Imfact | |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2016 | –present
Labels | Star Empire Entertainment |
Website | imfact |
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Imfact (Hangul: 임팩트) is a South Korean boy band formed by Star Empire Entertainment in 2016. Their debut single album Lollipop was released on January 27, 2016.
Sang was spotted by Star Empire Entertainment, when he was three years old.
Prior to debut, Jian worked as a backup dancer for B1A4 and Juniel. Jeup learnt Taekwondo and had even been a member of the national team when he was in highschool. Before training under Star Empire Entertainment, Taeho had trained under several other labels such as MBK Entertainment and Happy Face Entertainment.
Imfact released their debut single album Lollipop on January 27, 2016. The single contains four tracks with the title track being Lollipop, and it was produced by the members. The group officially debuted, on stage, on January 28 on the music program M Countdown. Imfact held their first fanmeeting on June 19. On August 13, they held a live broadcast on Naver V App to celebrate their 200th day since debut and announced their fanclub name IF.
On October 21, it was reported that Imfact will be making a comeback on the second week of November. On October 31, Imfact dropped a comeback trailer and a teaser image. Their second single album Revolt will be released on November 11. On November 11, they came back with the single album Revolt with the title track "F,S,G Feel so Good".
On January 9, their agency Star Empire revealed more details about the group’s 2017 project, “IMFACTORY,” which kicked off with a launching event on January 7.
This project will consist of monthly releases, mini fan meetings, as well as mini concerts. In line with the title “IMFACTORY,” the group plans to churn out “impactful and sincere music.”
At the launching event, the group unveiled the title of their first monthly release, “You’re Not Here”. “It’s a song that was made when we were still trainees, and we believe it will show another completely side to IMFACT,” they explained.
“You’re Not Here” will be released sometime in January.