Busker Busker

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Busker Busker
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Busker Busker in February 2012
Background information
Origin Cheonan, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2011–2013
Labels Chungchun Music, CJ E&M Music
Members Jang Beom-jun
Kim Hyung-tae
Brad Moore

Busker Busker (Hangul: 버스커 버스커) is a South Korean indie band who rose to fame through their runner-up performance in the South Korean music audition television program Superstar K3 on Mnet. The band consists of guitarist and vocalist Jang Beom-jun, bassist Kim Hyung-tae and drummer Brad Moore.

Busker Busker 1st Album and its single "Cherry Blossom Ending" were released in March 2012. The band's six-month contract with CJ E&M came to an end in 2012, and they then joined Chungchun Music, releasing Busker Busker 2nd Album in September 2013. In December 2013, they announced they had temporarily disbanded, and the members have since focused on their solo careers.

Career

Before Superstar K3

The group Busker Busker was founded by the band's guitarist and lead singer, Jang Beom-jun (장범준). His vision was to create a busking art group that focused on street performances and sought to bring an artistic cultural presence to the streets of Korea. His vision included all art mediums, not just music, and he sought to create festivals that would showcase the budding talents of local artists. Members of Busker Busker included university students, mostly from the Cheonan campus of Sangmyung University. Prior to Brad Moore joining the band, the band's name was Pinky Pinky and was only a subset of the total Busker Busker group. The band's drummer had to leave the band in order to keep his compulsory commitment to join the South Korean Army. At that time, Jang and Kim Hyung-tae (김형태) were both university students at Sangmyung University where Moore also worked as an instructor of English. They met and the three became the new bandmates, renaming the band Busker Busker. However, the band was still a loose formation, as many members of the Busker Busker group would rotate in and out of band performances. The Busker Busker group set up multiple performances in the summer of 2011 in a local Cheonan park, which is where the Busker Busker band's fame began to escalate. At the same time, Jang, Kim, and Moore were participating in the Superstar K3 auditions as a trio, because they were the only members of the band that were able to participate in the process. After their auditions aired on TV, the band solidified as a trio.

Participation in Superstar K3

Busker Busker auditioned for the third season of the survival audition show Superstar K. They were eliminated after performing the song "Juliette" with another auditioning group, Togeworl. However, despite only making it to the Top 48 of tryout contestants, it happened that Yeri Band, originally in the Top 10, dropped out.[1] As a result, Busker Busker, along with another band (Haze), were given a second chance to appear on the TV show and signed on to be a part of the show's new Top 11. Busker Busker's first song on the show, "Tokyo Girl", was extremely popular and the band survived the first elimination round. After repeating their previous success, the band managed to avoid elimination. Eventually, only the last three groups remained which included Busker Busker, Ulala Session, and Togeworl. Going into the second-to-last show, the three groups were asked to honor a promise they had made earlier on the show, that if they were to end up in the Top 3 of Superstar K3, they would strip dance. They performed in Hongdae in front of a group of onlookers.[2] After the live performances of the second-to-last show, and the live voting was completed, it was determined that Busker Busker and Ulala Session were to be the final two groups remaining. The last episode of the season was the final competition between the two remaining groups, with Ulala Session taking the top place.[1]

Busker Busker 1st Album and Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album (2012)

The band at the Expo 2012

After the completion of Superstar K3, the group had been highly elusive and took time off from public activities to determine their music direction,[3] in part due to the difficulty the band had communicating and practicing.[4] In addition, while the band was scheduled to take part in a Superstar K3 Top 11 Concert Tour, Moore returned home for the Christmas holidays. As a result, the band temporarily found a new drummer for the concert while Moore traveled to America. After Moore returned on January 12, the band resumed practices in order to prepare and record their first album as a separate entity from the Superstar K3 TV show.[5]

On March 29, 2012, Busker Busker released their first album, which was simply titled Busker Busker 1st Album. All songs on the album were written by Jang, including the lead single "Cherry Blossom Ending". The album quickly became a national sensation, with every song on the album entering the K-Pop Hot 100 and Gaon Digital Chart. The album sold over 50,000 copies during its first three weeks. On June 21, Busker Busker released Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album, which contained music not included in their first album. Some of the songs on this wrap up album were recorded during the first album's preparation, but they were left out as they didn't coincide with the album's spring theme. The new album was again composed and written entirely by Jang.[6] After their "Youth Bus" encore concerts on June 22 and 23, they ceased promotional activities.[7] At the end of the year their first album sold over 136,000 copies.[8] After their six-month contract with CJ E&M Music ended, they joined Chungchun Music.[9][10]

In March 2013, "Cherry Blossom Ending" was called the "carol of spring" as it topped the music charts a year after its release.[11] It charted for the fifth consecutive year in March 2016.

