Korean girl-band scene, alongside T-ara, After School, SISTAR, and Brown Eyed Girls — after the "strong four" consisting of Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls, 2NE1, and Kara.[9]

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"),[10] 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 remake of Monrose's "Hot Summer",[10] written by Thomas Troelsen and Remee), their OST song for "Paradise Ranch" and digital singles "Chu" and "La Cha Ta."[11]

In August 2011, f(x) released a song called "Garagabana" as an original soundtrack for the online game "Puzzle Bubble."[12]

It was revealed at S.M. Town in Tokyo that f(x) would be debuting in Japan in January 2012.

Members

Stage name Birth name Date of birth Position
Romanized Hangul Romanized Hangul/Hanzi
Victoria 빅토리아 Sòng Qiàn 宋茜 February 2, 1987 (age 24) Leader, Main Dancer, Vocalist
Amber 엠버 Amber Josephine Liu 劉逸雲 September 18, 1992 (age 19) Lead Rapper, Vocalist
Luna 루나 Park Sun-young 박선영 August 12, 1993 (age 18) Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Sulli 설리 Choi Jin-ri 최진리 March 29, 1994 (age 17) Vocalist, Main Dancer
Krystal 크리스탈 Jung Soo-jung 정수정 October 24, 1994 (age 16) Maknae, Lead Vocalist

Other activities

In late 2009, Luna and Krystal contributed to the soundtrack of television series Invincible Lee Pyung Kang with a duet, "Hard but Easy". In early 2010, Krystal, Luna and Amber also recorded the song "Spread Its Wings" for the soundtrack of the KBS's drama, God of Study. Krystal and Luna recorded a duet song for the KBS's drama Cinderella's Sister original soundtrack, called "Calling Out". In late 2010, Luna released a single "Beautiful Day", as part of the official soundtrack of the KBS drama 'Please Marry Me'. On December 23, 2010, a duet collaboration between Luna and Super Junior's Yesung was released, titled “And I Love You“, for the second original soundtrack of KBS's President.[13]

Krystal appeared on a daily Korean sitcom called "More Charming By The Day" which started from March 22, 2010 to November 2, 2010. The sitcom has total of 138 episodes but Krystal appeared from the 60th episode.

On April 2, 2010, Y-Star started airing first variety show of the group, Hello f(x). The program consisted of four episodes which showed close coverage on their preparations for the first mini-album, Nu ABO. On October 2, 2010, their second reality show, Koala, started airing on MBC's Every1. The show featured the group's background life during the SMTown Live '10 World Tour.

From May 2010, F(x) members started to appear in variety show on regular basis. Victoria was casted in We Got Married to become a couple with Nichkhun from 2PM. They have been on the show since. She was also casted as regular member of Invincible Youth, and appeared in the show until it ended in December 2010. Luna appeared in Star King and became regular member of the show. She went on to win "New Star" (신인상) award in 2010 SBS Entertainment Award (2010 연예대상). Sulli was casted as the co-host of Inkigayo (인기가요) along with Jo Kwon from 2AM and Jung Yong Hwa of C.N.Blue. She is still hosting the show with Jo Kwon, along with new co-hosts IU and Lee Gi Kwang

In June 2010, Amber rapped in Korean and English for Taiwanese Mandopop artist Danson Tang on track, "I'm Back" from his third album The First Second.

In late 2010, members Victoria, Sulli and Krystal became model endorsers for the clothing brand, Calvin Klein's X Jeans. A music video for the song, "Beautiful Day", was released in December 2010 to endorse the brand. The group also endorsed another clothing brand, K-Swiss, for their 2010 winter collection.[14]

In addition to those endorsements, Victoria also was featured in Kangta's music video of his song 爱，频率 (Love，Frequency).

From May 2011 through August 2011, Krystal appeared as a contestant on Kim Yuna's celebrity ice skating show, "Kim Yuna's Kiss and Cry." After consistently scoring near the top of the competition, Krystal and her partner Lee Don Hun won the show with their flawless performance of "Carmen."[15] Krystal and Lee Don Hun were later invited to participate in "Kim Yuna's Ice Show--All That Skate Summer 2011" on August 14th and 15th.[16]

Beginning on September 19, 2011, MBC will air "High Kick 3," a new daily sitcom show starring Krystal.[17]

Event

2009

2010

2011

Discography

Main article: f(x) discography

Korean Albums

Korean Mini Albums

Korean Single Albums

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Length Official MV On YouTube Notes
2009
"La Cha Ta" (stylized as "LA chA TA") 3:26 SMTOWN/sment On YouTube
"Chocolate Love" (electro-pop version) 3:49 SMTOWN/sment on YouTube Commercial film for the LG's Chocolate.
"Chu" (stylized as "Chu~♡") 3:18 SMTOWN/sment on YouTube
2010
"Lollipop" 3:14
Commercial film for LG's Lollipop.
"Thrill Love" 2:57
OST for the drama of Hungry Romeo, Luxury Juliet.
"Nu ABO" 3:49 SMTOWN/sment on YouTube
"Beautiful Day" 1:22 SMTOWN/sment on YouTube Commercial film for Calvin Klein's X Jeans.
2011 "Pinocchio (Danger)" 3:13 SMTOWN/sment on YouTube
"Hot Summer" 3:46 SMTOWN on YouTube
Further information: F(x) videography

