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UTOPIA released 2nd EP ‘A LA MODE’

Artist: UTOPIA

Album Name:  A LA MODE

Album Type: EP

Genre: Deep House, Modern Orchestral Pop, Techno, EDM

Concept: Runway, Vogue, Fashion Revolutionary

Number of tracks: 4

Title Track(s): Tension, Heartbeat

Tracklist:

Tension (Title Track)

Heartbeat (2nd Title)

Faux

Vivid

After the release  their 4th full length album titled, “The Promised Land”, Utopia is back and taking a different route, and a change of concepts, breaking away their constant story telling, fantasy conept comebacks.

Utopia is back with a fresh new sound for the group but not staying away from what fits the whole group’s style and aesthetic completely. Since debut, Utopia had been praised for their model-like stature, and long legs. Their creative director said in an interview that they wanted to emphasize that in a comeback by taking the concept of runway, model and fashion. Tension is a track that is designed to be a full force runway song but still has the same modern orchestral techno pop sound that Utopia had always been known for. Heartbeat, much like Tension is also a runway ready song but a more intense. Faux is on the same spectrum as the two title tracks but adding a hip hop sound to it which makes it unique. And lastly, Vivid is considered more as the very poppy, and fun, celebratory anthem out of the 4 tracks in the album.

The members also helped on producing, and writing the rest of the album’s tracks again to challenge themselves more on that field. Tension’s mv took Gianni Versace’s assassination as a plot but adding fantasy to it’s retelling to fit Utopia’s aesthetics. And as for the showcase, it will be held at Bluesquare Samsung Card Hall in Seoul, along with a fashion show as it’s opening event. The theme will be Met Gala meets Utopia.

Comments:

kirkwair: OF COURSE KINGS ARE ALWAYS EXTRA. WE LOVE BREAKING BOUNDARIES KINGS.

#ALaMode: Just when you thought they’re already done. They outshined themselves. No one else can do this

cleansedwithpurity: All of these songs released the thot out of me. BITCH I am soaking

btsxbap: Sorry but BTS RELEASED THE BEST ALBUM THIS YEAR. TOP THAT. THIS IS SO BASIC

purettysally: Album of the year goes to UTOPIA!!

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UTOPIA takes #1 for comeback song: Fantasy, on the unaired episode of 'Inkigayo' for the 2nd week of February!

UTOPIA has taken #1 for the unaired episode of 'Inkigayo' with their song Fantasy, whilst Compact earned the 7th spot on the charts.

'Inkigayo' did not air today for the 2nd week of February because of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. However, as usual, the show announced its rankings - and UTOPIA ended up on top this week, for their comeback’s first win.

With 9490 total points, the men of Utopia beat out iKON and Red Velvet, who had a total of 7641 and 4532, respectively.

Comments:

kamocrush: never been a huge fan of them but imo it's their best song, and the best song being promoted, u can tell the difference in the production values between this song and others; well deserved.

OLI31: AMAZING achievement my hunks!!

lotusfitzz: FANTASY 1ST WIN YALL!

Cesarfriaca: Just got lucky. Wait til you see how ikon and red velvet will step on their faces soon! Utopia’s song wasnt even that good

Wetopia: I wished they broadcasted it so I can see my oppas tear up their shirts and get wet on screen for me. UNF 

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[MV] COMPACT by UTOPIA

                                      Watch the mv: here

Utopia takes things a little slower and sensual with “COMPACT” MV.  Returning with a stunning second music video that shows why they’re the reigning king of dark fantasy concepts.

The song infuses dance, pop and RnB. In the end, we get a very smooth song that sounds quite classy as well. Vocally, every member shined in this song. The individual sounds in the instrumental. The church bells, for example,  at the start gave a very eerie and mysterious feel, adding that UTOPIA flavour that we know quite well of. The lyrics are quite sensual as well, which does fit in with the overall sound of the song. 

