Debuting in South Korea on December 26, 2003, they quickly became a popular teenage chorus group in their homeland. By the date of their Japanese debut in 2005, Dong Bang Shin Ki had not only made themselves known in Korea as a dance only boyband, but a group that had the ability to harmonize, vocalize, and dance to perfection; earning them many praises by many other Korean artists that they would refer to as sunbae's.
With major success in Korea, Dong Bang Shin Ki made their way to Japan, eager to conquer a foreign land. With that thought in mind, Dong Bang Shin Ki decided that they did not want to come to Japan as Hallyu stars but as Japanese Pop idols and so their struggle began. For the first few months of their Japanese career, which had started with the release of the single: "Stay With Me Tonight", the members of Dong Bang Shin Ki spent that time learning/improving their Japanese, battling the depression they got from both homesickness and not achieving the response they wanted immediately, language barriers, and thoughts of giving up completely in turn to go home. While promoting Purple Line (Korean Ver.) in Korea, the members stated that they at first didn't want to work in Japan and were forced rather than having that motivation to work hard.
After months of hard work and intense Japanese studies, Dong Bang Shin Ki finally got the break they were looking for with their second single, "Somebody To Love", which ranked at number fourteen on the Oricon chart and included their first ballad song. In November, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "My Destiny", their first ballad single and with this single earned them the popularity they wanted. After "My Destiny" was released and sold more than any of their other singles, as well the gain of more fans, they released "明日は来るから". With the release of "明日は来るから", that song became an instant success and was used as the seventeenth ending for the popular anime, ONE PIECE and soon the release of their final single for their first album, "Rising Sun/Heart, Mind and Soul" had arrived. Although the "Rising Sun/Heart, Mind and Soul" single hadn't done as well as the other singles, their first album, "Heart, Mind and Soul", was still a huge hit. Things had finally started to look up for the five members known as Dong Bang Shin Ki and after the release of their album in 2006, they held their first nationwide tour: 1st Live Tour 2006: Heart, Mind and Soul. Tickets to 1st Live Tour 2006: Heart, Mind and Soul were sold out immediately.
With the success of their first five singles and their first album, they began working harder on their sixth single. In June, they released "Begin", a sweet, ballad song with an upbeat B-side("High Time") and they also appeared in the Avex summer festival A-Nation '06 that July and August. Their next and seventh single, "Sky", ranked number six on the Oricon chart making it their first single to be ranked in the Top Ten and at that time, the highest ranking single of their Japanese career. Three months later, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned with yet another single, "Miss You/“O” -正・反・合" and this single ranked number three on the Oricon charts and was the first of many to come to be ranked in the Top Five as well as, replaced "Sky" as their highest ranking single. Somehow, they managed to hold conerts in Thailand, Malaysia, and China, earning them more fans and success. While their popularity was slowly, but surely growing in Japan, Dong Bang Shin Ki's popularity in Korea rose even more and in turn they earned lots of awards, these awards included: MKMF's Best Music Video for "Rising Sun (순수)", MKMF's People's Choice Award, MKMF's Artist of the Year, China-Ten Most Popular Music Group, China-Ten Most Popular Song, etc. . . After their second tour The 2nd Asia Tour Concert 'O' and with their increasing popularity in Japan, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "Step by Step" and "Choosey Lover" both that were ranked in the top ten among very popular artists ("Step by Step" ranked number seven and "Choosey Lover" ranked number nine), not to mention that "Choosey Lover" was the opening theme song for Xenos Xenos. Finally recognized as Japanese Pop idols, they released their second album titled "Five in the Black" (ranked number ten on the Oricon charts) and held yet another nationwide concert to support this album. As they sang their song "Proud", Junsu and Yoochun broke out into tears, finally happy that they achieved their dream of breaking through in foreign territory and getting as far as they had.
In May of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki attended the MTV Japan Music Awards and won the award "Best Buzz Asia in Korea" for their "'O'-正.反.合." album. From June to December of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki released a string of five singles: "Lovin' You", "Summer: Summer Dream/Song for You/Love in the Ice", "Shine/Ride On", "Forever Love" and "Together". "Summer: Summer Dream/Song for You/Love in the Ice" peaked at number two on the Oricon charts, marking that single as their highest ranking single of the time. In November of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki collaborated with Koda Kumi to create "LAST ANGEL", which peaked at number two and was the image song for the movie "Resident Evil: Extinction".
