Teen Top Explained

Teen Top
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Origin:Seoul, South Korea
Genre:K-pop
Years Active:โ€“present
Current Members:
Past Members:

Teen Top is a South Korean boy band formed by TOP Media in 2010. The group is composed of four members: Chunji, Niel, Ricky and Changjo. Originally a six-piece group, L.Joe had filed for contract termination in February 2017, and former leader C.A.P. left the group on May 11, 2023. Teen Top debuted with their first single album Come into the World on July 9, 2010.

Career

Pre-debut

Teen Top members Ricky and Niel were both child actors. Niel debuted through the musical Please, where he played the younger version of Joo Won's role. Ricky debuted in Seo Taiji's music video for "Human Dream" and later portrayed the young version of Song Seung-heon's character in Love Song. Four of Teen Top's Members (Changjo, Niel, C.A.P and L.Joe) had an open Lotte World audition whereas the other two members (Chunji and Ricky) had a closed audition. It took L.Joe two auditions before he could train unlike the other members.[1]

2010โ€“2012: Debut, Roman, It's, aRtisT and To You

In July 2010, Teen Top made their debut with the title track, "Clap", off their debut single album Come into the World. A remixed version of "Supa Luv" by A-rex became a promotional vehicle for the American film Beastly in Asia.[2]

Teen Top's mini-album Roman, along with its title track "No More Perfume On You" released in July[3]

In January 2012, Teen Top released their second mini album It's. Brave Brothers produced, wrote, composed and mixed all of its six tracks.[4]

On February 3, Teen Top won their very first award on KBS Music Bank with "Going Crazy" since debuting on July 10, 2010.[5] Moreover, they received the honor of performing the ending stage on MBC Music Core, followed by another win on SBS Inkigayo.[6]

aRtisT, Teen Top's third EP, was released on May 30 as a digital download, followed by the release of the music video for its title track "To You". Physical albums were released on June 4, 2012. With this album, the group gained much attention, topping major music charts.

2013: European Tour, No. 1, and Teen Top Class

In February 2013, Teen Top held their first European tour, "TEEN TOP SHOW! Live tour in Europe 2013", making stops in Germany, England, France and Spain.[7]

The track "I wanna love (์‚ฌ๋ž‘ํ•˜๊ณ  ์‹ถ์–ด) was released in February 2013.[8] [9] They released their full album digitally and physically on the 25t.[10]

On August 25, Teen Top released their 4th mini album Teen Top Class with ์žฅ๋‚œ์•„๋ƒ (Rocking/No Joke) as the lead single.Teen Top won three music show trophies for "Rocking". The promotion cycle lasted shorter than usual, which led them to release another repackaged album titled Teen Top Class Addition on October 24 with ๋ชป๋‚ฌ๋‹ค (Lovefool) as the lead single.[11]

2014: High Kick world tour, ร‰xito, and Snow Kiss

In February, Teen Top held their "High Kick in Seoul" concert in Seoul's Olympic Hall. They then proceeded with their "High Kick" world tour in various countries such as the US, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, and South American countries like Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.

In September, they released their fourth extended play, Exito with "Missing" as the lead single. They first performed "Missing" live at M Countdown on the 11th of September, prior to the album's release.[12] The promotion cycle lasted shorter than usual, which led them to release a repackaged album, titled 20's Love Two Exitoo on the 10th of November. "I'm Sorry" was the lead single for the album, in which it was not promoted on music shows.[13]

In November, they held their first concert and fan meet in Thailand, titled "My Dear Angels in Bangkok". In December, they held another concert but in four cities in Japan.

In December, they released their first seasonal single album, Snow Kiss with the same title as the lead single.[14]

2015โ€“2016: Natural Born and Red Point

TOP Media announced that Teen Top would hold their exclusive overseas solo concert "My Dear Angels" in Los Angeles at the ORPHEUM TEATER on April 11.[15] This event was cancelled due to internal funding issues, and Team Angel took full responsibility for the cancellation.[16]

Their 6th mini album entitled "Natural Born Teen Top" was released on June 22. On the same day, they released the music video to the title song "Ah-Ah" - a song written and produced by Black Eyed Pilseung and Sam Lewis.[17] [18] After its release, "Natural Born Teen Top" debuted at No. 1 on South Korean Gaon Albums chart as well as No. 13 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[19] [20]

On July 4, Teen Top held their 5th Anniversary Concert in Tokyo, Japan, continued with stops in Seoul, Nagoya, Kobe and endend in Fukuoka on August 17.[21] The group also attended KCON in New York alongside Girls' Generation and other artists on August 8, 2015.[22]

