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2AM

Left to right: Seulong, Changmin, Jo

Kwon, Jinwoon.

Background information
Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Genres

Pop, R&B, soul

Years
active

2008present

Labels

JYP Entertainment
Ariola Japan
United Asia
Management
Big Hit Entertainment

Associated One Day

2PM
acts
JYP Nation
Miss A
Website

http://2am.jype.com
http://2am.ibighit.com

Members

Jo Kwon
Jinwoon
Seulong
Lee Changmin

2AM (Korean: ) is a South Korean fourmember ballad band underJYP Entertainment.[1] The
members are Jo Kwon, Jinwoon, Seulong,

andChangmin. 2AM is one of the two subgroups

branched out from the eleven-member
(before Jaebeom's departure) boy band One Day,
the other being2PM. They officially debuted on July
11, 2008[2] on KBS's Music Bank, performing their
debut song "This Song". They won their first Mutizen
atInkigayo on February 7, 2010 with "Can't Let You
Go Even If I Die".[2]
Contents
[hide]

1 History
o 1.1 Pre-debut
o 1.2 20082009: Debut
o 1.3 2010: 1st Mini Album and Saint
o'Clock
o 1.4 End 2011-2012: Japan Debut,
Comeback and first Chinese song
release
o 1.5 2013: Comeback and activities
o 1.6 2014: Return to JYP
Entertainment and release of First
Album Under JYP Entertainment
o 1.7 Tours
o 1.8 Other contributions
2 Members
3 Members activity outside of the group
4 Discography

5 Awards and nominations

6 References
7 External links

History

[edit]

Pre-debut[edit]
Along with the members of 2PM, 2AM appeared on
the documentary Hot Blood that was aired on Mnet,
documented their rigorous training program on their
pre-debut days. Changmin was the only member of
One Day to not appear in the documentary because
he was serving in the military at that time. Initially,
Jinwoon was eliminated on Hot Blood, but he ended
up in 2AM due to Daehun's withdrawal from
JYPE. Jo Kwon trained for 2567 days, 12 days past
7 years after joining JYPE.[3]

20082009: Debut[edit]
2AM's first single, "This Song", was released on July
21, 2008. They made their debut performance on
July 11, 2008, performing their debut song "
(This Song)".[4]
2AM made a comeback with another single album,
"Time For Confession", on March 19, 2009 with
" (Confession of a Friend)" being the title
track.[5]

2010: 1st Mini Album and Saint o'Clock[edit]

2AM made a comeback with a second album,
" ", on January 21, 2010 with "
(Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go)" as the
promoted track. In the week before the release, JYP
Entertainment revealed a total of four teasers on
their YouTube account. Along with a group teaser,
the individual shots were based on the seasons. On
February 7, 2010, 2AM won their first Mutizen award
on Inkigayo since their debut. On February 25, 2010,
their second win was on Mnet M! Countdown. They
won a second Mutizen on their final day of
promotions for " (Even If I Die I Can't
Let You Go)" on March 7, 2010.[6]
On March 5, 2010, 2AM revealed cuts of their new
image through their official website. Jo Kwon,
Changmin, Seulong, and Jinwoon respectively
transformed to a club DJ, an ice hockey player, a
biker, and a basketball player for their new 10minute drama-music video. The repackaged mini
album featured four additional songs, three from
their first and second singles and one entirely new
song titled " (I Was Wrong)", which was
their promoted track. One representative stated,
The song were releasing is something that 2AM
has never shown before and is a brand new type of

music.[7] A portion of the song was revealed in the

first episode of 2AM's new reality show 2AM Day on
March 10,[8] where the members playfully sing along
to it in the car. Four teasers were released for each
member from March 12 to 14. A leaked version of
Part 1 of the music video was released on March 15,
having been recorded by camera at 2AM's subway
showcase.[9] The album was released on March 18,
2010 and "I Was Wrong" won the Mnet M!
Countdown on April 1, 2010.
From June 30, 2010 to July 20, 2010, 2AM opened
for Wonder Girls on the second leg of Wonder Girls
World Tour.[10] 2AM is also featured in Made in
Wonder Girls.[11]
On October 26, 2010, 2AM released their first fulllength album entitled Saint o'Clock, with "
(You Wouldn't Answer My Calls)" and
" (Like Crazy)" as the promoted
tracks.[12] The won a Mutizen award for "
(You Wouldn't Answer My Calls)"
on Inkigayo on November 14.