In the video every member (besides Don) are frozen. Everyone, regardless, is frozen. Just Don  isn’t and he moves about.Everyone is after this girl, but Don is the mighty king with abilities, so he stops everyone, just to get to the girl himself. Even lyrics in the song backs this up: “Pushing away everyone else and having you“. When no one is frozen the video immediately snaps to the choreography scenes.

The dance had a lot of class and matched the song quite well. At times, it looked like it was hastily put together and I think some fine tuning could have done to make it even more polished. 

What do you think of the music video?

Comments:

#THEPROMISEDLAND: This has to be the most weird yet beautiful mv they had

Wetopia: They’re not wet and naked again?! UGH

Phresh21: The vocals and rap seemed stronger on this one than Fantasy

andszP: again the storyline is too confusing. Another flop from Utopia

HoelaHoela: flop they say? look at how many wins theyre getting. lmao. RISE UTOPIA

ztarshafish:This is so sexy!!!

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UTOPIA holds comeback showcase for The Promised Land.

Watch the showcase here: +++

UTOPIA held an comeback showcase for their fans. This is the group’s first comeback showcase in 2018, and their 2nd comeback as Phantasia arists. On February 2, they held their comeback showcase in Bluesquare Samsung Card Hall in Seoul and had a great time with their fans, and fellow artists.

UTOPIA has been known for their difficult choreography for every song released. This time around, they are working around a more sensual, masculine dance moves for their new songs, showing simplicity yet with strong charisma and elegance. You can say that the showcase was indeed full of abs flashing, body rolls, pelvic  trusts that surely made their fandom satisfied.

The overall theme and concept of the said comeback is fantasy kingdoms. going back to their roots and introducing everyone to the world of Utopia, fictional place where the music video and whole comeback is based from. With this, Utopia didn’t just held a normal album showcase, but also opened an  exhibit, which displayed various slideshows, artworks related to the fictional storyline of Utopia’s comeback concept. The art exhibit opened around 4:00 pm, while the showcase started around 7:00 pm as soon as the exhibit closed. 

200% Dance crew also performed as the opening act for the showcase. The dance crew who was said to be in charge of Utopia’s comeback song choreographies, performed a fantasy themed performance, which includes fans, crowns, and glitter that have them receive a standing ovation from the audience.

On the mini interview during the showcase, Phantasia said that they wanted to become an idol group that is clearly distinguished among others, and said that they wanted to show free-spirited performances that are fun and enjoyable. The fans of the group are eagerly waiting to see how much the group has matured for the past year.

Several Phantasia artists came to support and watched their comeback showcase.

Source: Soompi

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   [MV] FANTASY by UTOPIA

                                       Watch the mv: here

The long wait is over, Utopia’s MV for Fantasy is out!  The mv is directed by Director J, and is purposely made to be disjointed in terms of story line but still getting the idea of it once you put the pieces together.

The mv’s story line shows the side of the good smaller kingdoms searching each other, and  forming an alliance together in order to defeat the evil side of Utopia. It also shows how poorly they are treated from the rest. It also shows hints of possible things that connects to the second mv that is coming out tomorrow. As for the members, as usual Utopia gave us elegance, and masculinity throughout the whole mv in terms of style, visuals. 

What do you think of the mv?

Comments:

#THEPROMISEDLAND: OMG this is too good! I love every second of it

Wetopia: What the hell? ! WHY ARE THEY NOT NAKED?!

Phresh21: Okay yall are freaking out cause of that one unbuttoning scene but...CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS SONG AND THEIR VOCALS?!

andszP: Uhmm ngl this will flop so hard. it bored me from beginning to end.The storyline confuses me.

HoelaHoela: This is gold! RISE KINGS!

ztarshafish: The last beat drop got my wig snatched! I’m buying this album, I’m sold!

