Boyfriend (보이프렌드)

Boyfriend is a South Korean boy band that consists of 6 members (Donghyun, Hyunsung, Jeongmin, Youngmin, Kwangmin and Minwoo) debuting under Starship Entertainment (also the same company for K.Will and SISTAR) on May 26th 2011 on M!Countdown stage with their single album, “Boyfriend”. However before their debut, some members had already appeared on Sistar and K.will music videos and performances as back-up dancers.

Group name: BoyFriend
Members: Kim Donghyun, Shim Hyunseong, Lee Jeongmin, Jo Youngmin, Jo Kwangmin, No Minwoo
Company: STARSHIP Entertainment (2011 – present)
Debut date: May 26th, 2011
Debut stage: May 26th, 2011 – Mnet M! Countdown – “Intro (Let’s Get It Started)” and “BoyFriend”
Debut track: “BoyFriend”
Official fanclub: BestFriend

Random Facts & Quotes:
01. The members are not allowed to have cellphones
02. Boyfriend look up to Big Bang and TVXQ
03. Boyfriend agree that they would eat breakfast together every morning
04. Boyfriend goal is to get this year “Rookie Award”
05. Boyfriend wear group rings, not just the Jo twins
06. The members like “Love Song” by Big Bang
07. Jeongmin and Hyunseong wasnt included in the original line-up for BoyFriend
08. Youngmin, Kwangmin and Minwoo used the name “BoyFriend16″ for their UCC Mission for Mnet M!PICK
09. “Ppyong” is commonly used by BoyFriend and BestFriends, it was started by members of SISTAR19 – the mission fairies – that ends their message by saying “Ppyong” on Mnet M!PICK
10. For Mnet M!PICK, BoyFriend got to be waiters for the day
11. After Boyfriend’s debut they can’t get in touch with friends, so their friends came directly to the music television.
12. BoyFriend’s fan-club name was chosen by creating a ‘fan-club naming contest’ and voting.
13. Before the name “BestFriend” was decided to be BoyFriend’s fanclub name, fans uses “Girlfriend” and “Bestfriend” to call themselves a BoyFriend fan.
14. In the practice room, Boyfriend members would sit and practice cute poses until they get high blood pressure
15. The original line-up for the members of BoyFriend were rumored to include Sunho, Yunho and TNT – who didnt get to debut in BoyFriend.
16. All the members said that they missed their family and wanted to see them if they have a day-off
17. The members said that the Coffee Prince and the awkward acting was their most memorable part of their Mnet M!pick
18. Boyfriend chose “Best Friend” as their fan-club name, it was revealed on
August 11th 2011
19. ” I’ve always wonder, how does it feel when thousands of people sings the song ‘Boyfriend’ on our concert? So we really want to have our own concert. We get jealous when we watch our sunbaenim’s concert. The feeling is exciting.” -Donghyun
20. Donghyun hopes that BoyFriend would be a popular group like Girls’ Generation.
21. The members of BoyFriend went to see K.Will’s concert on June 25, 2011 after a stage performance earlier
22. “Living together is really fun, but there’s one thing that’s uncomfortable. Hyunsung and I have to lose weight while the dongsengs are so skinny, they have to gain weight. The dongsengs will come home after completing our schedules and eat a lot, but Hyunsung and I can only watch them eat.” -Donghyun
23. BoyFriend is close with their labelmates, K.Will and SISTAR
24. “We want to pursue music that is entirely Boyfriend in style.” -Donghyun
25. BoyFriend wishes to win a rookie award in the Year-End Awards
26. BoyFriend earned the nicknames “cutie-dol”, “pet-dol” and “boyfriend-dol” because of their cute image for their debut track
27. BoyFriend got on SBS Inkigayo’s Take 7 once for their debut track “Boyfriend”
28. Their album “Boyfriend” was once placed second for “Most Popular Album” at Tower Records, Japan in the K-POP section
29. “Many people knows about our career in the past, but we also want to show them our music and get into it.” -Youngmin
30. Their self-titled debut single, “Boyfriend“, was created by the famous composer, Brave Brothers.
31. The members practiced eight hours a day for two months to perfect their performance.
32. Boyfriend is often mistaken for being a group that wants to succeed with their looks, but they’ve made it certain that they want to be recognized for their musical talents.
33. BoyFriend felt awkward with their group name at first
34. “With the exception of the chorus, the choreography is very difficult because it is broken up to fit different beats. Dancing and singing simultaneously was really hard for us, especially at first.” -Donghyun
35. “I sometimes wonder how fortunate Youngmin and Kwangmin are to be able to tell each other everything. No matter how close we are as members, it isn’t easy to bring up personal thoughts.” -Donghyun
36. “To us, our fans are like our girlfriends.” -Donghyun
37. “During activities such as public fansigning events, the fans would bring packed lunches they prepared themselves for us. It feels like they are meeting with their boyfriends who have gone to serve in the army. I also think of our fans as girlfriends.” -Minwoo
38. Interviewer: “Can you briefly tell us your future target?”
Donghyun: “We’ve prepared so many events for our fans this time. There were also fansigning events. Meeting our fans up close during fansigning events.. There’s also 700 Lucky Discs.. a golden coloured disc.. Those who received the CD are invited to our fanmeeting next year. It’s a chance to meet our fans. We get to meet our fans through all these chances.” (36-38, cr: boyfriend-champion)
39. Donghyun once revealed that BoyFriend practices arounf 8 – 9 hours a day and sleep for only 4 to 5 hours a day. (cr: boyfriend-champion NHK Tokyo Intrview)
40. More additional facts from NEW STAR magazine (Chinese Magazine)
41. More additional facts from Trendy Idol Magazine No. 29
42. Boyfriend picked themselves as their rivals and according to Jeongmin, by doing so they would want to always improve themselves.
43. According to Minwoo, Boyfriend members likes all of the members of SNSD.
44. Competing against SNSD, Boyfriend won and get to perform on Daum Fan-cafe Special Stage on M! Countdown.
45. All Boyfriend members sleep in one room with 3 pairs of bunk beds.
46. Boyfriend’s dorm is filled with fans’ gifts.
47. Boyfriend has their signed poster put up in their dorm’s living room
48. Boyfriend has 2 originally bed-rooms in their dorm – one has become their bedroom and the other has become a closet.
49. All of Boyfriend members failed their english test except for Donghyun who passed and Minwoo’s result was not told.
50. All of Boyfriend members passed their Japanese language test.

