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
Balloons
동방신기 Lyrics
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풍선을 타고 날아가는 예쁜 꿈도 꾸었지
노란 풍선이 하늘을 날면
내 마음에도 아름다운 기억들이 생각나
내 어릴 적 꿈은 노란 풍선을 타고
하늘 높이 날으는 사람
그 조그만 꿈을 잊어버리고 산 건
하지만 괴로울 땐 아이처럼 뛰어 놀고 싶어
조그만 나의 꿈들을 풍선에 가득 싣고
지나가버린 어린 시절엔
풍선을 타고 날아가는 예쁜 꿈도 꾸었지
노란 풍선이 하늘을 날면
내 마음에도 아름다운 기억들이 생각나
왜 하늘을 보면 나는 눈물이 날까
그것 조차 알 수 없잖아
왜 어른이 되면 잊어버리게 될까
조그맣던 아이 시절을
때로는 나도 그냥 하늘 높이 날아가고 싶어
잊었던 나의 꿈들과 추억을 가득 싣고
지나가버린 (지나가버린)
어린 시절엔 (어린시절엔)
풍선을 타고 날아가는 예쁜 꿈도 꾸었지
노란 풍선이 하늘을 날면
내 마음에도 아름다운 기억들이 생각나
랄라라라라 세월이 흘러도
랄라라라라 잊어버려도
랄라라라라 우워 노란 풍선에 담을 수 있을까
지나가버린 (지나가버린)
어린 시절엔 (어린시절엔)
풍선을 타고 날아가는 예쁜 꿈도 꾸었지
노란 풍선이 (노란 풍선이)
하늘을 날면 (하늘을 날면)
내 마음에도 아름다운 기억들이 생각나
Balloons is a nostalgic song by the South Korean boy band, TVXQ. The lyrics express the fond memories of childhood dreams, particularly those about riding a yellow balloon and flying high into the sky. The song reminisces about the simple and carefree days, where one only had to worry about flying high with dreams and no other burden of life. The chorus of the song highlights the wonder and beauty of childhood dreams, and how they evoke so many fond memories when they pass by the sky. However, with time, individuals outgrow these dreams and forget them, becoming burdened with the realities of life.
The lyrics also address the struggles of adulthood and how, at times, one desires to go back to the innocence and lightheartedness of childhood. The singer of the song describes how he wishes to fill balloons with his old dreams and memories and release them to the sky. It is a call to relive the euphoria of childhood dreams and to remember the beauty and simple joys of the past. The song's rhythm, tone, and melody add to the messages conveyed by the lyrics, evoking a pure, gentle, and sentimental vibe.
Overall, 'Balloons' is about the yearning for childhood dreams and the simplicity of life, devoid of the pressures of adulthood. It is a reminder to cherish such memories and to revisit them whenever life gets rough.
Line by Line Meaning
지나가버린 어린 시절엔
In my childhood that has passed away
풍선을 타고 날아가는 예쁜 꿈도 꾸었지
I dreamt of flying pretty dreams on balloons
노란 풍선이 하늘을 날면
When a yellow balloon flies in the sky
내 마음에도 아름다운 기억들이 생각나
Beautiful memories come to my mind
내 어릴 적 꿈은 노란 풍선을 타고
My childhood dream was to ride a yellow balloon
하늘 높이 날으는 사람
To be a person flying high in the sky
그 조그만 꿈을 잊어버리고 산 건
What made me forget that small dream is
내가 너무 커버렸을 때
When I grew up too much
하지만 괴로울 땐 아이처럼 뛰어 놀고 싶어
But when I feel miserable, I want to run and play like a kid
조그만 나의 꿈들을 풍선에 가득 싣고
I want to fill the balloons with my small dreams
왜 하늘을 보면 나는 눈물이 날까
Why do tears come to my eyes when I look at the sky
그것 조차 알 수 없잖아
I don't even know that
왜 어른이 되면 잊어버리게 될까
Why do we forget when we become adults
조그맣던 아이 시절을
Our childhood when we were so small
때로는 나도 그냥 하늘 높이 날아가고 싶어
Sometimes I just want to fly high in the sky
잊었던 나의 꿈들과 추억을 가득 싣고
And fill it with my forgotten dreams and memories
라라라라라 세월이 흘러도
La la la la la, even if time goes by
라라라라라 잊어버려도
La la la la la, even if I forget
라라라라라 우워 노란 풍선에 담을 수 있을까
La la la la la, can I put it inside a yellow balloon
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Seong Ho Gim, Du Heon I
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@franz0812
이 노래 스엠 다른가수들이 부르면
보아는 원곡 그대로 불러도 되고
천상지희 소녀시대는 분홍풍선
슈퍼주니어는 파란풍선
샤이니는 초록풍선
에프엑스는 보라풍선
엑소는 회색풍선
레드벨벳은 빨간풍선(정확히는 코랄)
엔시티는 연두풍선
으로 개사해야 할 듯 ㅋㅋㅋ
@drawingrabbit
와...저때는 행복했을텐데......문빈오빠ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
너무 그립다.... 그래도 이노래를 들으면 문빈오빠가 옆에 있어주는것같아ㅠㅠㅠ
그래도 이노래 너무좋다......
근데 동방신기진짜래전드다.....
어떻게 노래를이렇게 잘만드지?
@user-uq2su4hn5r
에스엠이 이태용 발견하고 얼마나 좋아했을지 눈에 선하다 진짜ㅋㅋㅋ 영웅재중이 괜히 이수만 첫사랑이 아니었지...
@user-gs7jw5yq7l
말랑콩떡 인절미 헐 지금 봤는데 넘 똑같아서 소름이예요••
@user-cx8vb3of6n
이태용=영웅재중인가요?
@user-uq2su4hn5r
사람 아뇨 이태용은 엔씨티 멤버 이름입니다. 영웅재중이랑 많이 닮은 것으로 유명한 멤버이기도 합니다.
@user-cx8vb3of6n
@말랑콩떡 인절미 감사합니다!
@onuriganda
태용 님만 아는데 재중 님 찾는 거 X가능이자너 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@ginamu
어릴때 이 뮤비로 본 꼬마아이들의 근황이 궁금했는데 문빈씨가 여기이 뮤비에 나왔다는 사실에 참 반가웠어요 안타까운 소식에 충격이 너무 큽니다. 지금 계신 그 곳에서 부디 편안하고 행복하세요
@user-dn5lw5ci6d
삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다
@Seola_0301
문빈님 노력 많이 하셨죠.. 수아님도 안타깝구요.. 문빈님 편히 그곳에서는 🙏
@songchaeya
이제서야 팬이 된 내가 너무 싫다 좀만 더 일찍 알아봤어야했는데..😢