End 2011-2012: Japan Debut, Comeback

and first Chinese song release[edit]
Following the Korean success of their 2010
album Saint o'Clock, 2AM released a Japan Special
Edition of the Saint o'Clockon November 9, 2011.[13]>

On January 2012, they released their debut

Japanese single "Never Let You Go: Shindemo
Hanasanai", a Japanese version of the band's
Korean single, "Even if I Die, I Can't Let You Go
( )."[14] The single successfully entered
both Oricon Daily Chart and Weekly Chart in the top
3.[15]
2AM announced their comeback with their 2nd
Korean Mini Album F.Scott Fitzgerald's Way Of
Love[16] and released the music video for the Title
track of the album, "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me"
via their official YouTube Channel on March 12,
2012
2AM followed up with the release of their second
Japanese single album "Denwa ni Denai Kimi
ni (You Wouldn't Answer My Calls)" in Japan on
April 11.[17] The song immediately debuted on Oricon
Daily charts at fourth place.[18] This album includes
the Japanese version of "You Wouldnt Answer My
Calls," which was released in October 2010 in
Korea, " (Like Crazy)," and the remake
version of Japanese Singer Ken Hirais "
(Close Your Eyes)."
In April 2012, 2PM and 2AM announced the release
of a documentary film known as Beyond The One
Day, in Japan. One Day refers to the group from
which 2PM and 2AM both split. On April 13, they

released the trailer for the film.[19] This was followed

up with the release of Japanese single for the theme
song "One day" and MV for the song.
In September 2012, 2AM resumed their singing
activities in Japan with their third Japanese
single.[17] After releasing the full PV for title track "For
You: Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto". This single was
2AMs first original Japanese single. The title track
"For You~~" has already been
selected as the theme song for Japanese TBS
drama NEO Soumatou Company which premiered
on July 16.
On October 2012, at a press conference in Taiwan
for their "The Way of Love" concert tour, 2AM
shared their experiences in the recording of Chinese
version of their song "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me".
Jokwon expressed his worries about his Chinese
pronunciation and whether he could accurately
convey the emotions of the song in a different
language. However, with the assistance of the
producer, 2AM was able to successfully finished
recording "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me ()" in
Chinese.[20] for their 2nd Mini Album F. Scott
Fitzgerald's Way Of Love (Asia Version).
In November 2012, 2AM released the PV teaser for
the title track of their upcoming 4th Japanese single
"Darenimo Watasenai Yo" on their Japan Official

website.[17] The title track is a ballad that expresses

positive feelings about the thinking of a loved one on
Christmas Day. The single was scheduled for
release in Japan on December 5, 2012.

2013: Comeback and activities[edit]

2AM released their first full-length Japan Album
titled Voice on Jan 9 2013.[17] The album included
tracks from their 1st to 4th Japanese singles and 4
new songs, namely "First Love", "Pretty Girl",
"Radio", "" and
Japanese version of "I Wonder If You Hurt Like
Me~."
On February 20, 2013, 2AMs announced their
Korean comeback through their official homepage
will be March 5, 2013 after a year hiatus. The new
album titled One Spring Day features a total of nine
tracks and instrumental, is a collaboration with many
talented artists that include pianist and
composer Yiruma, Eptione Project and more. This
will be 2AM second full-length album.[21] For this
album, 2AM is planning for a musical transformation.
A sneak preview of the song's introduction
showcases Lim Seulongs voice being prominent
and different.[22]
2AM became the second idol group after Super
Junior to host SNL Korea on April 13 2013. It is

making a hot issue since idol group rarely show up

in SNL, one of the hottest shows in Korea. SNL is a
show originally made in the United States for more
than thirty years and Korea has adopted the format
of the show and making it with all the Korean
comedians and stars.[23]
2AM will be releasing their new mini
album, Nocturne, on November 19 2013.[24]The mini
will include 5 tracks. Due to member Jung Jinwoon's
recent injury, it was confirmed 2AM will not be
promoting on music programs. This comeback will
mark their return in eight months since their album
'One Spring Day' last March. The album concept
'Nocturne' is said to have a graceful piano melody
that will show 2AM's sentimental emotions and it is
also the title of 2AM's upcoming Christmas concerts
in Seoul, South Korea and LA, USA.

