1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian … Read Full Bio ↴Boa is a name of several artists:
1. South Korean singer
2. Croatian art rock band
3. Chilean power groove metal band
1) A mononym of South Korean singer Kwon Boa / 권보아 [[url=/tag/Hangul]Ko] (b. 5 Nov 1986, in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) - a backronym of 'Beat of Angel' (active in South Korea, Japan & USA). She was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents, when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. In 1998, she signed to SM Entertainment & after two years of training, débuted with “ID; Peace B” ('00). Two years later, she released her Japanese début album, “Listen To My Heart” (Avex Trax). Her USA début was, the single, “Eat You Up” (14 Oct '08, SM Entertainment USA), followed by an English-language début album, “BoA” (17 Mar '09).
Influenced by hip-hop & rnb singers - such as Nelly & Janet Jackson - many of BoA’s songs fall into those genres. As the singer feels she does not “have any talent for writing [songs]”, the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff; for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composing on her own with her Japanese début album Listen to My Heart, in which she co-wrote and composed the song “Nothing’s Gonna Change”.)
BoA’s multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success in South Korea and Japan and her popularity throughout East Asia. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have two million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her début.
2000-02 - Debut: At age eleven, BoA accompanied her older brother to an SM Entertainment talent search. Though her brother was the one who auditioned, SM talent scouts instead took notice of BoA and offered her a contract. Her parents initially opposed the notion of BoA’s leaving school to enter the entertainment business but eventually consented at her brother’s persuasion. BoA underwent two years of training (involving vocal, dance, and Japanese lessons), and at the age of thirteen released her début album ID; Peace B in South Korea on August 25, 2000. The album was moderately successful; it entered the Top 10 of the South Korean charts and sold around 156,000 units. Meanwhile, her Korean record label, SM Entertainment, made arrangements with Japanese label Avex Trax to launch her music career in Japan. In early 2001, BoA released her first mini-album, Don’t Start Now; it sold around 90,000 units. After its release, she took a hiatus from the Korean music industry to focus on the Japanese market at which time she worked to solidify her skills in Japanese.
BoA began her Japanese music career singing at the Avex-owned club Velfarre. In 2001, she released her début Japanese single, a Japanese version of the song, “ID; Peace B” (originally from the eponymous album). The single reached #20 on the Oricon chart and was followed by “Amazing Kiss”, “Kimochi wa Tsutawaru” (気持ちはつたわる), and “Listen to My Heart”; the last became the singer’s first single to enter the Oricon’s Top Five. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, BoA recorded the charity single “The Meaning of Peace” with Kumi Koda (倖田來未) as part of Avex’s Song Nation project to raise funds for charity. Her début Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, was released on March 13, 2002. The album was a breakthrough in BoA’s career: it became an RIAJ-certified million-seller and debuted atop the Oricon, making it the first album by a Korean artist to reach the top. A single, “Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi” (Every Heart -ミンナノキモチ-), was released on the same day as the album. After the release of Listen to My Heart, BoA released her second Korean studio album, No.1, a month later. The album sold around 544,000 units and became the fourth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea. Jumping into the World (a Japanese re-release of the mini-album Don’t Start Now) and the Japanese single “Don’t Start Now” were released a month later on the same day.
2003-05 - Commercial Success: BoA then released her seventh single “Valenti”. It became a Top Five single for the artist, peaking at the number-two position on the Oricon. BoA released two more singles “Kiseki / No.1” and “Jewel Song / Beside You: Boku o Yobu Koe”, both which also peaked at the number-three position. At the end of the year, BoA released her second Korean mini-album Miracle.
