INFINITE: The beginnings of the invasion 11 years ago

Shawn 9 June 2021 2 min read

On June 9th, 2021, today we are celebrating the 11th anniversary of the group INFINITE, still in business.

On June 9th, 2011, 7 young people named KIM SUNG KYU, LEE SUNG YEOL, JANG DONG WOO, NAM WOO HYEON, LEE SUNG JONG, L, and HOYA make their debut with the mini-album “FIRST INVASION”, and the title “Come back again.“

In this year the group is part of a small agency called Woollim Entertainment, the agency’s premises are located in an apartment in a small building in the city of Seoul.

The 7 boys of INFINITE will very quickly find their place on the Korean music scene, they come back very quickly with the title “She’s back“, then with “BTD (Before the dawn)“. This last title will see the dance of the scorpion appear for the first time and it will be talked about because of a teaser, which at the time, was considered too violent by Internet users.

The group continues their momentum juggling between masculine and cute styles, and making their popular debut in Japan, several tracks will simply be adapted versions in Japanese, such as “Be mine” but others will be unreleased titles for the country, such as the title “Dilemma“.

The group INFINITE will also know how to diversify in its combinations, since the fans will see the subunits, INFINITE H and INFINITE F, but also the solos of KIM SUNG KYU, NAM WOO HYEON, JANG DONG WOO.

The group INFINITE received the qualifier of “most synchronized group” in kpop, and are still today, the one with the most precise and synchronized choreography. What has more to the fans of INFINITE in the group, is that this one knew to keep from the beginning of its career until now a musical identity, each song of the group INFINITE has the “touch” INFINITE.

Woollim Entertainment will not hesitate, for its one and only group, to put the means to make speak about this one. In 2013, the boys are back with a crazy MV, that of “Destiny“. The MV which was shot in two versions (version A was deleted because references to a plane crash was not the most appropriate at the time of its release following a Korean plane crash), is housed in Hoollywood film studios in Los Angeles. It remains to this day the most expensive MV in kpop history.

INFINITE will also be able to adapt to current trends, as in 2015 with the title “Bad” or in 2014 with the title “Back“.

And even if currently the members are not necessarily in the same agency, for the Inspirits (fans of the group), INFINITE will forever remain a group of 7 members.