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UTOPIA released much awaited comeback album ‘The Promised Land’

Artist: UTOPIA

Album Name: The Promised Land

Album Type: Full Album

Genre: RnB, Deep House, Tropical House, Modern Orchestral Pop, Groove

Concept: Fantasy World, Good Vs. Evil, Sexy Kings

Number of tracks: 14

Title Track(s): Fantasy, Compact

Tracklist:

Disc 1: The Evil

Bad Lady

Breathless

Smokey

Big Man 

Emergency

Only One

Fantasy (Title)

Disc 2: The Good

Compact (Title)

Playboy

Out

Sweat

Eve

Love Isn’t Real

Think About You

After taking a break to do solos comebacks and debuts, acting debuts, modelling and going through the constant scandals and rumors, Utopia is back stronger than ever with their 4th full length album titled, “The Promised Land”. This marked the group’s second comeback under the company they have founded, Phantasia Entertainment. 

With their flopped last comeback, Utopia finally found their sound again and went back to their roots. The music within the album holds rnb, which is something they’ve never tried before, while still keeps the elements that created Utopia with their House genre and Modern Orchestral Pop music. The album will have two title tracks as it was divided into two discs. Fantasy is produced by SallyGirl, and is said to have all the elements that Utopia had used before, and mixing it with a whole new style. The lyrics are very suggestive and might have to be altered in order to be presentable in national television. Compact on the other hand goes from slow rnb, and builds up to a faster paced orchestral pop towards the chorus. It is produced by frostymogu, who also produced some of their songs from the past. 

The members also helped on producing, and writing the rest of the album’s tracks as they want to challenge themselves more on that field. The two title tracks have it’s own mvs that will be posted today as well. And as for the showcase, it will be held at Bluesquare Samsung Card Hall in Seoul with the theme of masquerade on Friday, February 2nd!

Comments:

kirkwair: OH MY GOSH! THIS ALBUM IS SO LIT AND POPPIN!

#ThePromisedLand: I thought their circus comeback was their best one. turned out this is amazing too! I’m gonna buy this!

cleansedwithpurity: Fuck! Their voices  are so hot! It made me touch myself and came in a public restroom!! ughhhhh

btsxbap: I don’t like this. they’re trying way too hard to beat bts. Nice try. But this will flop harder than why so serious

purettysally: Album of the year goes to UTOPIA!!

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UTOPIA releases mv teasers for double title tracks: “Fantasy” and “Compact”

Utopia had been teasing us since the start of the new year with their much awaited grand comeback with ‘The Promised Land’ by introducing us a whole new level of fantasy concept by creating an actual backstory for the group’s main concept! And what a grand way to bring justice to this back story concept and grand  comeback is to release two music videos as title tracks, and two disc full album!

Today Phantasia Entertainment released one teaser mv for two title tracks ‘Fantasy’ which is going to represent the kingdoms of the good side’s back story, and ‘Compact’ which is going to be their darker kingdom’s side. Both mvs are said to connected to each other as it puts out puzzle pieces to why there’s 10 kingdoms fighting against each other. So Utopia fans are surely in for a treat! 

Both MVs looks promising already! Are you ready for UTOPIA’s grand comeback? Check out the music video teasers a\and make sure to get those theories ready!

Netizen’s Buzz:

WETOPIA2018: Well guess what? both teasers made me horny that I think I got pregnant by staring at my screen.

LeoBoy: I love both mvs in theese teasers s far! Yes, Phantasia making them come out strong again!

nonono: Theyre trying to be yg by releasing two mvs. pfftt. nice try. flop of the year Utopia.

utopiasabslove: Fantasy is going to be South korea’s bop of the century! I love it already! Whilst Compact seems to target the foreign fans more.

SallyGirl: I love how theyre doing double title tracks! Proving that they love to spoil us fans!

GaryBoy: Someday, I will see them live and not just on screen T.T

nutrenee: I was expecting a bop...these two teasers are pure plain and boring.

CuMZoNxxMehh69: WHyyy OppA$ n0 N4KED????!! I lik3Y LIkEY oPPaas see dIckss!! :(

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UTOPIA released first teaser/trailer for their upcoming comeback on the 31st of January!