BoA’s second Japanese studio album, Valenti (2003), became her best-selling album, with over 1,249,000 copies sold. In support of the album, BoA launched BoA 1st Live Tour Valenti, her first Japanese concert tour. Later that year, she released two Korean albums, Atlantis Princess and the mini-album Shine We Are!. The former was the fifth-best-selling South Korean record of the year with around 345,000 units sold; the latter sold around 58,000 units and was the fifty-second-best-selling record. Her third Japanese studio album, Love & Honesty (2004) was a musical “change in direction”: it contained a rock-dance song (“Rock with You”) and “harder” R&B. Though the album failed to match Valenti in sales, it topped the Oricon chart for two weeks and became RIAJ-certified triple-platinum. In support of the album, BoA held a tour, Live Concert Tour 2004: Love & Honesty. In contrast with 1st Live Tour, which “emphasized exotic Asian design”, the Love & Honesty tour had an “outer-space, sci-fi” theme; among the props were a three-story-high space ship and the robot Asimo. The tour, which started in Saitama and ended in Yokohama, spanned nine performances and attracted about 105,000 attendants. Her first compilation album, Best of Soul (2005), however, sold over a million copies, making BoA the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan.
BoA reinvented her image on her fourth Korean album, My Name (2004); she left the “cute” and “youthful” style that had characterized earlier years and presented herself as “sexy” and “sultry”. The album was the beginning of a foray into the Chinese market and contained two songs sung in Mandarin Chinese.The sales of BoA’s Korean albums began to decline: the album sold 191,000 units and became the eleventh-best-selling South Korean album of the year. Her fifth Korean album, Girls on Top, continued her image change. The album portrayed the singer as more “mature and self-confident” and was a “declaration of war on male chauvinism”; the “bohemian” look of the cover photograph represented “freedom and depth”, while music videos and album photographs that portrayed BoA in traditional Korean dress brought the “idea of Korean womanhood” into her music. The album also continued BoA’s foray into the Chinese market and, like the previous album, contained Mandarin Chinese songs. The album sold less than the previous album; it was the fourteenth-best-selling record of the year in South Korea with 113,000 units sold.
2006-08 - Sales Decline: In 2006, BoA was mostly inactive in South Korea as she focused her attention on Japan; however, on September 21, 2006, she released her first digital single in Korea, a Korean version of “Key of Heart”. Her fourth Japanese studio album, Outgrow, was released on February 15, 2006. The limited CD+DVD edition of the album contained music videos of the album’s singles and a password to access a special version of the official website. The album reached the number-one spot on the Oricon chart for its first week of release, making it her fourth consecutive Japanese album to do so. It had low début sales, however; with 220,000 copies sold, it became her lowest-selling first-week début for a studio album at that point. “Do the Motion”, the first single from the album, reached the top spot, making her the fourth non-Japanese Asian to have a number-one single on the Oricon charts. “Merry Christmas from BoA” (2005), the album’s last single, was the singer’s first digital single. In support of Outgrow, BoA launched a special Zepp tour, B0A The Live, on September 29, 2006. The tour, which lasted until October 29, started from Nagoya and contained twelve shows, two in each of the following cities: Nagoya, Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo, Sendai, and Sapporo. She staged her first Christmas concert on December 7, 2006.
BoA’s fifth Japanese studio album, Made in Twenty (20) (2007), continued her transition from a “teenage girl” image to a more mature image. The album, which contained R&B and dance songs as well as ballads, debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making the album her sixth in a row to do so. She began using a personal computer for composing one of the songs (“No More Make Me Sick”). On March 31, 2007, she launched a nationwide tour of Japan in support of the album. The tour, which sold about 70,000 tickets, was, according to BoA, “the biggest concert” she had ever given. Two tracks from the singles of Made in Twenty (20) were used as theme songs; “Your Color”, from the single “Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color” (2006), was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese release of the Xbox 360 game Ninety-Nine Nights. “Key of Heart”, from the single “Key of Heart / Dotch” (2006), was the ending theme for the Japanese release of the movie Over the Hedge. She also released an English version of “Key of Heart”, which was only available on the first press edition of the single. Later in 2007, Anycall (a Samsung brand) signed BoA, Xiah (of TVXQ), Tablo (of Epik High), and jazz pianist Jin Bora onto “Anyban”, a band created specifically to promote Anycall. The band released the single, “TPL (Talk, Play, Love)”.