2014: Return to JYP Entertainment and

release of First Album Under JYP
Entertainment[edit]
Members Seulong, Jo Kwon, and Jinwoon all
officially switched their contracts back to JYP
Entertainment after their contracts with Big Hit
expired in April, while Changmin renewed with Big
Hit due to his involvement with Homme.[25]

The four member group will drop a new album in 30

October 2014, their first Korean release in nearly a
year since last November's Nocturne.
The new album will also mark 2AM's first under JYP
Entertainment, after releasing their previous albums
with Big Hit Entertainment. Park Jin Young is said to
have composed several of the group's upcoming
tracks. The title song "Appear" for the new album is
to be an emotional ballad written for the group by
Cho Kyumin. [26]
2AM will return with "Days Like Today" on October
27, followed by "Appear" on October 30 2014. [27]

Tours[edit]
2AM held their first concert entitled "Saint
o'Clock"[28] in Seoul at Korea University, Hwajeong
Gym from December 24 to 26, 2010. 2AM
serenaded the crowd with their hit songs such as
"You Wouldn't Answer My Calls" and "Like Crazy".
2AM also performed a series of girl group medley
such as Wonder Girls's "So Hot", 4minute's "Hot
Issue" and miss A's "Bad Girl Good Girl". The crowd
went crazy when 2AM danced to After School's
"Bang!" as the boys are also dressed in aqua blue
cheerleader outfits.
For their solo stages, Changmin wowed the crowd
with Tom Jones's "Sex Bomb" and also ripped his

shirt. Seulong danced to "Beautiful Monster" and

also revealed his chiseled abs. Jinwoon
performed Muse's "Hysteria" with his electric guitar
andJo Kwon danced to Lady Gaga's hit song
"Telephone".
The guests for the three-day concert
includes B2ST, 8eight, Lim Jeong Hee, IU and Tara.
2AM ended the year 2011 with "2011 2AM Concert
Christmas". On October 28, the boys released stillcuts for the concert, dressed snugly in warm
sweaters and Santa hats.
The Christmas concert were held on December 24
and 25, 2011, and marked their final Korean
activities before they prepared to advance into
Japan for their debut in January.[29]
2012 is a busy year for 2AM. They held their first hall
tour in Japan, titled "2AM 1st Japan Tour Never Let
You Go", which started on January 24, 2012. They
performed at high grade venues including Aichi
Geijitsu Gekijou, Tokyo Bunkamura Orchard Hall,
and Osaka Umeda Geijitsu Gekijou. 2AM was the
first K-Pop idol group to perform at Tokyo
Bunkamura Orchard Hall.[13]
In the same year, 2AM held their first Asia concert
tour, titled "The Way of Love" which opened in Hong

Kong on September 29, 2012 and continued to other

stops which include Taiwan, Japan, Seoul and
Malaysia, as the last stop.[30]
For this concert, 2AM played with a full band and
fans were able to hear a truly live sound rarely heard
in K-pop concerts. With the theme of Time to wake
up your emotions, 2AM was to showcase their
beautiful music throughout Asia.
Many exciting stages have been planned for 2AMs
first Asia tour which had solo stages that showcased
the special talents of each member. Furthermore,
aside from performing ballads and love songs, 2AM
sung and dance to upbeat dance tracks.
At each stops, 2AM also prepared special
performance of local language song; for Hong Kong
stop, they performed a Cantonese song, a Chinese
song at Taiwan, a Malay song at the Malaysia stop.
For the Korea concert, they transformed themselves
into four-member girl group Sistar and performed
glamorous "Alone".[31]
2AM member's Seulong was admitted to the hospital
on November 1, 2012 for a fractured toe after
injuring himself while exercising, the day before their
Japan concert.[32] Despite his injury,he headed to
Japan and sang onstage for 2AMs Japan concert on
a wheelchair. They performed songs from their
Japanese singles releases.

In spite of their busy schedule, 2AM appeared as

guests for IU's [33] and K.Will's[34] concerts which took
place on June 3, 2012 and December 26, 2012
respectively.
2AM will hold their first solo U.S concert, 2AM's
"Nocturne in Christmas" which will take place at Los
Angeles' Club Nokia L.A. Live venue on December
15, 2013.

