N.Flying

N.Flying
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2013 (2013)–present
Labels
Website Official Korean website
Official Japanese website
Members
  • Lee Seung-hyub
  • Kwon Kwang-jin
  • Cha Hun
  • Kim Jae-hyun

N.Flying (Korean: 엔플라잉, Japanese: エヌフライング) is a South Korean rap rock band formed by FNC Entertainment in 2013.[1] The band consists of Kwon Kwang-jin (bass), Lee Seung-hyub (rhythm guitar, vocal, rap), Cha Hun (lead guitar) and Kim Jae-hyun (drums). The name ‘N.Flying’ is derived from the word ‘NEW’ and ‘Flying' which also means ‘new wings’ or ‘new escape’.[2] Their first release, Basket charted at number two on Oricon's weekly Indies chart in Japan.[3] Their fan club name is "N.Fia", a combination of the words “N.Flying” and “Utopia.” It means that the band and their fans will fly together towards the utopia of their ideal music.

History

Pre-debut

Kwon Kwang-jin was the original bassist of labelmate CNBLUE, which debuted in 2009. However, due to personal circumstances, Kwang-jin left the band in late September 2009.[3] Kwangjin continued training under FNC Entertainment and meet other trainees: Seung-hyub, Jae-hyun and Cha Hun in January 2011 and formed a new band ‘N.Flying’.

In 2013, Lee Seung-hyub appeared in Juniel's music video titled Pretty Boy. In the MV, he acted as Juniel's ideal guy that she saw at the café.[4]

Kim Jae-hyun is the younger brother of Kim Jae-kyung, the leader of South Korean girl group Rainbow.[5] On October 2, she tweeted a photo of N.Flying's debut poster on her personal Twitter and told everyone that her younger brother is debuting in Japan.[6]

2013: Japanese debut with Basket

N.Flying began their first performance at Shibuya CYCLONE on September 28.[7] On October 1, they released their first indie single album titled BASKET and performed as the opening act at FTISLAND's ‘Replay’ Zepp tour.[7] BASKET peaked at No.2 on Tower Records weekly singles chart, No.2 on Oricon Indies weekly singles chart and No. 4 on Oricon daily singles chart.[8] The band continued doing live gigs at live clubs and also performed as opening act at CNBLUE's ‘One More Time’ Arena Tour.[7] On November 14, N.Flying did their first one-man live at Live Space Halot.[7]

2014: One and Only and delayed Korean debut

On January 1, N.Flying released their second Japanese indie single album titled One and Only.[9] The album hit No.1 on Tower Records chart on its second day of release.[7]

They made their first television appearance on the 7th episode of FNC's reality drama, tvN's Cheongdam-dong 111.[10] As a sequel of the show, N.Flying revealed their debut story in March 2014 which aired on the same channel.[11]

On January 29, it was announced that N.Flying had been appointed as the new endorsement model of Buckaroo Jeans.[12]

In the final episode of their reality show, 'Cheongdamdong111: N.Flying's Way of Becoming a Star', Seung-hyub was officially appointed as the leader of N.Flying.[13]

In March, they accompanied labelmate FTISLAND to be their opening act at the latter's Singapore concert.[14]

N.Flying was supposed to make their Korean debut in 2014 but it was delayed after the leader of the band, Seunghyub, injured his knee in July.[15]

2015–present: Korean debut with Awesome and Lonely

On May 11, FNC Entertainment launched a teaser homepage for N.Flying's upcoming Korean debut.[16] It is also revealed that the band's 1st debut mini album 기가막혀(Awesome) will be released on May 20 along with the title song's music video.[17]

On May 12, FNC Entertainment announced that N.Flying will be releasing a Chinese version of Awesome simultaneously with the Korean version on May 20 and Japanese version was planned to be released in August.[18] On May 19, 2015, FNC Entertainment released the music video teaser for Awesome.[19] A day later, FNC Entertainment released the full music video features AOA's Kim Seolhyun as the lead role.[20]

On October 12, FNC Entertainment released mysterious teaser "Lonely 2015.10.22".[21] A day later, FNC Entertainment was confirmed N.flying would be released their first single album Lonely on October 22.[22] On October 15, N.Flying released individual member teasers.[23] From October 18 to October 20, N.flying released teaser music video.[24][25][26] On October 20, N.flying confirmed their first single album track list and released highlight medley.[27] N.flying's first single album Lonely was released on October 22.[28]

N.flying performed their debut song Awesome at KCON in Japan.[29]

Members

Member Hangul Date of Birth Role Remarks
Kwon Kwang-jin 권광진 August 12, 1992 Bass, Rapper Former member of CNBLUE
Lee Seung-hyub 이승협 October 31, 1992 (age 23) Leader, Main Vocal, Main Rapper,

Rhythm Guitar, Piano

 also known as J.Don
Cha Hun 차훈 July 12, 1994 Lead Guitar, Vocal
Kim Jae-hyun 김재현 July 15, 1994 Drum, Maknae His sister is former member of Rainbow's Jaekyung

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Track list Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[30]
Awesome
  1. One N Only
  2. 기가 막혀 (Awesome)
  3. 가슴이 놀래 (Heartbreak)
  4. All in
  5. 1분 (1 Minute)
 7

Single Albums

Title Album details Track list Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[30]
Lonely
  1. Lonely *Title
  2. Knock Knock
  3. 뻔뻔
 9

Korean Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
"Awesome" 2015 — — Awesome
"Lonely" - — Lonely - Single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Japanese Singles

