ZE:A
| ZE:A | |
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| Also known as | Children of Empire |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2010–2017 |
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| Website | cafe |
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ZE:A (Hangul: 제국의 아이들), also known as Children of Empire, was a South Korean boy group formed by Star Empire Entertainment in 2010. The group was composed of nine members: Kevin, Kwanghee, Siwan, Lee Hoo, Taeheon, Heechul, Minwoo, Hyungsik and Dongjun. The group released their debut single album Nativity with lead single "Mazeltov" on January 7, 2010, alongside their showcase performance five days later. The group debuted on KBS's Music Bank on January 15, 2010. On February 9, 2017, it was announced that ZE:A disbanded.
Under the name Child of Empire, following their appearance on Mnet's Office Reality, the group gained attention by performing various guerilla shows and creating UCC (user created content) videos. They have also appeared in a documentary-styled show Star Empire, and later getting their own documentary show titled Empire Kids Returns, showing them performing in wingcar performances around Seoul and training. The group faced controversy in December following the similarities of the group's name to Brown Eyed Girls' JeA. The group later changed the pronunciation of the name to avoid implications.
ZE:A released their debut single album Nativity on January 7, 2010, having it reached number one on both the "Album Chart" and "Artist Chart" on Daum that same day.
They subsequently released their second single album Leap for Detonation on March 25, 2010. The title track, "All Day Long" was produced by Brave Brothers. The group released both a music video and a short music drama for the song, featuring member Kim Dong Jun as the lead actor, as well as labelmate Park Min Ha from Nine Muses. The group's third single Level Up was digitally released on July 8, 2010. In June, their official fanclub name was announced to be ZE:A's (or ZE:A STYLE).
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