Tours

SMTown

Supporting act

[edit] Awards

Years Awards
2009
2010
  • 17th Annual Korean Entertainment Awards: Best Newcomer Award
  • 17th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards - Rookie Singer Awards[20]
  • Korea Lifestyle Awards : Style Icon of the Year[21]
  • 26th Annual Korea Best Dresser : Best Singer Dresser
2011

Music Show awards

Music Bank

Year Date Song
2011 April 29 " 피노키오 (Danger)"
May 20

M! Countdown

Year Date Song
2011 May 5 " 피노키오 (Danger)"
May 12
May 19
June 30 " Hot Summer"

Inkigayo

Year Date Song
2011 May 8 " 피노키오 (Danger) "
May 15
May 22
June 26 " Hot Summer "

Other Media

On 1 June 2011, S.M. Entertainment, together with NEOWIZ Internet Corporation, Ltd, released an iPhone application which features f(x)'s album, Pinocchio. The app can be downloaded for free on iTunes.[25] and f(x)'s First Mini Album "NU ABO" for iPhone/iPod Touch. The app can be purchased for US$4.99 on iTunes.[26]

Filmography

For more detail information see

Further information: F(x) filmography

Television series

Year Title Notes
2010 YStar "Hello f(x)"
2010-2011 MBC "f(x)'s KOALA"
2010 - Present SBS "Star King" members are recurring in the show

Television Non-series

Network Title Notes
SBS "Running Man"
KBS "Let's Go Dream Team!"
SBS "Strong Heart"

Endorsements

Years Commercial
2009
  • LG Chocolate Phone[27]
  • K-SWISS Clothing
  • LG Lollipop Mobile Phone (China region) - M.I.C[28]
  • Korea's Girl Scout
2010
  • Ottogi Noddle Ppusyeo Ppusyeo
  • FreeStyle "Street Basketball" Video Game
  • LG OPTIMUS-Z Phones
  • Love Living Rabbit Costumes (H2) - SHINee & Zhang Liyin[29]
  • Calvin Klein Jeans - Victoria, Sulli & Krystal
  • Elite School Uniform
  • World Blood Donor Day - Super Junior
  • Crown Bakery Cake
  • MMORPG "Gran Age" Video Game
  • Cknia Fried Chicken
2011

References

  1. ^ a b "S.M. Entertainment Japan, Avex Group Strengthen Ties". www.avex.co.jp. Avex Group. December 7, 2010.
  2. ^ (Korean)"SM rookie, f(x) member Sulli was a child actress". MSN Korea. August 26, 2009. pp. 1. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  3. ^ "How f(x) members Luna and Krystal Got Noticed by SM". allkpop.com. September 2, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  4. ^ (Korean)"소녀시대·에프엑스 ‘뉴초콜릿폰’ CF, "전혀 다르네"". ibtimes.co.kr. IBT. October 9, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  5. ^ "f(x)’s NU ABO is already #1 on the charts". allkpop.com. May 5, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "omonatheydidnt: f(x) Nu ABO MV to be released on May 6th!". Community.livejournal.com. May 4, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  7. ^ "SM Entertainment to launch world tour". koreatimes.co.kr. The Korea Times. July 2, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  8. ^ "엠버 f(x) 복귀 2월 컴백설 ‘솔솔’". news.mk.co.kr. January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  9. ^ "Which Girl Band Will Rule the Charts in 2011?", 15 January 2011, The Chosun Ilbo
  10. ^ a b "f(x)’s "Hot Summer" will be a remake. Bad idea? Probably.". Seoul Beats. June 12, 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  11. ^ "f(x), 신곡 ‘Hot Summer’로 ‘피노키오’ 열기 이어간다" (in Korean). Naver News. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  12. ^ "f(x) reveals OST for ‘Puzzle Bubble’ online game". allkpop.com. August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  13. ^ "Super Junior’s Yesung & f(x)’s Luna to release a duet for “President”". allkpop.com. December 23, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  14. ^ "f(x) photos for K-Swiss revealed". allkpop.com. February 17, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  15. ^ "And the winner of SBS ‘Kim Yuna’s Kiss & Cry’ is…". allkpop.com. August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  16. ^ "f(x)’s Krystal shed tears due to nervousness on ‘Kiss & Cry’". allkpop.com. August 19, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  17. ^ "Krystal’s new drama, ‘High Kick 3′, holds production conference". allkpop.com. September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  18. ^ "www.hanteo.com Chu single album". HANTEO.
  19. ^ (Korean)"Results Of Cyworld Digital Music Awards". music.cyworld.com. Music, Cyworld. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  20. ^ "Winners at 17th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards". allkpop.com. October 23, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  21. ^ "Shinee and f(x) awarded at the 26th ‘Anuual Korea Best Dresser’". allkpop.com. December 14, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  22. ^ "Winners at the 8th "2011 Korean Music Awards"". allkpop.com. February 23, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  23. ^ F(x) won Taiwan MTV Artist Of The Month
  24. ^ Winners from the 2011 Mnet 20’s Choice Awards
  25. ^ f(x)'s Pinocchio app
  26. ^ f(x)'s First Mini Album "NU ABO" app
  27. ^ "f(x) - Chocolate Love Video". Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  28. ^ "f(x) & M.I.C - Lollipop Video". Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  29. ^ "f(x), SHINee CF". Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  30. ^ "f(x) Fitflop CF". Retrieved 2011-07-05.

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