2008 marked the start of Dong Bang Shin Ki's supreme rise in Japan. First in January, they released "Purple Line", marking that as not only their first single to peak at number one on the Oricon charts, but the first single to be produced by a non-Japanese band to peak at number one as well as the start of their reign as number one on the Oricon charts and their first single to be created by a non-Japanese staff. Before their amazing reign atop the Oricon charts could begin to rise, they released their third Japanese studio album titled "T" as well as indivdual singles that spelt out T.R.I.C.K (T: Two Hearts/WILD SOUL - Changmin, R: Runaway/MY GIRLFRIEND - Yoochun, I: If...?!/RAINY NIGHT - Junsu, C: Close to You/CRAZY LIFE - Yunho, K: Keyword/MAZE - Jaejoong). Following the release of the T.R.I.C.K singles, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "Beautiful You/千年恋歌" in April, their second single to peak number one on the Oricon charts and the single that broke the twenty four year old record set by Ou-Yang Fei Fei (two singles to peak number one on the charts by a foreign artist). After "Beautiful You/千年恋歌" ", Dong Bang Shin Ki returned to Korea for the 14th Annual Dream Concert on June 7th. Immediately following that concert, they wrapped their Asia tour in Beijing. Returning back to Japan, they released "どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？", their third single to peak at number one the Oricon charts and the single that made them the first non-Japanese artist to have three consecutive singles peak at number one. Following that release, they performed at Avex Trax's 20th Anniversary meeting and A-Nation '08. In August of 2008, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned back to Korea to take part in SMTown '08 alongside BoA, 천상지희 The Grace, 張力尹, 소녀시대, SHINee and Super Junior.
They released the fourth Korean studio album titled "Mirotic", another chart topping Korean album with 502,837 copies sold and earning them another record for the first Korean album in six years to sell more than 500,000 copies. In October, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned to the Japanese Pop scene with "呪文 -MIROTIC- ", the Japanese counterpart of the title single to their fourth Korean album. "呪文 -MIROTIC- " peaked number one, causing Dong Bang Shin Ki to destroy their previous record with four single to peak number one. Dong Bang Shin Ki then attended Kouhaku Uta Gassen Music Festival on New Year's Eve, making them the first Korean group to attend.
Tohoshinki's twenty-fifth single, "Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky/忘れないで", released on January 21, 2009 was yet another single that peaked number one atop the Oricon charts, making them the first foreign artist to have five consecutive number one singles and the song "Bolero" was used theme song for the Japanese movie, "Subaru". In March, they released "Survivor", this single peaked at number three and subsequently ended their amazing number one reign. "Survivor" was succeeded by the release of their fourth Japanese studio album, "The Secret Code", which debuted at number two on the charts and thus, they embarked on their fourth live tour: Dong Bang Shin Ki 4th Live Tour 2009: The Secret Code to help support the album. Dong Bang Shin Ki 4th Live Tour 2009: The Secret Code ended in the Tokyo Dome, making them the first Korean group to perform on that stage. In April, they released "Share the World/ウィーアー!", another one of their singles that peaked number one and extended their record to six number one singles(not consecutive). In July, they released "Stand By U" and debuted at number two on the charts. On September 30, 2009, Jejung and Yuchun came together to produce the single "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~/Shelter". "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~" was composed and written by Yuchun and Jejung, while "Shelter" was also composed and written by Yuchun and Jejung with the help of Junsu. "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~/Shelter" debuted at number one and therefore making Dong Bang Shin Ki the first non-Japanese artists to have seven singles top the Oricon charts. As of March 24, 2010, Dong Bang Shin Ki has released yet another single, "時ヲ止メテ", a slow ballad song that was originally featured in a CF for the cosmetics brand Menard as well as TOHOSHINKI THE LIVE 2009.
