History Trivia / FTIsland

* NamesTheSame: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-jin_%28disambiguation%29 There are at least 2 other Lee Jaejins]], one a bandminton player and the other another kpop celebrity formerly from Sechs Kies.

* DoingItForTheArt: Despite all the troubles they've gone through and complaints they've made about FNC and the industry in general, they've pulled through solely so they can showcase their self-composed songs they're keen to show.

* OldShame: Hongki has admitted to not being fond of "Cheerful Sensibility" album track "Reo Reo" at all.

* FanNickname: Also see AffectionateNickname for additional nicknames commonly used by fans (and probably used the most by them) but were also originally made by members or other friends to refer to each other.
** For the whole group there's Fetus Island which refers to their first 2-3 years.
** Hongki: Hong, Skullhong[[note]]derived from his Twitter name which eventually also became his fashion brand name[[/note]], Jeremy [[note]]for whenever he's blonde like his memorable ''You Are Beautiful'' character[[/note]], Director Hong, MC Hong.
** Jonghun: Sexy Guitarist, Leader, Gorgeous Jonghun[[note]]derived from one of his characters on ''Hangul Live''[[/note]].
** Jaejin: Saico[[note]]derived from his social media name[[/note]], Roy[[note]]derived from his old twitter display name[[/note]], James Jin[[note]]his Weibo name[[/note]].
** Minhwan: Little Drummer Boy, Minhwannie, Hwannie, Hing Minari[[note]]his infamous aegyo phrase[[/note]].
** Seunghyun: Seunghyunnie, Hyunnie, Bob [[note]]he constantly said "Good morning Bob!" in his and Minhwan's infamous social media series with the same name[[/note]], Seungyonce[[note]]his female alter-ego[[/note]], Song Daniel[[note]]stemmed from when he played Daniel in the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper musical[[/note]].
** Wonbin: Wonbinnie, Binnie.

** Hongki went blonde to play the Korean-English Jeremy in ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'' (of course it was only to signify his English blood, and [[CaptainObvious not to actually convince viewers he's a natural blonde]]). He hilariously also ''very'' briefly dyed it back to black - to film a tiny scene of a freshly-debuted Anjell on a variety show, when Jeremy still had black hair.

** Seunghyun dyed his hair blue/silver solely for Two Song Place's "Age-Height" MV to parody Music/B2ST's Hyunseung in the Troublemaker scenes, especially the SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker scenes.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Jaejin was the young teenage son in ''Unstoppable Marriage'' who was always followed by [[Music/GirlsGeneration his two crazy fangirls.]]
** Hongki starred as Jeremy in the drama ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'', and was also the (usually obnoxious) protagonist in ''Rockin' on Heaven's Door'', ''Bride of the Century'' and ''Modern Farmer''.
** Jonghun was one of the main actors in Hong Jiyoung's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPFFKyZaBbw "Love Battery" MV]] and was the younger brother of the female protagonist in the Korean version of ''[[Manga/KimiWaPetto You're My Pet]]''.
** Wonbin was the other unnamed guitarist in the band The Stupid in ''Heartstrings''.
** Hongki and Jonghun, as well as the rest of their Chocoball group, took part in Music/SuperJunior's Heechul and Music/{{Trax}}'s Jungmo's MV for their subunit song "Close Ur Mouth".
** Several idols have also starred in their own [=MVs=]:
*** Predebut, Supernova's Yoonhak was in the "I'm Happy" MV and Kwangsu was in the "Lovesick" MV.
*** Predebut, Music/{{Tara}}'s Eunjung was in the "Lovesick" MV and "Thunder" drama MV series, and Hyomin was in the Heaven [=MVs=].
*** Music/{{AOA}} face Seolhyun appeared predebut in the "Severely" MV as Hongki's love interest, and visual Hyejeong appeared after debut in the "I Wish" MV as... everyone's love interest.

** Jaejin was made to go through intense workout routines for a week to get a toned body for a photoshoot on an episode of ''Fashion Killa''... and it didn't really work. Photoshop was hence used to tone him up even more.

