Btw I 100% recommend the live stages for "Love in the ice" "Kiss shita mama sayonaro" and "Proud"

It's pronounced as "Dong-Bang-Shin-Ki" ~ You'll also find them as TVXQ/tohoshinki beause they're huge in japan. Thank you for starting this (Long) journey!!!

Live stage of TVXQ are on other level but underrated. Their live performance showed their charisma & quality.

me, every time I see changmin go off on tvxq bridges: ah yes, my favorite, the original SM High Note Guy

Yes!!!!!!!! TVXQ!!!!! I still think they are the best kpop group. The most beautiful blend of voices. When I got into kpop in 2010 and checked out TVXQ i was like OMG THEY ARE AMAZING to be crushed a few weeks later when I found out they separated T^T. Jaejong (Hero) is still my only kpop "crush". Still love "Rising Sun" with passion!!!!!!!! That was the first song I heard from them and was blown away. Sigh, memories.... So when the reaction to "Triangle" and "Balloons"????? XD "Love in the ice" is my favorite song from them. For me is one of the best kpop songs. Also "Bolero" and "Survivor".

Kids, remember. No matter how amazing and good your idols are, this one, TVXQ is one of who paved the way for your idols. Who are they? Text book of your favorites.

Tvxq is the best live performer.

This is so exciting to see!! TVXQ are genuinely the most vocally talented group that I’ve ever seen and I hope you enjoy checking them out more! I’d really recommend any acapella song you can find of them I.e Whatever they say, My little Princess. The way they used to harmonise and shine was beautiful. In terms of something more recent with the five of them, Wrong Number, Bolero, Love in the Ice, there’s so much more! I don’t feel there’s any song of theirs that isn’t great to listen to :)

Here is some background to help you understand the dynamics of TVXQ better. TVXQ (English and Chinese)/DBSK (Korean)/ Tohoshinki (Japanese), which each are the abbreviations/acronyms of the words in each language that translates to mean "Rising Gods of the East," debuted in 2003 as a 5 member group. But, in 2010 three of their members left SM Entertainment and the group and formed a new group called JYJ -- the initials of the members: Junsu, Yoochun and Jaejoong. (JYJ is still a group and they still produce music, but because they left SM Entertainment -- one of the most powerful and influential companies in the industry -- which made it more difficult for them to promote themselves and their music. So the members of JYJ are more known as actors and producers than they are as singers now.) However, Max/Changmin and U-Know/Yunho continued as TVXQ as a duo. This year will be TVXQ/DBSK/Tohoshinki's 18th anniversary, and even now as a duo they are so talented that they have the vocal range to cover all the parts of a song between the two of them, including rap. "Mirotic is a made up word that really has no meaning, but it is derived from a play on the word mirror + otic -- the title was originally supposed to be something like mirror but they thought the word sounded better if you added otic to the end of it, (it made it sound cooler, or something.) Think of it as the words mirror and exotic combined -- that's just how you pronounce the title, not the meaning of the word. "Mirotic," which came out in 2008 when they were still a 5 member group, is a classic in the Kpop world and every new rookie group -- both boy groups and girl groups -- learn this song and choreography and almost every rookie has performed it on music programs, award shows, at showcases, etc. at least once in their career. This song, like SHINee's "Ring Ding Dong," Girls Generation's "Gee" and Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry," etc. is pretty much compulsory for everyone in the entertainment industry to know and learn the song and dance to, no matter how young or old they are. In the MV for "Mirotic" the woman is supposed to be a siren, like from Greek mythology, and she is supposed to be tempting and trapping or luring the TVXQ members to her. Like they say in the song "... I got you under my skin ..." But in the end you see how the members have broke free from her control. (Often in Greek mythology the siren, through her intoxicating love powers, lures guys to their deaths.) Also, you should know, that the "red ocean" they are referring to in the song has a double meaning -- TVXQ's fandom is Cassiopeia and their fan color is red, so when you attend a TVXQ concert you will see an ocean of red. Welcome to the Cassiopeia fandom. If you like TVXQ then you are a Cassi. Yes, TVXQ truly are all-time legends in the music industry. As an SM Entertainment group, it is no surprise that TVXQ are outstanding vocalists. Being some of the best dancers and vocalists in the industry is what we have come to expect from all of SM's artists and groups. That's just a fact about the type of people SM selects to be a part of its company. Changmin (the youngest member) was 15 and U-Know was 17 years old when they debuted with TVXQ, so even though they are one of the senior Kpop groups, Changmin is only 33 and U-know is 35. TVXQ is SM's most senior group, but U-Know and Changmin are still younger than, or the same age as, many of the members of the legendary groups who came after them within their generation. They are best friends with Super Junior and they pretty much all grew up together. Changmin is known for his powerful high notes (even more powerful than Chen and Baekhyun from EXO), he literally has one of the widest note ranges of almost any Kpop artist. In a high note battle he always wins. Fun fact: Changmin is a newly wed, he just got married in September. U-Know is known for his dancing and his passion for dancing and singing. It might be hard to believe, but he is also the rapper of the group. (U-Know truly loves what he does and doesn't hide it. He will tell you he is proud of his accomplishments and he is proud of his work. His passion is kind of a running joke within the industry. Its one of the things he is most known for.) Like U-Know has said before, he and Changmin have lived together for so long that they know each other like an old married couple. They lived together for almost 15 years, if you count pre-debut days. The funny thing is personality-wise, Changmin and U-Know are complete opposites in almost every way. Changmin is quiet, calm and level headed and prefers to be alone; and U-Know is loud, high energy, intense and prefers to be with a group of people. Tohoshinki (TVXQ) are one of the most famous singers in Japan as well, even among Japanese artists. And like SHINee, they are so popular in Japan that they are considered part of the mainstream music scene. TVXQ has one of the biggest worldwide fan bases and they sell out some of the largest concert venues in the world. They are SM Entertainment's top selling group, easily selling out concert tours around the world. One of their more recent Japanese concert tours included 3 days at Nissan Stadium, and they sold out 230,000 tickets and earned $250 million (U.S.) in those 3 days alone.