With her sixth Japanese album, The Face(2008), BoA took more creative control over her music. At this time, BoA was influenced by electro-pop. Additionally, BoA included “happy spring” songs (the lead single “Sweet Impact” and its B-side, “Bad Drive”), a guitar-driven “groovy dance” song (2007’s “Lose Your Mind”), and ballads. Lyrically, BoA focused mainly on love, though “Be with You.” (2008) was about a person’s relationship with their dog. The album debuted at the top of the weekly Oricon charts, making BoA one of only two artists in Japan to have six consecutive studio albums top the Oricon weekly charts (the other is Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ), who has eight consecutive number-one albums).
2008-now - USA Foray: On 2 Sept' 08, SM Entertainment announced that BoA would make her American début under a new subsidiary label, SM Entertainment USA. A press conference was held on September 10, 2008 at the Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel to clarify the details of her American début. BoA’s début American single “Eat You Up” was released online on October 21, 2008; The physical single was to be released in stores on November 11, 2008, but SM instead released a promotional CD containing dance remixes of “Eat You Up”. “Eat You Up” became a number-one Breakout on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The remix of “Eat You Up” featuring rapper Flo Rida and was slated for release in late November and leaked onto the internet in December. BoA performed “Eat You Up” as well as other songs at YouTube’s Tokyo Live concert, and performed in New York City on December 3, 2008, as well as the Jingle Ball at the Anaheim Honda Center on December 6, 2008. She also performed the song “Look Who’s Talking” at the event.
BoA released a triple-A-side single on February 18, 2009, “Eien/Universe/Believe in Love”. On the same day, the Ravex single “Believe in Love” was released, featuring vocals by BoA. Her second compilation album, Best & USA was released on March 18. The album will be released in a two-disc or one-disc edition. The former will contain one disc with Japanese songs and one with her début American album; the latter has fourteen Japanese songs and two songs from her American début album. BoA’s self-titled English album was released on March 17. BoA headlined as a performer for the San Francisco Pride Festival on June 28, 2009 alongside Solange Knowles and The Cliks. She debuted her next single “Energetic”, performing it for the first time in public. She also performed “Eat You Up” and “I Did It for Love (feat. Sean Garrett).
On August 31, SM USA released BoA Deluxe, the repackaged version of her début English album. The album contained two new tracks and the radio edit version of “Energetic”. After the release of BoA Deluxe, BoA went back to the Japanese market releasing a new single entitled “Bump Bump!” (October 2009), which features label-mate Verbal from [aritst]M-Flo. Following the release of “Bump Bump!”, BoA released “Mamoritai: White Wishes” (まもりたい ~White Wishes~) (December 2009) and she held a Christmas concert in December. Her seventh Japanese album, Identity was released on February 10, 2010.
On March 1, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that BoA will make a comeback in South Korea for her 10th début anniversary which is going to be on August 25, 2010 and is going to release a full-length Korean album five years after her Girls on Top album in 2005.
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2) A Croatian art rock band which was especially prominent during the 1980s. The band formed in Zagreb, then SR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members, Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest from classical music to rock music, inspired by art-rock acts such as Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, David Bowie, Roxy Music and Peter Gabriel.
The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line-up consisted of: Mladen Puljiz (keyboards, vocals), Slavko Remenarić (guitar), Igor Šoštarić (drums) and Damir Košpić (bass guitar). The band moved towards the then actual New Romantic sound and fashion and after the release of their debut album for Suzy in 1981, they were voted by the readers of the prominent Yugoslav musical magazine Džuboks as the best upcoming act of the year.
Their next album Ritam strasti (Rhythm of passion) followed by around hundred concerts around former Yugoslavia brought them even higher popularity. Despite the fact that their next album Govor tjela (Body language) included some successful hits, the band fell into creative crisis and thus the group halted its activities until 1989 when the group got a new rhythm section consisted of the drummer Paolo Sfeci (former member of Aerodrom and Parni valjak) and the bass player Zvonimir Bučević (prominent session musician).