On July 31, Teen Top released the digital single "Except for Me" for Brave Brothers 10th Anniversary album.[23]

Teen Top was a part of the 2015 Feel Korea in New Delhi tour in India, performing on August 29 at New Delhi's Sirifort Auditorium.[24]

On January 17, the music video for the title track, Warning Sign, came out. The next day on January 18, 2016, Teen Top released the mini album, Red Point. The album came in two versions: Chic ver. and Urban ver.[25]

2017โ€“2019: High Five and L.Joe controversy

In early 2017, L.Joe cleared evidence of the group from his social media, deleting "Teen Top" from his Instagram username and turning his account private.[26] On February 10, it was revealed that he had requested a termination of contract with his agency, TOP Media, after L.Joe reportedly had wanted more solo activities and was subsequently restricted.[27]

On April 10, 2017, Teen Top released their second studio album titled High Five and continued to promote as five.[28]

On May 8, 2018, Teen Top released their eighth EP, Seoul Night, with the title track of the same name. The EP was released in two versions.[29] On May 11, Teen Top's first stage for this comeback was held on M Countdown, performing "Seoul Night" and "Let's Play".[30] On July 3, 2018, Teen Top released TEEN TOP STORY: 8PISODE, with the title track "Lovers".[31] This is the repackage of their eighth EP Seoul Night.

On June 4, 2019, Teen Top came back with their ninth EP DEAR. N9NE, with the title track "Run Away".[32]

2020โ€“present: Resurgence, 10th anniversary, military service, C.A.P's departure, and 4SHO

Several of Teen Top's older songs received renewed spotlight in 2020, notably, No More Perfume on You (2011) and Crazy (2012) for its viral lyrics and crazy beats. Host Yoo Jae-suk regularly expressed his love for the group's music on his variety show MBC Hangout with Yoo and was singing and dancing to the group's tracks on the show.

On July 10, 2020, Teen Top released a 2020 version of "To You", in commemoration of their 10 years since debut. Despite not releasing any new albums in the year, Teen Top was invited to perform their classic tracks on multiple music shows including KBS Music Bank and M Countdown. The group also performed at You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook for the first time since their debut.

Teen Top held their first online concert titled "Teen Top 10 Live" on August 8, 2020.[33] This marked Teen Top's last concert as a full group in a while, with Chunji being the first member to enlist in the military shortly after on August 10, 2020, to fulfill his mandatory military service.[34] Ricky was accepted as part of the military band, and was the group's second member to enlist to the military on January 17, 2021.[35] C.A.P is the third member to enlist in the military on May 10, 2021.[36]

On December 28, 2021, it was announced that Niel and Changjo will not renew their contracts with TOP Media starting from January 10, 2022. However, they will still remain as members of Teen Top.[37] Chunji was discharged from the military on February 9, 2022, but took his final vacation and was not asked to return in January due to COVID-19 protocols.[38] Ricky also completed his service on July 17.[39]

On April 29, 2023, Teen Top announced that they would be making their first comeback in 4 years.[40] On May 11 however, it was confirmed that leader C.A.P would be leaving the group as a result of controversial behavior during a live broadcast, where he was smoking a cigarette which outraged fans.[41] On June 13, 2023, it was confirmed that the group's next album, 4SHO would be released on July 4.[42]

On December 28, 2023, it was announced that Chunji and Ricky had parted ways with TOP Media, though they would still continue with Teen Top.[43]

On June 24, 2025, TOP Media noted, "We are doing our best to prepare for the comeback on August 2 to celebrate the 15th anniversary with our fans after 2 years," adding, "Please look forward to TEEN TOP's new music and activities.[44] On July 23, 2025, TOP Media announced Teen Top will be holding the '2025 Teen Top Live' concert at Shinhan Card SOL Pay Square Live Hall in Seoul on August 23rd and 24th.[45] On August 2, 2025, it announced their 15th debut anniversary comeback schedule through their SNS that the album titled 'Just 15, Just Teen Top' will release on August 21.[46]

Members

Current

Former

Discography

See main article: Teen Top discography.