TVXQ is my gate way to k-pop. Thank you for the video.

I am here for thisssss. Ugh they're all babies in the Hug video. Changmin was 16 🥺

Since you already know tvxq as 2, you should check JYJ which are Jaejoong, Xiah Junsu and Yoochun after the split of TVXQ. Their songs are great as well and particularly Jaejoong has a solo career in the rock side whereas Junsu has more theatrical approach in his solos (with amazing mvs as well). ♥️

TVXQ (a.k.a. DBSK) was just unbeatable. this is a group where you'd get 100% live vocals, intense choreos, and actual harmonization between almost all members too :o I guess we could talk about how at the time of its release, "Mirotic" was pushing boundaries lol, iirc the lyric "I've got you under my skin" was considered pretty risque XD

U-know's smooth sexy dancing made him my first kpop crush. And Max's vocals omg!

AW! I wished "Tonight" was also part of the reaction because that REALLY showed their vocal prowess and is my fav Korean song from TVXQ! All their Japanese releases are ridiculously good so no point listing out which to react :D

It's Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK - I always call them that) and they're the reason I became a kpop fan 16 years ago - if my username everywhere (Rising Sun/Rising Sunshine/Rising Sunbebe) doesn't say it hahaha... I'm so happy you reacted to them, they're truly legends and I feel like people nowadays have no idea how huge they actually were back then... Hug is such a throwback indeed - it was released in the end of 2003 and it's their debut song and Changmin (the maknae - I told you he's 33 now) was 15 back then, while Yunho (the oldest) was 17... so yeah, they were babies. Rising Sun is their 2nd album title track (and I became a fan/discovered kpop after it was released). And Mirotic their 4th - released in 2008. Those are all gems really.

Mirotic is still legendary song. Still obsessed with it. Changmin's high note still gives me chills.

I watched Rising Sun for the first time made me said, "This is so epic song!" Don't forget Rising Sun Japanese version is one of OST for *Fast & Furious 4*

Oh wow, wasn't expecting you to react to them, welp welcome to the long legacy of the group that kickstarted the 2nd gen :D If you're interested, one of the ex-members, XIA Junsu has some cool MVs, my personal fav is Flower. Definitely a song that bridges him as a singer and musical actor 👌

When it comes to tvxq, live performances are a must!!! I also recommend (probably some other time) spellbound, tonight and love in the ice

Even if I was born when they debuted they became one of my fav groups of all times. I love the memebers, the songs, the choreography, everything. A legendary Group

This was my introduction to kpop. I was 13 or 14 when they debuted. I miss those 5 part harmonies. It’s cool seeing you react to an older group as an old school kpop fan.

Yunhooooooooooooooooooooooo

Thanks to TVXQ there're so many talented idols in the industry rn. I strongly recommend KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN

Thank for react to TVXQ! ;-; I recommend the live stages Tonight in The 3rd asia tour concert mirotic that so amazing!!

tvxq, both as 5 and 2, are just INSANE. So much talented, amazing music, what more could you want. I haven't seen too much of their pre-2009 content, outside of shared content with suju, so I don't know much about their dynamic back then, but their dynamic with just yunho and changmin is 😗👌 so good. They're both sweet and outrageously hilarious. I once said on a different reaction that they're "completely different but loyal to the extreme. If they're separate they might as well not know each other but put them in the same room and they're surgically attached at the hip" and people seemed to agree so.. Can't wait to see more reactions to them!