In 1990 the band released the album Prvi Val (First Wave), and performed as a support act of David Bowie's concert at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb in front of over 50000 people. Two years after, they released the compilation album 81-92 featuring live performances and studio recordings with new arrangements. The CD also included the song Zemlja, which was recorded in 1991 for the Rock za Hrvatsku (Rock for Croatia) music project tributed to the Croatian War of Independence. In 1993, a new member of the group is the keyboard player Gojko Tomljanović. In the next year they release the CD Kraj detinjstva (End of Childhood) featuring guest appearances by prominent artists such as: Josipa Lisac, Dino Dvornik and Vanna. The feature song Kao mir (Like peace), a duet with Jospia Lisac was nominated in two categories for the prestigious Croatian music award Porin.
In 2002 Croatia Records released the integral versions of the two first albums on CD, which was awarded with Porin in the Re-release of the year category. Following this succes, the band also released a compilation featuring songs from their third and fourth album in 2004 under the title Kao nekad (Like in the old days). All of the songs were remastered and in some of them the authors modified the arrangements. The CD also contains bonus tracks such as Boa Constrictor, an experimental instrumental, which includes sound effect that Puljiz i Remenarić recorded back in 1974 on their old Grundig 2-track open-reel tape recorder.
The group is still active.
3) A Chilean power groove metal band formed by guitarist / producer Gerhard Wolleter with the idea to just have fun and play live but with the intention to deliver the maximum power and intensity as possible incorporating power Latin grooves and mixing them with thrash metal to put a fresh and original style to a trend that is repeating it self over and over again. Gerhard ask long time friend Gustavo¨Horse¨Romero to join him in the project as a singer and a bass player, the music and lyrics for 9 songs were all ready written by Gerhard as well as the impossible drum parts also composed by Wolleter.
MOTO
Boa Lyrics
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Everyday, anytime, anywhere
Geu jeo ga da ri gin shwip ji man, i say gi hwe eui key reul jap a
(nae an eui) eo din ga e seo
(jeon hae jyeo o neun) neu ggim man eu ro (just a little bit)
Dal lyeo ga cha jeul geo ya chwe dae han eui sok do ro
Wanna get time for watching you (at) intersection, telling you what
Ri deum so ge crazy move gam chweo watt deon neo eui ggum
Try motorway 065! ji geum i gil lo watching you
Hom dong so ge (ah! ah!) dan ji nae gen neo bbun ya
Mu mo han deut hae do nal mat gyeo bol geo ya in saeng so ge han beon jjeum cha ja o neun geol
Shi jak dwe eo beo rin racing mu nan han shi ja geun a ni ya
Jam ggan i ra go man mi deo bwa jeol dae neo reul no chi ji an a
(nae an eui) eo din ga e seo
(jeon hae jyeo o neun) neu ggim man eu ro (just a little bit)
Dal lyeo ga cha jeul geo ya chwe dae han eui sok do ro
Eo di ra do nae ge heo rak dwen gil wi ro eo ji reo un shi gan so geul nan ji na chyeo
He maen da go neun ga ji ma (gal go seul mo reul bbun i ji man)
Ji geum nae ga nu gun ji mu eo seul weon ha neun ji
I je wa seo meom chu ji ma i go se gga ji watt da myeon
'cause i feel like (ah! ah!) na eui ggeu ti neo ni gga
Wanna get time for watching you (ddo da reun gi reun chat go ship eo)
Ri deum i heu reu neun go se seo oh! jeon yul ma jeo neu ggyeo bwa
Mo reun cheok ggu mi ji neun ma (gam chweo bwa do so yong eob seo)
Jin shil han ma eum man i yeong weon eui serenade
Try neol hyang han mom jit gwa son ggeu ti jeon han message
Da jul geo ya na eui ggeu ti neo ra myeon
Wanna get time for watching you (at) intersection, telling you what
Ri deum so ge crazy move gam chweo watt deon neo eui ggum
Try motorway 065! ji geum i gil lo watching you
Hom dong so ge (ah! ah!) dan ji nae gen neo bbun ya
Wanna get time for watching you!
