BTL (band)

BTL (Beyond The Limit)
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Years active 2014 (2014)–2015
Labels
  • Kiroy Company
  • SG Entertainment
Website www.kiroycompany.com

BTL (Korean: 비티엘; stylized as BTL), also known as Beyond The Limit, was a South Korean boy band signed under Kiroy Company. The group consisted of nine members: Jisu,Jean Paul, Jay, Robin, DoKa, Q.L, Max, Allen and YuA. YuA later left and was replaced by Yeon and Jisu later left to enter the mandatory military service. [1] . They released their debut single "Too-G" (투지; Tuji) on May 15, 2014 under LOEN Entertainment. They were scheduled to release their second title song "Gold Moon" in the like-titled mini-album on July 23, 2015, but the mini-album was only released as a promotional album in Hong Kong. BTL has since disbanded with DoKa debuting with the boy band Road Boyz and the rest of the members are currently inactive.

History

Debut

On March 24, 2014, Kiroy Company CEO Yang Jung Seung posted a photo of a music video set on various social media websites and announced that Kiroy Company would be debuting an idol group. On May 15, 2014 BTL debuted with "Too-G" on M-Countdown and followed it with 4 weeks of television promotions. Shortly after finishing Too-G promotions, BTL began promotion in Hong Kong where they managed to hit number one on the popular music chart "Metro Radio Music Top 10", the top music chart under the Metro Broadcast Corporation, where it remained for several weeks.[2] BTL toured Hong Kong conducting various interviews for major radio networks and had a surprise performance on the popular music program "Jade Solide Gold". BTL was present at the opening of SG Entertainment's launch party which had a slew of Chinese, Hong Kong, and Korean celebrities present. Their Hong Kong label "SG Entertainment" built a museum adjacent to their offices which displays props and sells merchandise from its artists including Korean artists YE-A, N-Sonic, and Madtown.

2nd Album

Shortly after finishing their Too-G promotions, member Yua announced he would be leaving BTL to pursue a solo career in the same label. Following the departure of Yua, new member Yeon was added and trained to be included in their next release. Members Jisu and Jay participated in a collaboration song called "어쩜 우린 왜 닮았나요?" featuring the CEO of Kiroy Company and upcoming YE-A members Hyei, Dohye, and Pier. Member Jay featured as a rapper in Kiroy Company's girl group YE-A's debut single "Up N Down" and while he did not promote the song, he is featured in the music video. Shortly before announcing their comeback, Jisu was called for mandatory military service which all Korean males are required to participate in. BTL announced via their fancafe that it would continue on as an 8-member group. In summer of 2015, Kiroy Company announced that BTL would be making a comeback with the 6 track mini-album titled "Gold Moon".[3] Kiroy Company held a showcase for reporters and fans to display some of the new songs along with labelmate and ballad singer "Tei". "Gold Moon" was released as a promotional mini-album only in Hong Kong with no promotions and the group entered into a hiatus before silently disbanding at the end of 2015. Kiroy Company was disbanded and reformed into "SHINHOO ENTERTAINMENT", with DokA joining boy band "Road Boyz" under Coconut Entertainment. The status of the other members is currently unknown.

Former Members

Korean Discography

Digital singles

"Too-G"

  1. "Break The Limit"
  2. "Too-G" (투지)
  3. "Too-G" (투지) (instrumental)

References

  1. ↑ KiroyCompany http://www.kiroycompany.com/artist1.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Park, MinJin (30 July 2014). "BTL Ranks On Top In Hong Kong". BNT News. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ↑ "판타지 짐승돌 비티엘(BTL), 첫 미니앨범 ‘골드문’ 쇼케이스 성료! 차세대 짐승돌 "기대...". Kiroy Company. July 10, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
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