terça-feira, 7 de agosto de 2012
A-Jax (Korean: 에이젝스, stylized as A-JAX) is a South Korean boy band signed with DSP Media. Early in his career, the group was known as DSP Boyz but then was changed to A-Jax.[1] The group is composed of seven members including Hyeongkon, Jaehyung, Yunyoung, Hyojun, Sungmin, Seungjin and Seungyub. They made the first appearance on TV as a group on MBC Music's Making the Star - DSP Boyz in April 24, 2012. The group made its official debut with the single "One 4 U" in South Korea on June 1 and will make in Japan on August 8, 2012.
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On May 1, it was revealed that the group will be debuting in South Korea and Japan simultaneously in 2012. It was also revealed by DSP that "A-Jax will be the first Korean idol group to debut within Korea and Japan simultaneously, and will follow in the footsteps of the group SS501. A-Jax has signed under the equivalent conditions that other Korean male idol groups, who have already established their popularity, have been given, making it an unprecedented event. Thus, they are receiving much attention from Japanese music industry insiders." For their Japanese releases, they signed with the label Universal Sigma, where their labelmates Kara and Rainbow are currently signed.[11]
In May 28, DSP Media released, on A-Jax's YouTube account, a teaser of the music video for their official debut song "One 4 U". It was later stated that the music video have cost $42,500 USD only with CG effects.[12] The music video and full single of "One 4 U" were released on June 1. The group made its official debut on TV music shows on MBC's Show! Music Core in June 2, with the songs "Never Let Go" (used as opening)[13] and "One 4 U".[14] On June 4, it was stated that the group will perform on Japan's a-nation, along with the artists/groups AAA, Aaron, Breathe, Da Pump, Deep, Daichi Miura, Shu-I, U-KISS and 4ever. The event will be held in Yoyogi on August 9.[15]
In June 19, Universal Sigma announced that "One 4 U" was re-recorded in Japanese and will be released as their debut single in Japan. The single will be released in August 8, 2012.[16] It was also announced that the group will make a Handshake event commemorating the release of the single. It will be held in Tokyo on August 8, Osaka on August 10,Nagoya on August 11 and in Fukuoka on August 12.[17]