The song “MOTO” by Boa is a catchy pop song about the strong desire to be with someone and to watch them all the time. The chorus repeats the line “Wanna get time for watching you” which is about the singer’s intense desire to be with the person they are interested in. The lyrics talk about their everyday life and how wherever they go, the person they are interested in is always on their mind. They are constantly trying to get closer to them and find any opportunity to watch and be with them.
The song also features themes of racing and speed which are used metaphorically to represent the fast-paced feelings of love and excitement. There is a line that says “I feel like I’m racing, you’re the finish line” which expresses the urgency and excitement of wanting to be with this person. The song also talks about the singer’s dreams and how they see the object of their affection in them.
Overall, the song is about the intense feelings of desire and infatuation that come with falling in love. The fast-paced beat and fun lyrics make it an upbeat and enjoyable song to listen to.
Line by Line Meaning
Beol sseo meom chweo beo rin geo ya?
Are you hesitating?
Everyday, anytime, anywhere
I want to see you every day, at any time and any place
Geu jeo ga da ri gin shwip ji man, i say gi hwe eui key reul jap a
Even though you're somewhere far away, I want to grab your attention and hold it with my charm
(nae an eui) eo din ga e seo
I'm trapped inside my place
(jeon hae jyeo o neun) neu ggim man eu ro (just a little bit)
I can only feel a faint hope
Dal lyeo ga cha jeul geo ya chwe dae han eui sok do ro
I want to dance and enjoy the moment with you
Kiss ha go peun lips an gyeo bo go ship eun pum gwa ja seok ga teun ggeul lim so geu ro bba jyeo
I feel like embracing you and feeling your soft lips without being able to do so
Wanna get time for watching you (at) intersection, telling you what
I want to spend time watching you at the intersection, and tell you how I feel
Ri deum so ge crazy move gam chweo watt deon neo eui ggum
Your dream that you aimed for with all your might, a crazy move
Try motorway 065! ji geum i gil lo watching you
Try motorway 065! I'm watching you on this road right now
Hom dong so ge (ah! ah!) dan ji nae gen neo bbun ya
Even with all the traffic noise, I can still hear only you in my heart
Mu mo han deut hae do nal mat gyeo bol geo ya in saeng so ge han beon jjeum cha ja o neun geol
Though it may not be clear right now, I will meet you in this life once again
Shi jak dwe eo beo rin racing mu nan han shi ja geun a ni ya
Just like the start of a race, I'm the one and only racer
Jam ggan i ra go man mi deo bwa jeol dae neo reul no chi ji an a
Look at me a little more attentively, don't miss me
Eo di ra do nae ge heo rak dwen gil wi ro eo ji reo un shi gan so geul nan ji na chyeo
No matter where you are, I'll follow you in the direction you've set for yourself
He maen da go neun ga ji ma (gal go seul mo reul bbun i ji man)
Don't give up on what you want (even though the path may be difficult)
Ji geum nae ga nu gun ji mu eo seul weon ha neun ji
Right now, I don't have much to offer you
I je wa seo meom chu ji ma i go se gga ji watt da myeon
Don't stop here right now, if you keep going you'll find something
'cause i feel like (ah! ah!) na eui ggeu ti neo ni gga
Because I feel like that thing is you
Wanna get time for watching you (ddo da reun gi reun chat go ship eo)
I want to spend more time watching you
Ri deum i heu reu neun go se seo oh! jeon yul ma jeo neu ggyeo bwa
Your dream that seems far away, hold on to it and come closer to me
Mo reun cheok ggu mi ji neun ma (gam chweo bwa do so yong eob seo)
Don't be hesitant anymore (even though you're scared and unsure)
Jin shil han ma eum man i yeong weon eui serenade
This sincere heart is a serenade for eternity
Try neol hyang han mom jit gwa son ggeu ti jeon han message
I'm sending you a message with every move and gesture for you
Da jul geo ya na eui ggeu ti neo ra myeon
I'll give it all to you if that thing is you
Wanna get time for watching you (at) intersection, telling you what
I want to spend time watching you at the intersection, and tell you how I feel
Ri deum so ge crazy move gam chweo watt deon neo eui ggum
Your dream that you aimed for with all your might, a crazy move
Try motorway 065! ji geum i gil lo watching you
Try motorway 065! I'm watching you on this road right now
Hom dong so ge (ah! ah!) dan ji nae gen neo bbun ya
Even with all the traffic noise, I can still hear only you in my heart
Wanna get time for watching you!