Utopia released their first teaser, with Mariposa from Black Widow singing the intro track: Hade (War Cry!)

                                 The story of Utopia: The Promised Land

During the great war between heaven and hell, three cherubims didn’t take part of the said war. Their reasoning is that the fallen angels were once their friends, and they’ve decided not to take any side. This angered the highest god, and he decided to curse the three cherubims by sending them to an unknown land, far different from earth, and the human world. The three cherubims named the land, Utopia.

Utopia became a promised land, in which the three cherubims promised and vowed to each other to only create peace, and that no one among the three should fall in love with each other. They created 10 different races in this promised land. From elves, pixies, nymphs, orcs. Utopia’s inhabitants lived in peace, until Jang-Ik, the most powerful cherubim among the three, found out that the other two cherubims, Jinlee, and Banryu were seeing, and is in love with each other. This angered Jang-ik. They’ve betrayed him and broke their promises. With this, he cursed Jinlee and turned her to a giant serpent so that people will fear, and stay away from her, while he cursed Banryu to be a black gryffin and sent him off to Utopia’s underworld. 

Jinlee became furious and couldn’t accept her new appearance. However, most races from Utopia worships her and her power. Therefore, the largest kingdom in Utopia was created.  Stygaria is a kingdom divided by 5 different kingdoms, making it the largest and most powerful among all kingdoms in Utopia. 

While Stygaria chose to worship the evil God Jinlee, five smaller independent kingdoms chose to worship God Jang-Ik. The five smaller kingdoms were under the power of Stygaria. It took years of teaming up and forming alliances between 5 smaller kingdoms to overthrow Stygaria. 10 races, fought for power, light versus dark.

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COSMO released a surprise single ‘Solar Adamant’ as a thank you gift for his successful Japan Debut!

Listen to the track: HERE

Artist: COSMO

Song: Solar Adamant

Genre: Tropical House

Date released: November 13, 2017

Language: Japanese, English

After the successful release of his Japanese debut album, Cosmo surprised as again with a special thank you single  entitled as ‘Solar Adamant’  The song is about loving someone and being together, waiting for the diamond sunset that as beautiful as the person they love. The  track is once again produced by Afrojaack, and written by Cosmo himself. 

Overall the song serves as a gift for the fans for his successful debut album last month. We are looking forward to Cosmo and Utopia’s next move!

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EJEI release ‘0102’ Mixtape Vol. 2

Back in May, Ejei released a ten track mixtape entitled “Groundplay”  that received almost positive feedback because of its brave approach to topics such as depression and social anxiety. After five months, the main rapper of Utopia surprised the public once again with a teaser photo, announcing the release of his second mixtape″.

 According to the brief description, ‘0102′ is the sequel of the first mixtape. Ejei stated, “To be able to heal from all the pain, and remorse, one must accept his fate. One must look at his self in the mirror, and reflect. More often than not, healing comes with a helping hand, and a shoulder to cry on. In a world of cruelty and sadness, there is always a friend who is ready to do the battle with you. I hope that these songs can comfort you like a friend. We are never alone.” '0102′’ tackles the five stages of grief. From denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally, the road to acceptance.

TRACKLIST 

0102 [Mix Vol.2]

Intro: 만료: Expire

편집병 : Paranoia ( ft. TK & Thomas )

Dos and Don'ts ( ft. Koemi )

척추에 떨다 : Shiver ( ft. Rini & Mitthra Jin)

Interlude: 15/1020  

Cypher Killa ( ft. Deok, Sol, Gale)

야상곡 : Nocturne

Why do you hate? ( ft. Cosmo)

Skit (ft. One)

The Cure ( ft. Soyi )

고맙습니다 : Thankful ( ft. Jihwan & Eden)

COMMENTS

[x] when the news report said ejei will take a hiatus, my heart is broken.  [x] i’m relief and happy that he still makes music even on breaks. [x] Jihwan x Eden x Ejei IS MY RELIGION #UTOPIA8 [x] Look at Soyi and Ejei on a duet again. OTL [x] I’m so happy for you Oppa!