After conflicts with the lawsuit filed by three of the members (Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu) against SM Entertainment, on April 3, 2010, Avex announced that TVXQ would be ceasing all of their Japanese activities for the time being and that it would focus on helping each member with their solo activities. It was later announced in early May 2010 that the three members of TVXQ would appear as a subunit in the Thanksgiving Live in Dome concert in Japan. The three-member group was announced by Rhythm Zone and would be called JYJ, representing the first letter of each of their names.
On November 23, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that TVXQ would be returning by now as a duo consisting of Changmin and Yunho and have their comeback in Korea in early 2011. On November 24, 2010, Avex Entertainment, as well as SM Entertainment Japan, released a statement about the renewal of contracts of SM artists signed to Avex. The special edition of TVXQ's newest album, Keep Your Head Down, was released in South Korea on January 5, 2011 and their single 왜 (Keep Your Head Down) was released by Avex Trax in Japan on January 26, 2011.
Current Members
U-Know Yunho 유노윤호/ユンホ
Birthday: 1986.02.06
Height: 184cm
Weight: 66kg
Blood type: A
Max Changmin 최강창민/チャンミン
Birthday: 1988.02.18
Height: 186cm
Weight: 61kg
Blood type: B
Former Members
Hero Jaejoong 영웅재중/ジェジュン
Birthday: 1986.01.26
Height: 178cm
Weight: 63kg
Blood type: O
Micky Yoochun 믹키유천/ユチュン
Birthday: 1986.06.04
Height: 180cm
Weight: 64kg
Blood type: O
Xiah Junsu 시아준수/ジュンス
Birthday: 1986.12.15
Registered Birthday: 1987.01.01
Height: 178cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood type: B
믿어요
동방신기 Lyrics
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I'll give all my love to you
Please trust me, ah woo
믿어요
첫눈에 반한다는 말을 믿어요
그대에겐 아니라고 말했지만 (yeah)
나를 경솔하게 바라볼까봐
사실 난
그대를 처음봤던 그 순간부터
온종일 그대생각에 살았었죠
아침에 눈뜨고 잠들 때까지
한 생각뿐이었죠
I believe in you
그댈 바라보는 이 시선가득
내가 갖고 있는
그댈 향한 마음 모두 담아 보내리
너무 쉽게 들키고
싶지않은 내 마음 알고있나요
그대 나를 훌쩍 떠나버릴것만
같은 두려움까지
그대
사랑은 가슴이 메일 듯한 설레임처럼
그렇게 숨막히는 그리움처럼
항상 변함없는 시선을 줘요
언제나 지금처럼
조금만
내가 마음을 놓을 수 있을만큼만
그대를 바라볼 수 있을만큼만 hoo
나의 가까이에 머무른다면 oh
한없이 기쁘겠죠
I believe in you
그댈 바라보는 이 시선가득
내가 갖고 있는 그댈
향한 마음 모두 담아 보내리
너무 쉽게 들키고 싶지 않은
내 마음 알고 있나요
그대 나를 훌쩍 떠나버릴것만 같은
두려움까지
그대
이렇게 그대 곁에 있는다면
결국엔 아무것도 모른다면
얼마나 내가 그댈 사랑했는지
I believe in you
그댈 바라보는 이 시선가득
내가 갖고 있는 그댈
향한 마음 모두 담아 보내리 (담아 보내리)
너무 쉽게 들키고 싶지 않은
내 마음 알고 있나요
그대 나를 훌쩍 떠나버릴것만 같은
두려움까지
I can't let you go, oh no, oh yeah
You are the only one in my life
The lyrics to 동방신기's song "믿어요" (Believe in You) express a plea for trust in a relationship and the depth of the singer's love. The song begins with the singer vowing to prove the realness of their love and promising to give their all to their partner. They ask for trust and assurance.
The chorus, "믿어요" (Believe in You), emphasizes the importance of trust. The singer reveals that although they initially denied falling in love at first sight, they have been hiding their feelings out of fear of being perceived as reckless. From the moment they first saw their partner, thoughts of them consumed their entire day, from waking up in the morning until falling asleep at night.
The second verse solidifies the singer's belief in their partner. The lyrics describe the intense gaze and unwavering attention they have for their partner. They express a desire to convey all their feelings and emotions towards their partner. There is a fear of being easily caught or exposed, and the singer wonders if their partner understands the depth of their fear, including the possibility of their partner leaving them.
