C-Clown

C-Clown
C-Clown in 2012
Background information
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2012 (2012)–2015 (2015)
Labels	Yedang LOEN Sony Korea
Past members	Siwoo Ray Kang Jun T.K Maru Rome
Website	cafe.daum.net/C-CLOWN

C-Clown (Korean: 씨클라운; short for Crown Clown) was a South Korean boy band under Yedang Entertainment. It had six members: Rome, Siwoo, Ray, Kang Jun, T.K, and Maru. They disbanded on October 5, 2015 after being together for three years.

History

Prior to his debut in C-Clown, T.K. filmed a television ad for Pepero in 2009.^[1] T.K. was also a trainee under Cube Entertainment; he was in the original lineup for the group BtoB and filmed alongside them in the sitcom I Live in Cheongdam-dong, but was pulled out of the group due to a medical condition. Another member, Rome, was a participant on Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 for two episodes that featured newcomers/returnees to the entertainment scene.

2012-2013: Not Alone, Young Love and Shaking Heart

C-Clown released their debut mini-album Not Alone with its lead single being "Solo" on July 18, 2012. They made their debut performance following day on the Mnet music television program M Countdown.^[2] On November 15 of the same year, they released their second mini-album Young Love. Rado, Kim Tae-ju, and Beast's Yong Jun-hyung participated in the album's production.^[3]

C-Clown released their third mini-album Shaking Heart with the lead single bearing the same name. In this album the group showed different music genres than was used in previous albums. Beast's Yong Jun-hyung participated in the album's production again on song "Do You Remember" collaborated by ALi originally released at April 2, 2013 as a digital single.

2014–2015: Let's Love and disbandment

C-Clown pre-released their track "Tell Me" a few weeks before their official comeback single. They eventually released their single "Justice" in February, showcasing a new style. On July 7, 2014, C-Clown made another comeback, releasing the MV to their title track, "Let's Love".

In April 2015, Rome changed his Instagram username to @christianyu_ and deleted all of his pictures. The new account had the description, "they turned me into something that I am not. Never forget what I did for u,", he later shortened this to "never...forget...". These actions raised the speculation that the group was disbanding or he was at least leaving the group, but everything remained obscure.^[4] On August 13, 2015, Rome returned to Instagram and wrote another post that raised further questions about the future of the group.^[5][6]

On October 4, 2015, Yedang announced the disbandment.^[7] The official SNS channels (excluding YouTube), including the official C-CLOWN fan cafe, will have a grace period of a month from October 5, and become private. Rome confirmed this through several tweets on his Twitter.^[8] Yedang Entertainment said the 6th member of the group will remain under their agency, other members will work as producers under the agency while the others are preparing to form a new group.^[9]

Members

• Rome (롬)
• Siwoo (시우)
• Ray (레이)
• Kang Jun (강준)
• T.K.
• Maru (마루)

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [10]
Not Alone	Released: July 19, 2012 Label: Yedang Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	14	KOR: 2,592[11]
Young Love	Released: November 15, 2012 Label: Yedang Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	15	KOR: 4,140[12]
Shaking Heart (흔들리고 있어; Heundeulligo Isseo)	Released: April 18, 2013 Label: Yedang Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	1	KOR: 5,323[13]
Let's Love (나랑만나; Narang Manna)	Released: July 8, 2014 Label: Yedang Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	9	KOR: 4,996[14]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		KOR [15][A]	KOR Hot [B]
"Solo"	2012	82	—		Not Alone
"Far Away... Young Love" (멀어질까봐; Meoreojilkkabwa)		7	75		Young Love
"Shaking Heart" (흔들리고 있어; Heundeulligo Isseo)	2013	37	45	KOR: 95,673[18]	Shaking Heart
"Tell Me" (말해줘; Malhaejwo)	2014	76	—		Non-album single
"Justice" (암행어사; Amhaengeosa)		163	—		Let's Love
"Let's Love" (나랑만나; Narang Manna)		—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Notes

1. Additional reference for weekly peak positions: "Justice".^[16]
2. References for weekly peak positions: "Far Away... Young Love",^{[citation needed]} "Shaking Heart".^[17]

References

1. Kim Sang-ho (October 18, 2012). "씨클라운 멤버 T.K, 중학생 시절 광고영상 눈길" (in Korean). Sports Seoul. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
2. Lee Mi-yeong (July 19, 2012). 씨클라운, 19일 데뷔무대 "비주얼-노래 자신있다" (in Korean). JoyNews24. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
3. Kim Sang-ho (November 8, 2012). 비스트 용준형, 씨클라운 음반 작곡가로 참여 (in Korean). Sports Seoul. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
4. alim17 (April 21, 2015). "C-CLOWN's Rome raises alarm with latest tweet and Instagram changes, speculated to be leaving group". Retrieved August 14, 2015.
5. alim17 (August 13, 2015). "Rome raises further questions about C-CLOWN with another alarming post". Retrieved August 14, 2015.
6. SBS PopAsia HQ (August 14, 2015). "C-Clown's Rome opens up further about the group's potential disbandment". Retrieved August 14, 2015.
7. jennywill (October 5, 2015). "Yedang Entertainment announces C-CLOWN's disbandment". Retrieved October 6, 2015.
8. "Christian Yu on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
9. April Lara (October 6, 2015). "C-Clown Has Officially Disbanded". Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
10. "Gaon Chart – Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
11. 2012년 08월 Album Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
12. 2012년 12월 Album Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
13. 2013년 05월 Album Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
14. 2014년 09월 Album Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
15. "Gaon Chart – Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
16. 2014년 08주차 Digital Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
17. "Korea K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Holdings. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
18. 2013년 04월 Download Chart (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2019.