Activities:

+ Music Video and Teasers
`110519 “Water Floor” (Let’s Get It Started) Music Video Teaser
`110525 “Boyfriend” Music Video {Download}
`110813 DMZ “Dorasan Freedom” Music Video for MBC DMZ OH! Peace Concert – Youngmin
`110927 “Don’t Touch My Girl” Music Video Teaser
`111005 “Don’t Touch My Girl” Music Video
`111012 “Don’t Touch My Girl” Dance Version Music Video
`111030 “Don’t Touch My Girl” No Cut Version (BTS)
`111125 “Pink Romance” Music Video (with K.Will & SISTAR) – Starship Planet Special Winter Project {Download}
`111206 “I’ll Be There” Music Video Teaser {Download}
`111208 “I’ll Be There” Music Video {Download}

+ Dance Practice
`110602 “Boyfriend” Dance Practice
`111019 “You’re My Lady” + “Don’t Touch My Girl” Dance Practice
`120105 “I’ll Be There” Dance Practice {Download}

+ Albums
` “Boyfriend” – The First Single Album [05.2011]
` “Don’t Touch My Girl” – The Second Single Album [10.2011]
` “Pink Romance” (with K.Will & SISTAR) – Starship Planet Winter Special Album [11.2011]
` “I’ll Be There” – The Third Single Album [12.2011]