The bridge continues to highlight the all-consuming and overwhelming nature of love. Love is characterized as a heart-racing excitement and a suffocating longing. The singer requests their partner to always give them the same unfaltering attention, just like they do now.
In the final chorus, the singer reiterates their belief in their partner and their commitment to express all their feelings toward them. They express a fear of being easily exposed and a worry that their partner might leave them abruptly. The lyrics express a desperation to hold onto the love they have and underscore how their partner is the only person in their life.
Overall, the song portrays the singer as deeply in love and desperately seeking trust and assurance from their partner. They long for their love to be reciprocated fully and fear losing the one person who holds their heart.
Line by Line Meaning
믿어요
I believe
첫눈에 반한다는 말을 믿어요
I believe in love at first sight
그대에겐 아니라고 말했지만 (yeah)
Although I said it wasn't for you (yeah)
나를 경솔하게 바라볼까봐
I didn't want you to look at me recklessly
감춰왔을 뿐이죠
I've just been hiding it
사실 난
Actually, I
그대를 처음봤던 그 순간부터
From the moment I first saw you
온종일 그대생각에 살았었죠
I've been living with thoughts of you all day long
아침에 눈뜨고 잠들 때까지
From the moment I wake up until I fall asleep
한 생각뿐이었죠
It's been a single thought
I believe in you
I believe in you
그댈 바라보는 이 시선가득
This gaze full of looking at you
내가 갖고 있는
I have
그댈 향한 마음 모두 담아 보내리
I will send all my heart towards you
너무 쉽게 들키고
I don't want to get caught too easily
싶지않은 내 마음 알고있나요
Do you know my heart that doesn't want to be revealed?
그대 나를 훌쩍 떠나버릴것만
Only if you will leave me in a snap
같은 두려움까지
Even the same fear
사랑은 가슴이 메일 듯한 설레임처럼
Love is like an overflowing excitement in the heart
그렇게 숨막히는 그리움처럼
Like an overwhelming longing
항상 변함없는 시선을 줘요
I always give you an unwavering gaze
언제나 지금처럼
Always, just like now
조금만
Just a little
내가 마음을 놓을 수 있을만큼만
Just enough for me to let my heart go
그대를 바라볼 수 있을만큼만 hoo
Just enough for me to be able to look at you, hoo
나의 가까이에 머무른다면 oh
If you stay close to me, oh
한없이 기쁘겠죠
I would be endlessly happy
이렇게 그대 곁에 있는다면
If I am by your side like this
결국엔 아무것도 모른다면
If in the end I don't know anything else
얼마나 내가 그댈 사랑했는지
How much I loved you
I can't let you go, oh no, oh yeah
I can't let you go, oh no, oh yeah
You are the only one in my life
You are the only one in my life
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Chang Hyun Park
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
공일공공일공공공공일일공일공공일
1년만에 다시왔다…
23년에도 듣는사람?
그냥…너무 완벽함 구동방
명곡은 지금 들어도 명곡임
해킹하지 마세요
진짜 초딩시절 가수에 관심없던 나도 알 정도의 인기였는데 요즘노래들 스테이씨빼고 답없어서 찾아보는데 동방신기형들보다 대단한 그룹이 없어!! 비투비형들도 물론 전원 메인보컬이지만 뭔가 느낌이 다름!!!
루드
미로로 시작해서 믿어요로 끝나는 오방신기;;;
Like This Love
23년 남팬 찍고 갑니다
고양이의낙원
20년 지나서 봐도 얼굴까지 싹 다 콘텐츠임;;
HJ K
와 진짜 가사 오진다. 순수하고 너무 예쁘다
피즈치자
진짜 전성기의 동방신기가 완벽한 아이돌이긴 했지...이런 동방신기를 만든 SM의 기획력이 오지긴했다 영감탱...
maron
どんなに歌の上手いアイドルがでてきて
ダンスも顔もよくても
この５人には絶対に勝てない
歌の上手い下手じゃない個々の声のバランスがここまで完璧なグループは今までも見たことないし出てこない
뇽안
10년이 지난 지금까지도 동방신기같은 아이돌을 찾을 수가 없다
말하자면
h.o.t가 더 대단했단다