"Hug" hits even harder when you remember the fact, that Changmin/Max got married...

My first love, TVXQ.

I think Mirotic is one of those songs that everyone could love, eve who are not kpop fans. TVXQ are the King, icon, love them so much. I recommend Why Did I Fall in Love With You (absolutely stunning), Love in the Ice, Wrong Number and Purple Line.

These 3 MVs were exactly my first Kpop videos with their Proud live performance (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrJgedtqyLeoaKs.html) I usually stay away from TVXQ reaction videos because while I'm grateful for the new attention it brought to the group, it's just feel bittersweet. They are my first and ultimate bias even until now. Thank you for appreciating them as the legend they are (their name literally translated as Gods rising from the East, which embarrassed them at first and turns out to suit them so much). They debuted with the concept of acapella dance group, with three official acapella MV and lots more performed at variety shows. In case anyone reading my comment interested in their music, please check out their live performances because their lives are even better than the recording, with all the adlibs and emotion. I've been a fan for 12 years and they're my joy, pain, tears, and strength, but never have I regretted stanning them. Thank you for the reaction video, have a nice day everyone ^^

I like how one of my friend described Mirotic: "It's a quintessence of KPop". And I really like to say it when I talk about legendary iconic kpop songs that are on a completely different level. Fun fact about Mirotic: in Korean media the phrase from the song: "under my skin" was considered as inappropriate for broadcast on daily time so they had to change it to: "under my sky" when they performed it in tv.

You should react to their song ‘keep your head down’ ‘something’ ‘catch me’ and ‘love line’. I don’t know if you know but after mirotic three members left making tvxq as a duo

I recommend the live stage of TVXQ intro Drop +MIROTIC+the chance of love , Also ‘chocolate ‘ by CHANGMIN and ‘Thank U ‘ by U-KNOW MVs

I love them & miss them 🥺 Yunho & Changmin are my biases Kaia as you are now familiar with all SM groups you must check out SM's family song "Dear my family" live All SM main vocalists shine on it

You should definitely check out any of their old live stuff! Like Tonight (for major adlibs) and love in the ice. Also you'd like JYJ, the members that left. Jaejoong who has more of a rock vibe now, he has a new song Breaking Dawn which is really good! and I noticed you seemed to like Xia Junsu's voice. Definitely check out his stuff! He has so many great songs especially Flower.

The best K-pop group ever. The most influential group in all of lpop.. original 5 members had magic.... They were and are magic together. 5 absolute great singers.... They will never happen again... No group maybe except few groups never had stardome like them... Iconic.. every song is a smash....5 singers who danced and performed....Jeajoong, Junsu and changmin maybe the best 3 singers in all lpop... Cassie Forever AKTF

I see Mirotic, i click (even tho i’m an elf hahahah)

Honestly, there is no MV from TVXQ before 2010 that do justice to their talent and impressive skills, everybody prefers their live presentations because of it. So, check it out the live versions of these songs: Rising Sun: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aqxhbNZqzJerh40.html Hug: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5uGdZuL2NOnloU.html Mirotic: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fM9hlqh2x7ipgGQ.html

Yes! TVXQ! Love all those songs :D Can't listen to 'Mirotic' without doing the fanchant in my head ^^;;

I love DBSK! You should check out “Tonight” “whatever you say” “ wrong number” Just a couple of my favourites but every song by them is so good!

SM Entertainment also produced 'TSZY The Grace'.They were the 2nd generation girl group, focusing on a cappella like TVXQ. Make sure to listen to 'Too Good', 'My Everything', and 'Dancer In The Rain'! 'Dancer in the Rain' is a masterpiece.

no offense to other groups that did cover of tvxq’s songs, especially ot5 songs, but they will never beat the original version. tv5xq’s voice blend is in another level.

DBSK = TVXQ = Tohoshinki. Now they're separated into 2 groups JYJ & Duo TVXQ. Still together as five or separated like now, they are still the best and all of their songs hypnotize me. JYJ still the most- best- greatest- god in vocal. And duo TVXQ is the god of stage performance, we got all we need for a concert !!!

Thanks for watching! I just love seeing people still enjoying old TVXQ songs after nearly two decades. Second Gen K-pop is the legendary era and TVXQ were the Live vocal legends = ) Bolero really hit the harmonies kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtyoirOrrZeueI0.html .Hair on end from 3:23 onwards.

