HEAT(열)

"Hottest in the zone, we are HEAT"

**HEAT** ( Korean: '열'; RR: 'yeol') is a South Korean boy group consisting of six members. Formed by CO-M Entertainment they made their debut in April 11, 2040 with their debut EP "HOT" and its lead single "HOT HOT".

## History

### Pre-Debut:

FSW Entertainment deiced to debut a sub-unit known as COOXL consisting of three members Minsoo, Yuki, and Hinata which all were confirm to be in the official lineup of the new upcoming boy group "HEAT" that FSW was planing to launch.

### 2040-2041: DEBUT EP "HOT", EP "KILLER ZONE", 1ST MINI ALBUM "DARKNESS", 1ST SINGLE "CAN'T GIVE ANY MORE"

In April 11, 2020 "HEAT" made their official debut with their Debut EP "HOT" consisting of three tracks in total and with a lead single titled "HOT HOT". The lead single debuted at #33 SK and peaked at #22. After week the EP sold about 134K units and debuted at #4 Gaon Album Chart and the single debuted at #60 Gaon Digital & Streaming chart. June 20th, released a series of vlogs called "FUN TIME WITH HEAT" consisting of 20 episodes showing different activities and challenges that the members had to perform.

On June 29th, they made their first comeback with their 1st EP "KILLER ZONE" with a lead single of the same name. Its lead single debuted at #15 SK making it their first top 20 hit and after its first week the album sold a total of 178K copies and debuted at #3 Gaon Album charts. After a month of release the MV surpassed 49.9 Million Views and in Sk the single "KILLER ZONE" sold a total of 1 Million Digital copies becoming their first song to reach this. On November 1st, they released their 2nd EP "NIGHT OF DAWN". On November 26th, their song "NIGHT OF DAWN" won "Best Vocal" award earning HEAT their 1st monthly award. At the annual K-Pop Story Music Awards on December 31st, 2041 they won "Rookie of the Year" securing them the "Monster Rookies" nickname.

HEAT via their official sns accounts on February 12th, 2041 reveled their official fandom name "HEATERS" and the group official colors and light-stick. Its light-stick has a flame shape representing the heat of the group swag and charm. The group would continue to be active in their B-Live accounts and keep posting vlogs in their official K-Tube account. On May 5th, they returned back with their 1st Mini Album "DARKNESS" with a lead single of the same name. The single debuted and peaked at #10 in SK becoming their first top ten entry in domestic charts since debut. Their music video for Darkness surpassed 92.2 Million views on August 1st making it their highest watched mv so far. The group released their 1st Single "Can't Give More" on September 9, 2041 ; along with a physical photo book which contained a CD with the instrumental version of the song. On November 10th, official JP sns accounts were opened and the official jp fandom & website were also opened ahead of their upcoming JP debut.

### 2042-2043: JAPANESE DEBUT ALBUM "HEAT", "MULTIPLE RELEASES", & "1ST FULL LENGTH ALBUM HEAT ZONE"

On February 15th, HEAT made their highly anticipated Japanese debut with their 1st JP Mini Album "HEAT" which peaked at #10 in JP. On the same day they held a showcase on Music Hall on Tokyo which was sold out. They also went to promote their lead single on Japanese music shows like Music Station. Their music video surpassed 94 Million views after 2 weeks proving their dominance in the Japanese market. After a successful japan debut they returned back on March 20
Members with their 2nd single "ZOOM ZOOM" which debuted at #5 in SK becoming their 1st top 5 hit and 2nd top 10 hit. Its music video reached 107.3 Million views becoming their 2nd highest viewed mv so far. On May 10, HEAT participated on Snet Kcon Japan and on May 15th on Snet Kcon LA which they promoted their ZOOM ZOOM album. HEAT then continued to release their 2nd Mini Album "DREAM" on June 23. The album peaked at #13 and its single at #30 respectively. The group took a small break until they comeback with their 3rd Single "FIRE DRILL" on December 1st.

On January 20,2043 FSW Entertainment announced that the group will be embarking in their 1st world tour "H:DREAM TOUR" starting on March 10th, in Seoul SK and finishing up on June 31st in Osaka Japan. This tour will have a total of 30 stops across the globe and multiple cities. Tickets for the tour were sold out in just a few hours after release. On February 16, 2043 HEAT relesed their 2nd Japan Mini Album "DREAMLAND" due to their world tour the group would not be promoting this release. FSW Entertainment announced that the group will be releasing a webtoon titled "HEAT WORLD" to be released on August 8,2043. HEAT made their return on October 28 with their long awaited 1st Full Lengh Album "HEAT ZONE" with its lead single "BURNING". The single debuted at #20 in SK due to heavier competition from other big groups. HEAT performed their lead single at the KSBS Dream Concert held on December 1st. On December 12th, they performed at the United K-Pop Wolrd Festival as one of the Headliner artists and on December 31st, they made a surprise perfromance at the K-Pop Story Music Awards.

