Heejun Reveals That H.O.T Was The Test Group For Shinhwa

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

While guesting on KBS’s “Happy Together 3“, singer Moon Hee Jun made a shocking confession about how H.O.T was the test group for Shinhwa.

During the recording, Eun Ji Won asked, “When Shinhwa first debuted, rumors began to circulate that H.O.T was just the test group for Shinhwa. Is that true?”

Moon Hee Jun confirmed that the rumor was true and revealed, “Our manager told us, ‘You guys are the test projects for Shinhwa. If you don’t listen to what we say, we’ll disband you immediately and we’ll be devoting ourselves completely to Shinhwa instead.’”

He continued, “We were all slightly nervous after hearing about Shinhwa through our manager, but once they actually debuted and did well, we had no choice but to become even more nervous.”

He also added that Shinhwa’s hit track, “T.O.P“, was actually H.O.T’s track at first, until the composer insisted on giving it to Shinhwa instead.

Check out the full broadcast at 11:15 PM KST on March 10th.

Source + Photos: allkpop and MyDaily via Naver

MIND FUCK.

Comments

[luvey.livejournal.com]

well that's pretty shitty.

[691979082.livejournal.com]

O_______________________O Oh em gee

[bidachii.livejournal.com]

What the hell, SME.

[onichick.livejournal.com]

o_O

I...Dont know what to say. Just...

*jaw drop*

[onichick.livejournal.com]

OK, now that I have had a few minutes to process.

It makes sense. HOT was the first Idol group. They were going to be the ones to test out the market and see if it would sell. As far SM threatening HOT dosent surprise me. SM pretty much left Shinhwa on their own after their first album did do as well.

If you look at SM track records you can draw a line linking all their boybands. Super Junior breaks the mold a bit since it is a super group and was supposed to be rotational.

And TOP being written for HOT makes sense to me. It seems much more HOT style than did Shinhwa's...

But I Still feel like someone told me the sky is actually red...

[pumpkinskin.livejournal.com]

sme is a tiger mom

[mcstubble.livejournal.com]

is that Yuri in your icon?

[bamboolover.livejournal.com]

Oh SME, you're such a great villian of K-pop. Never change, never!

[chiaroscuro18.livejournal.com]

under SME, people = pawns.

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

w/e everyone are pawns in a large company

[camis86.livejournal.com]

Nothing that come from SME will surprise me anymore.

[vanhangels.livejournal.com]

lol. too bad the test product was much more popular in terms of album sales.

[http://users.livejournal.com/reminisce__/]

What does 'test product' even mean? H.O.T. was the original group, weren't they?

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

yeah but im guessing it means that they used HOT to test waters, or to pave the way for Shinhwa.

[fuuism.livejournal.com]

lol wow. Great way to encourage the kids.

[tiffa666.livejournal.com]

not surprising but still Im a bit speechless.....

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

I remember dongwan on ysmm saying how t.o.p was originally meant for h.o.t and not them. but as a shinhwa fan I'm glad they got the song.

it must have been really scary for the h.o.t. members back then. I would have been nervous as hell.

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

btw wasn't h.o.t supposed to be a rotating group or something like that? I think heejun mentioned that on the come to play idol special with all the old idol groups.

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

‘You guys are the test projects for Shinhwa. If you don’t listen to what we say, we’ll disband you immediately and we’ll be devoting ourselves completely to Shinhwa instead.’

Well, isnt that a very nice thing to hear from your OWN manager... >_<

[bluemaid86.livejournal.com]

Is "choti" another name for HOT? interesting thought though...who do you think Shinee are model after (if anyone at all)?

[scarletfbl.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of what was going down between the Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC, tbh.

[kerplunk.livejournal.com]

now wait a minute werent H.O.T WAY more successful then shinhwa they're the onlly boy group to like have 3 consecutive million selling albums or something other then g.o.d of course

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

yes they were.
at the end this "test group" did more than SM thought they would probably.

[pekojan.livejournal.com]

Isn't test group a normal thing? What is the big deal? It's the industry, come on.

The only problem I got from it is that their manager ask them to listen to what they say if not wanting to disband.

[sundrunk.livejournal.com]

lol wait is heejun still part of SM?

[plu178.livejournal.com]

No.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

I swear I've read this somewhere before. Or heard about it. o.0

[6rystalis.livejournal.com]

If they told this to Shinhwa, they would've just packed and tried to leave the dorm again~ Another Ricmindy moment? LOL

[6rystalis.livejournal.com]

Ricmin almost kicked out of Shinhwa:
http://sidayung.multiply.com/video/item/1/Minwoo_Andy_15.08.06_SangSang_Plus_Cut_Eng_Subbed

[decodexx.livejournal.com]

damn.

[baboboy.livejournal.com]

H.O.T > SHINHWA > TVXQ > SNSD, it makes sense.

[untrueo.livejournal.com]

I think it should be H.0.T > SHINHWA > BLACKBEAT > TVXQ > SUJU > SNSD. I always think TVXQ > SHINee > M1 or TVXQ > SUJU > SNSD > M1.

so, that manager...

[childishgrin.livejournal.com]

“Our manager told us, ‘You guys are the test projects for Shinhwa. If you don’t listen to what we say, we’ll disband you immediately and we’ll be devoting ourselves completely to Shinhwa instead.’”
It's nice to know that their manager basically didn't really believe in them right from the start... with a manager like that, who needs antis?

(http://hiyeom.tumblr.com/post/1727361685)

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

waiting for suju was test group for soshi trololol

[violoncelliste.livejournal.com]

lmao