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One Day (South Korean band)

One Day
OriginSeoul, South Korea
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Years activeUndebuted
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One Day was an eleven-member South Korean band. It was started by Korean musician Park Jin-young. After performing as one group, it was splintered into two separate bands called 2AM and 2PM respectively.

Formation

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A documentary called Hot Blood Men[1] captured the group's rigorous training program. In this documentary, former member Jay Park (Jaebeom) finished at the top spot and received the most fan votes. It also featured the elimination of three trainees from the group: Lee Swichi, Jeong Jinwoon, and Yoon Doo-joon who were all cut.[2] Jinwoon replaced Im Daehun upon the latter's withdrawal. By the end of the training process, One Day had been reduced to an eleven-member group.

Split

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The band was then split into a four-member ballad group 2AM and a seven-member hip-hop group 2PM.

2AM (Korean: 투에이엠), became a four-member boy band and ballad group consisting of

2PM (Korean투피엠), became a seven-member hip hop band formed by JYP Entertainment, consisting of

References

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  1. ^ "Cover Story: 2PM | iamkoream". Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Doojoon almost starred in 'HighKick". Newsen (in Korean). November 2, 2009.