F.T. Island
에프티 아일랜드
About
F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is a five-member South Korean band. The name F.T. Island stands for "Five Treasure Island", noting that each of the five members is a treasure of talents of their own. The band consists of Choi Jong-hoon (leader, guitar, and keyboard), Lee Hong-gi (main vocals), Lee Jae-jin (bass and 2nd vocals), Song Seung-hyun (guitar, vocals, and rap), and Choi Min-hwan (drums and sub vocalist). Oh Won-bin left the group in 2009, and was replaced by Seung-hyun. F.T. Island has released (until 2018) sixteen full-length albums, eight mini-albums, many singles and soundtrack productions for different drama theme songs and anime openings. F.T. Island is considered to be South Korea's first instrumental idol band. The band had also won various prestigious awards such as the Golden Disk Awards and Seoul Music Awards and held more than 10 different tours since debut.
On March 14, 2019, Choi Jong-hoon retired from the entertainment industry, amidst allegations of being involved in bribery and sharing of illicit sex videos and pictures, a part of the Burning Sun scandal.
Label: FNC Entertainment
