Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 05:58, 20 February 2015

Template:Contains Korean text

AA (Korean: 더블에이 ; acronym for Double A) is a five-member South Korean boy band formed by Well Made STAR M, the company that houses such actors as Ha Ji Won, Kim Seung Woo, Choi Jung Won, and Lee Jong Suk, in 2011. The group currently consists of Woosang (Leader), Aoora, Hoik, Kimchi, and JinHong. With their 100th days since debut fast approaching AA has already gained such nicknames as resume-dol, standalone idols, and Gaecheokdol. Aoora was the first to join the group. Looking for a company he could work with and make music he decided on Well Made STAR M with 100% confidence they'd help him achieve his dreams. Aoora then brought Woosang to the group, asking him to do the choreography for his music. The company then later added Juwon and Hoik, who had aspirations to be singers and moved from Busan to Seoul to do so, and Kimchi, who had quit learning the piano and clarinet to his dream of becoming a singer.

Career

Pre-debut

AA revealed their first member, Aoora, on 18 October. Aoora is rumored to be a talented vocalist and a rapper, who’s capable of composing and producing his own music.

Wellmade Star M revealed, "As a dance major from the Seoul Institute of the Arts, Aoora possesses strong dance skills as well as vocal skills, and stage manners that were fine-tuned by his appearances in musicals and other performances. He is a member who will be able to deliver both visual and audible pleasure that will definitely satisfy the audience."

2011: Debut

AA made their debut at the ‘2011 K-Pop Super Concert‘. The 5-member idol group has been creating quite the buzz with their catchy new ’sweep choreography’. The song "So Crazy" and its music video earned them much critical acclaim with their debut marked as "sexy and charismatic". Despite Aoora being the oldest, Woosang became leader.

On 28 October, the boys took their first step as singers. AA performed for the first time in front of over 20,000 revelers catching performances by the latest K-Pop stars. The boys were joined by labelmate senior and actress Ha Ji-won, who performed a sexy and powerful wave right alongside the rookies.

AA performed their self-produced debut track, "It’s Because I’m Crazy". With a cuter choreography that showed off their diverse charms, they also performed a track off of their upcoming re-packaged album, "Okay About It". More than anything, they impressed the crowd with their stable live performance skills.

In a subsequent interview, the boys stated, "We were really nervous about our first stage, but Ha Ji-won’s support and our past rehearsals really helped a lot. We’ll take in the advice given to us by seniors like Ha Ji Won and Lee Jong Suk and continue to work hard."

On 4 November 2011 Double A performed their debut stage live on KBS's Music Bank. The group also performed "So Crazy" on various music shows in South Korea such as MBC's Music Core, JTBC's Music On Top and SBS's Inkigayo.

2013: COME BACK and Member change

On 7 March, AA pre-released a song from their upcoming mini album, "Rollin Rollin." The song was banned and deemed unfit for broadcast by KBS and SBS. 27 March marked the end of AA's year and six month hiatus with the release of their first mini album, COME BACK. The six tracks that were included within the album were all composed, arranged and produced by member Aoora.

On 17 June, AA's label revealed, "Joowon has decided to leave the group in order to fulfill his dreams as an actor. He's always had a strong passion for acting. He gave it a lot of thought and talked it over with the members' to come to the decision. Even after he leaves, he'll be staying at the label Wellmade StarM and support the AA members." AA will have an addition of two new members in place of Joowon.

Variety Shows

On 15 January, Hoik appeared on Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2

Members

Template:K-pop group members table |- | Aoora | 아우라 | Park Geun Ee | 박근이 | (1986-01-10) January 10, 1986 (age 38) |- | Woosang | 우상 | Woo Sang-soo | 우상수 | (1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 (age 34) |- | Kimchi | 김치 | Yoo Yehyang-gi | 유예향기 | (1993-07-11) July 11, 1993 (age 31) |- | Hoik | 호익 | Jung Ho-ik | 정호익 | (1993-08-01) August 1, 1993 (age 31) |- | JinHong | 진홍 | Kim Jin-hong | 김진홍 | (1998-01-02) January 2, 1998 (age 26) |- |}

Template:K-pop group members table |- | Juwon | 주원 | Hwang Joo Won | 황주원 | (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36) |- |}

Discography

EPs

• 2013: COME BACK

Singles

• 2011: "Double A"
• 2012: "AGEHA Dance" (아게하 댄스)
• 2013: "Rollin' Rollin'" (뒹굴뒹굴)
• 2013: "OK About It" (오케바리)

Videography

Music videos

References

1. AA(Double A)’s Joo Won Leaves Group and Will Be Replaced by Two New Members soompi.com
2. ^ "AA (Double A) releases MV for "AGEHA Dance"". allkpop.com. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012. Cite error: The named reference "ukiss2ne14lyfe" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

External links

• Official fanclub

• Use dmy dates from June 2013
• South Korean boy bands
• K-pop music groups