N.Flying

N.Flying
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2013 (2013)–present
Labels
Website Official Korean website
Official Japanese website
Members
  • Kwon Kwang-jin
  • Lee Seung-hyub
  • Cha Hun
  • Kim Jae-hyun

N.Flying (Korean: 엔플라잉, Japanese: エヌフライング) is a South Korean Rap rock boy band formed by FNC Entertainment.[1] The band consists of Kwon Kwang-jin (bass), Lee Seung-hyub (rhythm guitar, vocal, rap), Cha Hun (lead guitar) and Kim Jae-hyun (drums) and are currently active in Japan. The name ‘N.Flying’ is derived from the word ‘NEW’ and ‘Flying' which also means ‘new wings’ or ‘new escape’.[2] Their first release, Basket charted at number two on Oricon’s weekly Indies chart in Japan.[3]

History

Pre-debut

Back in 2009, before N.Flying was formed, Kwon Kwang-jin was the original bassist of labelmate CNBLUE. He, together with his bandmates, performed on streets and in live clubs in Japan.[4] On August 19, 2009, the band officially debuted with a full English mini album titled Now or Never. However, due to personal circumstances, Kwang-jin left the band in late September of 2009.[3] Kwangjin continued training under FNC Entertainment, meeting fellow trainees: Seung-hyub, Jae-hyun and Cha Hun in January 2011 and eventually forming another band together under the name ‘N.Flying’.

In 2013, Lee Seung-hyub appeared in Juniel’s music video titled Pretty Boy. In the MV, he acted as Juniel’s ideal guy that she saw at the café.[5]

Kim Jae-hyun is the younger brother of Kim Jae-kyung, the leader of South Korean girl group Rainbow.[6] On October 2, she tweeted a photo of N.Flying’s debut poster on her personal Twitter and told everyone that her younger brother is debuting in Japan.[7]

2013: Japanese debut with Basket and live gigs

N.Flying began their first performance at Shibuya CYCLONE on September 28.[8] On October 1, they released their first indie single album titled BASKET and performed as the opening act at FTISLAND’s ‘Replay’ Zepp tour.[8] BASKET peaked at No.2 on Tower Records weekly singles chart, No.2 on Oricon Indies weekly singles chart and No. 4 on Oricon daily singles chart.[9] The band continued doing live gigs at live clubs and also performed as opening act at CNBLUE’s ‘One More Time’ Arena Tour.[8] On November 14, N.Flying did their first one-man live at Live Space Halot.[8]

2014: One and Only, Buckaroo, Cheongdamdong 111 & delayed Korean debut

On January 1, N.Flying released their second Japanese indie single album titled One and Only.[10] The album hit No.1 on Tower Records chart on its second day of release.[8]

They made their first television appearance on the 7th episode of FNC’s reality drama, tvN’s Cheongdam-dong 111.[11] As a sequel of the show, N.Flying revealed their debut story in March 2014 which aired on the same channel.[12]

On January 29, it was announced that N.Flying had been appointed as the new endorsement model of Buckaroo Jeans.[13]

In the final episode of their reality show, 'Cheongdamdong111: N.Flying's Way of Becoming a Star', Seung-hyub was officially appointed as the leader of N.Flying.[14]

In March, they accompanied labelmate FTISLAND to be their opening act at the latter's Singapore concert.[15]

N.Flying was supposed to make their Korean debut in 2014 but it was delayed after the leader of the band, Seunghyub, injured his knee in July.[16]

2015: Korean debut with Awesome and new single - Lonely

On May 11, FNC Entertainment launched a teaser homepage for N.Flying's upcoming Korean debut.[17] It is also revealed that the band's 1st debut mini album 기가막혀(Awesome) will be released on May 20 along with the title song's music video.[18]

On May 12, FNC Entertainment announced that N.Flying will be releasing a Chinese version of Awesome simultaneously with the Korean version on May 20. A Japanese version of the mini album is also planned to be released in August.[19] On May 19, 2015, FNC Entertainment released the music video teaser for Awesome.[20] A day later, FNC Entertainment released the full music video which features Kim Seolhyun of girl group AOA in a lead role.[21]

On October 14, photos from the group's single were uploaded to N.Flying's official Facebook page. On October 15, N.Flying released individual member teasers for their first single album Lonely, that was released on October 22.

