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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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Years active | 2013 | –present
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Official Korean website Official Japanese website |
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N.Flying (Korean: 엔플라잉, Japanese: エヌフライング) is a South Korean rap rock band formed by FNC Entertainment in 2013. The band consists of Kwon Kwang-jin (bass), Lee Seung-hyub (rhythm guitar, vocal, rap), Cha Hun (lead guitar) and Kim Jae-hyun (drums). The name ‘N.Flying’ is derived from the word ‘NEW’ and ‘Flying' which also means ‘new wings’ or ‘new escape’. Their first release, Basket charted at number two on Oricon's weekly Indies chart in Japan. Their fan club name is "N.Fia", a combination of the words “N.Flying” and “Utopia.” It means that the band and their fans will fly together towards the utopia of their ideal music.
Kwon Kwang-jin was the original bassist of labelmate CNBLUE, which debuted in 2009. However, due to personal circumstances, Kwang-jin left the band in late September 2009. Kwangjin continued training under FNC Entertainment and meet other trainees: Seung-hyub, Jae-hyun and Cha Hun in January 2011 and formed a new band ‘N.Flying’.
In 2013, Lee Seung-hyub appeared in Juniel's music video titled Pretty Boy. In the MV, he acted as Juniel's ideal guy that she saw at the café.
Kim Jae-hyun is the younger brother of Kim Jae-kyung, the leader of South Korean girl group Rainbow. On October 2, she tweeted a photo of N.Flying's debut poster on her personal Twitter and told everyone that her younger brother is debuting in Japan.
N.Flying began their first performance at Shibuya CYCLONE on September 28. On October 1, they released their first indie single album titled BASKET and performed as the opening act at FTISLAND's ‘Replay’ Zepp tour.BASKET peaked at No.2 on Tower Records weekly singles chart, No.2 on Oricon Indies weekly singles chart and No. 4 on Oricon daily singles chart. The band continued doing live gigs at live clubs and also performed as opening act at CNBLUE's ‘One More Time’ Arena Tour. On November 14, N.Flying did their first one-man live at Live Space Halot.