SLANG

"Can't have enough off us don't you, Hello we are SLANG"

**SLANG** (Korean:**속어**; RR:**soger**) is a five member boy group under Wave Music Entertainment . They debuted on November 2, 2037 with their EP "SLANG" with the debut single "SLANG" and a b-side called "FIRE".

The group has become a global sensation breaking records worldwide and becoming a top global artist.

## History

### Pre-Debut:

All the seven members joined Wave Music around 2029 and 2030. Most of the members have an average of 5 to 7 years of training. Members Manto Kondo, and Aaron An are well known as they were partcipants on the survival show I-Land II where both ranked #10 & #9 respectively in the final episode and became members of the project boy group I-LAND which debuted on early 2035 and were active for almost for two years until their disbandment in mid 2037. Koki Matsuaka was a trainee under Wave Music Japan and originally a debut member of the Japanese boy group set to debut under the label but after the cancellation of the debut he was placed as a pre-debut member of an upcoming boy group “SLANG”. Sunghoo Hwa and Ping Huo were both originally meant to be a rapper duo and almost debuted but the CEO demanded them to join the lineup of the next boy group that was set to debut.

### 2037: Debut "SLANG" EP

On August 4, 2037 Epic Music Entertainment announced via official news outlets that their new boy group will be debuting around early November. It was the second boy group debuting under Epic Music after TREX disbandment back in 2035. On September 4, multiple videos showing blurred out guys dancing with a caption “New SLANG” Coming Soon were released. On October 1-7, the members were revealed and on the following day the group name was announced to be “SLANG”. On October 15, multiple billboards in roads, subways stations, and on shopping malls across South Korea popped out with the caption “SLANG THIS NOVEMBER” . Few weeks passed and then on November 2, they released their debut EP "SLANG" with a lead single of the same name which debuted at #33 and peaked at #25 in SK and JP. The single also debuted at #10 on the Billboard Digital Songs Sale Chart and #20 iTunes WW Singles Chart.

### 2038: 1st Single Album "Do You Like" & 1st EP "DOO DOO"

SLANG returned after two months, on February 6, they released 1st Single Album "DO YOU LIKE" with a lead single of the same name and a b-side "HUG ME". Which peaked at #13 & #14 in SK making it its highest debut in K Charts and in JP at #31 & #32. It sold a total of 266K after its first week surpassing their debut single album "SLANG". After almost 8 months they returned back on October 18, with their 1st EP "DOO DOO" which debuted and peaked at #34 in SK making it their lowest charting in K-Charts. Fans believe its due to the heavy competition from bigger known artists but are happy they at least charted top within the top #30 showing the public knows about them.

### 2039: 2nd Single Album "RETURN"& 2nd EP "DRIP"

On February 5, SLANG released their 2nd Single Album "RETURN" which debuted and peaked at #18 in SK. The MV for "RETURN" surpassed 100.0 Million Views after five months making it their highest view MV so far.

August 10th, their company changed their name to Wave Music. In November 1, they released their 2nd EP "DRIP". It debuted at #20 and peaked at #18 SK. The Mv surpassed 100 Million views after three months becoming the second mv of SLANG to do so.

### 2040: 1st Mini Album "FEVER" & 3rd EP "BOOM"

After 2 years after debut, they finally released their 1st Mini Album "FEVER". It debuted and peaked at #29, and leader Aaron An participated in the writing & production of the title track "FEVER". Music video surpassed 150 Million views and has become their highest viewed mv so far. The group then released a K-Tube Vlog Series with a total of 10 episodes called "SLANG TIME". They showed preparations of their latest album release and different games for fans to enjoy.

On September 10th, they released their 3rd EP "BOOM" which debuted at #8 SK and became their 1st top 10 hit album since debut. On November 30th the group took home their first seasonal award since debut with their song "BOOM" for "Best Pop Song" at the Autumn Leaves Music Awards. December 10th, the group held a B-Live where they revealed the group official colors and their fandom name "SLANGERS". Also, members revealed that next year they would have two comebacks including their Japanese debut.