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COSMO released  Japanese Debut Mini Album ‘I AM KANG JINKYU’

Artist: COSMO

Album Name: I AM KANG JINKYU

Album Type: Mini Album

Genre: Modern Orchestral Pop, Trap, EDM, Rock

Concept: A dying love

Number of tracks: 5

Title Track: Fruitless Infatuation

Tracklist:

Fruitless Infatuation

Hungry Tiger

Final Dragon

Fight and Sex

It’s You

After the successful release of the single and pv for Fruitless Infatuation, Cosmo finally released the long awaited Japanese debut mini album ‘I AM KANG JINKYU.’  The concept of the album is about a dying and toxic love, and bringing it back after redemption and regret. The album started with Fruitless infatuation, which is a track produced by Afrojaack, and written by Cosmo himself. Followed by the fast paced electro-rock song, Hungry Tiger. Five minute long track, Final Dragon gave us the orchestral rock sound that Cosmo is known for with his group, Utopia. Fight and Sex is another fast paced, electro song with a trap beat, almost similar to Fruitless Infatuation. And the album  ended with the very poppy song, It’s You.

Overall the album is expected to be a success as much as the pv did on the 2nd of October. The lead single, Fruitless Infatuation peaked number 7 on Japanese charts, whilst the album is expected to go up, as there’s news about having a lot of pre-orders.

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Cosmo released the pv for his Japanese debut ‘Fruitless Infatuation’

Watch the pv: here

The long wait is over, Utopia’s Cosmo finally released his Japanese solo debut pv Fruitless Infatuation! Like what the title suggests, the song talks about a dying and fruitless love that the man is trying to mend. And in the pv, Cosmo is seen chasing the girl after messing up with their relationship. 

The pv’s all over aesthetic is dark, with a hint of red that symbolizes love and sorrow. With the avant garde visuals, wardrobe, it just shows who  Cosmo is as an artist and an individual with his own artistry and style.

What do you think of the pv?

Comments:

#IAMKANGJINKYU: OMG this is too good! I love every second of it

Wetopia: What the hell? he kissed that girl! Arghhh I wanna kiss him too unf

Phresh21: Okay yall are freaking out cause he kissed a girl, and there’s gay rumors about him months ago but...CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS SONG AND HIS VOCALS?!

andszP: Uhmm ngl this will flop so hard. it bored me from beginning to end.

HoelaHoela: This is gold! RISE KING!

ztarshafish: The last beat drop got my wig snatched! I’m buying this album, I’m sold!

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Cosmo released the highlight medley for his Japan debut album: I AM KANG JINKYU

After teasing fans with numerous concept images of trailers, COSMO finally  shared a highlight medley for his upcoming Japanese debut mini album 'I AM KANG JINKYU'.

Consisting of 5 songs in total, the kpop idol's debut mini album looks to be a hit with all the lyrics written by Cosmo himself. All the songs on the highlight medley sounded good, and title track worthy!

Watch the highlight medley and tell us which songs you like so far. Stay tuned for the full release on October 2!

Comments:

Goldtopia: sounds really good! I have this medley on repeat!

keepitreal: of course it’ll sound good. It’s Cosmo! This will be phenomenal!

ImWet4Utopia: UNF Cosmo can fuck me while he’s singing in Japanese! Aishiteru to your dick zaddy!

quillobo: omg this sounds so good! Fruitless Infatuation and It’s You might be my favorites so far...but Fight and Sex also sounds like a jam. Ugh, I'm gonna love this album! Cosmo fighting!

antiutopia2017: This is gonna flop REAL bad, unfortunately. I don't know what they were thinking. The only song with potential is Fruitless Infatuation and I'm not sure what they did with it. Didn't anyone check out this material and say no? Nobody said no? Really?

bono: I really liked Final Dragon and Hungry Tiger, it's catchy and they have great vocals. . I hope he’ll do more albums / mini albums after this one!