Year Singles Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
Oricon Daily		 JPN
Oricon Weekly
2013 "BASKET" 4 35[33]
  • JPN: 5,264+
 Non-album release
2014 "One and Only" — 134[34] —
2016 "Knock Knock" — 13
  • JPN: 6,164+
"Endless Summer" — 10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Member Album
KOR
Gaon
"God"
(with Jimin)		 2015 38
  • KOR (DL): 65,255+
 J.Don Non-album single

Music Videos

Year Title Album Notes
2015 Awesome Awesome
Lonely Lonely - Single
2016 Knock Knock Knock Knock - Single Japanese Single
Endless Summer Endless Summer - Single

Filmography

Dramas

Year Title Network Member Role
2016 Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo MBC Jae-hyun Joon-Hyung's junior in swimming team

TV Shows

Year Network Title Member(s)
2014 tvN Cheongdam-dong 111[36] All
Cheongdam-dong 111: N.Flying's Way of Becoming a Star 5 episodes[37]
SBS Modern Farmer[38] Jae-hyun
2015 KBS Happy Together[39]
Mnet One Night Study All
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol Jae-hyun and Seung-hyub
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol - Episode 225 All Members
SBS Running Man - Episode 272 All Members

Music video appearances

Year Title Member(s) Video
2013 Juniel - Pretty Boy Lee Seung-hyub JUNIEL (주니엘)
2015 N Project #1: Jimin N J.Don - God Lee Seung-hyub FNCEnt
2015 AOA - Oh Boy Cha Hun AOAVEVO

Performances

Endorsement

All Members

Lee Seung-hyub

Awards and Nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2015 Best New Male Artist N.Flying Nominated
HotelsCombined Artist of the Year Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2016 Bonsang Award "Awesome" Nominated
New Artist Award N.Flying Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Hallyu Special Award Nominated

Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards

Year Category Recipient Result
2015 New Artist of the Year[40] N.Flying Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "FNC to Present New Boy Band N Flying through 'Cheongdam-dong 111'". CJ E&M enewsWorld via Yahoo!. 2014-03-12.
  2. ↑ "N.Flying" (in Korean). Official Daum Cafe. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "One of N.Flying's Members was Originally a Member of CN Blue". CJ E&M enewsWorld. January 3, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Juniel: Pretty Boy MV on YouTube
  5. ↑ "Rainbow's Jaekyung Treats Younger Brother Out for Brunch Amid Upcoming Debut". Soompi. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Rainbow's Jaekyung's Twitter". twitter.com.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 https://www.facebook.com/officialnflying
  8. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), 일본 타워레코드 1위…괴물 신인". topstarnews.net.
  9. ↑ http://fncent.co.jp/information/?category=1&infoid=55#info55
  10. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), 첫 선 'FT아일랜드-씨엔블루' 잇는다" (in Korean). TopStarNews. January 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ "tvN '청담동111' 속편 온다…엔플라잉 데뷔 드라마" (in Korean). OSEN. January 23, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  12. ↑ "'FNC 대형신인' 밴드 '엔플라잉'이 김우빈의 바통을 이어받는다" (in Korean). enews24. January 29, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjaMXeyzVg
  14. ↑ "N-Flying to open for FTISLAND Singapore concert". Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  15. ↑ "N.Flying to delay their domestic debut in light of Seunghyub's injury". allkpop=2014-07-11. 2015-02-15.
  16. ↑ http://fncent.com/nflying/1mini/index.html?url=/NFLYING/b/introduce/1559
  17. ↑ "엔플라잉, 20일 데뷔곡 '기가 막혀' 발표". May 11, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  18. ↑ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=312&aid=0000093825
  19. ↑ "엔플라잉(N.Flying), AOA 설현이 출연하는 데뷔곡 '기가 막혀' MV 티저 영상 공개..'육감적인 자태 눈길'" (in Korean). StarJN. May 19, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  20. ↑ "AOA 설현, '섹시 알바녀' 모습으로 엔플라잉 뮤비 지원사격!" (in Korean). NewsKorea. May 20, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  21. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/fnc-entertainment-artists-release-mysterious-photos
  22. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-teases-for-their-first-lonely-single
  23. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-members-are-lonely-in-individual-teaser-images
  24. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nfying-releases-mysterious-mv-teaser-for-upcoming-single-lonely
  25. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-are-lonely-souls-in-second-mv-teaser
  26. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-drops-special-mv-teaser-for-their-lonely-ways
  27. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-impress-with-lonely-track-list-highlight-medley
  28. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/10/nflying-ponder-deeply-on-being-lonely-in-full-mv
  29. ↑ Mnet K-POP (2016-04-14), [KCON 2016 Japan×M COUNTDOWN] N.Flying _ Awesome(기가막혀) M COUNTDOWN 160414 EP.469, retrieved 2016-06-23
  30. 1 2 "Gaon Weekly Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  31. ↑ http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=05&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month
  32. ↑ http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=10&hitYear=2015&termGbn=month
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  34. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/600345/products/1059862/1/
  35. ↑ "2016 Orion Chart - July Week 2". Oricon Chart. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  36. ↑ 청담동 111’ 앤플라잉, 연습생들에 "지문인식 된다" 깨알자랑" (in Korean). fnnews.com.
  37. ↑ "FNC to Present New Boy Band N.FLYING through 'Cheongdamdong 111'". mwave.interest.me.
  38. ↑ "N Flying's Jae Hyun Cast in Drama Modern Farmer Before His Debut". mwave.interest.me.
  39. ↑ '해피투게더' 재경, 동생 재현 가수 데뷔 반대한 이유는? (in Korean). obsnews.co.kr.
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