### 2041: 2nd Mini Album "FORMULA" & JAPAN 1st Album "THE SLANG"

On January 10th, their music video for their single "BOOM" surpassed 245 million views and became their highest watched mv so far. Slang released their 2nd Mini Album "FORMULA" on March 1st with their lead single title track "You Can't Love Us". The track debuted at #12 and ended up peaking at #4 SK becoming their 1st Top 5 hit in the country since their debut. Their album ended up selling over 300K copies after its 1st week of release and its MV surpassing 30 Million views.

On June 27th, Wave Music Japan announced the Japanese debut of SLANG to be made on August 1st. On the same day Japanese official accounts were created along with the opening of their JP fanbase site. Also, it was relieved that they would be releasing their 1st JP Album "THE SLANG" containing a total of 8 songs previously released but in Japanese. Pre-Order links became available on June 30th and SLANG JP Showcase will be held on August 12th at the Tokyo Dome. On August 1st, they made their Japanese debut with their 1st JP Album which debuted at #12 in JP. Wave Music Japan announced SLANG 1st Dome tour "THE SLANG" to take place between November 28th until December 10th. Wave Music announced that SLANG has signed an exclusive contract with "Universal Music Group" for their worldwide expansion and US Debut for the upcoming year. At the annual K-Pop Story Music Awards held on December 31st, SLNAG took home the "Artist of the Year" due to their high sales becoming the first boy group under Wave Music to win this prestigious award.

### 2042: 1st Album "POSE", World Tour "THE POSE" & 3rd Mini Album "LEMONADE"

SLANG will be releasing their 1st Album "POSE" containing a total of 10 tracks. Also, Wave Music entertainment has plans to have this album to be supported by three title tracks and from also been released physically it will also be a visual album meaning all the tracks will contain their own music video. "POSE" was released on March 2, 2041. Its title track topped major Korean music charts after release and its album reached a total of 86 #iTunes worldwide making it the highest record set by a Wave Music male group. The group broke a record of their 1wk sales as "POSE" sold over 895K copies on its first week becoming the first Wave Music boy group to do so. On March 7, SLANG made their US TV Debut on the "Tonight Show" as they performed "POSE" for their US fans.

Wave Music announced on July 5th, SLANG 1st World Tour "THE POSE TOUR" which would take place from August 27th, starting at South Korea until December 10th, ending in Tokyo Japan. The tour will be spanning across three months around 10 different continents & over 40 global cites across the globe. On July 6th, all tickets for the tour were sold out becoming the fastest sold out tour for a male group under Wave Music. On August 8, they released their 3rd Mini Album "LEMONADE" with full promotions for only two weeks as they will soon start their world tour. SLANG surpassed a total of 75 Million sales on August 9th, making them the first boy group under Wave Music to do so.

### 2043: 2nd Album "BROKEN", Sub-Unit Debut "MASK", "RYO Solo Debut", "Member departure from the group".

SLANG released their sophomore album "BROKEN" on March 5, 2043. The album went to break multiple records worldwide especially in the US by debuting on at #1 on US BB200 chart and its single "BROKEN" debuting respectively in the HOT 100 at #11 becoming SLANG first single to do so. The album went on to peak at #1 for 10 consecutive weeks becoming one of the longest albums by a non-english to chart for this long this year. SLANG performed in several late night talk shows like "The Tonight Show" , "Live with Jimmy" and others throughout the last week of March. On May 5, SLANG performed at the annual KSBS Dream Concert held at KSPO Dome. On May 27, SLANG reveled their 1st sub-unit "MASK" which members Manto, Aaaron, Sughoon, and Koki will part of it and which will debut in late summer of 2043. On June 5, Wave Music announced the departure of member Minjoon Won after he decided to terminate his exclusive contract with the company. SLANG will now continue as a six member group.

The sub-unit "MASK" made their debut on July 27 with their debut single "ENERGY". The sub-unit debut was a comercial sucess as their song denuted at #1 in all South Korean digital charts and earned the group their 1st #1 with their debut single. Wave Music accounced on October that the group is gearing to release their upcmoing 3rd Album in the upcoming year and that the group will be releasing a pre-release single "OH NO NO" on October 10th. It was announce that member Ryo would be making his solo debut on Ocotber 12th with his debut EP "Don't Lie Lie" which he will be absent from group promotions with SLANG. Wave Music announced that the group had surpassed a total of "100 Million Sales" and "9 Billion Views in their official K-Tube Account" becoming the 1st boy group under the company to surpass this achievement.

