[Article] SS501 wants to be with their fans forever

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SS501 members Park Jung Min, Kim Hyung Jun, Heo Young Saeng, and Kim Kyu Jong recently got back together to record a video clip to commemorate their 8th anniversary, and also took the opportunity to thank their fans for the support all these years.

Fans of SS501 recently took out bus advertisements that had congratulatory words for the group’s 8th anniversary and their past group event photos. The advertisements will run from the last week of May until the end of June on buses plying the routes of Seoul’s Myeongdong, Gangnam, Hongdae, and others, and serve as a gift for the SS501 members. Fans have also taken to organizing activities to commemorate the songs released by SS501 that had topped charts in the past, and reminisce about the beautiful memories of SS501 at the same time.

With regards to the effort put in by fans to celebrate SS501’s 8th anniversary, Park Jung Min, Kim Hyung Jun, Heo Young Saeng, and Kim Kyu Jong got together recently to record a video to thank their fans, and the video link was posted through the members’ SNS.

In the clip, the SS501 member expressed, “We were only about 19 and 20 years old back then, and we have spent 8 years together now. During this time, we have continued to grow, and we feel really blessed. We really want to thank everyone, and hope that we can all continue to grow old together, and be together forever.”

SS501 was a 5-member idol boy group created by DSP Media, with SS standing for Super Star, while 501 meant that the 5 members would always be one entity. SS501 made their debut on June 8th, 2005 with their debut song ‘Warning’, before going on to release songs like ‘Never Again’, ‘Snow Prince’, ‘Deja vu’, ‘Because I Was Stupid’, and ‘Love Like This’, which saw them gain much popularity among fans in South Korea, Japan, China, and other Asian countries.

After their contract expiry with DSP Media, the SS501 members went their separate ways as they signed with different management agencies. But they still maintained their friendship and continued with links with one another through SS501. Kim Hyun Joong is currently signed with KEYEAST Entertainment; Heo Young Saeng, and Kim Kyu Jong is with B2M Entertainment; Kim Hyung Jun is under S PLUS Entertainment; while Park Jung Min recently concluded the lawsuit over his exclusive contract with his previous agency CNR Media, and is now preparing for local and overseas promotions.