+ Stage Performances
`110526 Mnet M! Countdown – Intro (Let’s Get It Started) + Boyfriend
`110527 KBS Music Bank – Intro (Let’s Get It Started) + Boyfriend
`110528 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110529 SBS Inkigayo – Intro (Let’s Get It Started) + Boyfriend
`110602 Mnet M! Countdown – Boyfriend
`110603 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend
`110604 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110605 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend
`110611 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110612 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend
`110616 Mnet M! Countdown – Boyfriend
`110617 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend
`110618 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110619 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend
`110624 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend
`110625 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110626 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend + Entertainers (with K.Will)
`110701 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend + dance break (with APINK)
`110702 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend
`110703 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend
`110705 MBC Hope Concert “We Are” – Boyfriend
`110708 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110709 MBC Show! Music Core – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110715 KBS Music Bank – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110717 SBS Inkigayo – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110721 Mnet M! Countdown – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110726 Ulsan Summer Festival – Boyfriend
`110728 Mnet M! Countdown – You and I
`110730 MBC Music Core – Boyfriend (Remix)
`110731 SBS Inkigayo – You and I
`110731 The 15th Taebaek Cool Cinema Festival – Boyfriend
`110802 Ulsan Jinha World Woman’s Beach Volleyball – Boyfriend
`110804 Mnet M! Countdown – You and I
`110805 KBS Music Bank – You and I
`110806 KBS Love Request – You and I
`110806 2011 Double Seven Festival – Boyfriend + You and I
`110807 SBS Inkigayo – You and I
`110813 MBC Paju DMZ Peace Concert/MBC OH! Peace Concert – You and I
`110818 Mnet M! Countdown – You and I
`110819 KBS Music Bank – You and I
`110820 MBC Show! Music Core – You and I
`110825 KBS TongYoung Victory of Hansan Festival performance – Boyfriend + You and I
`111006 Chinese International Students Festival – Boyfriend + Don’t Touch My Girl
`111007 KBS Music Bank – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111008 MBC Show! Music Core – You’re My Lady + Don’t Touch My Girl
`111008 Fireworks Festival – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111009 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111013 Mnet M! Countdown – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111014 KBS Music Bank – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111015 MBC Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111016 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111018 tvN Show Show Show – You’re My Lady + Don’t Touch My Girl
`111020 Mnet M! Countdown – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111021 KBS Music Bank – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111022 MBC Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111023 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111030 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111104 KBS Music Bank – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111105 Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111106 SBS Love Sharing Concert – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111111 KBS Music Bank – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111112 Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111113 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111114 Tokyo NHK – You and I + Boyfriend
`111119 MBC Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111120 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111127 SBS Inkigayo – Don’t Touch My Girl {Download}
`111203 MBC Show! Music Core – Don’t Touch My Girl
`111208 Mnet M! Countdown – Couple (Originally by Sechs Kies) & Not One, But Two + I’ll Be There {Download}
`111209 KBS Music Bank – I’ll Be There
`111211 SBS Inkigayo – I’ll Be There
`111215 Mnet M! Countdown – I’ll Be There
`111216 KBS Music Bank – I’ll Be There
`111217 MBC Music Core – I’ll Be There {Download}
`111217 ChannelA K-Pop Con – I’ll Be There + Not One, But Two {Download}
`111217 PBC Public Broadcasting in Lotte World – I’ll Be There + Don’t Touch My Girl
`111218 SBS Inkigayo – I’ll Be There {Download}
`111221 KBS 50TH K-Pop World Festival 2011 – I’ll Be There + Pink Romance (with SISTAR & K.Will) {Download}
`111222 Mnet M! Countdown – The Only Thing I Want For Christmas Is You + I’ll Be There {Download}
`111223 KBS Music Bank Year-End Special – Candy + Angel Without Wing (with B1A4, APINK & Dal★Shabet) {Download}
`111224 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There” + “Don’t Touch My Girl” + “Pink Romance” (with K.Will & SISTAR)
`111224 MBN Show! K-Music – “Not One, But Two” + “I’ll Be There” {Download}
`111224/25 MBC ChannelA K-Pop Con – “I’ll Be There”
`111225 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There” {Download}
`111229 Mnet M! Countdown – “I’ll Be There”
`111229 SBS Music Festival (SBS Gayo Daejun) – “I’ll Be There” + “Cupid” (with APINK) {Download}
`111231 MBN Show! K-Music – “I’ll Be There”
`111231 MBC Gayo Daechukjae – “I’ll Be There” + “Hot Stuff” (with B1A4, TEEN TOP, DalShabet, APINK, Girl’s Day, Super Junior’s Shindong, Eunhyuk & Leeteuk, Sora)
`120101 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”
`120103 ChannelA K-Pop Con – “I’ll Be There”
`120105 Mnet M! Countdown – “Boyfriend” + “I’ll Be There”
`120106 KBS Music Bank – “I’ll Be There”
`120107 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There”
`120107 MBN Show! K-Music – “I’ll Be There”
`120107 Mnet Yoon DoHyun’s MUST – “I’ll Be There”
`120108 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”
`120113 KBS Music Bank – “I’ll Be There”
`120114 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There”
`120115 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”
`120119 The 26th Golden Disk Awards – “I’ll Be There” + “Don’t Touch My Girl” + “Boyfriend” + “Party Rock Anthem” (with K.Will & SISTAR)
`120119 Mnet M! Countdown – “I’ll Be There”
`120119 HIGH1 Seoul Music Awards – “Intro (Dance Break)” + “Don’t Touch My Girl” + “I’ll Be There”
`120120 KBS Music Bank – “I’ll Be There”
`120121 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There”
`120122 2018 Pyeong-Chang Winter Olympic Concert – “I’ll Be There”
`120126 Mnet M! Countdown – “I’ll Be There”
`120127 KBS Music Bank – “I’ll Be There”
`120128 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There” + {Youngmin & Kwangmin} appearance in “Is Being Pretty Everything” by Fat Cat
`120129 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”
`120202 Mnet M! Countdown – “I’ll Be There”
`120203 KBS Music Bank – “I’ll Be There”
`120204 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There”
`120205 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”
`120206 MBN Show! K-Music – “I’ll Be There”
`120210 KBS Music Bank – “Intro – dance break” & “I’ll Be There”
`120211 MBC Show! Music Core – “I’ll Be There”
`120212 SBS Inkigayo – “I’ll Be There”