### 2044: "World Tour BROKEN" ,"ROLL ROLL" Single, Contract Renewals, & 7th Anniversary Events

Wave Music announced that the group would embark in their second world tour since their last one in almost four years titled "BROKEN World Tour" which is set to promote the group second length album. The tour would start on early February and end until May. Also, the company annouced that the group will be in discussions with the company for their contract renewal as this upcoming November 2,2044 their contract is set to expired. On May 15, SLANG released their 2nd pre-release single "ROLL ROLL" and will start promotions for the song on early July due to the fact their world tour isn't over until the end of May. They will be taking a month of rest and return with full promotions on mid-july for their new single. "ROLL ROLL" ended up debuting at #1 in SK after an hour of its release becoming SLANG fastest song to reach #1. SLANG released a limited edition Vinyl of "ROLL ROLL" on August 28 which sold out within minutes after its release.

Wave Music announced on October 5, that after multiple discussions with all the members of SLANG only four of the six members decided to renew with Wave Music. Members Ping Huo and Koki decided to terminate their exclusive contracts with Wave Music but signed an agreement contract where both will continue to be members of SLANG and WM will oversee their activies as SLNAG members. WM clarified that the group is far from disbanding and will continue as 6 members with two under a special contract. On November 2, SLANG held a special B-Live celebrating their 7th Anniversary as a group via their K-Tube Live and B-Live. SLANG on November 3rd, released a special merchandise for free for their fans and became the 1st kpop boy group to ever done this for their fans. Also, the group announced that they will held a special online concert for free on December 10 via K-Tube Live to as a gift for their fans for being with them for these past seven years.

On December 10, SLANG held their free online concert titled "7SLANG". By the end of the concert all the members thanked their fans and revealed that the group would be releaseing a move documetary showing films of their trainee days and behind the scene footage never seen before on December 25th, available on K-Tube free of charge. Also, they told fans their 3rd Album is coming out soon and to wait for them just a little longer.

### 2045: 3rd Album "CAN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE" & "CLMA World Tour"

SLANG on January 1st, revealed on a series of teasers that there long awaited 3rd Album "CAN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE" was coming out on January 15. On January 15, they released their 3rd Album "CAN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE". The album broke a record of it's first day sales of a total of 6.22 Million units thanks to its two pre-release singles making it the highest sold album by a k-pop boy group on it's first day of release. After a week the album sold a total of 9.56 Million units making it the highest sold album by a k-pop boy group after it's first week after release. The album debuted at #1 over 135 countries on iTunes and debuted at #1 in the US Billboard 200 earning the group their 1st #1 album in the USA.

SLANG on March 5, announced their "CLMA World Tour" to take place from May-September. Tickets were released on March 8 and were sold out in just a matter of minutes. The tour would take place over 48 cites world-wide and over 120 countries. On October 10, it was reported that the group had grossed over $150,000,000 Million dollars in revenues and making SLANG one of the highest grossing tours for a k-pop group. Wave Music announced that the group will be enlisting in their mandatory military service for the next two years but the group won't go until early January of next year. SLANG announced the release a special single titled "See You Later" which was released on December 10th. On December 31st, SLANG won "Artist of the Year" and "Song of the Year".

### 2046-Present: Hiatus & Military Service & Solo Debuts

SLANG officially entered to their mandatory enlistment on January 25,2045 and won't be returning back until January 25,2048. On December 10, it was announced that Ryo had terminated his soloist contract with Wave Music but will still remain a member of **SLANG**. On January 25, 2048 it was announced that all the members of SLANG had returned back from their military service but at the moment the group won't be making a comeback due to the request of all the members as they want to focus on individual activities for the time being. On May 3,2048 it was announced that member Aaron An would be making his solo debut on June 4 by releasing his 1st Mini Album "AARON". On July 8, it was announced that member Sunhoon Hwa would be releasing his 1st Mini Album "HWA" on July 20. On August 23, Ping Huo Zhou signed an exclusive contract with Music Empire in China to oversee his Chinese promotions. On September 4, Ping released his 1st Mini Album "SAUCY". On September 3, Koki announced he had signed an exclusive contract with EMI Japan & CO Entertainment to manage his modeling career. On October 5 he released his 1st Mini Album "KOKI". On October 20, Wave Music Japanannounced that members Manto would be an artist under the label as he would be making his solo debut on November to December respectively. Manto released his 1st Mini Album "M" on November 5 and Ryota released his 1st Mini Album "Mura" on December 11.

