Madtown

Madtown (Hangul: 매드타운), often stylized as MADTOWN, is a South Korean boy group formed in 2014 by J. Tune Camp. The group consists of Moos, Daewon, Lee Geon, Jota, Heo Jun, Buffy and H.O. Their debut album, Mad Town, was released on October 6, 2014. Two of the members, Moos and Buffy, originally debuted as the hip hop duo Pro C in 2013. Madtown's official fan-base name is Mad-people.

History

2014: Debut with YOLO and MAD TV

Earlier-generation groups such as g.o.d, Dynamic Duo and idol groups such as Sistar, VIXX, Secret, Bangtan Boys, High4 and Jay Park held a banner which had WELCOME TO MAD TOWN pasted on it, arousing curiosity and suspicion of whether it is an MBLAQ's comeback, or the debut of a new boy group.^[1] On September 24, 2014, J. Tune Camp finally announced the debut of their second boy group through a teaser image.^[2] This marks J. Tune Camp's boy group debut after 5 years, and group debut after 2 years (before Two X left J. Tune Camp). During the next two days, J. Tune Camp started introducing its members, including Moos and Buffy who are members of Pro C which debuted earlier. They started off with 3 members (namely Moos, Daewon and Lee Geon) on the first day and the remaining 4 members (namely Jota, Heo Jun, Buffy and H.O) on the second day.^[3][4][5]

The Mad Town members themselves also explained the different style of music that they are specialised in as compared to their senior group and labelmate MBLAQ as well as the members' personalities when they sat down for an interview.^[6]

On October 1, J. Tune Camp uploaded their debut music video teaser on their official YouTube channel.^[7][8] 5 days later, J. Tune Camp uploaded their debut music video YOLO on their official YouTube channel.^[9][10] On the same day, J. Tune Camp released their debut EP, titled "Mad Town" digitally.^[11] On October 9, they had their debut stage on M Countdown. After which, they released their debut album physically.^[12]

They were featured on MAD TV, a reality show which featured their everyday lives. It started through J. Tune Camp's official YouTube channel on October 30, 2014 and ended on January 30, 2015 including a special Delivery Season.^[13]

2015: Welcome to Madtown and OMGT

On March 9, J. Tune Camp uploaded the music video teaser for their new song, "New World", on their official YouTube channel.^[14][15][16] 3 days later, J. Tune Camp uploaded the full music video for "New World".^[17] On the same day, J. Tune Camp released their 2nd mini album Welcome to Madtown digitally.^[18] On March 16, they released their 2nd mini album physically.^[19] On November 12, they released their first digital single "OMGT", which stands for "Oh My God Thanks".

2016: Emotion

On June 15, J. Tune Camp officially announced their comeback with a set of new teaser images for their 3rd mini album Emotion.^[20] The music video for the title track, "Emptiness", was released on June 21 at midnight KST, as well as the mini album itself.^[21]

Members

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• Moos, was born Kim Sang-bae (Hangul: 김상배), on (1991-04-29) April 29, 1991. He is the leader and main rapper of the group.
• Daewon, was born Park Dae-won (Hangul: 박대원), on (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992. He is the main dancer and one of the vocalists of the group.
• Lee Geon, was born Lee Kyung-tak (Hangul: 이경탁), on (1992-05-04) May 4, 1992). He is the main vocalist of the group.
• Jota, was born Lee Jong-hwa (Hangul: 이종화), on (1994-02-15) February 15, 1994. He is a rapper and one of the vocalists of the group.
• Heo Jun, was born Heo Jun (Hangul: 허준), on (1994-11-16) November 16, 1994. He is one of the vocalists of the group.
• Buffy, was born Kim Ju-hyeon (Hangul: 김주현), on (1995-06-15) June 15, 1995. He is the lead rapper of the group. He is fluent in Japanese.^[26]
• H.O, was born Song Jae-ho (Hangul: 송재호), on (1995-06-18) June 18, 1995. He is the lead vocalist, lead dancer and maknae of the group.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Single albums

Collaborations

Soundtrack appearances

Filmography

Reality show

Variety show

Music video appearances

Music videos

References

External links

• Official Twitter