Chapter One

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1: "We Are Underdog"

(3rd POV)

The Underdog group is a Thailand boy band formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 under Saraswati Entertainment and composed of six members: Mile, Bible, Apo, Build, Jeff, and Barcode.

Saraswati Entertainment CEO Pirate Nitipaisankul wanted to form a hip-hop group Mile and Bible an underground rapper who was well known on the music scene in Bangkok. Underdog was originally supposed to be a hip-hop group but seeing falling album sales, he changed his plans, thinking a different path would be more marketable.

Auditions for new members were held in 2010 with original plans to launch the following year.

Those who passed the audition were Apo, Build, Jeff, and Barcode.

They lived together, practicing up to ten hours a day, and first performed before a small crowd of industry insiders in 2013.

In 2013, they released their debut single album On Cloud Nine, along with the lead single "Bravo My Life," which sold particularly well at the time.

The album reached the top one on Thailand Music Chart.

In September 2013, they released the second entry in their "Diary of life," the EP, Reset The album was released alongside the single "Melody Is My Nature" Similarly to Bravo My Life, the new release had a theme of reality of daily life every person who is sometimes happy, sometimes sad.

They starred in their variety show, MTV Thialand's, in which members of variety shows such as VJ, etc. At the end of the year, they have recognized with several New Artist of the Year awards in Thailand.

The last entry in The "Diary of life", Dear Me EP, was released in 2014. The release topped the Thailand Album Chart, and appeared on Billboard's World Albums Chart for the first time, peaking at number one. The EP was supported by two singles: "Incomplete Life" and "Age Of Youth"

They played at their first fan meeting in Bangkok, choosing the name 90s Kids. for the fan club. In July, They hosted a concert in West Hollywood, their first show in the United States.

In August, They released the album Love Scenery which reached number one in Thailand. It was supported by two singles: "20000 Hz Distance" and "The First Dance Of Summer"

They embarked on their first concert tour, in December.

They launched their first US studio album, Love Talk, in December, and the release peaked at number one on the Albums Chart.

After the album's release. They held their US Tour 2015 Love Talk in February 2015.

They a tour that had begun on October 20, 2014, in Thailand was resumed on July 25, 2015, in the Philippines, and toured, North America and Latin America before ending in France the entire tour attracted 80,000 spectators in 18 cities in 13 countries.

In 2016, they released their second US studio album Youth. The album sold 50,00 on the first day of its release and charted first on the Album Chart. The album was eventually certified Gold with sales of roughly 200,000 in the US.

It was followed one month later in October, by their next studio album Inferno, The album and its tracks, including the single "Night Flower" immediately rose to the top of eight music charts, in 23 countries.

Inferno opened at number one on the Billboard 200, with 17,000 album-equivalent units in the U.S. for the week of its release, the best week ever there for a T-pop album.

It became the best-selling album in Thailand's Album Chart history. The single "Beautiful Day" was a top-one hit in Thailand and garnered the group a win on MTV's The Show.

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