Unknown Wonders of UP10TION

By: Kailey Schemmel

Overview UP10TION (업텐션: or UP10T) is a 10 member South Korean boy group created under TOP Media in 2015. They were founded on their show  'Masked Rookie King' by the judges, Andy (Shinhwa), Chunji (Teen Top), and Rokhyun and Chanyong (100%). Wooshin was chosen first with his looks related to Park Bo-Gum, Second and Third were Jinhoo and Hwanhee, fourth and fifth was Bitto for having a deep and soulful voice and Kogyeol for having a strong and powerful vocal, sixth and seventh were Kuhn and Sunyoul with their

charming looks and voices, the remaining members are Wei, Gyujin, and Xiao.

Debut They made their official debut in September of 2015 with the mini album Top Secret which featured the track 'So Dangerous' in which lead the album to peak at number 7 on the Gaon Album Chart. They made their official music program debut on September 10 through Mnet's M! Countdown, performing their debut single 'So, Dangerous'. The "So, Dangerous" music video was ranked 9th place in Billboard's Most Viewed K-pop Videos in America for the month of September 2015.

Hiatus and Japanese Debut

In February 2017, UP10TION made their first Japanese debut under Kiss Entertainment. Right after their Japanese Debut, the Face of the group, Wooshin, had to take a hiatus from the group to cope with his psychological condition that had worsened due to allegations of him touching his female co-host, Jeon So-mi, on 'The Show' and although both agencies denied the claims he still did not take part in the group until their 2018 album release.

Extras

Many of the members do their own activities and are a little more relaxed than other groups. Currently members Wei and Wooshin are participating in Produce X 101 and in their recent performance of 'X1-MA' they had both ranked A. Sunyoul is currently putting out covers of him singing English and Korean songs. The other members are winding down from their tour that just ended in North America for their recent album "Laberinto" with the title song 'Blue Rose.