H.O.T.
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H.O.T. was the most popular K-pop group of the late nineties (and still remain untouched in the popularity field). A five member boy band, they enjoyed massive success alongside the likes of Fin. K.L., S.E.S. and Shinhwa. Like many Korean bands, their name is an acronym - H.O.T. standing for "High-five Of Teenagers".
Formed by SM Entertainment, produced by Lee Soo Man, their songs are a mixture of rap and ballads, with singer Kangta providing most of the ballad vocals. They were a talented group- by the 3rd album "Resurrection", they had written most of their own songs, and the last two albums after that ("Iyah", and "Outside Castle") they had become masters of writing and composing all their own songs. They were all talented dancers- Moon Hee Jun and Jang Woo Hyuk choreographing all their songs. Also they were the first K-pop group to ever hold a concert in the Seoul Olympic Stadium because of the magnitude of their fanbase.
The H.O.T. lineup remained the same during the life of the band and consisted of:
- Kangta (Real name Ahn Chil Hyun, 안칠현; 安七炫)- Lead Vocal ; Candy number: 27
- Moon Hee Jun (문희준; 文熙俊)- Leader and Singer ; Candy number: 23
- Tony An (Real name An Seung Ho, 안승호; 安勝浩)- Lead English Rapper and Backup ; Candy number: 7
- Jang Woo Hyuk (장우혁; 張佑赫)- Lead Korean Rapper and Backup ; Candy number: 35
- Lee Jae Won (이재원; 李在元)- Singer and Backup ; Candy number: 48
(H.O.T members were often remembered by their famed "Candy" numbers throughout their careers. It's a number each of them chose for themselves during the first album, and it was an attribute to their "Candy" song outfits. Since that video, H.O.T's numbers remained with them and a lot of fan merchandise contains the numbers.)
Discography includes:
- We Hate All Kinds of Violence
- Wolf and Sheep
- Resurrection
- Iyah
- Outside Castle
- Various other albums produced by SM Entertainment included Christmas albums and concert cover albums
- Age Of Peace
Also available is the official music video tape which consisted of all the videos between the 1st and 4th album as well as Jingle Bells from the SM Christmas album, the 99 Seoul Olympic stadium concert tape, and the 2001 Outside Castle Concert. Age of Peace was a movie H.O.T made and showed in Japan during their 4th album. It was very futuristic (everything except H.O.T members themselves was computerized), and it was about an intergalactic soccer game. They produced a cd soundtrack to go along with this as well.
H.O.T has also won two American MTV music video awards in the category of "Best International Music Video" for their songs "We are the Future" and "Tooji". They've also won numerous awards from KMTV (Korean MTV), and various music shows that are popular in Korea.
H.O.T. split in 2001 after some contract problems, Kangta and Hee Jun staying with SM Entertainment as solo artists and the remaining members leaving to form new group called "JTL". Jang Woo Hyuk also went on to create his own dance company complete with his own team and school named "Newest".
See also
External links
- H.O.T. official web site (Korean) (http://www.smtown.com/smtown/hot/index.html)
- Newest35 Dance Company (Korean) (http://www.newest35.com/)zh:H.O.T.