Rare and Obscure Kpop Music

  Hangul:  유엔 UN was a boy idol duo composed of Kim Jung Hoon (김정훈) and Choi Jung Won (최정원) who used to be in the short-lived boy band group Bronz. Both were about to become solo artists respectively but were then recommended by composer Choi Soo Jung (최수정) that they should be as a duo. Their name's acronym stands for United N-generation. They debuted on July 26, 2000 and disbanded on September 26, 2005. The duo was signed to Raffle (also spelled Laful) Entertainment until their disbandment. Voice Mail (2000) Their first album was released alongside their debut date on July 26, 2000. The album at first had little success but as months went on, the album slowly started to gain traction in popularity. The first single Voice Mail was rated #13 on the K-pop charts. You Are The One was also released as a single.  It was around this time of the release of You Are The One, that many live performances of the duo performing together for the album were halted due to Jung Won s...

  Hangul:   밀크 M.I.L.K was a short-lasting girl group that gained popularity in the early 2000s. They were signed to S.M. Entertainment's sister company BM Entertainment and officially debuted as a group on December 17, 2001. The group consisted of members Park Jae Young ( 박 재 영 ), Kim Bo Mi ( 김보미 ), Bae Yu Mi ( 배유미 ) (Real name: Jessica Bae) and Seo Hyun Jin ( 서현진 ). Their group name is an acronym for Made In Lovely Kin. The only released one album. They disbanded in 2003. S.M. technically formed the group somewhere between 1998-2000 after finding that S.E.S. was their greatest and most successful girl group at the time. S.E.S. being a 1st generation wanted M.I.L.K to be the runner-up for the 2nd generation. In a weekly magazine, it was stated and rumored that Jang Nara was originally planned to be in group, however she herself has explained that that was never the case and that she always wanted a solo career instead of being in a group. With Freshness (2001) Their first and...

  Hangul:  블랙 비트 Black Beat was a boy band that was active in the 2000s. They were signed to S.M. Entertainment and were originally planned to a be 7-member boy band. However, that idea was scratched. And instead became a group of five members. The members consisted of Lee So Min ( 이소민 ), Hwang Sang Hoon ( 황상훈 ), Jung Ji Hoon ( 정지훈 ) and Shim Jae-Won ( 심재원 ) who were both originally members of the short-lived boy band Eagle Five and Jang Jin Young ( 장진영 ) . Before the formation of the group, each of the members were featured in one or a few of the songs acting as backup dancers, vocals or rappers for artists such as BoA, S.E.S. and Shinhwa. They unofficially debuted in 2000 at  Lee Ji Hoon's  ( 이지훈 )  Dream Concert for his 4th album Eternity Friend. #2002 - The First Performance #001 (2002) Their first and only album to date was released on November 3, 2002. The cover art features art from the manhwa by Woo Soo Yeon, Full House. Like S.M. Entertainment's ot...

  Hangul:  허쉬 Hush was a short-lived R&B, Kpop duo from the late 1990s. They debuted in November 1999 and only released one album to date. The members were Jo Hyun-joo ( 조현주) and Kim Il-jin ( 김일진). Before Hush, Kim Il-jin had worked on albums for artists such as Lena Park, Lee Eun-mi  ( 이은미) and Lee Hyun-do ( 이현도). The persona of the group was portrayed as a "lesbian relationship". Similar to how the female duo Sue ( 수) was portraying themselves.as. Hush (1999) Their only album to date was released in 1999. They released two singles: Hush and Lover which was composed by well-known songwriter and composer Park Eun-tae (박근태). The music video for Lover features Korean comedians such as Kim Jin-soo (김진수), Seo Kyung-seok (서경석) and the Defective Potato ( 불량감자). Label: Donga Corporation Sold on: CD & Cassette Genre: Funk/Soul, Pop Style: Contemporary R&B, Kpop After the release of their first album, Hush had faded into obscurity. The Phase (2002) Label: YBM...

Hangul:  신비 Shinvi was a short-lived Kpop all female trio from the early 2000s. They were signed to S.M. Entertainment and only released one album to date. The trio was composed of Oh Sang-eun/Sang-eun ( 오상은/ 상은), Yoo Soo-jin/Soo-jin ( 유수진/ 수진) and Yoo-na ( 유나). 15 to 30 (2002) Their only album to date was originally set to be released in late 2001 but was held back for a year later. 15 to 30 was finally released in April 2002. They released two singles from the album: To My Friend and Darling. Jun Jin from boy idol group Shinhwa was featured in the music video for To My Friend. Shinvi had their own website at the time for their fans. A poll was created for the fans to vote on which should be the next single. All in all, Darling would be the next single to be released. Darling was so popular that it was even used on the O.S.T. for the Korean video game Shining Lore. Label: S.M. Entertainment Sold on: CD & Cassette Genre: Pop Style: Kpop Later on in 2002, S.M. Entertainment rele...