Lim Young-woong set fire to his solo career on May 2, releasing his first full-length album, "IM Heroes". 'I'm Hero' received much attention because Lim Young-woong is the first physical album released since winning 'Mr Trot' and the first regular album after debut. In line with this attention, 'I'm Hero' surpassed 1.1 million copies in the first place and became Million Seller'. This is the fourth solo singer after BTS, Seventeen, and NCT Dream, and Lim Young-woong is the first solo singer.
Notable is that this album is different from the composition of a typical trot album. The title song "Can I Meet Again", which was written by Lee Jae-il and composed by Jung Jae-il, is a ballad genre song. In addition, there are various genres such as hip-hop and dance. Lim Young-woong, who broke the framework of Trotra and boasted a wide spectrum, made him expect more diverse activities in the future.
Yeongtak released his new song 'I'm Going to Eat Overturn' in February. Yeongtak, who showed excellent ability in production before 'Mr Trot', also boasted his production ability by collaborating with Ji Kwang Min composer. Yeongtak, who produced a number of songs including Kim Hie-jae's 'Follow', Jang Min-Ho's 'Reading No Reading', Jung Dong-won's 'Pairing', and Astro MJ's 'Staying', releases his first full-length album 'MMM' on July 4th. Yeongtak participated in the lyrics and compositions of nine songs including the title song 'As a gentleman', and clearly melted his music color.
Kim Ho-joong, who was called up by the social service staff on June 9, went into activity without any rest. Kim Ho-joong, who released a new song "The Lighting Man" for fans on the 18th of the same month, was invited directly to the performance of Placido Domingo, the world's three tenors and the "Emperor of the Opera", and presented a fantastic Duets. In July, he will leave for Italy to collaborate with World popper singers and tenor Andre and Bocelli. Fans are expecting another fantastic Duets as Andrea Bocelli is planning a performance in October.
Lee Chan-won, who said he had grown up his dream of MC since he was a child, went to MC in various programs in 2022. Lee Chan-won proved his ability to proceed with three programs in the first half of the year, including JTBC 'Tokpawon 25 o'clock', MBN 'Back to the Ground' and K Star 'Dowon Chart'. Especially, each program has been harmonized with other characters and cast members without any hesitation, and it has been recognized as a next generation MC.
If Lee Chan-won was recognized for his potential as an MC, Jang Min-Ho proved his potential as an entertainment player. Jang Min-Ho appeared on TV drama 'Good night on Tuesday', 'Dongwona Travel', 'Golf King' as well as KBS 2TV 'The Last Godfather' and MBN 'Mom was pretty'. In 'The Last Godfather', Kim Ki-soo and Kim Ki-soo showed off their unique chemistry, and in 'Golf King', they became an aid ace and proved their various charms.
Jung Dong-won and Kim Hie-jae side by side held out Top Model chapters for acting Jung Dong-won played the role of Koo Jun-pyo, who wandered while dreaming of a rapper as a junior high school student in the ENA channel 'I can not do it'. Jung Dong-won, who showed his first acting but solid acting ability, also threw up the drama Actor brand reputation TOP10. Jung Dong-won, who received a passing score in his first acting, is also dreaming of conquering the screen through the movie 'New Normal'.
Kim Hie-jae also appeared in MBC's Saturday drama 'From now on, Showtime!' Kim Hie-jae played the role of Lee Yong-ryeol, the youngest police officer of a powerful police box, who is a patrol partner of the heroine Goslehae (Jin Ki-ju) in the play and has a sense of justice and a strong personality. Kim Hie-jae melted a variety of aspects from action to romance, making him expect to act as an Actor.