Other contributions[edit]
2AM endorsed up to $1 million for products
commercials in early 2010,[35] including Pepsi[36] and
BHC Chicken.[37] It was also announced that 2AM
would be the new faces
of Samsung's Dugeunduguen Tomorrow campaign
with Kara, succeeding 4Tomorrow in 2009.[38]
In April 2010, they participated in the original
soundtrack of drama series Personal Taste with a
ballad titled " (Like A Fool)",[39] which also
became a number one hit.[40]
2AM was chosen to represent Asia on Listen Up!
The Official 2010 Fifa World Cup Album with the
song titled "No. 1". The song was digitally released
on May 18, 2010.[41] In October 2010, the band
represented Korea and performed at the 7th Asia
Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for

International Culture Exchange, at the Seoul

Olympic Stadium.[42]
2AM was appointed as ambassadors of the 2012
World Conservation Congress.[43] They sung a
campaign song that delivered a message of the
importance of environmental protection.
2AM was appointed the new tourism ambassadors
for the Songpa-gu region in Seoul, South Korea.[44]
2AM was also appointed as the official honorary
ambassadors for the DMZ International
Documentary Film Festival fourth opening on
August 20, 2012[45]
Seulong and Jinwoon will be Samsung Creative
Note Ambassadors. They will be taking part in
creative stages for SAMSUNG Galaxy Note Day on
January 22, 2013 at Busan and Gwangju
respectively.[46]

Members

[edit]

2AM's Members
Stage name

Birth name

Romanize Hang Romanize Hang Hanja

Date of
Birth

ul

ul

Lee
Changmin
Changmin

May 1,

1986 (age 2

8)

May 11,

1987 (age 2

7)

Seulong

Jo Kwon

Jinwoon

Im
Seulong

Jo Kwon

August 28,
1989 (age 2
5)

Jeong
Jinwoon

May 2,

1991 (age 2

3)

Members activity outside of the

group
[edit]

Seulong and Jo Kwon were part of "Dirty Eyed Girls"

on an episode of 2PM's reality show Wild
Bunny.[47] The music video became extremely
popular.

Jo Kwon was paired with Brown Eyed Girls'

member Son Ga-In as an imaginary married couple
on We Got Married Season II. Seulong and Jinwoon
also make regular appearances as commentators on
the show. Seulong debuted as an actor in drama
series Personal Taste, which aired on March 31,
2010.[48] In June 2010, Seulong collaborated
with IU for the song " (Nagging)", which
topped several online music charts.[49]
In 2010, Jo Kwon became a permanent member
of Family Outing Season 2.[50] Jo Kwon was also cast
in the upcoming MBC sitcom All My Love, which
starts airing on November 8, 2010.[51]
In 2011, Lee Changmin hosted a cooking show on
Olive TV titled "Food Essay".[52]
On August 7, 2011, the song that Jung Jinwoon
wrote and composed "You Walking Towards Me"
released a music video of his first solo single, "You
Walking Towards Me" was released by Big Hit
Entertainment. This was followed by another twosingle mini album, which includes the songs "Now or
Never" and "Psycho", which he both wrote too.
In 2012, Jung Jinwoon was cast in Dream High
Season 2 where he played rocker Jin Yoo Jin. The
drama aired on KBS2TV from January 30, 2012 to
March 20, 2012.

In June 2012, Jo Kwon released his first solo album

titled "I'm Da One".[53] The album contain two
different concepts, "Animal" and "I'm Da One".
Changmin made his debut as a musical actor and
played one of the lead roles in the musical, "La Cage
Aux Folles" which opened on July 4, 2012.[54]
In 2012, Seulong had been cast in Movie "26
Years",[55] where he plays the role of policeman
Kwon Jung Hyuk. "26 Years" opens in theaters on
November 29, 2012 KST. Its reported that 15,000
people around the country participated in the film
and production costs reached 26 billion Won
(~$23,897,068).
Changmin and 2PMs Jun.K were double cast for the
role as DArtagnan in the musical, "Three
Musketeers" which was showing from February 20
to April 21, 2013 at Chungmu Art Hall. This was for
his second musical.[56]

Discography

[edit]

Main article: 2AM discography

Awards and nominations

[edit]

Main article: List of awards and nominations

received by 2AM

References

[edit]

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