[miss D.]

The idol group F.CUZ (focus) revealed their 2nd new member “Daegun” (currently 21) following their recently added member Raehyun.

Their agency, CAN Entertainment revealed their new member Daegun through a video posted on their youtube account as well as various other sites at midnight on the 10th.

In the video, singing Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” in his own style you see Daegun emitting much sensitivity. His husky beautiful voice is making people anticipate Daegun’s vocal abilities. His 179cm, round eyes and white skin makes you think of a nobleman.

After spending several years as a trainee he passed the audition to become F.CUZ new member. “I may not win in other areas, but when it comes to singing I have unstoppable greed. I’ll grow even better and become a source of strength for F.CUZ” he said.

F.CUZ who after adding Raehyun and Daegun has turned into a 5 member group will on the 14th of this month begin their activities through an online fanmeeting. They’ll release their new songs on the 27th and starting promotion activities for the first time in 1 year and 5 months time.

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[miss D.]

The visual boys group F.CUZ held a release event at Tower Records’ Shibuya store on the 23rd to commemorate the release of their 2nd Japanese single “LUV HOLIC/AROUND YOU”.

Starting off with the new single “LUV HOLIC” they sang 3 songs in total. During the event they hugged fans, laughed at Jinon who ripped his pants while dancing among other things making it a fun gathering. At the end of the event a rock-papper-scissor championship took place where the lucky fan winning got a signed poster as present.

After the live ended they also held a handshake event which was probably the best Christmas gift for the fans. On the same day at 11AM a teaser was revealed showing the 2 new members joining F.CUZ. 5 membered F.CUZ will certainly bring forth new characteristics and new charms.

source: KEJ News
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[miss D.]

Hello. This CANENT.
Following the 20th, we have revealed another video.

In this new video, the newly revealed second member is singing, in his own style, the song “This Man” by Monday Kiz, a senior he has admired for a long time. We believe that this song shows the new member’s honest and appealing voice.

We thank the fans who have waited a long time and F.CUZ’s members Jinon, Kan, Yejun, and the newly added members are practicing very hard to show a new side of F.CUZ and to further develop themselves.

Please continue to support F.CUZ, which has now become a five-member group.

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F.CUZ has been joined by a new member and are beginning their new activities next year.

LeeU who gained attention for being the son of Sul Woon Do left the group in August this year after which F.CUZ has been doing activities in Japan as a 3 member group.

F.CUZ has now been joined by new member Daegun (22) and are heading for a comeback with a new song in February. Daegun possesses not only good dancing skills he also is a great singer and have been preparing for (joining F.CUZ) since the first half of the year.

F.CUZ agency stated “Until now F.CUZ has been active as a 3 member group with Jinon, Kan and Yejun but they’re now being joined by the new member Daegun” and “Thanks to being joined by a member with great vocals they’ll be able to take on lots of new challenges next year.”. They also said “F.CUZ who’s been very silent since the loss of a member will now finally be taking their first steps forward. They’ll now be starting their preparations for their Korean comeback in the beginning of the year.”

F.CUZ agency has uploaded a video of the new member Daegun on sites such as youtube to let the fans know of the new member. In the video Daegun sings his senior Jang Hyejin’s hit song “1994 One Late Night” showing of his abilities.

F.CUZ released their first Japanese single “NEVER LET YOU GO” in August this year. As promotion for this they had 2 fan meetings to spend time with their fans. They started of their Japanese promotions favorably also placing 3rd on Oricon’s daily chart.

LeeU announced he was leaving F.CUZ in May during the concert “F.antastic Live” that took place at Laforet Museum Roppongi.

At the time LeeU said “I was in F.CUZ while being under a different agency than the other members. But as time passed the two agencies started disagreeing and the music they wanted to pursue were different.”.

F.CUZ who until LeeU’s departure were active in Korea, Japan and Taiwan are now changing. There are plans for them to promote abroad at the same time as their Korean comeback in the beginning of next year.

source: kstarnews.jp
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[miss D.]

Hello. This is CANENT.

It’s been a while since we’ve been able to bring good news about F.CUZ to the fans who’ve loved and supported them, and we are very happy.

After the withdrawal of a member, F.CUZ has remained silent about the matter, but finally they are announcing the addition of a new member.

For a while, F.CUZ has been promoting as a three membered unit group with Jinon, Kan, and Yejun. Although they’ve been lacking in places, they put forth great effort. To fill that lack, there has been an addition of a new member and they are currently practicing very hard for a Korean comeback at the beginning of 2012.

You are all probably very curious about the new member. To lessen your curiosity, we’ve revealed the first video teaser of the new member.

In this teaser, the new member sang, in his own style, the song “1994 One Late Night” by Jang Hyejin, who he has admired for a long time. We think that you’ll be able to sense his tender, yet strong young vocals and feel his charms in this video.

Through the song, he is meeting you for the first time and we ask for your continual love and support.