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UTOPIA’s Cosmo departs in style + more news!

Utopia’s Cosmo had been teasing us lately with his Japanese solo debut, which is quite a risk. The reason behind why he’s debuting as a solo artist in Japan first is to test the waters if he can manage to be successful outside Korea. Another reason is due to the scandal he got from a few months ago, which is the gay rumors. He received aunt of hate from Korean netizens because of it. 

I AM KANG JINKYU, the title of the album serves as an introduction of who he is as an artist. And since he had been teasing us for these past few weeks, Cosmo is finally ready for Japan. Today he’s spotted arriving at the airport and departing in style, donned with unique jewelry, and clothing that has ‘Fruitless Infatuation’ written all over it. Way to promote his solo! And he’s not alone, he is accompanied by his sister and label mate, Titan’s Rhea, Utopia members Eden, E:Jei, and Jihwan.

As for other Cosmo news, he also attended at soloist Cola’s birthday event, and performed 5 songs both in Korean and Japanese which is possibly songs on his debut album in Japan. He’s also seen interacting with Cola on social media, thanking him for the opportunity to perform and for inviting on  his special day.

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[ALBUM TEASER] I AM KANG JINKYU - 9/30/17

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Phantasia Entertainment released pre-teaser image for COSMO’s solo Japan debut!

Utopia’s Cosmo will be making his first solo project! Not in Korea, but in Japan! Today, Phantasia Entertainment released a teaser image for Cosmo’s Japan debut. They also revealed Cosmo’s logo, which still includes Utopia’s logo.

The title says ‘I AM KANG JINKYU’ that an insider explained that Cosmo wanted his solo debut to be personal, to show who he is as an artist and as a person. He also explained that the reason behind his logo having Utopia’s logo included in it is because Utopia had always been a part of him, and Utopia shaped him as an artist, and that he wanted to carry around that name even in his solo ventures.

The album is said to have 4 songs in total! Are you excited for Cosmo’s solo debut in Japan?

Comments:

Softopia: YES BITCH! GO DEBUT STRONG! EDUCATE THEM HATERS!!

Kirkprimme: I love how despite the scandals  he had been through, he still managed to go solo!

courtneyactzz: I AM READY FOR THIS DEBUT!

Kimchichiii: what is this fag still doing? Just go eat dick. That’s what youre good at anyways!

cosmogalaxy: Haters will keep hating. He doesnt care. so keep hating, and he’ll stay slaying!

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OnStyle TV released promotional image for STYLE LOG 2017 with Kang Siblings as this year’s mcs!

Set to premier in September 20, 2017. OnStyle’s fashion, and lifestyle show for young adults, STYLE LOG is back and this time they brought new faces as this year’s mcs! Kang siblings or known as Titan’s Selene, Utopia’s Cosmo, and VOD’s Gale are this year’s guide and mcs. The three stars were chosen due to their pleasing personalities, knowledge in style and fashion, and amazing chemistry!

The first episode will air on September 20, 2017 with it’s first topic: Street Fashion and Culture! The three mcs also did a photoshoot with Looktique (a street fashion magazine) on the first episode, and will be released the same day of it’s premier! That’s something to look forward to isn’t it? 

Are you excited on this year’s Style Log?

Comments:

Wetopia: so is cosmo also going to show skin skin skin????

Kangsiblings21: we all know The two bothers behaves when Selene is around. I wonder how they’ll behave in this!

stylelogs2: The one with Soohyuk and Jonghyun is still the best season ever tbh. this one might not do well. hahaha

selena333: My QUEEN AND HER HANDSOME BROTHERS IN ONE SHOW?!!!

Dollolitas: Omg Ggale looks super tall in this image! The tallest and the youngest! I’m excited! I love the kangs!

SallyGirl: it wouldve been nice if they have Swan here too. I get that she’s a cousin but come on now!