APINK Archives – Philippine KPOP Convention

Apink is one of the second generation girl groups who is still actively producing their songs until now.

THE DEBUT

On April 19, 2011, Apink officially debuted under Play A Entertainment, now known as Play M Entertainment (formerly A Cube Entertainment.)

Photo from: Apink Official Facebook Page

Apink had a lot of struggle and their debut wasn’t very successful. However, they still manage to show their talents and build their popularity from a variety of shows.

They also captured the heart of their fans because of their innocent charms and gained local and international fans which they eventually called “Pink Panda”.

Their agency started with Apink and because of their success the company grew. The CEO is proud to let people know that Apink is the reason why the company became bigger.

REALITY SHOWS

Being in the industry for nine years, Apink starred in various of reality shows. Their first reality show was “Apink News” which was released on 2011 and ended on 2012. After 2 years, “Apink Showtime” was aired with 8 episodes.

After 2 years of hiatus, Apink was back with “Extreme Adventure” in 2016. For their 8th anniversary, Apink launched “Everybody Ready!” last May 2019. To make it special, the group also made a song for it with the same title of their reality show.

Apink’s other shows are Racing Star with Apink, Finding X-Pink, Put Your Hands Up and Chorong and Hayoung’s Emotional Trip (CHET). CHET’s episodes are available on Apink’s official Youtube Channel.

APINK TODAY

The group recently made a comeback with their 9th mini album title track “Dum durum” to celebrate their 9th year anniversary since debut.

Written by Blackeyed Pilseung and Jeon Goon, who also wrote their previous songs “%%” and “I’m So Sick”.

Apink’s Dumdurum tops number 1 in music shows and seeped realtime charts of Melon, Genie, Bugs, and Soribada in the first week after the release of their song. The song’s first win was on April 21 on SBS MTV’s “The Show”.

On the May 3 episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo”, Apink bagged their 8th win by winning first place of “Dum durum”.

Here’s a collection of some of the K-Pop comebacks, debuts and releases that happened this week so you won’t miss anything while spending time with your love ones at home!

April 11 – “Lost Life” by Min Kyung Hoon

OCN’s “Rugal” OST PART. 3 “Lost life” is a slow-alternative rock genre track that combines medium-pitched Guitar riff, dreamy Synth pad and slow but intense Drum-beat starting from the intro. The lyrics, which yearn for the feelings of a person who lost everything he loved and fell into despair, and the dream of becoming distant like a mirage, make listeners feel a heavy sense of ordeal. Adding the uniqueness of “Min Kyung-hoon,” the nation’s top rock vocal, to the dramatic build-up sharp sound, “Lost Life” comes as a cry from a man with a torn, uncut wound to the world.

April 12 – “Actually.. I miss you” by GyeongseoYeji

“Actually.. I miss you,” is a song that expresses the feelings of honest longing and regret from the perspective of a woman and a man, and it is a song that anyone who has experienced a breakup will sympathize with, leading each of the first chorus with the words “Actually I” and “Actually Me.” Gyeongseo Yeji, a meeting between two female vocalists who have been the talk of the town on SNS, is dreaming to be the second “DAVICHI” through this debut song!

April 13 – ‘Apink’ 9th Mini Album [LOOK] – ‘덤더럼(Dumhdurum)’

Proving Apink’s infinite potential, they made a comeback with their ninth mini album “LOOK” after a year and three months. The title track “Dumhdurum” is a combination of addictive melodies and synth leads, and the expression of love in front of the audience. The addictive hook and Asian melody sensibilities are showing Apink’s new color, which is enough to show another one of their charms!

April 14 – “오빠집에 놀러와” by Lee Dae-won

Lee Dae-won, who made a big impression as a champion trot singer through TV Chosun’s “Mr. Trot,” threw his debut album “Champ and First Step.” The title track “오빠집에 놀러와” is a semi-trot dance song that breaks away from the existing trot, especially the humorous lyrics and lyrics featuring singer Lee Dae-won’s lyricist talent. The song is a song that fits well with the three beats of the vocal, which makes you shake. It is a song that showed Lee Dae-won’s charm to the maximum!

April 14 – CRAVITY SEASON1. [HIDEOUT: REMEMBER WHO WE ARE]

CRAVITY, which has drawn attention as the first boy group to be introduced by Starship Entertainment in five years, just released their debut album and took a strong first step. CRAVITY is a boy group consisting of a total of nine members, Serim, Alan, Jung Mo, Woo Bin, Won Jin, Min Hee, Hyeong Jun, Tae Young and Sung Min, which means that they will combine “Creativity” and “Gravity” to draw them into our universe with their unique charm. The title track “Break all the Rules,” which is a hopeful of young people who want to move forward without hesitation and also a consolation to themselves, compresses and conveys the charm of the eyes-overwhelming performances and passionate members under the theme of “Let’s break the frame and rules we have locked ourselves.” In particular, the tight rap-vocal line operation of the members, along with the harsh texture sound and powerful chorus, is enough to show the completed teamwork.

April 15 – LOONA’s JINSOUL – 시간은 한 바퀴 돌아 (As Time Goes)

JinSoul, a talented member of the girl group, LOONA who has excellent skills and soulful voices to perfect the high-pitched song parts challenged her OST debut with “As Time Goes”! A song by Jay Lee, a composer who participated in a number of OSTs, including Hotel Del Luna, Secret Mother, and A Perfect Wife. “As Time Goes” is an emotional ballad that adds attractive JinSoul’s voice to the melody of the piano and guitar.

April 16 – 장덕철(Jang Deok-cheol) – 그대만이 (You)

Jang Deok-cheol is back with a new song full of spring scents! The digital single “You”, composed and written by Jang Deok-cheol’s Deok-in, is a song that expresses his heart to his beloved lover. It is a ballad that conveys warm sympathy and happiness to many people who are in love with delicate and emotional lyrics and songs that feature the tone that only Jang Deok-cheol can present.

April 17 – Jung Dong Ha (정동하) – LOVE

Jung Dong-ha’s self-composed song “LOVE” is a special gift for his fans. His warm, affectionate voice that flows gently over a comfortable and soft guitar melody makes this song express the miracle of love that comes one day like a spring breeze that passes gently like warm spring sunshine. Jung Dong Ha wanted to capture that sentimental feeling through this song like “A story that makes you so beautiful and so shiny that you don’t want to know the end” .