I want to spend time watching you
Contributed by Kaelyn R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@lilyyun3063
벌써 멈춰버린 거야?
everyday, anytime, anywhere
그저 기다리긴 쉽지만, I say 기회의 key를 잡아
(내 안의) 어딘가에서 (전해져오는) 느낌만으로 (just a little bit)
달려가 찾을 거야 최대한의 속도로
kiss 하고픈 lips 안겨보고 싶은 품과 자석 같은 끌림 속으로 빠져
Wanna get time for watching you (at) Intersection,(I'm) telling you what
리듬 속에 Crazy Move 감춰왔던 너의 꿈
Try motorway 065! 지금 이 길로 watching you
혼동 속에 (Ah! Ah!) 단지 내겐 너뿐야
무모한 듯해도 날 맡겨 볼 거야, 인생 속에 한번쯤 찾아오는 걸
시작되어버린 racing, 무난한 시작은 아니야
잠깐이라고만 믿어봐, 절대 너를 놓치지 않아
(내 안의) 어딘가에서 (전해져오는) 느낌만으로 (just a little bit a)
달려가 찾을 거야 최대한의 속도로
어디라도 내게 허락된 길 위로 어지러운 시간 속을 난 지나쳐
헤맨다고는 하지 마 (갈 곳을 모를 뿐이지만)
지금 내가 누군지, 무엇을 원하는지
이제 와서 멈추지 마 이곳에 까지 왔다면
'Cause I feel like (Ah! Ah!) 나의 끝이 너니까
Wanna get time for watching you (또 다른 길을 찾고 싶어)
리듬이 흐르는 곳에서 oh! 전율마저 느껴봐
모른 척 꾸미지는 마 (감춰 봐도 소용없어)
진실한 마음만이 영원의 Serenade
Try 널 향한 몸짓과 손끝이 전한 Message
다 줄거야 나의 끝이 너라면
Wanna get time for watching you (at) Intersection,(I'm) telling you what
리듬 속에 Crazy Move 감춰왔던 너의 꿈
Try motorway 065! 지금 이 길로 watching you
혼동 속에 (Ah! Ah!) 단지 내겐 너뿐야
Wanna get time for watching you!
@iruneas
처음 나왔을때 충격을 잊을 수가 없음 ㅜㅜ 벅스 뮤직에서 얼마나 돌려봤는지... 🥹
당시 친구들이 저 배 팔딱 거리는가 따라하다가 배아프다 했는데 ㅋㅋ
@MARIE-ym9ml
보아 노래중 전부 다 좋았지만 특히 진짜 이거 처음 봤을 때 너무 좋았는데 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 지금 한 번 더 해줬으면 좋겠다 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
@danielpark2676
이거좀 리마스터 해주라 스엠님들아
@nataliaputri2887
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@user-pb1qk8cq4w
리메이크요?
@user-djWjrhwjWjrhrhh
@@user-pb1qk8cq4w아니 리마스터요...;;
인스트트랙 보컬트랙 믹싱 마스터링 같은거 리터칭해서 좀 더 최근 퀄로 높히는거요...
@LEE-ot2nc
나 이거 보아 댄스곡중 최애곡임 걸손탑보다도 좋아함
@layerrare1398
개띵곡
@coco_kkomi
이 노래 들으면 내가 뭐든지 할 수 있을것같음ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ뚜시뚜시
@happy-dp9lq
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ다댐뵤 뚜쉬