Tasty (band)

Tasty
테이스티
Also known as Tasty 2Wins
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop, dance-pop, electropop, teen pop
Years active 2012–present
Labels Woollim Entertainment
Website Official site
Members Daeryong
Soryong

Tasty (Korean: 테이스티) is a Korean-Chinese duo based in South Korea and signed under Woollim Entertainment.[1] Consisting of two male twins, Daeryong and Soryong, the duo debuted in 2012 with a single titled Spectrum.[2]

History

Pre-debut

Jung So-ryong (정소룡), Chinese name Zheng Xiao-Long (郑小龙) and Jung Dae-ryong (정대룡), Chinese name Zheng Da-Long (郑大龙) were born and raised in Jilin, China, on February 25, 1988. Prior to their debut under Woollim Entertainment, the duo were trainees under JYP Entertainment. After passing the auditions for JYP back in 2006, the twins were sent to the United States and lived there for 3 years to train for their debut. During their stay in the U.S., the duo trained under choreographers that worked with Beyonce and Ne-yo.[3] In 2007, the twins were backup dancers for singer and CEO of JYP Entertainment, Park Jin-young. After 5 years in training at JYP Entertainment, the duo decided to leave JYP after seeing trainees debut before them. Stated in an interview with Newsen, the duo said: “We passed the audition (JYP) easily so we thought everything would be easy too. But later on when other friends (trainees) joined in and debuted before us, we felt disappointed.”[4][5]

2012: Debut with Spectrum

On July 23, 2012, Woollim Entertainment released a teaser titled It's New onto their official YouTube channel to announce the debut of a new artist and on August 6, 2012, the teaser for Tasty's title song for their debut titled You Know Me (너 나 알아) was released. On August 9, 2012, the official music video for You Know Me (너 나 알아) was released.[6] Their debut single Spectrum was fully written and composed by rookie producer 'Rphabet' consisting of 4 songs in total, including the title track "You Know Me". On August 10, 2012, Tasty performed for the first time on KBS's Music Bank. To promote their EP, Tasty had also performed on various music programs.[7]

2013: Comeback, Spectacular, Day n Night

On July 28, 2013, a video uploaded on Woollim Entertainment's YouTube channel titled TASTY 2013 Comeback Trailer announcing Tasty's comeback.[8] After almost a year away from the Korean music scene, Tasty released a video teaser for their next title track MAMAMA on August 4, 2013[9] On August 7, 2013, the music video for MAMAMA was released. The title track "MAMAMA", which is a fusion of swing and hip hop was written by Singaporean producer-writer Tat Tong, with lyrics by label-mates Hoya and Dongwoo of Infinite H, who were also featured in the music video of MAMAMA. The duo's new single titled Spectacular consists of four tracks, with the first track titled "Spectactular", second track titled "MAMAMA", third track titled Addiction and the last track titled 2Nite featuring Hanhae from Phantom.[10]

On November 18, 2013, Woollim Entertainment uploaded a teaser for "Day n Night" (떠나가 or 离开) followed by a second teaser a week later on the 25th. The music video was released on November 27, 2013 and was revealed to be shot entirely in Hong Kong. Actress and model Esom made an appearance in the music video as the female protagonist.

Discography

Korean

Single albums

Album# Information Tracklisting
1st SPECTRUM
  • Released：August 9, 2012
  • Language：Korean
  • Label : Woollim Entertainment
2nd Spectacular
  • Released：August 8, 2013
  • Language：Korean
  • Label : Woollim Entertainment

Digital singles

Album# Information Tracklisting
1st Day'n Night
  • Released：November 29, 2013
  • Language：Korean
  • Label : Woollim Entertainment
2nd ADDICTION
  • Released：August 13, 2014
  • Language：Korean
  • Label : Woollim Entertainment

Chinese

Single albums

Album# Information Tracklisting
1st ADDICTION
  • Released：August 22, 2014
  • Language : Chinese
  • Label : Woollim Entertainment

Filmography

Variety Show

Year Date Channel Title Members
2012 October 1 MBC Chuseok Special Idol Wrestling Tasty
October 10 MBC Weekly Idol
November 13 SonBaDak TV Live Secret Show
November 25 KBS2 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2
2013 February 11 MBC Idol Star Athletics Championships
September 11 MBC Weekly Idol
October 2 Arirang TV After School Club
December 24 MTV Taiwan I Love Idols
December 29 Y-Star God of Cookery Road
2014 January 7 Mnet Beatles Code 3D EP 03
January 14 Mnet Beatles Code 3D EP 04
January 12 KBS2 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 Daeryong
January 19 KBS2 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2
January 30 - January 31 MBC Idol Star Games Tasty
February 20 Mnet This is Infinite EP 03
March 7 Tooniverse Embarrassed School
March 27 KBS Happy Together Season 3 Soryong
April 9 MBC Idol Dance Battle D-Style Daeryong
November 1 SZTV The Generation Show Tasty
November 22 SZTV The Generation Show
November 29 SBS Star King
December 6 - December 20 Shanghai TV Overnight Visit
2015 February 19 - February 20 MBC Idol Star Athletics Championships

Radio Show

Year Date Channel Title Members
2012 September 4 KBS Super Junior's Kiss the Radio Tasty
September 9 SBS Boom Young Street
2013 November 9 MBC C-Radio Idol True Colours Show
2014 January 13 MBC Shindong's Simsimtapa
March 3 Arirang TV Music Access
June 24 Arirang TV Music Access

Tours

Concert participation

Supporting act

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Length
2012 You Know Me 3:18
MAMAMA 2:39
2013 Day N' Night 5:09
Day N' Night (Performance Ver.) 3:21
2014 Addiction (Chinese Ver.) 4:53
You Know Me (Chinese Ver.) 3:27
Day N' Night (Chinese Ver.) 5:05

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 14th Huading Awards Global New Singer Awards N/A Won
29th Golden Disk Awards Next Generation Awards N/A Won

References

  1. ↑ "테이스티, 1년 만의 고백 "사실 중국인, 그래도 한국활동 우선"". Nate. December 14, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ "New duo TASTY debuts on 'Inkigayo' with "Spectrum" + "You Know Me"". Allkpop. August 12, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 테이스티, "미국에서 니요 안무가에게 춤 배웠죠"(인터뷰). My Daily (in Korean). September 7, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 테이스티 "박진영 백업댄스 출신, 우상은 비" (인터뷰). TV Report (in Korean). September 5, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "테이스티 "JYP에서만 5년 연습, 나온 이유는.."(인터뷰①)". Newsen (in Korean). September 13, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "[MV]Tasty_너 나 알아_You know me_HD". YouTube. August 9, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "New duo TASTY debut on 'Music Bank' with "Spectrum" + "You Know Me"". Allkpop. August 10, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "TASTY 2013 Comeback Trailer". YouTube. July 28, 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "TASTY 'MAMAMA' M/V Teaser". YouTube. August 4, 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "TASTY returns with "MAMAMA" MV + 'Spectacular' single album with the help of INFINITE H". Allkpop. August 7, 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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