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Fin.K.L consists of four girls,
ages ranging from, years 1979-81. There is Lee Hyori, the
leader of the group. Ok Ju Hyun is the lead vocal and Lee
Jin and Sung Yuri fill in with the rest of the vocals. Ju
Hyun was picked as the first member. She won a singing
contest on a radio station, singing Mariah Carey's "Hero."
Some top music exec told her that he was looking to form a
girl group and she would be the first member. Ju Hyun then
introduced her friend, Jin, to the casting director. Jin
sang Eco's "Heng Bok Han Na Reul" and got the part right on
the spot. Yuri was discovered while drawing art at a park.
Then came Hyori, who was discovered while taking sticker
pictures. Sticker pictures! (That is why I always take
sticker pictures....) Yuri delayed the whole process of
forming Fin.K.L because her parents were very reluctant to
let her become a singer. Yuri is a very bright student. Her
dad is also a professor and wanted her to continue her
education. Finally, around January of 1998, they formed
Fin.K.L. The name was made up by fans via the Internet in
Korea.
Fin.K.L debuted on May 22, 1998. Fin.K.L stands for
Fine Killing Liberty. It means that they would do anything
to fight for or standing in the way of liberty. People say
that Finkl was made to challenge S.E.S., which was true. But
remember, Diva was the first successful all girl group. Then
S.E.S., Finkl, and now there's damn too many of them. Even
with H.O.T. After them came, Sechs Kies, Shin Hwa, Taesaja,
OPPA, etc. But Seo Taiji and Boys were the first ones. What
is the deal with Korean music and copying each other and
American music endlessly? If I was a singer in Korea, I'd
make up all of my own stuff. Anyways, getting back.... I
used to like S.E.S. at first, but Finkl is waaay better.
S.E.S. sound like little pubescent girls while Finkl sound
more mature. What I like about all of their songs is that
they never mention "love" but you know it's about love.
Jin goes to the same church as Yuri. Jin is very "holy." She
wakes up at 5:00 A.M. and attends seh byuk ghee doh (morning
prayer) with her mom every morning. Yuri volunteers often
helping people with cerebal palsy. Ju Hyun always cooks for
the group. Hyori just takes care of all of them. They are
the nicest people you would ever meet. If you go to your
local Korean video store, ask for a show called Kim Gook
Jin's Star Docu. It's episode number 11D. Or show number 70.
It's a documentary showing everything about them from the
beginning up to now. I watched it like, ten times. It's
beautiful.
They debuted with the first song, Blue Rain, a slow R&B type
of song. It was popular but not as popular as their second
song, Neh nam jah chin goo eh geh. This hit #1 everywhere.
This song skyrocketed them to stardom and they became famous
all over Korea. I really don't know why they don't sing more
songs like this. Fast beat and catchy songs. They cried like
babies when this went number one. They thanked ha nah nim.
Their third song, Ruby, also went #1. Finkl frequently
dressed in all black singing Ruby. They "popularized" the
black look even more in Korea.
For more info on Fin.K.L or to send fan mail: |
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Fin.K.L c/o Daesung Entertainment
Seochogu Yangjaedong
Seocho-Gu P.O. Box 358
Seoul, Korea 137-603 |
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Phone: 152-0404 |
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*Thanks to Joon's
Fin.K.L website for this Biography of Fin.K.L* |
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