KeeP DreaminG: B2ST/BEAST

BEAST (비스트 or B2ST) is a South Korean Boy-band composed by 6 members working under CUBE Entertainment. At first the group was kwon as B2ST an acronym for Boys to Search for Top. However, few days before his debut, his name was changed to BEAST (Boys of the East Standing Tall).

Before his debut, they were already well-kwon. Jang Hyun Seung was kwon for being a member of Big Bang (another South Korean Boy-band). Son Dong Woon was a trainee in JYP Entertainment (one of the best record companies) for a long time. Yoon Doo Joon filmed Hot Blood Men, a documentary for selecting members of 2PM and 2AM (other South Korean Boy-bands), he was even offered a role in High Kick through the Roof of the MBC among others, and however, he preferred to focus on her musical career. Lee Gi Kwang, who was already kwon as a solo singer Ace Junior (AJ) acted as Se Ho in High Kick through the Roof. The rapper of the group, Yong Jun Hyung, was a member of Xing. Yang Yo Seob was a dancer of AJ. On the 2nd of October, his documentary, MTV B2ST was aired on MTV Chuseok Special to show their skills. Finally B2ST debuted on October 16, 2009 with the song Bad Girl.

MEMBERS:

- Doo Joon (Yoon Doo Joon, 윤두준). He is the leader, vocalist and rapper. He was born on 04/07/1989 in South Korea. He likes soccer, listen music (R&B and Hip Hop) and play videogames. He was supposed to be one of the members of One way. He participated in the single of AJ (Wipe the tears) singing the rap parts. He is a model of the brand of jeans “Buckaroo”. He is a member of the varieties shows "Danbi" and "Sunday Sunday Night" Was chosen to be the rapper for NJ Gavy in the song "Sun Flower".

Hyun Seung (Jang Hyun Seung, 장현승). He is also a vocalist. He was born on 03/09/1989 in South Korea. He likes bowling. At first, he was known as “SO-1”. Due to the excess of work that he had in his training, the company is worried about his health and gave instructions to the members to help him to gain more weight.

Jun Hyung (Yong Jae Soon, 용재순). He was born on 19/12/1989 in South Korea. He is the principal rapper of the group. He likes writing songs, watch movies and dance. He also participated on the single of AJ (Wipe the tears) doing the rap parts. It was part of the program "Star Doshiraku Guide" along with his fellow Yo Seob and the MC Lee Hyukjae (H.O.T.). He was Hyuna’s rapper on her single debut “Change”. He was also the rapper for K.Will song “Present”. He appeared in a scene of the dorama High Kick through the Roof. He participated on the album “Hit Your Heart” of 4Minute, making the introduction of the songs and writing some of them also. JunHyung revealed in "Star Golden Bell" that among the fans he had obtained the nickname of "Nose-Picking Idol" because he had the habit of touching his nose.

- Yo Seob (Yang Yo Seob, 양여섭). He was born on 05/01/1990 in South Korea. He is the principal vocalist. He likes to write songs and he is good on Beat Box. He and AJ attended the same secondary school. He is considered to be one of the most respectable men of the world for one incident that happened among his fans and one idol women. He is the mascot of B2ST. (He is just so cute >.<).

- Ki Kwang (Lee Ki Kwang, 이기광). He debuted as a solo singer under the name of AJ after 4 years of hard training but later he joined B2ST. He was born on 30/03/1990 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a vocalist. He likes watch movies and sports. He is a really good dancer. His favorite singers are Taeyang, Omarion, Usher. At first he was part of JYP as a apprentice but shortly before his debut he was transferred to CUBE Entertainment. Kikwang was selected to be a MC of "Sunday Sunday Night" in the segment of "Hot Brothers”. He appeared in the Music Video (MV) of K.Will song “Present”. Kikwang appears also in the CF of “Tio Iced Tea”. He is the image of B2ST because he has a really nice body and he is very handsome.

- Dong Woon (Son Dong Woon, 손동운). He was born on 06/06/1991 in South Korea. He is the maknae of the group (i.e. the youngest member) and h is also a vocalist. He is good playing the piano and in traditional Chinese. He likes reading and to write songs. The fans were jokingly saying that he doesn’t appear to be Korean but Thai. Apparently when he is close to Nichkhun (a member of 2PM) he gives that air of Thai.

B2ST will hold its first solo concert since his debut; this concert will be held on 12th December 2010, and to cause more expectations of it, the boys were divided into pairs and sing three new songs in a duo for his fans. The duets will be: a hip hop song titled "Thanks To” sung by Yoseob & JunHyung; an R & B song, "Let It Snow” by Hyunseung and Lee Ki Kwang; and "When the Door Closes "sung by Doojoon and Dongwoon. And a song sung by the 6 that is the continuation of "Lights Go On Again".

B2ST is the only rookie group who has sold over 100,000 copies of records in 2010. This event brings the group to the top five of Hanteo Chart's "2010 Singer Award", just after Girls Generation, Super Junior, SHINee and JYJ.