On February 1, 2049 SLANG revealed their brand new logo via the group SNS. On February 3, SLANG were announced to be the newest global ambassadors of luxury brand “Louis Vuitton”. On February 20, it was reported that the group had just finished recording their next upcoming project. On March 4, SLANG attended the “Louis Vuitton” Runway Show at the Paris Fashion Week. On April 6, Wave Music confirmed that SLANG would be making their highly awaited return after returning from their military service and after their solo activities with a multiple series of album releases with a set of festivals at the end of it. On May 5,2049 SLANG made their highly awaited comeback as a group after almost three years with the release of their The SLANG FEST: Day 1 with the lead track “Talk That Talk”. On May 10, the group performed on "The Tonight Show". After a week, the album debuted at #1 BB200 Chart and it sold 7.6 Million copies after their 1st week. On June 6, Wave Music announced that SLANG member Sughoon was found unresponsive inside of his car and was rushed to the hospital and later confirmed to be dead. Wave Music expressed their condolences to Sunghoon and their family members. It was announced that the "SLANG FEST" trilogy and the set of festivals tours around the world would be scrapped and canceled. The group would take an undefined hiatus to let the members process and take time to heal from this shocking event.

**SLANG Members**

* Aaron An (아론 안) - Visual, Main Vocalist
* Manto Kondo ( 만토 콘도) - Main Rapper, Lead dancer
* Ryota Murakami (료타 무라카미)- 2nd Visual, Main Vocalist\*\*+
* Ping Huo Zhou (핑 후오 저우)- Lead Rapper, 3rd Visual\*\*
* Koki Matsuaka (코키 마츠카)- Leader, Lead Vocalist\*\*+

\*\* Members are under speical contract

+ Members are under a different label still part of the group

#### Former Members

* Minjoon Won (원민준)- Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist (2038-2043)- Departed group
* Sughoon Hwa (화 석훈)- Main Vocalist, Sub-Dancer (2037-2049) - Died (Committed Suicide)

### Extended Plays

* SLANG (2037)
* DOO DOO (2038)
* BOOM (2040)
* The SLANG FEST: Day 1 (2049)

### Single Albums

* DO YOU LIKE (2038)
* RETURN (2039)

### Mini Albums

* FEVER (2040)
* FORMULA (2041)
* LEMONADE (2042)

### Full Length Albums

* THE SLANG (4041) \*\*
* POSE (2042)
* BROKEN (2043)
* CAN'T LOVE ME ANNYMORE (2045)

### Promotional Singles

* OH NO NO (2043)
* ROLL ROLL (2044)

Repackaged Albums

**Learn more about their discography here** SLANG Discography

## Concerts & Tours

### World Tours

* The Pose World Tour
* The Broken World Tour
* The Slang Festival Tour (Canceled Tour)

## Achievements

* 1st Boy Group under Wave Music to surpass 100 Million Views
* 1st Boy Group under Wave Music to surpass a total of 10 Billion Views
* 1st Boy Group under WM to surpass 100 Million Sales
* 1st Boy Group under WM to surpass 100 Music Show wins
* 1st Boy Group under WM to win "Artist of the Year"
* 1st Boy Group under WM to sell over 3 Million on a single song
* 1st Boy group under Wave to have multiple albums in the top 10 of BB200 Chart

## Official SNS

B-Live: SLANG-LIVE

Twitter: @SLANGOFICIAL & @SLANGJAPAN

Insta: @SLANG\_OFFICIAL

K-Tube: @SLANG\_EM & @SLANGJAPAN

Fancafe: @SLANG\_CAFE & @SLANGJAPAN

## Trivia

* **SLANG** is the second boy group formed by Epic Music Entertainment after TREX
* All the members speak English, Japanese, and Mandarin fluently
* The group debut has being delay since 2035
* Aaron An is close friends with ROSÉ of (Blackheartz)
* All the members participate in the process of the group music production
* Member Minjoon Won left the group on June 5,2043 for unknown reasons.
* Ping Huo Zhou is the 1st Chinese Male Idol to debut under Wave Music Entertainment.