Romeo (band)

ROMEO (로미오)
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop dance-pop ballad synthpop
Years active	2015–present
Labels	CT Entertainment Pony Canyon Korea
Website	Official fancafé
Members	Seunghwan Yunsung Milo Minsung Kyle Hyunkyung Kangmin

Romeo (Hangul: 로미오), mostly stylized as ROMEO, is a South Korean boy band formed by Pony Canyon Korea and CT Entertainment in 2015. The group is composed of seven members: Seunghwan, Yunsung, Milo, Minsung, Kyle, Hyunkyung and Kangmin. They debuted with the release of their first mini-album The ROMEO on May 7, 2015.

Career

2015: Debut with The ROMEO and comeback with ZERO IN

At the end of April 2015, it was announced that Japanese company Pony Canyon made a partnership with South Korean agency CT Entertainment to debut a boygroup named Romeo, planning their debut in May.^[1] A representative from CT Entertainment told the media, "There have been cases where Japanese music labels will sign on popular Korean acts, but it's unlikely for a Japanese music label to want to start a Korean group. This project is happening thanks to the great trust between Pony Canyon and CT Entertainment."^[2] Following this announcement, their agency released a batch of teasers featuring the members, starting with Hyunkyung and ending with Yunsung and Minsung,^{[3][4][5][6][7]} and finally a full group teaser on April 27.^[8] Their agency released another teaser on April 30, this time featuring member Yunsung covering Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror^[9] before releasing the group's first teaser for their debut song "Lovesick" on May 2.^[10] The full music video for "Lovesick" was released on May 7, alongside with their debut EP The ROMEO.^[11] The group made its debut on stage on M! Countdown the same day.^[12]

On October 28, it was announced that Romeo was going to make a comeback on November 5 with their second mini-album ZERO IN.^[13] On October 30, the group released their first teaser for title song "Target" followed on November 1 by a second teaser.^[14][15] On November 3, they released a medley of the songs from ZERO IN^[16] and on November 4 they released the full music video for "Target".^[17]

2016: Romeo Project, MIRO and First Love

On May 17, CT Entertainment revealed that Romeo was going to release a summer digital single named "Nightmare" on May 23.^[18] The group released teasers featuring the seven members before releasing a video teaser on May 20.^[19][20][21] The full music video for "Nightmare" was released on May 23 alongside the eponym digital single.^[22]

On June 17, the group debuted the broadcoasting of their first reality TV show named "Romeo Project in Taiwan" on MBC Music.^[23]

On June 19, Romeo was announced to release a new EP on June 23, thus releasing teasers featuring different units.^[24] The group then released two teasers, with an "Alice in Wonderland" concept, featuring SHINee's Minho, for their new song "MIRO" from the eponym EP.^[25][26] It was revealed that Minho took part in filming the group's comeback MV thanks to CT Entertainment's CEO who used to be SHINee's former manager.^[27] The full music video for "MIRO" was released on June 23 alongside with the eponym EP, which was released in three different unit versions.^[28] A full group version of their new EP was released on July 5.^[29] The group revealed that their choreography for "MIRO" was inspired from the film The Maze Runner.^[30]

On August 17, CT Entertainment announced that Romeo was going to release a special edition of "MIRO" as "First Love" on August 22, featuring the title track "Treasure".^[31] Furthermore, they also released some teasers with the members.^[32]

Members

• Seunghwan (Hangul: 승환) was born Lee Seung-hwan (Hangul: 이승환), on December 10, 1994. He's the leader of the group.^[33][34]
• Yunsung (Hangul: 윤성) was born Hwang Yun-seong (Hangul: 황윤성), on March 19, 1996^[35]
• Milo (Hangul: 마일로) was born Kim Min-hak (Hangul: 김민학), on August 20, 1996^[36]
• Minsung (Hangul: 민성) was born Kim Min-hwi (Hangul: 김민회), on December 24, 1996^[37]
• Kyle (Hangul: 카일) was born Ma Jae-kyeong (Hangul: 마재경), on January 15, 1997^[38]
• Hyunkyung (Hangul: 현경) was born Kim Hyeon-jong (Hangul: 김현종), on September 5, 1998^[39]
• Kangmin (Hangul: 강민) was born No Kang-min (Hangul: 노강민), on September 5, 1999^[40]

Discography

Mini albums

Title	Album Details	Peak chart positions	Sales [41]
		KOR [42]
The ROMEO	Released: May 7, 2015 Label: CT Entertainment, Pony Canyon Korea Format: CD, digital download Tracklist  Smile 예쁘니까 데이지 (Daisy) 너의 목소리	12[43]	KOR: 3,858+[44]
ZERO IN	Released: November 5, 2015 Label: CT Entertainment, Pony Canyon Korea Format: CD, digital download Tracklist  ZERO IN TARGET PRESENT 너만 보여 (DNA) DEAR MY PRINCESS	13[45]	KOR: 2,368+[46]
MIRO	Released: June 23, 2016[upper-alpha 1] Released: July 5, 2016[upper-alpha 2] Label: CT Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Tracklist[upper-alpha 3]  Intro MIRO Roller Coaster Hello Knock me out 삐딱해봤더니 (mama) Back 2 You 악몽 (Inst.)	6[47][upper-alpha 4]	KOR: 8,784+[48]
	Released: August 22, 2016 (as First Love) Label: CT Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Tracklist  Treasure 악몽 (Nightmare) MIRO Roller Coaster Hello Knock me out 삐딱해봤더니 (mama) Back 2 You	17[49]	KOR: 1,601+[50]

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (Downloads) [51]	Album
		KOR [52]
"Lovesick" (예쁘니까)	2015	—	—	The ROMEO
"TARGET"			—	ZERO IN
"Nightmare" (악몽)	2016		—	FIRST LOVE
"MIRO"			—
"Treasure"			—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Filmography

Reality/Variety shows

Year	Title	TV Network	Member(s)	Note(s)
2015	After School Club	Arirang TV	All	Episode 188[53]
2015-ongoing	Idol x Idol	Naver V App		[54]
2016	Romeo Project in Taiwan	MBC Music		[23]
	After School Club	Arirang TV		Episode 220[55]

Videography

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"Lovesick"	2015	Jo Soohyun @ Picture Nuts	[56][57]
"TARGET"		Lee Sagang @ Zanybros	[58][59]
"TARGET (Dance ver.)"			[59][60]
"Nightmare"	2016	N/A	[61]
"MIRO"		Lee Sagang @ Zanybros	[62][63]
"MIRO (Dance ver.)"			[63][64]
"Treasure"		N/A

Awards and Nominations

Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	New Artist of the Year[65]	Romeo	Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	"Lovesick"	Bonsang Award	Nominated	[66]
	ROMEO	New Artist Award	Nominated
		Popularity Award	Nominated
		Hallyu Special Award	Nominated

Notes

1. Digital, "Kangmin, Seunghwan, Milo Edition", "Hyunkyung, Minsung Edition" and "Yunsung, Kyle Edition" versions only
2. "Full Member Edition" version
3. Tracks 6, 7 and 8 are only available in the digital and "Full Member Edition" versions of the album
4. Full Member Ed peaked at #6 ; KM-SH-ML Ed peaked at #12 ; HK-MS Ed peaked at #13 ; YS-KL Ed peaked at #14

References

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    Hyunkyung, Minsung Edition (1,732):
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External links

• Official fancafé
• Romeo on Facebook
• Romeo on Twitter