* NamesTheSame:
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-jin_%28disambiguation%29 There are at least 2 other Lee Jaejins]], one a bandminton player and the other another kpop celebrity formerly from Sechs Kies.
** ''Almost'' the case with famous actor Song Seunghun, one letter away from Song Seungh'''y'''un. When a rare popular article of Seunghyun arose [[note]]it was about his dating confession on a show, though FNC stated they already broken up by the time said episode aired[[/note]] many of the top comments were along the lines of, "My bad, I rushed over here thinking you were Song Seunghun."

* DevelopmentHell: Their Korean comeback after their November 2013 one, which was intended to be for the album full of their self-produced songs they were keen to show. It was shown to be in the works in early 2014 when Jonghun posted a photo of him working on it in a Japanese recording studio. Their Korean "comeback" however was not until September that year - and it was for another album entirely[[note]]a remake album that translated their Japanese songs to Korean[[/note]] and not even promoted hence not a proper comeback. Eventually their actual comeback was confirmed to be slated for April 2015 - and only for a mini-album instead of a full album like intended. It's unknown if the original album ever finished producing and whether the songs from the mini were originally for said album or not.
* DoingItForTheArt: Despite all the troubles they've gone through, they've pulled through solely so they can showcase their self-composed songs.

** Jaejin was made to go through intense workout routines for a week to get a toned body for a photoshoot on an episode of ''Fashion Killa''. [[spoiler: It didn't really work. Photoshop was used to tone him up even more.]]

** Jonghun: Sexy Guitarist, Leader, Gorgeous Jonghun[[note]]derived from one of his characters on Hangul Live[[/note]],

** Several idols have also starred in their own [=MVs=], mostly predebut:

*** Music/{{AOA}} face Seolhyun appeared predebut in the "Severely" MV as Hongki's love interest, and the visual Hyejeong appeared after debut in the "I Wish" MV as... everyone's love interest.
* IAmNotSpock: For a few years after the popular ''You Are Beautiful'' aired, non-fans and casual fans constantly only referred to Hongki as Jeremy, his StarMakingRole, much to the irritation of fans.
* NamesTheSame: Almost the case with famous actor Song Seunghun, one letter away from Song Seungh'''y'''un. When a rare popular article of Seunghyun arose [[note]]it was about his dating confession on a show, though FNC stated they already broken up by the time said episode aired[[/note]] many of the top comments were along the lines of, "My bad, I rushed over here thinking you were Song Seunghun."

* ThePeteBest: Casual and non-fans barely know Wonbin's existence as he was a member for less than 2 years. Slightly different as he ''was'' present for their debut "Lovesick" which is considered the peak of the group's career, and also downplayed amongst Primadonnas, old and new, as many are aware of him and do still try to follow him. Nevertheless, Seunghyun is definitely more well-known than Wonbin, both within the fandom and casual kpop fans.

* RecycledSet: Fans picked up that the setting of the band scenes in "I Wish" MV is the same as Music/{{AOA}}'s "Elvis" MV.

* TypeCasting: Most of Hongki's acting roles are typically trouble-making [[ManChild man children]] with an obnoxious and HotBlooded yet humorous personality. They're also nearly all musicians in some way. Fans joke that they are basically more annoying versions of himself.

** Seunghyun revealed he came close to joining SM but backed out due to the {{squick}}ness of the contract at the time[[note]]it said he would have to give up rights to his body[[/note]]. Music/SuperJunior's Shindong suggested that had he done so, he would had been put in Music/SHINee.

* FanNickname: Also see AffectionateNickname for additional nicknames commonly used by fans (and probably used the most by them) but also used by the members to refer to each other.
** Hongki: Hong, Skullhong[[note]]derived from his Twitter name which eventually also became his fashion brand name[[/note]], Jeremy for whenever he's blonde like his memorable "You Are Beautiful" character.
** Jonghun: Sexy Guitarist, Leader.
** Jaejin: Saico[[note]]derived from his social media name[[/note]], Roy[[note]]derived from his old twitter display name[[/note]], James [[note]]derived from his Weibo name [=JamesJin=][[/note]].
** Minhwan: Little Drummer Boy, Minhwannie, Hwannie.