Lastly, please have lots of interest in F.CUZ, who will come back with a different image in 2012. Thank you.^^

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The exact face of “Rudolf” the director was looking for, Lee Seunghyun makes a musical debut.

The last to be casted in “Elizabeth” is the youngest, Lee Seunghyun. Before, he used to be the center of focus for being the son of the extremely popular singer Sul Woondo. Although used to promote as a singer in the group F.Cuz, Seunghyun never stood on stage as an actor or a musical performer.

However Director Robert Johansen said, “He is the closest to the image of Rudolf I had. He has character and he possesses a voice that can portray a young man’s shaky emotions.” Kim Seungdae revealed his high expectations for Lee Seunghyun, who will be sharing a stage with veteran actors such as Jeon Dongseok.

Producer Kim Jiwon added, “Although the practice period was extremely short after receiving the all-original music scores, his audition was absolutely perfect and I was surprised. Rudolf’s representative number is “Shadows Get Longer.” It really left an impression on me. It is an extremely difficult song to digest, but Seunghyun’s singing skills and ability to portray emotions are through the roof.” Lee Seunghyun said that he did research on his character before auditioning.

Although he is not a very well-known singer, Lee Seunghyun is a hidden jewel. As the newcomer who has made the producers fall for him, we are looking forward to how Lee Seunghyun will portray the role of Rudolf.

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[miss D.]

The Korean boys group F.CUZ (focus) will be releasing their second single “LUV HOLIC / AROUND YOU” on the 14th of December.

For the new songs they’ve been working with famous producers such as DJ Deckstream to make original Japanese songs which suits their new start after losing a member.

F.CUZ announced that LeeU (Lee Seunghyun) would be leaving during an announcement made on the 21st of May this year (2011). For this production they recorded as 3 members, Jinon, Kan and Yejun.

For having model looks and for having all their members be over 180cm tall F.CUZ gained attention in Korea even before their debut and were named “Model-dols” (Model+idol) and gained lots of interests from netizens. The name F.CUZ comes from the idea of wanting to focus/show off on the members individual personalities and looks.

While preparing for a new comeback in Korea together with new member(s), they’ll do activities in Japan as a 3 member unit.

And the first production for the new lineup of F.CUZ will be the double-sided single “LUV HOLIC / AROUND YOU”. They’ve been working with Korean hit maker “Rhymer” for “LUV HOLIC”. He also made their previous single “Never Let You Go”.

The first song “AROUND YOU” is produced by DJ Deckstream who’s worked with m-flo, SOUL’dOUT, SEAMO and foreign artists such as Mos Def, T-Boz (TLC). The limited edition of the single comes with a DVD containing the PVs to both songs.

Tracklist;

LUV HOLIC / AROUND YOU (double-sided single)
Release date: Dec 14, 2011

[Limited Edition] CD + DVD
Price: 1680 yen
[CD]
1. LUV HOLIC
2. AROUND YOU
3. LOV HOLIC (inst.)
4. AROUND YOU (inst.)

[DVD]
1. LUV HOLIC (PV)
2. AROUND YOU (PV)

[Regular Edition] CD
Price: 1260 yen
[CD]
1. LUV HOLIC
2. AROUND YOU
3. LOV HOLIC (inst.)
4. AROUND YOU (inst.)

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It was previously reported that member LeeU was officially withdrawing from F.CUZ. Fans were able to read the agency’s official statement, but now it seems that LeeU himself has some words to say about his exit.

LeeU posted a number of tweets about how he is thankful for the kind words and support. He tweeted, “Everyone, this is my reason. It’s very late, but I wanted to say these words,” and attached a link to a longer message concerning his thoughts and feelings.

LeeU went on to state,

“As you’ve all read in the news reports, my F.CUZ members and I belonged to different agencies during our activities. However, as time went on, the paths that the agencies wanted to take, even down to music choice, became different so they had to go their separate ways. It was a very difficult time before this decision. Not being able to sleep was a given, it was so bad that I cried everyday seeing clips of our performances. No one can say it was easy for the two companies to come to this decision.

During the past 2 trainee years and 1 year after debut, the members were like family – we all cried and depended on one another during rough times, and my heart is breaking because we can’t keep the promise that we’d stick by each other until the end. Though things have turned out like this, we plan to keep the promise that we’ll still look after each other… In my head, I’m still the jokester and second biggest brother of F.CUZ; I’m F.CUZ’s main vocal LeeU, and I will forever be those things in my heart while remembering the happy times.

Yntil all four us are smiling together, until the day the four of us release an album as F.CUZ, please look at us kindly and not harshly, and I ask that you support us all. Thank you.”

credit: allkpop

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[miss D.]

[110513] Attention for Sul Woondo's son, the F.Cuz member with a sculpture-like appearance

A lot of attention surrounds singer Sul Woondo’s son, LeeU, who is the main vocalist of the idol group F.Cuz.

