All Things VIXX

VIXX / 빅스

VIXX at KCON 2012

Voice, Visual, Value in Excelsis or also known as VIXX is a six member South Korean boy band, signed under Jellyfish Entertainment ( South Korean record label). On April 12, 2012 the members participated in Mnet's (South Korean entertainment) survival reality show "MyDOL" (South Korean reality show) and were chosen through an elimination system by viewer's votes. The group's name VIXX was also chosen by viewer's votes. This group consists of: N the leader, Leo, Ken, Ravi, Hongbin, and Hyuk. The group have been recipients of 34 awards from South Korean and International events. VIXX received their first award as SBS MTV Best of The Best 2013 for Best Rookie Group as well as their first Main Prize Bonsang Award at the 23rd Seoul Music Awards. 

History of VIXX 

May 24, 2012 VIXX debuted single with "Super Hero" at the M! Countdown. July 27 at Otakon Convention in Baltimore, Maryland was their first overseas performance.

 "Superhero" MV 

August 14, 2012, the group released their second single titled "Rock Ur Body". With 3 songs; "Rock Ur Body", "UUUUU", and "Rock Ur Body (inst.). It was released physically and as a digital single. The music video was also released for "Rock Ur Body". 

"Rock Ur Body" MV, You can skip to 0:50 that is when they start singing  

January 6, 2013, they pre-released a single; "Don't Want to Be an Idol" from their third single album "On and On". The album was released on January 17. 

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

May 20, 2013, the first mini album was released titled "Hyde". With 6 songs; "Light Me Up", "Hyde", "You're Mine", "CHAOS", "Love Letter", "Hyde" (inst.). The song "Hyde" was used to promote the album. Not too long on July 31st, the album was repackaged as "Jekyll" with 9 songs; "Jekyll", "G.R8.U", "Say Love", "Light Me Up", "Hyde", "You're Mine", "CHAOS", "Love Letter", "G.R.8U" (Inst.). The song "G.R.8.U" was used to promote the album. 

"Hyde" MV 

"G.R.8.U" MV 

October and November, the group held their first global showcase tour; "The Milky Way" Global Showcase in South Korea, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Malaysia and America. November 8, 2013 they pre-leased a single; "Only U" as well as a music video for the single from the upcoming full-length album titled "Voodoo". November 25, 2013 the album was released with 15 songs; "Voodoo" (Intro.), "Voodoo Doll", "Beautiful Killer", "Someday", "Only U", "B.O.D.Y", "Secret Night", "Say U Say Me", Love Come True", "Thank You For Being Born", "Super Hero", "Rock Ur Body", "On and On", "Hyde"and "Voodoo Doll" (Instrumental). December 6, the group grabbed the top spot at Music Bank (South Korean music television program) for the week's episode with "Voodoo Doll"making it their first music show win since the debut. December 10, VIXX released an annual Christmas song titled "Winter Confession" and topped the Instiz chart for 2 weeks in a row as well as the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 charts. 

"Girls, Why?" MV 

May 18, 2014, VIXX revealed their fourth single album through the group's official fancafe. The album titled "Eternity". With 4 songs; "Eternity", "Sad Ending", "Love, LaLaLa" and "Eternity"(Inst.).

"Eternity" MV 

May 19, 2014, the company Jellyfish revealed that the group will be making their debut into the Japanese market with a full-length album titled "Darkest Angels" and was released on July 2. The album placed number 10 for five consecutive weeks on the Oricon (music industry in Japan) chart and sold 12,332 copies. October 4, VIXX second mini-album titled "Error" was revealed through their official site. October 10, the music video teaser "Error" and music video was released along with the mini album on October 14. July 7, 2015, VIXX entered the Chinese and Taiwanese markets and released a Chinese version of "Error".

"Error" Chinese Version

February 24, 2015, the group released their fifth single album titled "Boys' Record". With 4 songs; "Love Equation", "On a Cold Night", "Memory", "Love Equation" (Inst.). The song "Love Equation" was used to promote their album. November 10, 2015, their second studio album was released titled "Chained Up". With 13 songs; "Mistress", "Chained Up", "Maze", "Stop It Girl", "Hot Enough", "Spider", "Out of Sorts", "Us Now", "Eternity", "Error", "Can't Say", "Chained Up" (Inst.). Along with the music video for "Chained Up". 

January 18, 2016, VIXX released their first original soundtrack for a drama call "Moorim School" with song titled "Alive". January 27, 2016, they released their first original full-length Japanese studio album titled "Depend On Me". February 1, 2016 they released another song titled "The King" for the drama "Moorim School". 

Moorim School Trailer 

Members 

• Cha Hak Yeon (N): Born on June 30, 1990 in Changwon, South Korea. The the oldest member as well as the dancer and leader  
• Lee Hong Bin: Born on September 29, 1993 in Jayang-dong, Seoul, South Korea. The rapper, vocalist, visual
• Jung Taek Woon (Leo): Born on November 10, 1990 in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, South Korea. The main vocalist 
• Lee Jae Hwan (Ken): Born on April 6, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. The main vocalist 
• Kim Won Shik (Ravi): Born on February 15, 1993 in Songpa District, South Korea. The rapper and dancer
• Han Sang Hyuk (Hyuk): Born on July 5, 1995 in Daejeon, South Korea. The youngest member as well as the dancer

From left to right: Hyuk, Ravi, Hongbin, Ken, Leo and N
One Fine Day's Press Conference 2015

Videography 

VIXX has many different reality shows; "VIXX TV" with 2 seasons, "MyDOL", "VIXX's MTV Diary", "Plan V Diary", "VIXX File", "VIXX's One Fine Day", "Project VIXX ~Invaders from Space~". They also have a very small part in a drama titled "The Heirs" in episode 4.

• Music Videos : 17
• Television Dramas : 2
• Reality : 6

Teaser 1 of their reality show "One Fine Day"

Teaser 2 of their reality show "One Fine Day"

Image Credits 

1. "VIXX at KCON 2012 (2)" by Flickr user Peter Kaminski. Available under a CC BY 2.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VIXX_at_KCON_2012_(2).jpg
2. "Vixx at the One Fine Day's Showcase on January 2015" by Acrofan. Available under a CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vixx_at_the_One_Fine_Day%27s_Showcase_on_January_2015..JPG

Video Credits 

1. "Super Hero" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2SBFxaWaik
2. "Rock Ur Body" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRthxw23Cys
3. "On and On" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z26qgAXjtSw
4. "Hyde" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZqGW-5pT1M
5. "G.R.8.U" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNDOEHcdhno
6. "Girls, Why?" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN7Nm3EoFZs
7. "Entirety" MV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDGpP8edgEU
8. "Error" Chinese Version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQvUQKyT4Q
9. "Moorim School" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwMDSh3sJtI
10. "One Fine Day Teaser 1" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbN6rd2t1p8
11. "One Fine Day Teaser 2" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGKkd6nqz3c

Information Credits 

          VIXX. (n.d.). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIXX

          VIXX Members & Profiles. (2012). Retrieved February 08, 2016, from https://kpopcolorcodedlyrics.wordpress.com/vixx-members-profiles/