Concerts and tours

Ambassadorship

Awards and nominations

See main article: List of awards and nominations received by Teen Top.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.allkpop.com/2011/04/teen-tops-niel-ricky-share-their-childhood-photos "TEEN TOP's Niel & Ricky share their childhood photos"
  2. http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2011030216175297521&outlink=2&SVEC "ํ‹ดํƒ‘, ํ• ๋ฆฌ์šฐ๋“œ ๋Œ€์ž‘ ํ™๋ณด๋Œ€์‚ฌ ๋ฐœํƒ 'ํ™”์ œ' (TEEN TOP, Chosen as Hollywood Ambassadors becomes a 'Hot Topic')"
  3. http://www.allkpop.com/2011/07/teen-top-returns-with-no-more-perfume-on-you-on-inkigayo "TEEN TOP returns with "No More Perfume On You" on Inkigayo"
  4. http://www.allkpop.com/2012/01/teen-top-releases-second-mini-album-its "TEEN TOP releases second mini-album, 'It's'"
  5. http://www.allkpop.com/2012/02/teen-top-wins-music-bank-k-chart-performances-from-february-3rd "TEEN TOP wins 'Music Bank' K-Chart + Performances from February 3rd!"
  6. http://www.allkpop.com/2012/02/teen-top-wins-inkigayo-mutizen-performances-from-february-5th "TEEN TOP wins 'Inkigayo' mutizen + Performances from February 5!"
  7. https://www.allkpop.com/article/2012/12/teen-top-announces-5-city-european-tour "Teen Top announces 5 city European tour"
  8. News: elliefilet. TEEN TOP to release album later this month. 8 February 2013. Allkpop. 8 February 2013. 11 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130211100501/http://www.allkpop.com/2013/02/teen-top-to-release-album-later-this-month. live.
  9. Web site: ์„ค๋‚ ๋งž์ด ์„œํ”„๋ผ์ด์ฆˆ ๋‰ด์Šค๋ฅผ ์ „ํ•ด๋“œ๋ฆฝ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค!. TEEN TOP Official Website. 8 February 2013. 13 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130413134130/http://www.teentop.co.kr/teentop/2nd_mini_notice_read.asp?v_page=1&v_SeqNo=218. live.
  10. News: neefa. TEEN TOP makes a manly transformation for new 12-track album 'No. 1' + release "Miss Right" MV. 25 February 2013. Allkpop. 24 February 2013. 26 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130226162501/http://www.allkpop.com/2013/02/teen-top-makes-a-manly-transformation-for-new-12-track-album-no-1. live.
  11. Web site: (๊ณต์ง€) ํ‹ดํƒ‘ 'TEEN TOP CLASS ADDITION' ๋ฆฌํŒจํ‚ค์ง€ ์•จ๋ฒ” ๋ฐœ๋งค ์•ˆ๋‚ด. TOP Media. 7 November 2013. 7 November 2013. https://archive.today/20131107062511/http://www.teentop.co.kr/teentop/4th_mini_notice_read.asp?v_page=1&v_SeqNo=299. live.
  12. News: ko:ํ‹ดํƒ‘, 1๋…„ ๋งŒ์˜ ์ปด๋ฐฑ ๋ชฉ ๋น ์ง€๊ฒŒ ๊ธฐ๋‹ค๋ ธ์–ด(์— ์นด์šดํŠธ๋‹ค์šด). http://ent.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2014091107824. ent.hankyung. September 11, 2014. ko. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150709173413/http://ent.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2014091107824. July 9, 2015.
  13. Web site: TEEN TOP leave hearts fluttering with Niel and C.A.P's images for upcoming repackaged album. Allkpop. November 6, 2014. November 11, 2016. April 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428173143/https://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/11/teen-top-leave-hearts-fluttering-with-niel-and-caps-images-for-upcoming-repackaged-album. live.
  14. Web site: TEEN TOP release Christmas themed digital single, 'Snow Kiss'. Allkpop. December 9, 2014. November 11, 2016. November 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112081210/http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/12/teen-top-release-christmas-themed-digital-single-snow-kiss. live.
  15. News: TEEN TOP My Dear Angels in LA. 2 February 2015. onehallyu. 2 February 2015. 4 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204043438/http://onehallyu.com/topic/138541-teen-top-my-dear-angels-in-la/. live.
  16. News: Teen Top My Dear Angels in LA Cancellation. 7 April 2015. ANGEL UNITED. 10 April 2015. 6 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406000858/http://angel-united.us/. usurped.
