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Romeo (Korean: 로미오; Japanese: ロメオ), mostly stylized as ROMEO, is a South Korean boy band formed by Pony Canyon Korea and CT Entertainment in 2015. The group is composed of seven members: Seunghwan, Yunsung, Milo, Minsung, Kyle, Hyunkyung and Kangmin. They debuted with the release of their first mini-album The Romeo on May 7, 2015.
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2015: Debut with The Romeo and comeback with Zero In
At the end of April 2015, it was announced that Japanese company Pony Canyon made a partnership with South Korean agency CT Entertainment to debut a boygroup named Romeo, planning their debut in May.[1] A representative from CT Entertainment told the media, "There have been cases where Japanese music labels will sign on popular Korean acts, but it's unlikely for a Japanese music label to want to start a Korean group. This project is happening thanks to the great trust between Pony Canyon and CT Entertainment."[2][unreliable source?] Following this announcement, their agency released a batch of teasers featuring the members, starting with Hyunkyung and ending with Yunsung and Minsung,[3][unreliable source?][4][unreliable source?][5][unreliable source?][6][unreliable source?][7][unreliable source?] and finally a full group teaser on April 27.[8][unreliable source?] Their agency released another teaser on April 30, this time featuring member Yunsung covering Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror[9][unreliable source?] before releasing the group's first teaser for their debut song "Lovesick" on May 2.[10][unreliable source?] The full music video for "Lovesick" was released on May 7, alongside their debut EP The Romeo.[11][unreliable source?] The group made its debut on stage on M! Countdown the same day.[12][unreliable source?]
On October 28, it was announced that Romeo was going to make a comeback on November 5 with their second mini-album Zero In.[13] On October 30, the group released their first teaser for title song "Target" followed on November 1 by a second teaser.[14][unreliable source?][15] On November 3, they released a medley of the songs from Zero In[16][unreliable source?] and on November 4 they released the full music video for "Target".[17][unreliable source?]
2016: Romeo Project, Miro and First Love
On May 17, CT Entertainment revealed that Romeo was going to release a summer digital single named "Nightmare" on May 23.[18] The group released teasers featuring the seven members before releasing a video teaser on May 20.[19][unreliable source?][20][unreliable source?][21][unreliable source?] The full music video for "Nightmare" was released on May 23 alongside the eponym digital single.[22][unreliable source?]
On June 17, the group debuted the broadcasting of their first reality TV show named "Romeo Project in Taiwan" on MBC Music.[23]
On June 19, Romeo was announced to release a new EP on June 23, thus releasing teasers featuring different units.[24][unreliable source?] The group then released two teasers, with an "Alice in Wonderland" concept, featuring SHINee's Minho, for their new song "Miro" from the eponym EP.[25][unreliable source?][26][unreliable source?] It was revealed that Minho took part in filming the group's comeback MV thanks to CT Entertainment's CEO who used to be SHINee's former manager.[27][unreliable source?] The full music video for "Miro" was released on June 23 along with the eponym EP, which was released in three different unit versions.[28][unreliable source?] A full group version of their new EP was released on July 5.[29] The group revealed that their choreography for "Miro" was inspired from the film The Maze Runner.[30][unreliable source?]
On August 17, CT Entertainment announced that Romeo was going to release a special edition of "Miro" as "First Love" on August 22, featuring the title track "Treasure".[31] Furthermore, they also released some teasers with the members.[32]
2017: MIX NINE
On October 29, they Milo, Yunsung, Kyle, and Hyunkyung joined South Korean survival program MIX NINE.
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