KPOP 4th generation · Yuehua Entertainment
TEMPEST
テンペスト / 템페스트
TEMPEST work across Korea, Japan and international releases, with video, practice and performance footage for each single.
- 2022DebutMar 2, 2022
- 6Members
- 4thGeneration
- iEFandom
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: TEMPEST
Bad News opens the run in 2022, Dragon is the one that carried furthest, and Vroom Vroom shows the current staging.
Pick this if you want a fourth-generation boy group whose output is consistent enough to follow easily.
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Key facts
- Group name
- TEMPEST
- Reading / Hangul
- テンペスト / 템페스트
- Company
- Yuehua Entertainment
- Debut date
- March 2, 2022
- Days active
- 1,704 days (4 years, 7 months)
- Debut song
- Bad News
- Generation
- 4th generation
- Fandom name
- iE(アイ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ハンビン | 1998-01-19 | 28 | 174cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Vietnam |
| ヒョンソプ | 1999-08-09 | 27 | 174cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヒョク | 2000-04-17 | 26 | 177cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ルー | 2001-04-05 | 25 | 171cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ウンチャン | 2001-02-27 | 25 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| テレ | 2002-05-09 | 24 | 182cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Kids No More
Bad News MVBad News is the debut and the first impression of all six.
Dragon MVDragon is the strongest of the singles and the one that reached beyond the fandom.
Vroom Vroom MVVroom Vroom carries the recent sound and the sharpest of the dancing.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2022They debuted with Bad News from It's Me, It's We. Shining Up and On and On alternated between youthful feeling and powerful group choreography, establishing the brightness of early TEMPEST.
- 2023From THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM to the first single Into The TEMPEST, Vroom Vroom built a fast-moving signature entrance.
- 2024Hwarang's departure left a six-member line-up. In Japan, Baddest Behavior, BANG! and BUBBLE GUM expanded their activities through Nippon Columbia.
- 2025They released Destiny, Re: Full Of Youth and As I Am in Korea, and the TV anime opening theme My Way in Japan. The year brought parallel digital activity aimed at Korea, Japan and China.
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Achievements
3Wins
2Music show wins3 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of October 27, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2023
Hanteo Music Awards HMA
- Global Rookie“TEMPEST”
- 2023
Seoul Music Awards SMA
- Rookie Award“TEMPEST”
- 2022
Genie Music Awards GMA
- Next Generation“TEMPEST”
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- Into The TEMPESTCircle Album ChartNo. 3Album
- It’s Me, It’s WeCircle Album ChartNo. 5Album
Music show wins
Records
2 recordsMost recent broadcast first
| Show Champion | LIGHTHOUSE | MBC PLUS | |
| Show Champion | Vroom Vroom | MBC PLUS |
Sources and data (4)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's TEMPEST note
TEMPEST appeared in Korea on March 2, 2022 with the debut song Bad News. The six-piece under Yuehua Entertainment built itself on a bright sense of youth and forceful group choreography. From early on Shining Up, On and On and Dragon followed in quick succession, moving between speed and freshness and settling a position among fourth-generation acts. A change of members in 2024 left the current six, and the stages have only grown tighter.
The ways in are Bad News, Dragon and Vroom Vroom. Bad News delivers the energy of the debut and the resolution of the group choreography at once. Dragon adds weight to the sound and shows a side apart from the freshness. Vroom Vroom stands out for the drive riding on a light beat, and it packs the pop core particular to the group in the clearest form. Lined up together the three trace the change in sound from the start through 2023.
From 2024 the Korean and Japanese work began to run in parallel. BANG! and BUBBLE GUM came out in Japan through the Nippon Columbia route, and in 2025 the group took on My Way as the opening theme of a TV anime. In Korea Re: Full Of Youth and As I Am stacked up, with Destiny arriving the same year. Bad News, then Vroom Vroom, then BANG! runs through the heat of the debut, the pop particular to the group and the texture of the work in Japan.
Editors' take Bad News / Vroom Vroom / BANG! — a Yuehua Entertainment six-piece running from youthful speed to the work in Japan in three songs.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
TEMPEST names the force of a storm, which is easiest to remember through the rush of Bad News and Vroom Vroom.
Nationalities
Hanbin comes from Vietnam, and within K-pop boy groups he is one of the more visible global entry points.
Line-up
Taking the six-member line-up from 2024 onwards as the centre keeps the Korean and Japanese activity easy to trace.
Japanese releases
BANG!, BUBBLE GUM and My Way are releases for the Japanese market, and they sit apart from the Korean catalogue.
Video
Bad News exists as both a music video and a performance video, which puts the brightness and the group choreography side by side.
Entry point
A first pass through Bad News, Dragon and Vroom Vroom, or BANG! for the Japanese side, covers the range from freshness to force.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 99/ 241 groups
No. 99 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 41%)
- 3Japanese releases
- 9Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 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 2026-10-27).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines TEMPEST?
Bad News opens the run in 2022, Dragon is the one that carried furthest, and Vroom Vroom shows the current staging.
Why should a new listener start with TEMPEST?
Pick this if you want a fourth-generation boy group whose output is consistent enough to follow easily.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Bad News, Dragon, Vroom Vroom, then continue to the official video index.