TVXQ!! I've been waiting for so long!!

omg i'm so happy you checked them out!! can't wait till you see more of them

yess my og bias group..sad to see where they are now but they were legendary

Omg this is all I wanted. Thank youu

I was so hoping you’d do tvxq, yees! I’m excited to see you discover their newer stuff as a duo as well😍 Also Changmin looks like such a baby here, and now he’s married. Time flies😭

It's legendary not only because it's a hella good song, but because the live performances are IMMACULATE. as 5 or as two. IMPECCABLE VOCALS, STAGE, DANCE. (and visuals)

Next- Keep your head down, Catch Me and Spellbound!! For Keep your head down, I highly recommend checking out the Japanese live stadium performance.

They are the GOD of k pop. And at first they were the accapella band you have to listen their ballads or any accapella songs. Even now it's to difficult to find a k pop boysband, which all the members have amazing voices .

I love Mirotic. My other favourite video by them was Triangle. Thanks for the reaction.

Thanks for the reaction! Hug is one of my all time favourite songs, and I love how you reacted to it having the context it is from 2004, instead of doing like lots of youtubers who kind of mock and look dowm on it because they compare it to current releases.

Mirotic is still the sexiest song in Kpop! Yes! Their vocals! They aren't the Kings of concerts for nothing 😁

Btw if you love theatrical kpop you NEED to check out basically every solo from xia Junsu (ex-tvxq) but especially “flower” & “tarantallegra “ and tvxq’s “ o jung.ban.hap”

Yaaaaaay 🎉🎈 another artist that I'll be anticipating in your channel 😅

I sitll listen to all of these songs till now😭 mirotic is just ICONIC no need for words but I also like rising sun a lot😔😔❤️❤️❤️

These 3 songs are literally iconic

They're one of my 1st kpop boygroup that I know too, love most of their songs ❤️❤️.. and can u pls reacts to monsta x too when they're covering the mirotic live

My ULT group ❤ I love your reaction.

THAT OUR LEGEND ❤️❤️❤️

TVXQ r juzz legendary 😍 Rising Sun is ma very 1st Kpop song (back in 2005) 😇 basically it's THE SONG that got me into Kpop (making them the 1st Kpop group I encounter n will forever ma top group) 🤗 the song r sooo good n unique 😊 Mirotic was like a turning point of Kpop industry for me.. the sexiness n all plus all the awards the song able to conquer 💀 their vocals r ridiculously good no matter what genre they performed.. btw, if u're 10 when they released Hug, we might be same age (94-liner)?? 👀

thank you Kaia....they are my number one Boy Band..please reaction more of they song..

I'm so glad you reacted to them! If you can, you should also react to their Japanese songs and Kim Junsu's solo songs/ songs from musicals!

YEAAAY FINALLY!!!! MY DBSK😭❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for this videoTT Can you react to the live version of “Bolero” and “Tonight”. They’re amazing

yayy!!! thanks for reacting to them.. i hope you check their live stages. DB5K are all main vocals 😉

Finally!!!! ❤️

THE OGS!!! OT5 ballads are honestly where it's at.

Great reaction! If you’re looking for another older video to review, I’d recommend Balloons. It’s is a cute song, but the video is pretty chaotic.

It's fun to watch things from a decade or more, right?! DBSK (I still call them that way) were the start of my journey through kpop as a fangirl. ^^ Other songs I love are Bolero, Doushite kimi wo suki ni natte shimattandarou, Tonight, Zion, so many others and many are Japanese songs (they were really great in both languages)... Their acapella versions are amazing too and I miss all of this so much!

Miss them so much ㅠㅠ

Can you please please react to their song Bolero live (OT5) in Japan. The vocals are out of this world.

finally, someone who reacts to something thats not only mirotic. THANK U

they were the reason why i got into k-pop. jaejoong's voice to be exact 😭😭😭 thank you for the reaction!

You have to react their live stage!

Yep! You know U-Know 🤣

Thank you for this. Yunho in Mirotic era was just chef's kiss. This whole era omg

Yay!!

I really enjoy watching reactions of my babies, even though they're not babies anymore, whatever. I'll wait for you to upload the next part of this and also, can you react to jyj too, please? They don't exist anymore, but watching them and then react to their solo careers would be really could. Love you💛

I miss this K-pop era where the music video had a story line and not just colorful or weird. This K-pop era was the bomb. The Idols, variety show and also tje K-Dramas 2nd gen kpop groups are still the best!!

They are may be the last group that singed and danced 100%live..... LIVE!!! CRAZY!!! The best... Listen then live you will see...