+ Fan-sign, Fan-meeting Event
`110611 at Synnara Records for “Boyfriend” First Single Album Fan-signing
`110612 at Synnara Records for “Boyfriend” First Single Album Fan-signing
`110619 at SBS Studio for M!PICK Fan-meeting
`110723 for “Boyfriend” First Single Album Fan-signing
`110814 at Synnara Power Station in Busan, South Korea for “Boyfriend” First Single Album Fan-signing
`110821 at Spice Colour for “Boyfriend” First Single Album Fan-signing
`111015 at Gwang-ju for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111022 at Jamsil Hot Tracks for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111023 at Synnara Yongsan I-Park for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111029 at Young-deung Times Square Hot Tracks for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111030 at Central Synnara for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111105 at Ilsan Synnara for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-singing
`111106 at MokDong Hot Tracks for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album Fan-signing
`111112 at Busan Synnara for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album
`111112 at Daegu Hot Tracks for “Don’t Touch My Girl” Second Single Album
`111126 after MBC Show! Music Core – Mini-fanmeeting
`111210 after MBC Show! Music Core – Mini-fanmeeting
`111211 after SBS Inkigayo – Mini-fanmeeting
`111224 at Myeondong “Music Korea” for “I’ll Be There” Third Single Album
`120107 at Central Synnara, Seoul for “I’ll Be There” Third Single Album
`120115 at Youngdeungpo for “I’ll Be There” Third Single Album
`120129 at Youngpoong Bookstore for “I’ll Be There” Third Single Album
`120211 after MBC Show! Music Core – Mini-fanmeeting
`120212 for Lucky Disk Fan-meeting

+ TV Appearances
`Mnet M! Pick – with BoyFriend [110506 - 110621]
`110623 KBS Happy Together – Youngmin, Kwangmin
`110702 MBC Sebwaki: “Quiz To Change The World” – Youngmin, Minwoo (with the rest of BoyFriend members as performing guests)
`110718 GoodMorning Korea
`SBS Star King
`110913 Idol Star Athletic 2011 Chuseok Special
`111006 KBSjoy Hello Baby Season 4 with Super Junior’s Leeteuk and SISTAR
`111028 ySTAR ShikShin Road
`111023 KBS Gag Concert
`111023 tvN Show Show Show
`111031 KBS Crisis Escape No. 1
`111107 Japan Yeol-jung Stadium
`111114 Japan Yeol-jung Stadium
`111107 KBS2 Escape the Crisis – Jeongmin, Kwangmin
`111204 Youth Revolution in Taiwan
`111215 KBS2TV Love & War Season 2 – Preview
`111223 KBS2TV Love & War Season 2
`120102 KSM TokyoTV Koiseyo! Seoul Map
`120121 MBC Every1 Weekly Idol
`120122 MBC Idol Alkkagi Championships for Lunar New Years
`120124 The 4th MBC Idol Star Athletics and Swimming Championships Special

{+ OFFICIAL Daum Self-Cam - BoyFriend Diary Self-Camera}
`111108 Boyfriend Diary Self-camera Episode 1
`111115 Boyfriend Diary Self-camera Episode 2
`111130 Boyfriend Diary Self-camera Episode 3
`111216 Boyfriend Diary Self-camera Episode 4 {Download}

{+ Mnet W Academy - by Boyfriend}
`120109 W Academy Teaser
`120112 W Academy Teaser 2
`120113 W Academy by Boyfriend – Episode 1
`120116 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission
`120119 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission 2
`120120 W Academy by Boyfriend – Episode 2
`120126 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission 3
`120127 W Academy by Boyfriend – Episode 3
`120203 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission 4
`120203 W Academy by Boyfriend – Episode 4
`120210 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission 5
`120210 W Academy by Boyfriend – Episode 5
`120216 W Academy: Individual UCC Mission 6