Sul Woondo was a guest on MBC’s “Good Day” on the 13th. He introduced his oldest son LeeU on the show while they were decorating the interior of his wife’s cafe.

His wife had decorated the cafe herself with pictures of Sul Woondo and F.Cuz posters.

LeeU stated, “Our Japanese fans visit my mother’s cafe very often” and showed the present that the Taiwanese fans gave his parents on Parents Day.

At this, Sul Woondo said, “LeeU still gets allowance from me. I hope he becomes really successful so that he can get me a new phone,” showing the close relationship he had with his son.

Netizens wrote, “I had a rough idea, but I didn’t know he was that good-looking,” “His face is a work of art,” “They look alike!,” “It’s nice to see such a warm character!”

On another note, F.Cuz held their first solo Japanese concert on the 12th successfully.

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On the “Let’s Go Dream Team” episode that aired on the 24th, the Dream Team cast battled it out with the National Ballet Company team.
Lee Sangin, Ricky Kim, Lee Hyun, and Jinon battled the ballerino team in a perfect rendition of “Gag Concert.”
Wearing multicolored wigs and revealing leotards, they showed off a sketch that they put ambitious preparation into, bringing laughter.
After barely putting on a smooth show, the awkward and embarrassed four people didn’t know how to handle themselves and stated “I didn’t know how important the barre was,” “This was really the best out of all I’ve done.”

source: xports news
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Despite being in a serious car accident a few day ago, F.CUZ’s Kan is reportedly making a speedy recovery.

On January 20th, member Jinon told Money Today Star News, “Kan dislocated his shoulder during the car accident. The process still needs to be carefully monitored, however his condition is making an improvement.”

He continued, “We were very upset that an accident like this had to occur during our new song promotions. He will need to be hospitalized for another month or two.”

On January 17th, Kan was driving back to Seoul with his personal team after filming for SBS’s “Athena: The Goddess of War” when the car slipped on ice near Incheon Airport. Kan and his team suffered both minor and major injuries after crashing into the guard rail.

Kan is currently wearing a guard for his dislocated shoulder, and also received stitches for his forehead and nose.

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In a recent interview with Newsen, Yejun told us he “lost about 12-15kg” and “I managed not to collapse physically but (in spirit) I did.”

While in a period of not promoting and their activities was being monitored it was decided that F.CUZ’s members needed to urgently diet so the members all started trying to lose weight. Yejun himself “had the focus of my meals being salad or fruit”.

Yejun revealed that “after having removed almost all meat from my food I started developing symptoms that were similar to anorexia” and “After I was allowed meat again I still thought that if I’d eat meat I’d get fat again so I deliberately tried throwing up”. Continuing he also said “Since starting activities again I’ve become able to eat normally without gaining weight” and “I wouldn’t be able to stand starving like that again” and laughed.

F.CUZ’s diet was very similar to a ‘war against meat’. Every morning we weighed ourselves with a competitive spirit. “We lied about our weight and became motivated by each others’ results, inspiring us to eat even less. It became a more violent “battle” than if we would have compared ourselves to another group. If I look back our results were almost the same”.

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[miss D.]

Last month, the boys F.CUZ released their 2nd mini-album “Gorgeous” along with the MV for the title track ‘Midnight Sun.’ The boys have been working hard trying to avoid the label of a failure group and now they’ve released a new MV for ‘친구졸업(Wanna be your Love).’

This MV is the polar opposite of Midnight Sun, they show a more cute and colorful image for this MV. Check it out below.

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[miss D.]

LeeU recently confessed worries about his hair loss during an episode of KBS 2TV’s ‘Citizens’ Talk Show Hello’.

During the show, LeeU expressed his fear of following his trot singer father’s (Seol Woon Do) footsteps in becoming bald later in life. He state,d “I was made fun of a lot when I was younger. When my friends would come across a shiny object, they would start making fun of me.”

He continued, “During promotions I put a lot of mousse or wax in my hair, and when I wash my hair I feel like my hair will rip off my head whole,” causing the studio to laugh.

When the MCs asked him to lift up his bangs, rather than a receding hairline, LeeU showed off a beautiful face.

Yoo Hee Yeol added, “If someone said to me, ‘Do you want to lose hair, or have that face?’, then I’d choose to have that face.”

credit: allkpop

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[miss D.]

Idol group F.CUZ has been topping the charts in Taiwan with the release of their title track, “Midnight Sun“, from their new album “Gorgeous“.

On November 27th, the group’s title track “Midnight Sun” outranked both popular Taiwanese and Western hits to grab the #1 spot on the Taiwanese music charts, ‘EZipper‘.

Although the group has yet to fully launch into their album promotions, they are still receiving an great amount of interest from their Taiwanese fans.

“F.CUZ will release their 2nd mini-album ‘Gorgeous’ in Taiwan on December 9th, and will begin their Taiwanese promotions around then,” said F.CUZ’s agency.

credit: allkpop

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