* DoingItForTheArt: They're here because they really love performing as a band and writing their music.
* DyeHard: All the members often dye their hair, but the biggest offender is Hongki who rarely sports black hair and chooses to dye his hair nearly all the time, having been blonde a few times (and a very long time too at one point), orange, red, silver, purple...

** Hongki went blonde to play the Korean-English Jeremy in Series/YouAreBeautiful (of course it was only to signify his English blood, and [[CaptainObvious not to actually convince viewers he's a natural blonde]]). He hilariously also ''very'' briefly dyed it back to black - to film a tiny scene of a freshly-debuted Anjell on a variety show, when Jeremy still had black hair.
** Minhwan had to lose a considerable amount of weight because he had a topless scene in his JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat musical.
** Jaejin was made to go through intense workout routines for a week to get a toned body for a photoshoot on an episode of "Fashion Killa". [[spoiler: It didn't really work. Photoshop was used to tone him up even more.]]
** Seunghyun dyed his hair blue/silver solely for Two Song Place's "Age-Height" MV to parody [[Music/B2ST Hyunseung]] in the Troublemaker scenes, especially the SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker scenes.
* FakeNationality: Hongki's Series/YouAreBeautiful character Jeremy was part Korean and part English. He only spoke Korean throughout the drama though, [[GratuitousEnglish to fans' relief.]]

** Jaejin: Saico[[note]]derived from his social media name[[/note]], Roy[[note]]derived from his old twitter display name[[/note]], James [[note]]his Weibo name[[/note]].

** Jaejin was the young teenage son in "Unstoppable Marriage" who was always followed by [[Music/GirlsGeneration his two crazy fangirls.]]
** Hongki starred as Jeremy in the drama ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'', and was also the protagonist in " Rockin' on Heaven's Door", "Bride of the Century" and "Modern Farmer".
** Jonghun was one of the main actors in Hong Jiyoung's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPFFKyZaBbw "Love Battery" MV]] and was the younger brother of the female protagonist in the Korean version of [[Manga/KimiWaPetto You're My Pet]].
** Wonbin was the other unnamed guitarist in the band The Stupid in "Heartstrings".
** Hongki and Jonghun, as well as the rest of their [[TrueCompanions Chocoball group]], took part in [[Music/SuperJunior Heechul]] and Trax's Jungmo's MV for their subunit song "Close Ur Mouth".

* IAmNotSpock: For a few years after the popular "You Are Beautiful" aired, non-fans and casual fans constantly only referred to Hongki as Jeremy, his StarMakingRole, much to the irritation of fans.

* NonSingingVoice: A piano-variant. [[http://lyism.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/news-eng-trans-121112-ftisland-choi.html It was revealed]] Jonghun provided the piano playing for classical pianist character Ji Ho in the drama Series/FiveFingers, thus putting his somewhat neglected piano skills to good use. However only the audio of his playing was used - Ji Ho's actor still mimed the piano movements.
* OldShame: Hongki has admitted to not being fond of "Cheerful Sensibility" album track "Reo Reo", at all.
* ThePeteBest: Casual and non-fans barely know Wonbin's existence as he was a member for less than 2 years. Slightly different as he ''was'' present for their debut "Lovesick" which is considered the peak of the group's career, and also downplayed amongst Primadonnas, old and new, as many are aware of him and do still try to follow him - nevertheless Seunghyun is definitely more well-known than Wonbin, both with the fandom and casual kpop fans.

* StarMakingRole: Hongki as Jeremy in Series/YouAreBeautiful which gained him many new fans and also lots of exposure to the band.

** Seunghyun revealed he came close to joining SM but backed out due to the {{squick}}ness of the contract at the time[[note]]it said he would have to give up rights to his body[[/note]]. [[Music/SuperJunior Shindong]] suggested that had he done so, he would had been put in Music/SHINee.

** [[Music/{{MBLAQ}} Lee Joon]] was once an FNC trainee, and the CEO revealed on a talkshow that he came close to joining FT Island.

** Seunghyun: Seunghyunnie, Hyunnie, Bob [[note]]he constantly said "Good morning Bob!" in his and Minhwan's infamous social media series with the same name[[/note]], Seungyonce[[note]]his female alter-ego[[/note]]Song Daniel[[note]]stemmed from when he played Daniel in the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper musical[[/note]].