Besides the fact that every song they've ever released is a bop, I think you should really check out 'O' Jung.Ban.Hap, Balloons, and Tri-Angle. Those are another 3 absolutely iconic songs released by them that cemented them as legends in Korea in the early years of their career. Why (Put Your Head Down) is the 1st song they released as a duo and Before U Go is from that repackaged album. Those songs are super different from each other, but they're amazing as well.

The different names for TVXQ's name can be confusing. The best way to understand it is to read the Hanzi/Kanji (Chinese characters): 東方神起. The first two mean "East direction" (東 itself means "East," 方 can mean a whole lot of things, but in this context it means "direction"). In Mandarin, this is pronounced "dong fang" (pinyin transliteration); in Japanese, the same characters are pronounced "to ho." Korea doesn't really use Hanja (Chinese characters) anymore, but many Korean words are Chinese loan words, as they are in this case, and pronounced "dong bang." 神 means god. In Mandarin, it is pronounced "shen." Because Japanese has (at least) two different pronunciations for everything (one from the Chinese, the other a native Japanese pronunciation), it is pronounced either "shin" or "kami." Incidentally, Korean also does this, although to a much lesser extent. The best example is the numbers one through ten. Finally, 起 means either to rise/stand up or to begin/initiate. The really strange part of the acronym TVXQ is why those particular letters are used. In pinyin (the roman alphabet transliteration of Mandarin commonly in use today), the letter "q" is similar to an English "ch" sound, so the "q" would make sense if the acronym were based off of pinyin. However, everything else is strange. The letter "x" in pinyin is similar to an English "sh" sound. However, the word 神 is transliterated in pinyin as "shen;" the "sh" is also similar to the English "sh" sound, but different in a way that is meaningful in Mandarin, but not in English (this is similar to the Korean "tensed" and "untensed" consonants, resulting in a single Latin alphabet consonant for the former, and a double one for the latter). 東方 is also weird. 方 is transliterated as "fang" in pinyin but there is no "v." Linguistically, "f" and "v" are the same sound, except that the former is unvoiced whereas the latter is voiced. However, sing the word "方" is pronounced with the unvoiced labiodental fricative, so "v" doesn't make sense. Similarly, "t" and "d" are the same sound (unvoiced and voiced dental stop, respectively). The "t" would make sense if the transliteration were using the Wade-Giles system, which uses the base letter as the voiced version, and the letter with an apostrophe for the unvoiced version (which is why so many English speakers mispronounced the word "Taoism" - the word is spelled using the Wade-Giles system, so it is pronounced "daoism"). So what we have here are a mélange of different transliteration systems. Perhaps "TVXQ" just looks cooler than something like "DFShQ."

I'm forever a OT5 cassie (short for Cassiopeia) I'm one of the fans who still "AKTF" meaning Cassie's motto Always keep the faith.

Mirotic é apenas a minha música favorita de todo o kpop.

Omg please also react to their song, Tonight - from their Mirotic Concert.

This is what got me into kpop. Please react to Bolero and Love in the ice.

I noticed that you mentioned "I am the Best" as another example of an iconic Kpop song, so I am hoping you would react to 2NE1's songs soon

This was their debut mv.

Hello! I’m sure you’ve already seen it and perhaps added it to your list, but I just wanted to let you know that the Dreamies released the first two videos of their pre-comeback Dreamverse trilogy: Dive Into You and Rainbow (they’re track videos for one of the songs off the new album, including a story line that’s gonna be told throughout the three videos). The last one will be dropped today - I hope you’ll be able to check them out! 😊

If you want peak drama, check out Tri-angle. It samples Mozart and features BoA and TRAX (SM’s metal band). Throw in some Final Fantasy hair and it’s exactly as dramatic and bananas as you would imagine. 😎

Would love for you to watch Junsu (Xia)'s solo stuff. He's a vocal and performance god!

Listen to their ballads!

Hell yea! Rising Sun, that's how I knew about K-pop

There's an accapella version of My little princess and it's STUNNING. No offense to any group, but while everybody is just singing the same song without the instrumental saying is "accapella", DBSK Made the instrumental with their voices and that's what I call accapella. Recomend 100% listening to it. Watching this video made me cry, I miss them so much 😭

They basically debuted as an acapella group and can harmonize all their voices without music. They also always preferred a live vocal performance preferably with a live band on stage and they still do to this day. I miss the harmony of the five voices and still hope I will get to hear it at least once more 🤧 Love you forever my five stars Yunho⭐JaeJoong⭐Yuchun⭐Junsu⭐Changmin⭐

“They got ice cube trays” Idk why, but that made me die laughing 😂

LEGENDARY INDEED.