### 2044-2045: "BOYFRIEND" SINGLE & 2ND MINI ALBUM "MONSTER"

HEAT released their 4th Digital Single "BOYFRIEND" on April 27,2044. The single was a commercial success for the group as it debuted at #3 in SK becoming their 2nd top 5 hit since "ZOOM ZOOM". During their showcase, the members cried in happines to hear that they were in to top 5 in K-charts and promised the public to give them amazing performances during their promotions. HEAT had their comeback stage on Inkimana on April 29 and took home their 50th Music show win in their career. The group earned their 1st #1 hit after their single "BOYFRIEND" rose the charts and ended up peaking at #1. HEAT performed at the "KSBS Music Festival" held on May 5th. FSW Entertainment announced that HEAT would be embarking in another tour "H:HEAT ZONE TOUR" which will be spanning over 35 countires starting from June 10th until October 2nd. Tickets were available for purchase on May 15th and were sold out within hours. June 3, HEAT became the global ambassador of the luxury brand "Versace" and all the members modeling for the brand would be displayed throughout all the Versace stores across the globe. Also, it was announced the exclusive collaboration with HEAT by releasing a limited edition collection called "H:VE" that contains shoes and clothing by Versace. HEAT relased their 2nd Mini Album "MONSTER" on September 9, 2044. Due to their current tour they would not be promoting the album until January of next year. The album debuted at # 3 in SK and ended up peaking at #1 becoming their 2nd #1 hit. On September 11, their music video of BOYFRIEND surppased 200 Million Views becoming their 1st MV do so. Sony Music Korea announced on October 10, that HEAT had signed an exclusive promotion contract with the label and will embark next year into the western market with the help of Sony Music. HEAT attended the KSBS Gayon Dujeon on December 20. On December 31st, they performed at the K-Pop Story Music Awards.

On January 20, E-MART a korean grocery store chain announced that HEAT would become the chain ambassadors and their music would be played at their grocery stores. Also, that they will install small pop-stores in their groceries chains for HEAT fans to buy exclusive merchandise which it's funds will be given to the "Korean Cancer Association" to help people with cancer to get free treatment. Wave Music Japan announced on February 1, that HEAT would be transferred to Sony Music Japan. On the same day, Sony Music JP confirmed the news and revealed that the group will be releasing a new Japanese Album along with a dome tour. HEAT announced on March 30th, that they would be releasing their 3rd JP Mini Album "LOSER" on May 5th. On April 3rd, it was reported that the group had surpassed over 900,000K pre-orders becoming of the highest pre-order albums by a Korean boy group in Japan. Sony Music Japan announced that HEAT would become models for Seven Eleven Japan for their upcoming new commercials. On May 5th, HEAT released their 3rd JP Mini Album "LOSER" whited topped major JP charts and sold around 2.3 Million copies on it's first day after release. HEAT appeared in many Japanese shows to promote their album. On July 6th, it was reported that all members where given a dorm by central Tokyo as they would continue to promote in Japan until the end of the year. Sony Music announced that the group would be releasing their 1st Japan Album titled "HEAT ZONE" on September 3rd. On August 10th, it was announced that the group had supposed over 1 Million pre-orders domestically in Japan for their new JP Album. On September 3rd, the group released their 1st JP Album "HEAT ZONE". On September 5th, it was announced HEAT 1st Dome Tour "JAPAN HEAT ZONE DOME TOUR" which would take place from late October- early December. By September 6, all tickets were sold out. On December 18th, it was announced that HEAT had retuned back from JAPAN after their extensive and lengthy promotions in the country. On December 23, it was announced that HEAT would be releasing a new album on early January.

### 2046-2047:" FEEL LIKE" Mini Album , Sub-Unit "H4" Debut & Contract Renewal

HEAT announced that they would be returning back on January 27th, with their 4th Mini Album "FEEL LIKE". Many fans demanded Wonder Music to postpone the group comeback as they just had an extensive non-stop promotions for several months in Japan but Wonder Music did not respond to fans request. On January 27th, the group released their 4th Mini Album "FEEL LIKE" due to exhaustion from working without a long proper rest in between promotions the group would only promote in one music show for the remainder 3 weeks of promotions and the rest would be conducted via online K-Tube Shows or Virtual International Ones. Wonder Music issued an apology to HEAT publicly for not taking into consideration the group exhaustion. Wonder Music announced on Feb 5th, that HEAT would be taking a temporary hiatus for a well needed break. After a few months of inactivity, on August 4th, it announced that HEAT would debut it's second sub-unit "H4" consisting of members Minsoo, Li Jie,Sosuke, and Hajjon. H4 made their debut on September 5th with their 1st Digital Single "Pyscho Love". HEAT made an appearance on the KSBS Dream Concert on November 26th.

