U-Kiss

U-Kiss

is a 6-member Korean boy band under NH Media. They debuted in 2008 with a single album entitled “어리지 않아” (Not Young). Their first single is said to be a fusion of the typical kpop as well as a "dirty south" style which was entirely composed by the Brave Brothers.

U-Kiss is comprised of 6 boys – two of which came from or were former members of another group, Xing (Kevin and Kibum). They are a multi-lingual group allowing them to communicate with fans in Korean, English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

U-Kiss Stands For:
U- Ubiquitous
K- Korean
I- International (Idol)
S- Super
S- Star

This shows their intention of becoming an international group with the member's ability to converse with different languages. Alexander can converse in seven languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English). He has a flair for languages. Eli is articulate in English, Korean and Mandarin and DongHo in Mandarin. Kevin is fluent in English and KiBum can speak Japanese. They are not only ready for Asia, but also for the US and Europe as well.

The newly formed 6-members boyband “U-Kiss” ( which stands for Ubiquitous Korean Idol or International Super Star) debuted under the label-company NH Media. The boys debuted in Japan on the 15th of August at the POWER OF ATAMIX with SS501 and PARAN. Later on they made their first performance in Korea on M!NET MCOUNTDOWN with their first single ‘Not Young’ on the 28th of August. Noticeable members in the group are Kevin Woo and Kim Kibum who used in Xing. The four other members names are Eli, Alexander, Shin Dong Ho and Shin Soo Hyun.

Group U-Kiss is back with their 2nd single album “Bring it back 2 Old School”. They are back with the 90's old school style and they had their comeback stage on SBS Inkigayo on 1st February. ‘I Like You’ the title song off their new single, it is a 80-90's old pop genre and their fashion style of their comeback will be luxury vintage which is popular amongst the young people those days. U-Kiss single album “Bring It Back to Old School” released online on 3rd February.

Other activities

• Kim KiBum and his brother HyungJoon both revealed that they both work together to compose songs.
• U-Kiss member, Kevin has been chosen as the new VJ for Arirang TV's music program ‘Pops In Seoul’ along with Isak because of his fluency in the English language.
• It has been announced that a reality show, titled All About U-Kiss, would be premiering on cable network MNet. The show will last 6 episodes, and is to feature the group in their daily lives, including the interaction between members.