Members

Member Hangul Date of Birth Position Remarks
Kwon Kwang-jin 권광진 August 12, 1992 Bass Former member of CNBLUE
Lee Seung-hyub 이승협 October 31, 1992 (age 23) Leader, Main Vocal, Rap also known as J.Don
Cha Hun 차훈 July 12, 1994 Guitar
Kim Jae-hyun 김재현 July 15, 1994 Drum

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Tracklist Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[22]
Awesome
  1. One N Only
  2. 기가 막혀 (Awesome)
  3. 가슴이 놀래 (Heartbreak)
  4. All in
  5. 1분 (1 Minute)
 7

Korean Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
"Awesome" 2015 — — Awesome
"Lonely" 7 (CD) — Lonely (Single Album)

Japanese Singles

Year Singles Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
Oricon Daily		 JPN
Oricon Weekly
2013 "BASKET" 4 35[24]
  • JPN: 5,264+
 Non-album release
2014 "One and Only" — 134[25] —
2016 "Knock Knock" — 13 —

Music videos

Year Title Album Notes
2015 Awesome Awesome
2015 Lonely Lonely (Single Album)

Filmography

TV Shows

Year Network Title Member(s)
2014 tvN Cheongdam-dong 111[26] All
Cheongdam-dong 111: N.Flying's Way of Becoming a Star 5 episodes[27]
SBS Modern Farmer[28] Jae-hyun
2015 KBS Happy Together[29]
Mnet One Night Study All
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol Jae-hyun and Seung-hyub
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol - Episode 225 All Members
SBS Runningman - Episode 272 All Members

Music video appearances

Year Title Member(s) Video
2013 Juniel - Pretty Boy Seung-hyub JUNIEL (주니엘)
2015 N Project #1: Jimin N J.Don - God Seung-hyub FNCEnt
2015 AOA - Oh Boy Cha Hun AOAVEVO

Performances

Endorsement

All Members

Lee Seunghyub

References

  1. ↑ "FNC to Present New Boy Band N Flying through ‘Cheongdam-dong 111’". CJ E&M enewsWorld via Yahoo!. 2014-03-12.
  2. ↑ "N.Flying" (in Korean). Official Daum Cafe. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "One of N.Flying’s Members was Originally a Member of CN Blue". CJ E&M enewsWorld. January 3, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ 씨엔블루 "더욱 성장하는 라이브 밴드될 터" (in Korean). nate.com. September 21, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Juniel: Pretty Boy MV on YouTube
  6. ↑ "Rainbow’s Jaekyung Treats Younger Brother Out for Brunch Amid Upcoming Debut". Soompi. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  7. ↑ "Rainbow's Jaekyung's Twitter". twitter.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.facebook.com/officialnflying
  9. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), 일본 타워레코드 1위…괴물 신인". topstarnews.net.
  10. ↑ http://fncent.co.jp/information/?category=1&infoid=55#info55
  11. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), 첫 선 'FT아일랜드-씨엔블루' 잇는다" (in Korean). TopStarNews. January 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  12. ↑ "tvN '청담동111' 속편 온다…엔플라잉 데뷔 드라마" (in Korean). OSEN. January 23, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ "'FNC 대형신인' 밴드 '엔플라잉'이 김우빈의 바통을 이어받는다" (in Korean). enews24. January 29, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  14. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjaMXeyzVg
  15. ↑ "N-Flying to open for FTISLAND Singapore concert". Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  16. ↑ "N.Flying to delay their domestic debut in light of Seunghyub's injury". allkpop=2014-07-11. 2015-02-15.
  17. ↑ http://fncent.com/nflying/1mini/index.html?url=/NFLYING/b/introduce/1559
  18. ↑ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=076&aid=0002733118
  19. ↑ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=312&aid=0000093825
  20. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), AOA 설현이 출연하는 데뷔곡 '기가 막혀' MV 티저 영상 공개..'육감적인 자태 눈길'" (in Korean). StarJN. May 19, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  21. ↑ "AOA 설현, ‘섹시 알바녀’ 모습으로 엔플라잉 뮤비 지원사격!" (in Korean). NewsKorea. May 20, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Gaon Weekly Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  23. ↑ http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=05&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month
  24. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/600345/products/1046135/1/
  25. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/600345/products/1059862/1/
  26. ↑ 청담동 111’ 앤플라잉, 연습생들에 "지문인식 된다" 깨알자랑" (in Korean). fnnews.com.
  27. ↑ "FNC to Present New Boy Band N.FLYING through ‘Cheongdamdong 111’". mwave.interest.me.
  28. ↑ "N Flying's Jae Hyun Cast in Drama Modern Farmer Before His Debut". mwave.interest.me.
  29. ↑ '해피투게더' 재경, 동생 재현 가수 데뷔 반대한 이유는? (in Korean). obsnews.co.kr.

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