* CastTheExpert: [[http://lyism.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/news-eng-trans-121112-ftisland-choi.html It was revealed]] Jonghun provided the piano playing for classical pianist character Ji Ho in the drama Series/FiveFingers, thus putting his somewhat neglected piano skills to good use.

** Hongki went blonde to play the Korean-English Jeremy in Series/YouAreBeautiful (of course it was only to signify his English blood, and [[CaptainObvious not to actually convince viewers he's a natural blonde]]).
*** He hilariously also ''very'' briefly dyed it back to black - to film a tiny scene of a freshly-debuted Anjell on a variety show, when Jeremy still had black hair.

* FakeNationality:
** Hongki's Series/YouAreBeautiful character Jeremy was part Korean and part English. He only spoke Korean throughout the drama though, [[GratuitousEnglish to fans' relief.]]
** When SF Heroes appeared in a summer tour, Zaizhen[[note]]Jaejin[[/note]] was revealed to be Chinese and couldn't understand the other members. Seunghyun had to be his translator. Of course, neither are actually fluent in Chinese.

* FanNickname:
** Jaejin's called Goat because he apparently eats like one.
** Song Daniel for Seunghyun, when he played Daniel in the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper musical. Also called Bob thanks to the infamous Good Morning Bob series.
** Funi for Jonghun, as it's the Japanese pronunciation of his other nickname Hoonie.

* NamesTheSame: Almost the case with famous actor Song Seunghun, one letter away from Song Seungh'''y'''un. When an article of Seunghyun's dating confession arose, [[note]]he had already broken up by the time said episode aired[[/note]] many of the top comments were along the lines of, "My bad, I rushed over here thinking you were Song Seunghun."

* ThePeteBest: Casual and newer kpop fans barely know Wonbin's existence as he was a member for less than 2 years. Slightly different as he ''was'' present for their debut "Lovesick" which is considered the peak of the group's career, and also downplayed amongst Primadonnas, old and new, as many are aware of him and do still try to follow him - nevertheless Seunghyun is definitely more well-known than Wonbin, both with the fandom and casual kpop fans.

* BreakthroughHit: "Lovesick"

* DyeHard: All the members often dye their hair, but the biggest offender is Hongki who rarely sports black hair and chooses to dye his hair nearly all the time, having been blonde a few times, orange, red, silver, purple...
** Him as blonde is most notable due to be associated with Jeremy. He was blonde for a long time until "Love Love Love" era, but he's gone back to it several times.

* ThePeteBest: Newer kpop fans barely know Wonbin's existence as he was a member for less than 2 years. Slightly different as he ''was'' present for their debut "Lovesick" which is considered the peak of the group's career, and many Primadonnas, old and new, are aware of him and do still try to follow him.

* NamesTheSame:
** Music/BigBang's TOP and Seungri's real names are both Seunghyun and fans often tag them with this (mostly for TOP, understandably). There is also N-train's Seunghyun.
** Almost the case with famous actor Song Seunghun, one letter awat from Song Seungh'''y'''un. When an article of Seunghyun's dating confession arose, [[note]]he had already broken up by the time said episode aired[[/note]] many of the top comments were along the lines of, "My bad, I rushed over here thinking you were Song Seunghun."
** Wonbin and actor Wonbin. He even had his name changed while at school because he was always teased about it.

* ThePeteBest: Newer kpop fans barely know Wonbin's existence as he was a member for less than 2 years. Slightly different as he ''was'' present for their debut "Lovesick" which is considered the peak of the group's career, and many fans, old and new, are aware of him and actually still follow him.

** Song Daniel for Seunghyun, when he played Daniel in the JackTheRipper musical. Also called Bob thanks to the infamous Good Morning Bob series.

** Jaejin was made to go through intense workout routines for a week to get a toned body for an episode of "Fashion Killa". [[spoiler: It didn't really work. Photoshop was used to tone him up even more.]]
** Seunghyun dyed his hair blue/silver solely for Two Song Place's "Age-Height" MV to parody [[Music/B2ST Hyunseung]] in the troublemaker scenes, especially the SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker scenes.

** Hongki starred as Jeremy in the drama ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'', was also the protagonist in " Rockin' on Heaven's Door", "Bride of the Century" and "Modern Farmer".

