CROWN

Gyungho

Ruji

Seunghoon

**CROWN** (왕관) was a South Korean boy group under FSW Entertainment. Formerly known as (ON THE EDGE). It consist of five members, Jimin, Yusei, Gyungho, Ruji, and Seunghoon. They officially debuted on May 3, 2033 with their first single album "ON THE EDGE" with a lead single of the same name. They won "Rookie of the year" at the annual K-Pop Story Music Awards and are consider to be South Korea hardworking group.

Group re-launched on May 5, 2050 after copyrights of the group name and music were freed from their former agency. The group will be managed by newly established label CW Entertainment which all the members are founders of it.

## History

### Pre-Debut

Woojin Records a subsidary of Epic Music formed by a ex-member "WOOJIN" of girl group FOREVER. Wanted to debut her first group under her newly label. She asked Epic Music Entertainment if they had some trainees available for her to create her new group. They sent her Jimin, Yusei, Gyungho, Ruji, Seunghoon. They trained for another year before their debut in March of 2033.

### 2033- Debut & Rookies of the year

ON THE EDGE debuted on March 3,2033 with their first single album "ON THE EDGE" with the title track of the same name. It peaked at #30 and #45 in Korea and Japan. They had their debut stage in S Countdown and took their 1st Music Show Win. In total they took 7 wins for their debut song. In June, they held charity street performances for meals for homeless people and were praised by K-netz.

In August 23, they returned back with their second single album "I LUV U" with the title track of the same name. It peaked at #10 and #13 in Korea and Japan. Took home 5 Music Show wins. It sold over 1.53 Million Copies. Later in November 17, they returned with their third single album "CAN'T SEE ME" with the title track of the same name. It peaked at #10 and #1 in Korea and Japan. Along, they released an English Version of "Can't See Me". In total it took 9 Music Show Wins. In total it sold over 1.78 Million Copies. In December 31, ON THE EDGE took home the prestigious "Rookie of the Year" at the K-Pop Story Music Awards.

### 2034- Label Changes, Name Change & 1st Mini Album Release

In January 2034, WOOJIN Records annouced that they along with FOREVER Entertainment, and SERZ Label would be merging to form "FSW Entertianment". In February the new label "FSW'' annouced that "ON THE EDGE" would now be renamed to "CROWN" and that they would be making a comeback the following month in March with their 1st Mini Album "GOING AWAY". In March 21, CROWN released their 1st Mini Album "GOING AWAY" which peaked at #6 in Korea and Japan. Took home 8 Music Show wins. It sold over 2.35 Million Copies in total.

CROWN returned in September with their fourth single album "MAKE ME" which peaked at #1 in Korea and Japan. Due to the heavy competition of other major groups under Epic Music Entertainement it dropped to #40 but managed to take 10 Music Show wins.

### 2035- 2nd Mini Album Release & Unexpected Hiatus

In March 13, 2035, CROWN released their 2nd Mini Album "K-LOVER" shortcut for "KILLER LOVER".This was the first time for CROWN to release a full Mini Album of 6 songs compared to their previous mini album which only had four songs. The title track "KILLER LOVER" managed to peak at #2 in Korea and Japan and took home a total 10 Music Show wins. It sold over 3.07 Million Copies in total. Members said that they were happy that the public loved them and their music and promised their fans to return in the fall with new music.

Fall arrived but nothing came out. CROWN fans were desperate for new music and sent mass emails to FSW. But they only responded saying that "CROWN" was preparing for their comeback for November. Fans asked FSW to reveal CROWN official colors, light-stick, and fandom name. FSW ignored their requests. "CROWN" since their comeback in March were only communicating via fans through their BLive accoutns as they didn't had a Fancafe account yet. Trough november and december "CROWN" uploaded dance covers and vlogs to keep their fans at ease.

### 2036: Domestic Breakthrough & EP "GOLD" Release

In April 1, 2035 CROWN returned after a whole year since their comeback back in March 2036 with their 3rd Mini Album "WHO DO YOU LOVE" which peaked at #1 in Korea and JAPAN. It became CROWN 1st #1 album and song in South Korea and Japan. They held a showcase and when to promote for almost two months. In several B-lives they gave apologies to their fans to make them wait for almost a year. They revealed that they had plan to comeback back in November but due to the charts saturation after BLACKHEARTZ 1st Full Album occupying the whole top 12 their company decided to push it back into Early 2036 and wait for the charts tio clear up. They also thanked their fans for their hard work in being able to give CROWN their 1st #1. "WHO DO YOU LOVE" took a total of 12 Music Show wins and their b-side "MORE" took 1 Music Show win.

In November 2036, CROWN retuned with their first EP "GOLD" which peaked at #1 in Korea & Japan. It won tipple crown Inkimana. The members have talked about a possible hiatus in the upcoming year as they will be preparing to release their first korean full album "W:TTE" sometime in 2038. They said that they will release two pre-release singles after their Jp Debut sometime in 2037.

### 2037: 4th Mini Album "SHOOT OUT" & 1st Single "In Your Dreams"

Epic Music Entertainment released their schedule activities for their artists on February 10,2037. Fans were shocked to see CROWN to be there for a return in early May with their 4th Mini Album. On April 5, FSW Entertainment confirmed that CROWN would be making their comeback on May 5, with their 4th Mini Album "SHOOT OUT" and released the pre-order links that same day. On May 5, CROWN released "SHOOT OUT" which automatically topped #2 in SK & JP after release. After a week, their mini album sold about 387K copies after a week making it their highest mini album sold after a week. Crown released their 1st Single "In Your Dreams" as a gift to fans it peaked #3 SK &JP.

