Unit Black is reportedly BOYS24's first publicity team that will start soon their official plugging of their debut single. The first promotional unit was accordingly selected from the "BOYS24 Re:born the 1st Semi-Final" concert held at the Kyung Hee University in Dongdaemun, Seoul. The live concert was apparently aired on Mnet and M2.
The team will be allegedly comprised of Kim Sung Hyun, Kim Jonghyun, Park Doha, Oh Jinseok, Yoo Youngdoo, Jung Yeon Tae, Han Hyunwook, and Hwang Inho. In its recent post, Soompi said that the group's official name Unit Black was voted by fans through a team naming event. The affair was allegedly announced on BOYS24's official fan cafe.
In addition to the announcement of the unit's official name, its official logo was also unveiled through BOYS24's social media accounts. Unit Black will initiate its promotions by reportedly releasing a single album in mid-April. The members will then plug outside of their current concert arena in Seoul.
According to Allkpop, Unit Black will promote a new digital single for three months. The promotional unit will also perform allegedly on KCON Japan, Part of the team's publicity blitz is to appear in various music and entertainment shows, and in other programs as well.
In Mar. 10 CJ E&M and Liveworks reportedly announced that Jin Sungho will be removed as a member of Unit Black, although he will still be a member of BOYS24. This has to do with the controversies of his past actions while he was still in junior high school. The first promotional unit will accordingly eventually be an eight-member group.
BOYS24 is a South Korean pre-debut boy group formed by CJ E&M through a survival show. The group is composed of twenty-seven members. They accordingly perform on their own concert hall for a period of one year. After that, the final members of the permanent boy group will be selected, and will officially debut in 2017.