** Wonbin was the other guitarist in the band The Stupid in "Heartstrings".

*** Predebut, Supanova's Yoonhak was in the "I'm Happy" MV and Kwangsu was in the "Lovesick" MV.

*** Music/{{AOA}} face Seolhyun appeared predebut in the "Severely" MV as Hongki's love interest.
*** AOA visual Hyejeong appeared after debut in the "I Wish" MV as... everyone's love interest.

** Almost the case with famous actor Song Seunghun. When an article of Seunghyun's dating confession arose, [[note]]he had already broken up by the time said episode aired[[/note]] many of the top comments were along the lines of, "My bad, I rushed over here thinking you were Song Seunghun."

* ThePeteBest: For newer kpop fans, Wonbin is this as he was a member for less than 2 years.

** Seunghyun revealed he came close to joining SM. [[Music/SuperJunior Shindong]] suggested that had he done so, he would had been put in Music/SHINee.

** Seunghyun dyed his hair blue/silver solely for Two Song Place's "Age-Height" MV for his [[Music/B2ST Hyunseung]]/TheJoker scenes.

** BigBang's TOP and Seungri's real names are both Seunghyun and fans often tag them with this (mostly for TOP, understandably). There is also N-train's Seunghyun.

* DyeHard:
** Hongki dyes his hair the most, having been blonde a few times, orange, red, silver, purple...
*** Him as blonde is most notable due to be associated with Jeremy. He was blonde for a long time until "Love Love Love" era, but he's gone back to it several times.
** Jaejin was blonde when they started promoting "Satisfaction"[[note]]it was after they filmed the MV however[[/note]] and remained so until "Severely" era.
** Seunghyun had multi-dyed hair in their "I Hope" era and for their "Raining" MV. He's also went gold briefly towards end of "Love Love Love" era and was blonde-ish from the "Hello Hello" era (not present in the MV nor photoshoot) until the "Like The Birds" era.
** Jonghun was blonde during the "I Hope" and "Love Letter" eras. He has red-tones now and then.
** Minhwan had blonde streaks at debut, had orange/light brown hair from "I Hope" to "Raining" eras. He sometimes has grey hair.
** Wonbin dyed his hair blonde once predebut. Fans are thankful he has not gone back since.

* FakeNationality:

** When SF Heroes appeared in a summer tour, Zaizhen[[note]]Jaejin[[/note]] was revealed to be Chinese and couldn't understand the other members. Seunghyun had to be his translator. Of course, neither are actually fluent in Chinese.[[/note]]

** Hongki starred as Jeremy in the drama ''You're Beautiful''.
** Jonghun was one of the main actors in Hong Jiyoung's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPFFKyZaBbw "Love Battery" MV]].
** Jonghun was the younger brother of the female protagonist in the Korean version of [[Manga/KimiWaPetto You're My Pet]].

** BigBang's TOP and Seungri's real names are both Seunghyun and fans often tag them with this (mostly for TOP, understandably). Primadonnas find it tiring though to see a lot of Big Bang in said tag instead of Seunghyun himself. There is also N-train's Seunghyun.

* OldShame: Hongki has admitted to not being fond of "Cheerful Sensibility" B-side "Reo Reo", at all.

* StarMakingRole: Hongki as Jeremy in Series/YouAreBeautiful.

** Seunghyun also revealed he came close to joining SM. [[Music/SuperJunior Shindong]] suggested that had he done so, he would had been put in Music/SHINee.

* CastTheExpert: [[http://lyism.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/news-eng-trans-121112-ftisland-choi.html It was revealed]] Jonghun provided the piano playing for classical pianist character Ji Ho in the drama FiveFingers, thus putting his somewhat neglected piano skills to good use.

** Seunghyun had multi-dyed hair in their "I Hope" era and for their "Raining" MV. He's also went gold briefly towards end of "Love Love Love" era and was blonde-ish from the "Hello Hello" era (not present in the MV nor photoshoot) to the "Like The Birds" era.

** Hongki went blonde to play the Korean-English Jeremy in Series/YouAreBeautiful.
*** He hilariously also ''very'' briefly dyed it back to black - to film a tiny scene of a freshly-debuted Anjell on a variety show, where Jeremy still had black hair.

