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NU'EST at Dallas, Texas, Gilley's, May 3rd 2015

NU'EST acronym for New Establish Style Tempo. The group NU'EST is a boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2012. The group consists of 5 members; Aaron Kwak (Aron), Kim Jong-hyun (JR), Kang Dong-ho (Baekho), Hwang Min-hyun (Minhyun), and Choi Min-gi (Ren). Pledis Entertainment joined up with a Chinese Entertainment company YueHua Entertainment to target the Chinese market and this was where NU'EST-M was created. The group launches a new member to the group Fu Long Fei (Jason) to NU'EST-M, to help promotions in China. The group was nominated for 10 different awards and won 3; 2012 Arirang's Simply K-pop Awards: "Super Rookie Idol", 2015 International K-music Award:"Best EU Performance" and 2015 Migu Music Awards: "Best Talented Group".

History of NU'EST 

March 15, 2012, NU'EST made their debut with their first single "Face" on the M! Countdown (South Korean Music Television). They also aired their first reality show titled Making of a Star: NU'EST Landing Operation. July 11, 2012 released their first mini album titled Action. With 4 songs; "Not Over You", "Action", "Sandy"and "Happy Birthday"(Baekho's solo) The song "Action was used to promo the album. The album sold over 18,872 copies. Not too long the group began to expand to the global market and started to have events in Japan, Australia, other parts of Asia and America.

"Face" MV, You can skip to 0:10 that is when they start singing 

"Not Over You" MV 

"Sandy" MV

February 13, 2013, the band released their second mini album titled Hello. With 5 songs; "Hello", "Hello Hello", "Introduce Me To Your Nuna", "Just A Little Bit"and "Beautiful Solo". They also held their first showcase to promote the album the same day. 

"Hello" MV, You can skip to 0:15 that is when they start singing

August 22, 2013, the group released their third mini album titled Sleep Talking. With 6 songs; "Sleep Talking", "Beautiful Ghost", "Pretty", "Fine Girl", "I'll Love You More" and "Don't Dress Provocatively". The song "Sleep Talking" was used to promote their new EP. In November they began to enter the Chinese market and this is where they decided to add a new member Jason, exclusively for Chinese promotions and undertaking the name NU'EST-M for the project. The songs "Face" and "Sleep Talking" were recorded into a Chinese version and promoted the songs throughout China.

"Sleep Talking" MV, You can skip to 0:10 that is when they start singing 

"Fine Girl" MV, You can skip to 0:30 that is when they start singing

July 9th, 2014, NU'EST released their first full album titled Re:Birth. With 12 songs; "Judgement", "Big Deal", "Good Bye Bye", "Love Without Love", "Storybook", "Climax", "Lend A Shoulder", "Face", "Action", "Hello", Sleep Talking" and "Hey, Love". The song "Good Bye Bye" was used to promote the album. They also made their first comeback performance on July 11, 2014 on KBS' Music Bank (South Korean Music Television Program). On November 5th, they debuted in Japan with their single "Shalala Ring".

"Good Bye Bye" MV, You can skip to 0:15 that is when they start singing 

February 27, 2015, the group released a digital single "I'm Bad" to celebrate their third anniversary. However Baekho was not on the title track due to him still recovering from his vocal cord polyps surgery but did appear on the B-side track. On May 20, they released their second Japanese single "Na.Na.Na". On November 18, they released their Japanese album titled Bridge the World and pre-released tracks; "Bridge with World", "Cherry", "Access To You", and "Eternal Rain". Aron announced that the group have been working for their next album and would have a comeback in 2016. 

"I'm Bad" MV 

Members

• Aaron Kwak (Aron): Born on May 21, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The oldest member as well as the lead dancer and lead rapper 
• Kim Jong-hyun (JR): Born on June 8, 1995 in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The leader, main rapper, and main dancer
• Kang Dong-ho (Baekho): Born on July 21, 1995 in Jeju, South Korea. The main vocalist
• Hwang Min-hyun (Minhyun): Born on August 9, 1995 in Busan, South Korea. The lead vocalist
• Choi Min-gi (Ren): Born on November 3, 1995 in Busan, South Korea. The youngest and vocalist
• Fu Long Fei (Jason): Born on May 21, 1988 in Guangdong, Leizhou, China. The rapper, dancer and vocalist 

From Left to Right: Minhyun, Ren, Aron, JR and Baekho
KCON on October 2012

Videography 

The group has their own reality show titled Making of a Star: NU'EST Landing Operation. They also have a reality show titled NU'EST MTV Diary. They also have a show titled L.O.∧.E story. Where the members can interact with their fans. They have 4 seasons so far and plan to make another season. 

• Studio albums: 2
• Music videos: 11 
• EPs: 3 
• Singles: 4 

NU'EST L.O.∧.E story Season 3 - A part of Episode 1

Image Credits

1. "Nu'est Dallas 2015" by Bonnielou2013. Available under a CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nu%27est_Dallas_2015.jpg
2. "Nuest at KCON 2012" by Peter Kaminski. Available under a CC BY 2.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuest_at_KCON_2012.jpg 

Video Credits

1. "Face" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXy0m-4bvE
2. "Not Over You" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XTlZzKNkmI
3. "Hello" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwlKalNwGdk
4. "Sleep Talking" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UyMeMyJ2yg
5. "Good Bye Bye" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G5TuESCdLw
6. "I'm Bad" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFGmvS8SejY
7. NU'EST L.O.∧.E story Season 3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM73hK-VJZ0

Information Credits

           NU'EST. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NU'EST