IKON's Bobby with His Dad

Pre-debut photo of IKON's Bobby with his father:

IKON - My Type / 취향저격 (Warm Up Single) MV

iKON - Eyes, Nose, Lips MV (from Mix & Match DVD)

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YG 2015 Plans: iKON Debut, Winner, Big Bang, Psy Comeback

YG Entertainment will mobilize all boy groups of the company for comeback in the first half of 2015. The sensation created by the comeback of YG artists in 2014 will continue next year, too.

A senior insider of YG explained, “President YANG HYUN SUK himself is leading the preparations for iKON’s debut, so I think their debut will take place quite soon. iKON is highly likely to be the first YG artist to come back next year.” He went on to say, “WINNER is also now accelerating their work for a comeback album. The two boy groups are now very busy working on new albums.”

YG’s president YANG HYUN SUK just gives some words of advice to YG’s star artists such as PSY, BIGBANG, and 2NE1 who have long-time experiences, and he makes the artists themselves work on their own. On contrary, he trains and teaches rookie artists strictly.

Plus, BIGBANG whose comeback has been delayed in 2014, as well as PSY, are waiting for their comeback next year. BIGBANG and PSY were known to have already begun working on their comeback, but they could not meet fans in 2014, because of busy individual performances and change in their new albums. It is highly likely that they will also join the lineup of YG artists’ comeback in the first half of 2015.

YANG HYUN SUK has suggested that iKON will make official debut early next year, which heightened fans’ expectations. According to YG insiders, “President YANG has recently committed himself to leading the work for iKON’s debut album and WINNER’s comeback, other than shooting for SBS ‘K-POP STAR’”.

YG has a system of leaving everything to artists themselves, for star artists with strong presence in the music scene, such as PSY, BIGBANG, 2NE1, and EPIK HIGH. Since PSY and BIGBANG create their albums in their own way, the schedule of their comeback has yet to be confirmed. However, iKON and WINNER for whom president YANG himself is working, will be able to meet their fans soon.

YG has constantly created sensation during the whole year of 2014, with comeback and success of 2NE1, AKMU, TAEYANG, WINNER, and EPIK HIGH. As those teams swept music charts with their new songs and took No.1 in music-ranking shows in 2014, music fans are paying keen attention to YG artists to come back in 2015. YG’s lineup of both rookies and veteran artists looks worth looking forward to.

Source: Osen, YG Life

Mix & Match Mnet Japan: Q&A with iKON

Mix & Match DVD Preview

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Happy Birthday BOBBY! (December 21)

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Donghyuk

Donghyuk's teaser for MIX & MATCH on Mnet Japan:

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Donghyuk
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Bobby
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: BI
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Yunhyeong
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: All Members

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Bobby

Bobby's teaser for MIX & MATCH on Mnet Japan:

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Bobby
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: BI
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Yunhyeong
Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: All Members

MAMA 2014: Masta Wu - Come Here feat. Bobby and Dok2

MAMA 2014: Epik High - Born Hater feat. BI, Bobby and Minho

MAMA 2014: BI and Bobby Backstage

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: BI

Teaser for Mix & Match Mnet Japan Version featuring BI (Han Bin):

Come Here MV - Masta Wu feat. Dok2 & iKON's Bobby

New single from YG Entertainment rapper Masta Wu featuring Dok2 of Illionaire Records and Bobby of iKON:

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: Yunhyeong

Teaser for Mix & Match Mnet Japan Version featuring Yunhyeong:

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Teaser: All Members

Mix & Match Mnet Japan Version:

Hi Suhyun feat. Bobby - I'M DIFFERENT

Mix & Match Episode 9 (Eng Sub)

Unaired: Junhoe and Yunhyeong's Test

Yang Hongseok and Jung Jinhyung to Stay in YG

The recent ending of “Mix & Match” had everyone abuzz especially with the inclusion of the original Team B members in YG Entertainment‘s newest boy group iKON with the addition of Jung Chan Woo. However, the question of what will happen to the remaining members, Yang Hong Seok and Jung Jin Hyung, remain afloat for the show’s loyal viewers and fans.

YG Entertainment put all the rumors to rest as the two trainees decided to stay with the company. A YG representative said, “Yang Hong Seok and Jung Jin Hyung had a one-on-one meeting with CEO Yang Hyun Suk and decided to stay. It’s not that the two members lack anything and that’s why they got eliminated from ‘Mix & Match,’ but the main reason is that compared to the other members they had the least time to grasp the training life. However with this, they expressed their firm stance that they want to remain in the company.”

The representative further added their intent to support the trainees and said: “We will be providing Yang Hong Seok and Jung Jin Hyung with the proper facilities in training through the access to training rooms in the YG (building) and hopefully they will grow from this. If they have shown great improvement with all the training they will receive, hopefully they will be able to debut through YG.”

Source: Soompi