** Hongki's Series/YouAreBeautiful character Jeremy was part Korean and part English. He only spoke Korean through the drama though, [[GratuitousEnglish to fans' relief.]]
** When SF Heroes appeared in a summer tour, Zaizhen[[note]]Jaejin[[/note]] was revealed to be Chinese and couldn't understand the other members. Seunghyun had to be his translator. Of course neither are actually fluent in Chinese.[[/note]]

** Several idols have also starred in their own [=MVs=], either predebut or after debut:

*** Predebut, {{Tara}}'s Eunjung was in the "Lovesick" and "A Man's First Love Follows Him to the Grave/ Only One Person" [=MVs=], and Hyomin was in the Heaven [=MVs=].

* RecycledSet: Fans picked up that the setting of the band scenes in "I Wish" MV is the same as {{AOA}}'s "Elvis" MV.

** Funi for Jonghun.

** Jonghun was also the younger brother of the female protagonist in the Korean version of [[Manga/KimiWaPetto You're My Pet]].
** Also had several idols star in their own [=MVs=], either predebut or after debut:

*** Predebut, {{Tara}}'s Eunjung was in the "Lovesick" and "A Man's First Love Follows Him to the Grave/ Only One Person" MVs, and Hyomin was in the Heaven [=MVs=].

** [[Music/MBLAQ Lee Joon]] was once an FNC trainee, and the CEO revealed on a talkshow that he came close to joining FT Island.

** Hongki dyes his hair the most, having been blonde a few times, orange, red, silver...
*** Him as blonde is most notable due to be associated with Jeremy. He was blonde for a long time until "Love Love Love" era, but he's gone back to blonde several times.

** Seunghyun had multi-dyed hair in their "I Hope" era and for their "Raining" MV. He's also went gold-haired briefly towards end of "Love Love Love" era and was blonde-ish from the "Hello Hello" era (not present in the MV nor photoshoot) to the "Let It Go" era.

** Minhwan had orange/light brown hair from "I Hope" to "Raining" eras. He sometimes has grey hair.
*** Also had blonde streaks at debut.

** Hongki went blonde to play Korean-English Jeremy in YouAreBeautiful.

** Jaejin was made to go through intense workout routines for a week to get a toned body for an episode of Fashion Killa. [[spoiler: It didn't really work. Photoshop was used to tone him up even more.]]
** Seunghyun dyed his hair blue/silver solely for Two Song Place's "Age-Height" MV for his [[B2ST Hyunseung]]/TheJoker scenes.

** Hongki's YouAreBeautiful character Jeremy was part Korean and part English.
** When SF Heroes appeared in a summer tour, Zaizhen[[note]]Jaejin[[/note]] was revealed to be Chinese and couldn't understand the other members. Seunghyun had to be his translator.[[note]]Of course neither are actually fluent in Chinese.[[/note]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hongki starred as Jeremy in the drama ''You're Beautiful''.
** [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Girl!:]] {{AOA}} face Seolhyun appeared predebut in the "Severely" MV as Hongki's love interest. AOA visual Hyejeong also appeared in their next MV "I Wish" as... everyone's love interest.
*** Also: {{Tara}}'s Eunjung in the "Lovesick" and "A Man's First Love Follows Him to the Grave/ Only One Person" MVs, and Hyomin in the Heaven MVs.

** BigBang's TOP and Seungri's real names are both Seunghyun and fans often tag them with this (mostly for TOP, understandably). Primadonnas find it tiring though to see a lot of Big Bang in said tag instead of Seunghyun himself.

* OldShame: Hongki has admitted to not being fond of "Reo Reo", at all.

* StarMakingRole: Hongki as Jeremy in YouAreBeautiful.

** Seunghyun was meant to debut with CN Blue, but after Oh Wonbin left FT Island, he was put in as the replacement guitarist.
** Seunghyun also recently revealed he came close to joining SM. [[SuperJunior Shindong]] suggested that had he done so, he would had been put in SHINee.

** Lee Joon was once an FNC trainee, and the CEO revealed on a talkshow that he came close to joining FT Island.