Goodbye Child of Empire, hello ZE:A!

[3-transitory.livejournal.com]

I'm sure a lot of you guys are waiting for Star Empire's new boy group, Child of Empire to debut. Well, Child of Empire isn't exactly debuting anymore.

No, the group isn't disbanding, but the nine boys are undergoing a group name change and will be debuting under the title ZE:A!

ZE:A has also revealed their official album jacket photo. Their album, "Nativity" is coming out on January 7th, one day before F.cuz's debut on January 8.

The nine member boy group is dressed in all black for this photo showing everyone they're going for a sexier look rather than a cute one.

Their music video teaser will be out on the 5th of January so sit back tight and stay tuned to allkpop for more.

AllKPop

Comments

[ontokki.livejournal.com]

yesssssssss

[childishgrin.livejournal.com]

Let's take a guess on what ZE:A stands for!

[rinn1e.livejournal.com]

lol harem pants.

[hyperstreak.livejournal.com]

MTE!

Nothing sexier than a bunch of boys in harem pants and shiny patent leather boots...im not sure if they are going to belly dance or goosestep their way across the stage.

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

THIS. <3


I liked it too.

[vvvanilla.livejournal.com]

finally!

[rerightings.livejournal.com]

COOL STORY BRO

[crystalheng.livejournal.com]

Huh.

[evil-zucchini.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to find out what ZE:A stands for 8D

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

but wait...what does ZE:A stand for?

[freezing-flames.livejournal.com]

I don't even wanna know lol
I bet it's something as stupid as Music Boys Live In Absolute Quality.
(I love MBLAQ but seriously---)

[michi-michuu.livejournal.com]

OH HALE NO HOW THE EFF DO YOU SAY ZE:A

I ACTUALLY LIKED CHILD OF EMPIRE even though it sounds Satan-related

BUT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

oh hey video teaser will be out a day (...technically day of) before my sixteenth birthday *___* looking forward to that huhuhuu

[mnemo-syne.livejournal.com]

Satan-related, hahaha ha!
It did have an ominous sound to it. But that's kind of why I liked it.

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

I honestly kind of liked Child of Empire better...but w/e. xD

[xoxoknlove.livejournal.com]

and how do you pronounce that?

[nashirah.livejournal.com]

"JE-AH" I guess, since that's how they pronounced it in their documentary and since it's shortened version of thei korean name: 제국의 아이들 (jegugui aideul).

[bellaprincess9.livejournal.com]

It looks cool and they look hot.

[hanimomo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...Sexy look? Me like.



How is ZE:A pronounced anyway. Zeya?

[radical-ed57.livejournal.com]

UNF, sexy Channie hubby.

[sugardrizzle.livejournal.com]

OH HELL YES.

Now how do you pronounce ZE:A? -__-;

[sugardrizzle.livejournal.com]

I'm going to miss the name "Child of Empire" though.

[x-neverbroken.livejournal.com]

omg they're all wearing those fucking pants slfjkgsg
but anyway, yay more boys, i'm so excited, shaking and crying, etc.

[jaybomb.livejournal.com]

I liked the old name and the old concept better. =|

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

how the heck do you pronounce that? why do all the boybands have to make it complicated for us?!!!

[animalyears.livejournal.com]

cetus lepidus!

[ellystage.livejournal.com]

Ummm...

Child of Empire > ZE:A.

[out-of---tune.livejournal.com]

jfc why can't companies just give their idol groups straight-forward names D8

[aunts.livejournal.com]

Dude, the names of groups are like half the reason that K-Pop is K-POP, LOL.

[quietreveries.livejournal.com]

omg what is this nonsense

[xkimchi-ninja.livejournal.com]

I sense guyliner!!!!

[radical-ed57.livejournal.com]

Mte. XD

[fuuism.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think that changing a group's name early in the game is some secret magic trick for luck. Probably worth more points if the new name is a weird word/acronym.

[hp-eternalglory.livejournal.com]

one day before F.cuz's debut on January 8.
I sense some competition....or they can get together and pull an MBEAST sometime. :)

I would like hear the explanation behind ZE:A

[nashirah.livejournal.com]

It's an abbreviation from their korean name: 제국의 아이들 (jegugui aideul). Their korean name means "Empire's children" (so there was a mistranslation with the "child"). They took first letters: 제아 (jea) and that's how ZE:A was created (j=z in korean). They used it in their documentary as a "jea, jea hwaiting!" before their concerts. :)

Hope that helped.


OMG MBEAST. TOTALLY. And alltogether they'd be Super Junior (13 members, lol). Ohh, I want friendly competition. <3