Changmin :
- Birth Name: Lee Chang Min (Hangul: 이창민)
- Birth date: 1 May 1986
- Position: Lead Vocalist
Seulong :
- Birth Name: Im Seulong (Hangul: 임슬옹)
- Birth date: 11 May 1987
- Position: Vocalist
Jinwoon :
- Birth Name: Jung Jinwoon (Hangul: 정진운)
- Birth date: 2 May 1991
- Position: Vocalist
History :
Predebut
Along with the members of 2PM, 2AM appeared on the documentary Hot Blood that was aired on Mnet, documented their rigorous training program of their pre-debut days. Changmin was the only member of One Day to not appear in the documentary because he was serving in the military at that time. Initially, Jinwoon was eliminated on Hot Blood, but he ended up in 2AM due to Daehun's withdrawal from JYPE. JoKwon trained for 2567 days, 10 days past 7 years after joining JYPE.
[edit] 2008-2009 Debut
2AM's first single "This Song" release July 21, 2008 and made their debut performance on July 11, 2008 performing their debut song "이 노래"("This Song")[1].
2AM made a comeback with another single album "Time For Confession" on March 19, 2009 with "친구의 고백" ("Confession Of A Friend") being the title track.
[edit] 2010-Present: 1st Mini-Album
2AM made a comeback with a second album, "죽어도 못 보내" on January 21, 2010 with "죽어도 못 보내" ("Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go") as the promoted track. In the week before the release, JYP Entertainment released a total of four teasers on their Youtube account. Along with a group teaser, the individual shots were based on the seasons. On February 7, 2010, 2AM won their first Mutizen award on Inkigayo since their debut. On February 25, 2010, their second win was on Mnet M!Countdown. They won a second Mutizen on their final day of promotions for "죽어도 못 보내" ("Even If I Die I Can't Let You Go") on March 7, 2010.[2]
2AM revealed on March 5, 2010 through their official home page cuts of their new image. Jo Kwon, Changmin, Seulong, and Jinwoon respectively transformed as a club DJ, an ice hockey player, a biker, and a basketball player for their new 10 minute drama-music video. The repackaged mini-album will feature 4 additional songs, 3 from their first and second singles and one entirely new song titled "잘못했어" ("I Did Wrong"), which would be their promoted track. One representative stated, “The song we’re releasing is something that 2AM has never shown before and is a brand new type of music.”[3] A portion of the song was revealed in the first episode of 2AM's new reality show "2AM DAY" on March 10[4], where the members playfully sing along to it in their car. 4 teasers were released for each member from March 12 to March 14. A leaked version of Part 1 of the music video was released on March 15, having been recorded by camera at 2AM's subway showcase[5]. The album was released on March 18, 2010 and this song won the Mnet M!Countdown on April 1, 2010.
From June 30, 2010 to July 20, 2010, 2AM opened for the Wonder Girls on the second leg of the Wonder Girls World Tour.[6] 2AM is also featured in Made in Wonder Girls[7].
[edit] Other contributions
2AM endorsed up to $1 million for products commercials in early 2010,[8], including Pepsi[9] and BHC Chicken.[10] It was also announced that 2AM would be the new faces of Samsung's "Dugeunduguen Tomorrow" campaign with Kara, succeeding 4Tomorrow in 2009.[11]
In April 2010, they participated in the original soundtrack of drama series Personal Taste with a ballad titled "바보처럼" ("Like A Fool"),[12] which also became a no.1 hit.[13]
2AM were chosen to represent Asia on Listen Up! The Official 2010 Fifa World Cup Album with the song titled "No. 1". The song was digitally released on May 18, 2010.[14]
Member activity outside of the band :
Seulong and Jo Kwon were part of "Dirty Eyed Girls" on an episode of 2PM's reality show "Wild Bunny". The music video became extremely popular.[vague][15] Seulong and Jinwoon make regular appearances as commentators for We Got Married Season II, and Jo Kwon is in a couple on the show with Brown Eyed Girls member Ga In. Seulong debuted as an actor in drama series "Personal Preference", the first episode airing March 31, 2010.[16] In June 2010, Seulong collaborated with IU for the song "잔소리" (Nagging), which reached No.1 on several online music charts.[17]
In 2010 Jo Kwon became a permanent member of Family Outing Season 2[18].
In January 2010, Jo Kwon was diagnosed with an early case of H1N1, but recovered quickly before the illness took effect[19].
2AM's youngest member, Jinwoon, was in 8eight's music video: Goodbye My Love with actress Kim So Eun.
