The next BTS? Meet new K-pop boy band Tempest’s 7 members, from Hyeongseop who covered Taemin from Shinee’s song Danger, to LEW (Lee Eui-woong) who was inspired by Block B’s Zico
- Tempest is set to debut on February 21, but while two of its key members, Hyuk and Eunchan, are complete unknowns, other members will be more familiar from reality TV shows
- Hwarang was briefly a member of Mirae, Hyeongseop and LEW were once part of a duo after appearing on Produce 101, and Hyuk passed auditions with JYP and Hybe
Excited for the debut of new Gen Z K-pop group Tempest? Us too! And as its name suggests, this seven-member group could very well storm the charts and sweep the music world off its feet. Watch out, BTS.
Tempest consists of a mixture of contestants from some of Korea’s most popular survival shows, as well as some totally new faces. The line up includes LEW, Hyeongseop, Hyuk, Hwarang, Eunchan, Taerae and Hanbin. The group is managed by Yuehua Entertainment, the label behind Everglow, Iz*one, Choi Yena and Uniq’s Woodz.
So let’s meet the group’s seven members ahead of their debut on February 21.
1. LEW
LEW, or Lee Eui-woong, is a rapper and vocalist, and the group’s first member and leader. Born in 2001, he wanted to become an actor when he was young, but changed his mind in secondary school when he started listening to rap and fell in love with it.
“I especially fell in love with [Block B’s] Zico after seeing him on Show Me the Money 4. I started dreaming of becoming an idol and began writing my own rap. I would love to meet Zico one day,” he said back in 2017, according to Soompi.
From that point on, LEW didn’t waste any time in pursuing his dream. At 15, he made his first public appearance as a guest on KBS2’s talk show Hello Counselor, which garnered him offers from 11 different agencies, according to AllKpop, and he chose Yuehua Entertainment.
At 16, he joined season two of survival show Produce 101 and ranked 23rd. In the same year, he made his idol debut as a duo, Hyeungseop x Euiwoong, with Produce 101 season two fellow and labelmate Ahn Hyeong-seop. But after debuting their first mini album “Color of Dream”, nothing more happened with the project.