Wonder Music announced that contract negations started with all the members on January 15th. HEAT announced that they would be releasing their 2nd Album "HEAT LOVE" on March 10th. Pre-orders for the album surpassed over 2.0 Million pre-orders worldwide becoming one of their most pre-order albums so far. On March 10th, HEAT released their 2nd Album "HEAT LOVE". On April 11,2047 it was announced that HEAT would renew their exclusive contracts with Wonder Music but all members would enlist in their mandatory military service by the end of the year. Meanwhile, the group would help ln-person fanmeets across the globe and have a world tour. May 3rd, Live Nation announced the "H:LOVE WORD TOUR" which would take place from June 16th-October25th. All tickets were sold out within a few hours after release.

### 2048-Present: Members Solo Debut & Military Service

January 10,2048 CO Entertainment announced that all the members of HEAT would be making their solo debut by end of this year. The fist member to debut solo would be Minsoo with his 1st Single "YOU & I" to be released on February 1st. On February 1st, Minsoo released his 1st Single "YOU & I". On March 3rd, it announced that the next members would be Hinata Fujiwara & Li Jie Liu whom both would make their solo debuts in their home countries Japan & China. On May 3rd, it was announced that Hinata would be releasing his 1st Single " I Want It" on May 15th. Li Jie would also be releasing his 1st Single "Never Me" on May 20th. On July 14th, it was announced that Sosuke would be making his solo debut with his 1st Single "Get Better" on August 5th. On October 3, it was announced that member Yuki would be releasing his 1st Single "I Luv U" on October 11th. On November 5th, it was announced that the final member to debut solo was going to be Hajjon with his 1st Single "Bring It" on December 4th. HEAT was featured on ELLE Korea for the December issue. During their interview with the magazine HEAT talked about this year non-group activities. All the members were grateful to be given the chance to debut solo and release their own piece of work. They also announced that they will soon begin album preparations for a full group comeback next year.

Sony Music Japan announced on February 10th, that HEAT would be releasing the Japanese version of their 2nd Album "HEAT LOVE" on March 10th. On. February 20th, the group released a teaser titled "I am your Undercover". On February 30th, it was announced that HEAT would be releasing their 5th Digital Single "UNDERCOVER" more than two years since the release of their 2nd Album "HEAT LOVE". Many fans protested due to fact that the group didn't had a group comeback in nearly two years and were getting a single instead of a full-length album. CO Entertainment released a statement that due to the fact of the members solo debuts that took all year long the past year the group didn't had enough time to sit down and record a full length album which was planned as their next release. According, all the members of HEAT wanted to release something soon for their fans to enjoy. On March 1st, HEAT revealed the release date for their 5th Single would be on March 24th. On March 10th, HEAT released their 2nd Japan Album "HEAT LOVE". On March 5, the released their 5th Digital Single "UNDERCOVER". On May 5, 2049 CO Entertainment announced that all the members of HEAT would enlist on their mandatory military service and would be placing the group on a Hiatus until their return on May 5, 2052.

On August 10, CO Entertainment announced that the group would be releasing a EP as a gift for their fans. On September 1, HEAT released their 2nd EP "IN THE FUTURE" as a gift for their fans. The EP recorded a total of 2.3 Million sales after week of it's released. The EP debuted in both the US & UK at #1 earning the group their 1st #1 albums in those respective nations.

## Members

* Yuki Murakami -Main Vocalist , Visual
* Li Jie Liu -Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Lead Dancer
* Sosuke Yokoyama -Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper
* Hajjon Soo - Main Vocalist , Lead Rapper
* Hinata Fujiwara - Main Vocalist, Center
* Minsoo Song - Main Vocalist, Leader

## Discography

### Extended Plays

* [HOT] Debut EP
* [KILLER ZONE] The 1st EP
* [IN THE FUTURE] The 2nd EP

### Mini Albums

* [DARKNESS] The 1st Mini Album
* [DREAM] The 2nd Mini Album
* [MONSTER] The 3rd Mini Album

### Singles

* [CAN'T GIVE YOU MORE] 1st Digital Single
* [ZOOM ZOOM] 2nd Digital Single
* [FIRE DRILL] 3rd Digital Single
* [BOYFRIEND] 4th Digital Single
* [UNDERCOVER] 5th Digital Single

### Full Length Albums

* [HEAT ZONE] 1st Full Length Album
* [HEAT LOVE] 2nd Full Length Album

### Japanese Releases

* [HEAT] The 1st Japan Mini Album
* [DREAMLAND] The 2nd Japan Mini Album
* [LOSER} The 3rd Japan Mini Album
* [HEAT ZONE] The 1st Japan Album
* [HEAT LOVE] The 2nd Japan Album

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## Trivia

* HEAT is the second boy group formed by CO-M Entertainment
* The group debuted as a sub-united called COOXL
* Most of the members trained around 4 to 5 years
* The group is known to have great versatility in terms of concepts
* Member Minsoo Song was a pre-debut member of SLANG
* The group was originally co-managed by Wave Music Entertainment until early 2045