Busker Busker 2nd Album

Following the great success of their first album, Busker Busker released a second album on September 25, 2013. "Love, At First" served as the album's lead single. After promotion ended for their second album, Busker Busker announced they were temporarily disbanding, and have not been active since. Jang debuted as a solo artist in 2014, Kim started the media art studio "PigRabbit" and Moore focused on his Drum-DJ band "Brad Project".[12][13]

Albums

Song List

Superstar K3 Compilation Album

  1. 동경소녀 (김광진)/Tokyo Girl (Kim, Kwangjin) 3:32
  2. Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin) 3:18
  3. 정류장 (패닉)/Bus Stop (Panic) 3:27
  4. 어쩌다 마주친 그대 (송골매)/I Bumped into You (Songolme) 3:20
  5. 막걸리나 (윤종신)/Makkeolina (Yoon, Jongshin) 3:06
  6. 그댄 달라요 (윤종신)/You're different (Yoon, Jongshin) 3:46
  7. I Believe (이수영)/I Believe (Lee, Suyoung) 3:18
  8. 서울사람들/Seoul People 3:26
  9. 너에게 주는 선물 (Superstar K3 TOP11)/A Gift For You (Superstar K3 TOP11) 4:24
  10. 줄리엣 (샤이니)/Juliette (Shinee) 3:29

Busker Busker 1st Album

  1. 봄바람/Spring Wind (Opening Track, instrumental)
  2. 첫사랑/First Love
  3. 여수 밤바다/Yeosu Night Sea
  4. 벚꽃 엔딩/Cherry Blossom Ending (Title Track)
  5. 이상형/Ideal Type (With MV)
  6. 외로움증폭장치 (브래드 드럼 한판 쉬기)/Loneliness Amplifier (Brad takes a break)
  7. 골목길/The Alley (interlude)
  8. 골목길 어귀에서/Entrance Of The Alley
  9. 전활 거네/Calling You
  10. 꽃송이가/The Flower
  11. 향수/Perfume

Busker Busker 1st Wrap Up Album

  1. 그댈 마주하는건 힘들어 (그마힘)/It's Hard To Face You
  2. 네온사인/Neon Sign
  3. 소나기 (주르르루)/Showers
  4. 정말로 사랑한다면/If You Really Love Me (Title Track)
  5. 기다려주세요/Please Wait

Busker Busker 2nd Album

  1. 가을밤/Autumn Night
  2. 잘할 걸/Too Much Regret
  3. 사랑은 타이밍/Love Is Timing
  4. 처음엔 사랑이란게/Love, At First (Title Track)
  5. 시원한 여자/Cool Girl
  6. 그대 입술이/Your Lips (With Chae Ji Yeon of Putput)
  7. 줄리엣/Juliet
  8. 아름다운 나이/Beautiful Age
  9. 밤/Night

Jang Beom June 1 Album

  1. 어려운 여자/Difficult Woman
  2. 사랑이란 말이 어울리는 사람/Someone like a word "love"
  3. 주홍빛거리/Nacarat Street
  4. 신풍역 2번 출구 블루스/Sinpung Station 2nd Exit Blues
  5. 무서운 짝사랑/Scary Crush
  6. 낙엽 엔딩/Ending of fallen leaves
  7. 내 마음이 그대가 되어/my heart going on you
  8. 사랑에 어떤 말로도/Whatever word of love

Jang Beom June 2 Album

Disc 1:

  1. 사랑에 빠졌죠 (당신만이)/Fallen in Love (Only With You)
  2. 그녀가 웃었죠/She Smiles
  3. 떠나야만해/I Should Leave You
  4. 빗속으로/To the Rain (Title Track)
  5. 봄비/Spring Rain
  6. 그녀가 곁에 없다면 (결혼 행진곡을 활용한 신곡)/Without You by My Side (A New Song Called Wedding March)

Disc 2:

  1. 사랑에 빠져요 (금세 사랑에 빠지는)/Falling in Love (Immediately) (Title Track)
  2. 애태우는 여자/Teasing Girl
  3. 홍대와 건대 사이/To Hongdae
  4. 자장가를 활용한 신곡/A New Song Called Lullaby
  5. 키스/Kiss
  6. 귀여운 여자/Cute Girl
  7. 울랄라/Ulala
  8. 담배/Cigarette
  9. 밤을 지워가네/I'm Erasing the Night

O.S.T.

Year TV Drama Song Title Member Participated Album Title
2016 Signal Reminiscence Jang Beom June Signal (Original Television Soundtrack), Pt 1 - Single

Awards

Year Awards
2011
2012
2013

Music Programs

Below lists Busker Busker's number-one wins on South Korea's televised music programs

M! Countdown

Year Date Song
2012 April 12 "Cherry Blossom Ending"
2013 October 3 "Love, At First"
October 10

Music Bank

Year Date Song
2013 October 4 "Love, At First"
October 11

Music Core

Year Date Song
2013 October 5 "Love, At First"
October 12

Inkigayo

Year Date Song
2013 October 6 "Love, At First"

Show Champion

Year Date Song
2013 October 9 "Love, At First"

References

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  14. ↑ Cyworld Digital Music Awards - Rookie Of The Month (October) Cyworld. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  15. ↑ Cyworld Digital Music Awards - Song Of The Month (October) "Tokyo Girl" Cyworld. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  16. ↑ Cyworld Digital Music Awards - Song Of The Month (April) "Cherry Blossom Ending" Cyworld. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 2012 MAMA Winners Mnet Asian Music Awards. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 2012 Melon Music Awards Winners Melon. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  19. ↑ 2013 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards winner Gaon. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 3호선·버스커, '韓대중음악상' 3관왕..싸이 2관왕(종합) Naver. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

Awards and achievements
Preceded by 14th Mnet Asian Music Awards - Best New Male Artist
2012		 Succeeded by
Roy Kim
Preceded by 14th Mnet Asian Music Awards - Best Band Performance
2012-2013		 Succeeded by
CN Blue
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