### 2038: 5th Mini Album "CRY", Pre-ReleaseSingle "Life Worth Living" & 1st Studio Album "DAMAGE"

On January 5, CROWN released their 5th Mini Album "CRY" with the lead single "Don't Want to Cry" which topped #1 in SK and sold 389K copies its first week. During an interview with KSBS Knowing Bros they revealed that they will be releasing their 1st Full Length Album by end of the year. By March, CROWN reached a total of 100 Music Show wins becoming the first group under FSW to do so. Ahead of their 1st Studio Album release they released a pre-release single "Life Worth Living" which debuted and peaked at #17 SK. CROWN released their long waited 1st Studio Album "DAMAGE" on September 10, with a lead single of the same name which debuted at #16 SK and after its first week it sold over 400K after its first week of release. On November 31, at the annual Autumn Leaves Music Awards CROWN won "Best Hip Pop Song" for their song "DAMAGE" making it their first seasonal award since debut.

### 2039: Sub-Unit Debut "CROWN-SRG",EP "KILLING ME" & "Disbandment"

FSW Entertainment announced on February 5th, that CROWN will be debuting its first sub-unit since debut consisting of members Ruyi, Gyungho, and Seunghoon. April 5th, they made their debut with their debut single album " Like This" which peaked at #1 in SK. CROWN retuned on May 2nd with their second EP "KILLING ME" which debuted at #19 in SK.

FSW Entertainment made an announcement on June 10, that the group contract was terminated a year earlier than schedule May 3, 2040. They apologized to CROWN fans for the sudden disbandment notice and revealed that all the members will remain under FSW as they re-sign an exclusive contract for other things such as a solo debut or acting career. As of now there has not been revealed anything regarding the future of the members but some speculate that all the members from the sub-unit ''CROWN-SRG' will re-debut as a trio-group and the other two members might debut as solo artist if they wish to.

### 2040: All members leaving FSW & Controversy

As of October 2040, it was announced that all the members contract were terminated after the members failed to reach an agreement with FSW regarding their future individual plans. Ruyi via his personal SNS revealed that the group didn't wanted to disband earlier and were planing to keep going but FSW disbanded the group regardless. FSW apparently told all the members that they were still signed under contract for another year and were prohibited from talking about the disbandment and were told to go home and look for other alternatives. Ruyi also mentioned that FSW didn't help the members to look for other routes such as acting or even giving an option to debut solo. Ruyi wishes that his brother group HEAT(열) does not go through with what they went through with FSW.

### 2050: Re-Launch under CW Entertainment

On May 3, 2050 the group opened new SNS accounts. In the same day a letter was released stating, that the group copyright's have been freed from CO Entertainment. Now the group can freely use the group name and start re-promoting together again. They also gave updates to what the members have been doing since disbandment most of them attended college and now are currently working in their new fields. Some of them got married and are expecting their first baby's. They also announced that there are plans for a comeback but at the moment everything is too tight to actually do something. Also, they announced the creation of CW Entertainment which will be completely run by all the members to oversee the group future activities.

On November 10, CROWN introduced their official logo. On November 20, CW Entertainment announced that "CROWN" would be making their long awaited return with their 2nd Digital Single "RE-START". According to CW, RE-START is all about starting a new journey. On December 5, the group released their 2nd Single "RE-START". After a few hours of its release it reached #1 across multiple SK & JP music charts.

## Controversies

FSW Entertainment decided to cut off CROWN career to earlier than expected. After the group gained recognition in the domestic market and was expanding globally. FSW pulled the plug into the group when they decided to disband the group a year earlier before their contract expire. FSW keep all of their members under their roof with false promises of potentially debuting solo or even re-debuting again under a new group. FSW Entertainment is known to do this with their groups and its consider to be one of the most unreliable labels in terms of debuting a group and getting through the first two years without disbanding,

## Achievements

* CROWN became the first idol group under FSW Entertainment to win a total 100 Wins.

## End of career stats

CROWN (May 3, 2033- June 10,2039) Career Stats

## Discography

### Single Albums

* 1st Single Album "ON THE EDGE"
* 2nd Single Album "I LUV YOU"
* 3rd Single Album "CAN'T SEE ME"
* 4th Single Album "MAKE ME"

### Singles

* 1st Single "In Your Dreams"
* 2nd Single "RE-START"

### Extended Plays

* 1st EP "GOLD" (2036)
* 2nd EP "KILLING ME" (2039)

### Mini Albums

* 1st Mini Album "GOING AWAY"

* 2nd Mini Album "K-LOVER" (2035)
* 3rd Mini Album "WHO DO YOU LOVE" (2036)
* 4th Mini Album "SHOOT OUT"" (2037)
* 5th Mini Album "CRY" (2038)

### Promotional Singles / Pre-Release Singles

* Pre-Release Single "Life Worth Living" (July 2038)

### Full Length Albums

* 1st Studio Album "DAMAGE" (September 2038)

## Official SNS

K-tube: CROWN\_OFFICIAL

Twitter: CROWN\_FSW

Instagram: CROWNOFFICIAL

B-LIVE: CROWN\_B-LIVE

## Trivia

* CROWN was originally "ON THE EDGE'
* All members of CROWN were expected to be the second boy group of Epic Music but for some reason they were given given up
* Some of the members of CROWN know all the members of BLACKHEARTZ as they trained together during trainee years
* CROWN was supposed to be a seven member group but was cut down to five
* The group has two Japanese Members, one korean-american, and two full korean members.
* CROWN is known for their bright energy