史上最長壽組合 神話三月迴歸!大綱

Shinhwa was SM Entertainment's premiere boy band after experimenting with their formula with H.O.T.. The band made up of members Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin, and Andy Lee debuted on March 24, 1998.

神話是SM公司（韓國第一大綜合娛樂及媒體集團）早期在試驗性推出組合H.O.T.一舉成功之後再度推出的又一男子組合。神話組合成立於1998年3月24日，一共有六名成員，分別是Eric Mun，Lee Min-woo，Kim Dong-wan， Shin Hye-sung，Junjin，Andy Lee。

Shinhwa was able to work their way to the top of the charts in the early 2000s and were well on their way to Kpop domination when the all-to-fatal 5 year mark struck in 2003. The group stuck together although they did leave SM, and signed with Good Entertainment with which they stayed with for several years. Now they have established Shinhwa Company on July 1, 2011. Hence Shinhwa became the first pop group as a substantial shareholder, president of their own company in the Korean music industry history. Company runs by leader Eric as of now, however, after release of Min-woo from Korean mandatory military service, Min-woo and Eric will be co-representative to lead the entire activities expected to take in the Shinhwa Company.

在其出道初期，神話組合逐步成爲了韓國頂尖的男子組合之一，在2003年其與SM公司五年簽約期滿之際，神話組合集體離開了SM公司，轉籤Good Entertainment，併成功拿回了“神話”這一名字的使用權及歌曲版權，成爲成功脫離SM並能完整保留下來的的偶像組合的範例。2011年7月1日，他們成立了屬於自己的神話公司。至此，神話成爲韓國音樂界首個擁有自行控股的公司的音樂組合，目前該公司由隊長Eric負責運營，不過，在Min-woo服完韓國兵役之後，神話公司的全部活動將由Min-woo和Eric共同來分擔。

The latest group effort of Shinhwa occurred in 2008 to celebrate their 10th anniversary and 9th album for the year 2008 marked the beginning of the members entering into the military to perform their two years of service (except for Hye-sung who was exempt due to a bad knee). Shinhwa's comeback in March 2012, which coincides with Min-woo's release from the military, will mark the group's 14th year together. To celebrate, they are planning to release their 10th album, will be actively promoting the album on the various show, and are planning a concert tour of Asia.

上一次神話集體活動是在2008年慶祝其成立10週年和第9張專輯的發佈，就在這一年，該組合的各成員分別入伍，履行爲期兩年的兵役（Hye-sung因其膝蓋的舊傷而免除兵役）。2012年3月，隨着其成員Min-woo的退役，神話組合也將全面迴歸，共同慶祝他們的14週年。爲此，神話正在籌備發行其第10張專輯，並積極在各大放送節目中推介其新輯，同時也將計劃開展他們的亞洲巡演。

Shinhwa has changed musical styles many times throughout their existence, beginning with typical bubblegum pop songs (as seen with their song Eusha, Eusha) like other pop singers at the time. They also did regular pop songs as well, with the release of their 4th album Hey, Come On!. It was in the release of their 7th album, Brand New, that Shinhwa had made a transition into dance songs. With the release of their 8th album, State Of The Art, Shinhwa can still be seen having dance songs as well as, though their hit song, Once In A Lifetime, shows a more slow pop style. While Shinhwa is known best as artists who do dance songs, the members have branch out to do various styles. Min-woo's first album show him as an R&B singer, though his first hit song, Just One Night, is more of a jazz genre. Hye-sung have branch out to do ballads song, as ballads are becoming popular throughout South Korea.

神話的曲風並不固定，初期他們推出的是當時頗爲流行的泡泡糖搖滾樂（如歌曲《Eusha, Eusha》），在第四張專輯《Hey, Come on!》中，他們也推出了不少常規的流行樂。發佈七輯《Brand New》時，神話轉而開始製作舞曲。而在其八輯《State Of The Art》的製作中，神話延續了其舞曲風格，不過其主打歌《Once In A Lifetime》呈現的卻又是一種更爲舒緩的流行樂風。雖然神話作爲組合以其舞曲最爲有名，但是其成員的創作能力卻並不侷限於此。Min-woo在其首張個人專輯中所呈現給歌迷的就是R&B歌手的一面，不過他的首支主打歌《Just One Night》聽上去更偏向於爵士。Hye-sung的個人創作則多爲敘事歌謠風格，在韓國民謠曲風正日趨流行。

Like most popular bands, Shinhwa has change their appearances various times. In their early days, Shinhwa were generally marketed as a typical boy band with cute looks and matching outfits. They later transitioned this "cute" image concept into a more darker tone with the release of their second and third albums, bleaching their hair and wearing dark make up. Their outfits also matched their appearances, being either shiny or dark. With the release of their fourth album, Shinhwa would change from the Gothic style of before into a much more simple and cleaner look. Their fifth album would change them into a more preppy style. Shinhwa would continue this preppy style into their sixth album, though it was obvious that they were beginning to mature their looks. When they released their seventh album, Shinhwa began to change their appearance once again, wearing black suits and looking significantly more sophisticated than most boy bands at the time. They also stopped with the dyeing hair and heavy make up, as well as leaving their hair shaggy and long. Shinhwa's eighth album continued their sophisticated look, with the group wearing black suits for most of their performances. For their 9th album, Shinhwa's new look was displayed in their MV Run, in which they describe it to be "Mexican Mafia".

正如許多流行樂隊一樣，神話的造型也是在不斷變化着的。剛出道的時候，神話呈現在人們面前的是一個非常典型的男孩樂隊，有着可愛的外表和與之相配的包裝。隨後，這一“可愛”的形象在其二輯和三輯中漸漸變幻成一種更黑暗的調調，漂染了頭髮，採用的是黑暗系的化妝手法，其服裝也配合整體形象發生了變化，或是閃閃發亮，或是一色黑暗。在四輯中，神話一改之前的哥特風，鉛華洗淨，看上去簡單幹淨。五輯的神話則偏顯學院風，這一形象一直延續到了他們的第六張專輯，此時的神話已經漸漸變得成熟。而七輯的神話又換上了新的形象，黑色西裝，看上去要比同期的其他男子組合要老練許多。他們不再漂染頭髮，也不再化過濃的妝容，更不再把頭髮留長弄出蓬鬆的樣子。神話在八輯中依然展現出老練的樣子，整個組合在大部分的表演中都選擇黑色西裝作爲着裝。九輯的神話再度讓人耳目一新，在其名爲《Run》的MV中，他們扮成了“墨西哥飛車幫”的樣子出場。

So what will be presented to us on March when they come back? Indeed, I could hardly wait to see it.

所以，待到三月，神話迴歸，他們又會爲歌迷呈上怎樣的舞臺呢？說實話，我已經等不及想要看一看了。