FT Island Completes Concert, Reveals New Album

South Korean K-PopRock group, FT Island, rocked it on the home front with their 2-day concert entitled "Take FT Island" on September 1st and 2nd.

It was the group's comeback concert in about a year, and fans, like myself, had been anticipating something good. (although, since I don't live in Korea, I was out of luck for a ticket) Fans were anticipating the concerts so much that the concert tickets sold like hotcakes, selling out in a manner of minutes.

Fans that were able to nab these hot tickets were treated to a full concert that included previews of songs off of the groups next album which will be coming out on September 10th.

It is rumoured that it will be at least a 10 song album, with 5 new songs and 5 songs written by members Lee Hong Ki, Choi Jong Hoon, Lee Jae Jin, Choi Min Hwan and Song Seung Hyun. But, whether or not the 5 songs written by the members are all new and original songs, have yet to be seen.

Earlier in August, Hong Ki had tweeted from his account that they were back in the studio recording, to which Leader Jong Hoon tweeted from his account, "Let it go!" which caused fans to wonder if they were rejiggering the same song off of their Japanese album.

New songs or not, I don't think these fellas could do no wrong. It's very apparent that they are loved and loved very well by their fans.

I am hoping they continue to mature in their sound. After their last album, "Grown Up", they showed that they were no longer the shy, bubble pop rock group that debuted years before. Instead, they established themselves as men who were ready to declare their own individuality, ready to set themselves further apart from groups still stuck in the dance hall music techno sound.

I have a high hopes for their next album, and I will look forward to any news and/or reviews of it when it finally breaks in Korea on September 10th. I hope FNC Entertainment will make a smart move and make it available to the rest of the world via iTunes.

Sources: Lee Hong Ki's Twitter, Choi Jong Hun's Twitter and KpopStarz