  17. Web site: Teen Top Release Individual Teasers And Album Art For 'Natural Born'. 9 June 2015. 11 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611211637/http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/209450/20150609/teen-top-natural-born-teaser.htm. live.
  18. Web site: Teen Top drop track list for 'Natural Born'. 14 June 2015. 22 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150622063417/http://zkpop.com/2015/06/teen-top-drop-track-list-for-natural-born-2-articles2377.htm. live.
  19. Web site: http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/07/02/2015070202035.html . June 2, 2015 . The Star . June 2, 2015 . ko:ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ์ƒˆ์•จ๋ฒ”, ํ•œํ„ฐ์ฐจํŠธ ์ด์–ด ๊ฐ€์˜จ์ฐจํŠธ ์Œ๋ฐ˜๋ถ€๋ฌธ 1์œ„ . ko . July 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703072007/http://thestar.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/07/02/2015070202035.html . dead .
  20. BTS, Sistar, AOA or Teen Top: Who Won the Summer's First Rush of K-Pop Comebacks? Billboard . . 2015-07-04 . 2015-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705190607/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6620001/k-pop-summer-comebacks-2015-bts-sistar-aoa-teen-top . live .
  21. Web site: ใ€7/4 ้–‹ๅ‚ฌๆฑบๅฎš๏ผใ€‘TEEN TOP 5th ANNIVERSARY LIVE in Japan 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713194153/http://timojapan.com/portfolio/%E3%80%9074-%E9%96%8B%E5%82%AC%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A%EF%BC%81%E3%80%91teen-top-5th-anniversary-live-in-japan-2015. 2015-07-13.
  22. Benjamin. Jeff. Teen Top & AOA Join KCON 2015 New York Lineup. Billboard. 2015-08-04. 2015-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810183848/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6605672/teen-top-aoa-kcon-2015-new-york-lineup. live.
  23. Web site: TEEN TOP drop 'Except For Me' as part of Brave Brothers' 10th anniversary album!. July 31, 2015. allkpop. August 3, 2015. August 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150802185731/http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/07/teen-top-drop-except-for-me-as-part-of-brave-brothers-10th-anniversary-album. live.
  24. Web site: India is about to receive their love for the Hallyu Wave with 2015 Feel Korea concert in New Delhi. HELLOASIA. 2015-08-04. 2017-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805220612/http://www.theaureview.com/asia/news/india-is-about-to-receive-their-love-for-the-hallyu-wave-with-2015-feel-korea-concert-in-new-delhi. dead.
  25. Web site: TEEN TOP introduce track list to "Red Point" comeback. January 12, 2016. allkpop. February 15, 2017. July 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707101419/http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/01/teen-top-introduce-track-list-to-red-point-comeback. live.
  26. Web site: L.Joe worries fans by deleting Teen Top out of his Instagram ID and turning his account private. AllKpop. 7 November 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221633/https://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/02/ljoe-worries-fans-by-deleting-teen-top-out-of-his-instagram-id-and-turning-his-account-private. live.
  27. Web site: Choi. R. Teen Top's L.Joe Revealed To Have Requested Contract Termination From Agency. Soompi. 9 February 2017. 7 November 2017. 8 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108054013/https://www.soompi.com/2017/02/08/teen-tops-l-joe-revealed-requested-contract-termination-agency/. live.
  28. Web site: Teen Top Is Tired Of Heartbreak In "Love Is" MV. soompi. April 17, 2017. April 10, 2017. April 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081414/https://www.soompi.com/2017/04/10/watch-teen-top-love-mv/. live.
  29. Web site: Teen Top Gets The Party Started With "Seoul Night" MV. soompi. May 11, 2018. May 8, 2018. May 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511214717/https://www.soompi.com/2018/05/08/watch-teen-top-gets-party-started-seoul-night-mv/. live.