+ Nominations & Awards
`110626 SBS Inkigayo – Take 7
`Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2011 – Best New Male Artist & Artist of The Year
`MTV SBS Best of The Best 2011 – Best New Artist & Hot Debut
`Philippines Kpop Convention – Rookie of the Year (2011)
`120108 SBS Inkigayo – Take 7
`So Loved Awards – Best Newcomer (Male)
`The 26th Golden Disk Awards – Newcomer Award
`The Allkpop Awards – Best Rookie Artist
`2012 Seoul Music Awards – Newcomer Award

+ Radio Show
`110724 MBC FM4U Noh HongChul’s “Chin Chin” Radio
`111013 MBC ShinDong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa” Radio
`111028 SBS PowerFM Boom’s “YoungStreet” Radio
`111028 MBC YounHa’s “Starry Night”
`111103 SBS PowerFM Lee SeokHun’s “Ten Ten Club”
`111105 MBC ShinDong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa” – Jeongmin
`111112 MBC ShinDong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa” – Jeongmin
`111119 SBS PowerFM Park SoHyeon’s “Love Game”
`111218 MBCFM4U Sweet Sorrow “Hope Song At Noon”
`111220 MBC PowerFM YounHa’s “Starry Night”
`111222 MBC PowerFM Shindong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa”
`111227 MBC PowerFM Shindong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa” – Jeongmin
`120101 MBC PowerFM Shindong’s “Shim Shim Ta Pa”
`120122 KBS World Arabic Teaser
`120215 KBS World Arab Radio – Interview

+ Endorsement
`IVY Club Clothings
`111127 “Save The Environment” campaign song for SBS Inkigayo {Download}

+ Star Call
`110708 – Kwangmin
`110715 – Jeongmin, Minwoo
`1107XX – Youngmin
`110721 – Jeongmin, Minwoo
`110805 – Minwoo
`110809 – Kwangmin
`110820 – BoyFriend (1 Star Call each member)
`110831 – Donghyun
`111006 – BoyFriend (except Youngmin)
`111007 – Kwangmin
`111008 – Jeongmin, Minwoo, Hyunseong
`111021 – Donghyun ft. Boyfriend
`111027 – Jeongmin, Youngmin
`111029 – Youngmin, Minwoo, Jeongmin
`111105 – Jeongmin
`111125 – Jeongmin
`111126 – Kwangmin
`111126 – Jeongmin
`111127 – Boyfriend
`111203 – Jeongmin
`111203 – Donghyun, Hyunseong
`111216 – Donghyun, Jeongmin, Youngmin
`111218 – Jeongmin, Minwoo
`111222 – Jeongmin
`111222 – Kwangmin
`111230 – Jeongmin, Donghyun
`120109 – Jeongmin
`120120 – Donghyun, Jeongmin, Kwangmin
`120126 – Donghyun, Jeongmin
`120202 – Jeongmin
`120210 – Donghyun ft. Youngmin, Minwoo, Jeongmin

+ CF
`Teen’s Nature CF
`Ivy Club CF (BTS)

+ Magazine
`110818 Vogue Girl Sepetember Edition – Youngmin, Kwangmin
`SBS Inkigayo Magazine – July 2011 Edition
`KBS Music Bank K-POP Magazine Vol. 2 2011 (Japanese Magazine)
`SBS Inkigayo Magazine – November Edition
`IVYClub Magazine No. 8 (November 2011)
`111118 Elle Girl with Boyfriend, SISTAR & K.Will
`KBS Music Bank Vol. 6 (Japan Edition)
`KBS Music Bank Vol. 7 (Japan Edition)
`KBS World Guide January Edition (Japan Magazine)
`SBS Inkigayo Magazine Vol. 24 – January 2012 Issue
`Vogue Magazine – February 2012 Edition
`CeCi Magazine – February 2012 Edition
`SBS Inkigayo Magazine Japan Vol. 3 – January Edition

+ Overseas
`110829 – 110830 in Changsa, China
`111025 – 111025 in Bangkok, Thailand
`111202 – 111204 in Japan

Credits: WeLoveBoyfriend

Boyfriend: Seoul Music Awards

Boyfriend @ CeCi Magazine

Boyfriend's W Academy