2nd generation · FNC Entertainment

FTISLAND

エフティーアイランド / FT아일랜드

FTISLAND formed in 2007 as one of the first Korean bands to work inside the idol system, and Hongki's voice has always been the centre.

  • 2007DebutJun 7, 2007
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Love Sick / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: FTISLAND

The early rock ballads brought the audience in, PRAY and Take Me Now push toward heavier rock, and the recent EPs show a band settled into itself.

Come here for a group that plays its own instruments and has done so for nearly two decades.

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Key facts

Group name
FTISLAND
Reading / Hangul
エフティーアイランド / FT아일랜드
Company
FNC Entertainment
Debut date
June 7, 2007
Days active
7,042 days (19 years, 3 months)
Debut song
Love Sick
Generation
2nd generation
Fandom name
Primadonna(プリマドンナ)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
ホンギ1990-03-0236175cmABNot disclosedSouth Korea
ジョンフン1990-03-0736178cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ジェジン1991-12-1734177cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ミンファン1992-11-1133171cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
スンヒョン1992-08-2134181cmONot disclosedSouth Korea

Ages are as of 2026-09-17.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

Lemonade artwork

September 2, 2026 · Digital Single

Lemonade

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From debut to now

  • 2007
    Arrived as a young group in band format and opened a way in for a wide audience with aching rock ballads.
  • 2008
    After Love and the songs around it settled the strong emotional melodies and visual expression of FTISLAND.
  • 2009
    Through changes in the line-up the sound widened towards something that carried further into pop.
  • 2012
    Dramatic music videos and the force of the singing made this a signature period that holds up for listeners arriving later.
  • 2015
    The weight of the band was pushed to the front, pointing past the frame of an idol band.
  • 2016
    The album carrying Take Me Now left a hard-hitting FTISLAND that plays well live.
  • 2017
    As work from the tenth-anniversary period it showed the persuasiveness of the ballads and the depth of the career at once.
  • 2023
    As a band with a long run behind it, the temperature of the voice and the playing comes close to the present.
  • 2024
    The official videos for Burn It and Serious make the FTISLAND of the 2020s followable on screen.
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Key achievements

Key milestones

A way into K-bandsA leading presence that made the band format highly visible inside the idol scene.
Rock balladsSeveral ways in that make FTISLAND memorable through the voice and the storytelling.
A long runPast ten years of activity, still being updated recently with official videos and live footage.
Work in JapanMany Japanese editions, a breadth of K-band activity that the Korean releases alone do not show.

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KPOP DISCOVER's FTISLAND note

What anchors FTISLAND is Hongki's voice and the feel of a band actually playing. An FNC Entertainment K-band that debuted in 2007, it sits inside the K-pop idol context while the centre of it stays the voice and the push of the band.

The early period built wide appeal through the rock ballads of Love Sick and After Love, and in the 2010s PRAY and Take Me Now moved into harder rock. The catalogue runs in order from the debut work through to the recent EPs.

When watching the videos, mixing in live clips rather than only music videos matters. The roughness of the voice, the push of the band and the conviction of a group with a long run come through best there. Love Sick, then Severely, then PRAY runs from rock ballad to wide appeal to harder rock.

Editors' take Love Sick / Severely / PRAY — three songs cover Hongki's voice and the playing of an FNC K-band.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 201/ 210 groups

No. 201 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 96%)

  • 0Japanese releases
  • 0Japan-related tracks
  • 0Members from Japan
  • 1Official Japanese accounts

The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-09-17).

How this score is calculated →View in Japanese

Frequently asked questions

What defines FTISLAND?
The early rock ballads brought the audience in, PRAY and Take Me Now push toward heavier rock, and the recent EPs show a band settled into itself.
Why should a new listener start with FTISLAND?
Come here for a group that plays its own instruments and has done so for nearly two decades.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Love Sick, Severely, PRAY, then continue to the official video index.