Teen Top
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | www |
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Teen Top (Hangul: 틴탑) is a South Korean boy band that currently consists of five members: C.A.P, Chunji, Niel, Ricky and Changjo. The sixth member, L.Joe, filed for contract termination in February 2017. The band debuted under TOP Media, founded by Andy Lee of Shinhwa, in 2010. They released their first single album Come into the World on July 9, 2010 and made their official debut the following day on MBC's Music Core. The group's name is an acronym for "teenage emoboy emotion next generation talent object praise." Their official fan club name is Angel, previously unofficially named Andromeda.
Teen Top members Ricky and Niel were both child actors. Niel debuted through the musical Please, where he played the younger version of Joo Won's role. Ricky debuted in Seo Taiji's music video for "Human Dream" and later portrayed the young version of Song Seung-heon's character in Love Song. Four of Teen Top's Members such as Changjo, Niel, Cap, and L.Joe had an open Lotte World audition whereas the other members (Chunji and Ricky) had a closed audition. It took L.Joe two auditions before he could train unlike the other members.
In July 2010, Teen Top made their debut with the title track, "Clap" (Korean: 박수)/, off their debut single album Come into the World, which was released on July 9. The music video for "Clap" features Lizzy from After School.
Teen Top officially debuted on July 10 at MBC's Music Core, followed by SBS's Inkigayo, receiving positive reviews for both performances. Based on their performances, netizens gave Teen Top the nickname "Knife Choreography".
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