  30. Web site: Lee . Ha-na-gi . '์— ์นด' ํ‹ดํƒ‘, ํƒ€์ดํ‹€๊ณก '์„œ์šธ๋ฐค' ์ปด๋ฐฑยทยทยทํ™”๋ คํ•œ '์„œ์šธ์ง€์•ต' ํผํฌ๋จผ์Šค . . Sedaily . 1 May 2020 . ko . 10 May 2018 . 28 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428173128/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=011&aid=0003293703 . live .
  31. Web site: Watch: Teen Top Celebrates 8th Anniversary With Dashing MV For "Lover". July 3, 2018. Soompi. en. 2019-09-22. 2019-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190922232805/https://www.soompi.com/article/1194527wpp/watch-teen-top-celebrates-8th-anniversary-dashing-mv-lover. live.
  32. Web site: Update: Teen Top Displays Chic Moves In Performance Version Of "Run Away" MV. June 4, 2019. Soompi. en. 2019-09-22. 2019-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190922232805/https://www.soompi.com/article/1329793wpp/watch-teen-top-says-to-run-away-from-your-worries-in-comeback-mv. live.
  33. Web site: 2020-08-09. Teen Top Celebrates 10 Years With A Special Online Concert "TEEN TOP 10 LIVE". 2020-08-22. hellokpop. en-US. 2020-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930052456/https://www.hellokpop.com/event/teen-top-online-concert-teen-top-10-live/. live.
  34. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘ "'ํ–ฅ์ˆ˜ ๋ฟŒ๋ฆฌ์ง€๋งˆ'๋กœ ์—ญ์ฃผํ–‰, 3๋Œ€ ์ˆจ๋“ฃ๋ช… ์˜๊ด‘"(์Šค์ผ€์น˜๋ถ)[๊ฒฐ์ •์ ์žฅ๋ฉด] ]. Choi . Seunghye . August 15, 2020 . Newsen . . November 29, 2020 . December 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207073920/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000314155 . live .
  35. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ๋ฆฌํ‚ค, ๋‚ด๋…„ ์ดˆ ์ž…๋Œ€...์ฒœ์ง€ ์ด์–ด ๋‘ ๋ฒˆ์งธ [๊ณต์‹์ž…์žฅ] ]. ko . Teen Top Ricky to enlist early next year... second after Chunji . Jeong . Heeyeon . November 27, 2020 . Donga Sports . . November 29, 2020 . April 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428173114/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000874295 . live .
  36. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ์บก, 5์›” 10์ผ ่ป ์ž…๋Œ€...์ฒœ์ง€ยท๋ฆฌํ‚ค ์ด์–ด 3๋ฒˆ์งธ[๊ณต์‹์ž…์žฅ] ]. Kim . Miji . April 27, 2021 . Xportsnews . . April 27, 2021 . April 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427061858/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001292436 . live .
  37. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ๋‹ˆ์—˜ยท์ฐฝ์กฐ ํ‹ฐ์˜คํ”ผ๋ฏธ๋””์–ด ์ „์†๊ณ„์•ฝ ์ข…๋ฃŒ "ํŒ€ ํ™œ๋™ ์œ ์ง€"[์ „๋ฌธ] ]. Yoon . Sanggeun . December 28, 2021 . Star News . . December 28, 2021 .
  38. Web site: February 9, 2022 . ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ์ฒœ์ง€, ์˜ค๋Š˜ ํ˜„์—ญ ์ œ๋Œ€...์ฝ”๋กœ๋‚˜19๋กœ ๋ฏธ๋ณต๊ท€ ์ „์—ญ ์† "ํ™œ๋™ ๊ด€์‹ฌ ๋ถ€ํƒ" . Teen Top Chunji discharged from active duty today... "Please pay attention to activities" after non-return due to COVID-19 . July 19, 2022 . . Korean.
  39. Web site: July 17, 2022 . Teen Top Ricky Discharge Notice . July 19, 2022 . . Korean.
  40. Web site: "์ปด๋ฐฑ ์ค€๋น„ ์ค‘"..ํ‹ดํƒ‘, 5ไบบ ์™„์ „์ฒด ํ™œ๋™ ์˜ˆ๊ณ . April 29, 2023. Korean.
  41. Web site: '์š•์„ค ๋…ผ๋ž€' ์บก, ๊ฒฐ๊ตญ ํ‹ดํƒ‘ ํƒˆํ‡ด...4์ธ์กฐ ์žฌํŽธ[๊ณต์‹]]. Korean. May 11, 2023.
  42. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘, 7์›” 4์ผ ์™„์ „์ฒด ์ปด๋ฐฑ ํ™•์ •. Sports Kyunghyang. Korean. June 13, 2023.
  43. Web site: Teen Top's Chunji, Ricky part ways with TOP Media after 13 years. Korea JoongAng Daily. December 28, 2023.
  44. Web site: Teen Top confirms full group comeback on August 2 for 15th anniversary celebration. biz.chosun.com. english. June 24, 2025. July 19, 2025.
  45. Web site: [Article] Teen Top Celebrating 15 Years of Debut, Holding Solo Concert in August, Full Group Comeback]. itopgroup.com. korean. July 23, 2025. July 25, 2025.
  46. Web site: TEEN TOP Announces Comeback Date With Scheduler For "Just 15, Just Teen Top". soompi.com. english. August 1, 2025. August 3, 2025.
  47. Web site: ํ‹ดํƒ‘, ํ‘ธ๋ฅธ๋‚˜๋ฌด์žฌ๋‹จ ํ™๋ณด๋Œ€์‚ฌ ์œ„์ด‰ "๋œป๊นŠ์€ ์ผ ํ•จ๊ป˜ํ•˜๊ฒŒ ๋ผ ์˜๊ด‘. Cha. Hye-young. Teen Top signs on as ambassadors for Blue Tree Foundation "Honoured to be a part of such a worthy cause. Ten Asia. Naver. May 14, 2023. June 12, 2023. ko.

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