Lovelyz

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Lovelyz
Lovelyz 1.png
Lovelyz at Joongbu University Festival in 2016
(Back L-R: Jin, Yein, Kei and Sujeong,
Front L-R: Jisoo, Jiae, Mijoo and Baby Soul)
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2014 (2014)–present
Labels Woollim Entertainment
Website lvlz8.com
Members
  • Baby Soul
  • Jiae
  • Jisoo
  • Mijoo
  • Kei
  • Jin
  • Sujeong
  • Yein

Lovelyz (Hangul: 러블리즈) is a South Korean girl group formed in 2014 by Woollim Entertainment. The group consists of Baby Soul, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, Kei, Jin, Sujeong and Yein. Their debut album, Girls' Invasion, was released on November 17, 2014, followed by a mini-album named Lovelyz8 in 2015.[1] On December 7, 2015, Lovelyz released the three track single album "Lovelinus". Their second mini-album named A New Trilogy was released on April 25, 2016.

History

2014: Debut, Girls' Invasion

On December 27, 2013, Baby Soul, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, Kei, Jin and Sujeong made an appearance at the 2013 KBS Gayo Daejun television broadcast. They were female dancers for Infinite's "Man in Love" performance.

On November 5, 2014 Lovelyz's debut was first announced by Woolim Entertainment.[2] Prior to debut, Seo Jisoo had to withdraw for personal reasons.[3] On November 10, Lovelyz released the digital single "Good Night Like Yesterday". Their debut showcase was on November 12 at the K-ART Hall in Olympic Park, and their debut stage was the next day on M! Countdown.[4] Lovelyz's debut album, Girls' Invasion, and a music video for the lead single, "Candy Jelly Love", were released on November 16.[5] Girls' Invasion ranked ninth on Taiwan's Five Music Korea-Japan weekly chart and first on Japan's Tower Records albums chart.[6]

On December 21, the group took part in the annual music festival SBS Gayo Daejeon for the festival's segment Strong Babies which featured newly debuted K-Pop groups. Lovelyz performed their debut song "Candy Jelly Love" and "Moves Like Jagger" along with Red Velvet, Winner, and Got7.[7]

2015: Hi~, Lovelyz8 and Lovelinus

The group's album was re-released on March 3 with a new title track, "Hi~" accompanied by a music video for "안녕(Hi~)".[8] Lovelyz promoted "Hi~" on Korea's weekly music shows.

On April 17, Lovelyz began follow-up promotions on music shows with the other new song on their repackaged album, "Amusement Park."[9] They continued promotions until April 30. On April 22 Lovelyz participated in the KCON 2015 Japan M!Countdown show for 15,000 people, their first overseas activity.[10] On May 23, the group performed at Dream Concert in the Seoul World Cup Stadium.[11]

On August 27, Lovelyz performed at the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo in Shanghai along with Infinite.[12] On the same day, Woollim Entertainment announced that Jisoo would be rejoining the group, and the mini-album titled Lovelyz8 through the official Twitter page.[13]

A pre-release single called "Shooting Star" was released on September 14. On September 30, the music video for the lead track, "Ah-Choo" was released, with a cameo appearance by Infinite's Hoya.[14] Their mini-album Lovelyz8 released on October 1, 2015.[1]

On October 31, Lovelyz was a guest on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook where they performed an a cappella cover of Michael Jackson's song "Beat It". The performance was broadcast on the American Fox News Channel and written about by other foreign media.[15][16] Ah-Choo has maintained its position on most major Korean music charts through 2015 and into 2016, making it Lovelyz's biggest hit.[17]

Lovelyz held their first fan-meeting and mini-concert, "Lovely Day," on December 5 at Ax Korea. The tickets were sold out in the first five minutes after they went on sale.[18] On December 7, Lovelyz released the three track single album "Lovelinus", after the name of their official fan club. They released an accompanying music video for their title track, "For You."[19]

2016: A New Trilogy

Lovelyz's first reality show "Lovelyz in Wonderland" began airing February 2 on SBS MTV.[20] Their song "Ah-Choo" continues to remain in digital Korean music charts long after its release in September.[21]

On April 25, 2016 Lovelyz released their second mini album, A New Trilogy.[22] The title track music video "Destiny" was also released the same day.[23]"Destiny" debuted at number seven on the Gaon Digital Chart, making it their highest charting song so far.[24]

Members

Baby Soul

Baby Soul (Hangul: 베이비소울) was born Lee Soo-jung (Hangul: 이수정) on (1992-07-06) July 6, 1992 (age 32) in Gwangju, South Korea.[25] Baby Soul made her first appearance in 2011 by featuring on the subunit Infinite H's song "Crying" from Infinite's Over The Top album. In November 2011, she made her debut as a female solo artist with the single "No Better than Strangers" featuring Wheesung.[26][27] In January 2012, Baby Soul made her first live appearance at Infinite's Second Invasion Concert performing "Crying" with Infinite H.[28] Shortly after that appearance, Baby Soul and former Woolim trainee Yoo Jia released a single entitled "She's A Flirt" featuring Dong Woo from Infinite.[26] In July 2012, she performed with Sung Kyu and Dong Woo on Immortal Songs 2 for the song "Woman On The Beach".[26] In 2013, Baby Soul featured on the Infinite H's song Fly High.[29]

Jiae

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Main article: Yoo Ji-ae

Yoo Ji-ae (Hangul: 유지애) was born on (1993-05-21) May 21, 1993 (age 31) in Seoul, South Korea.[25] Jiae made her debut the same time as Infinite in their 2010 'reality' show "Infinite You Are My Oppa". After two months of filming with Infinite, Jiae auditioned and entered Woollim Entertainment as a trainee.[30] Initially signed to Woollim Entertainment as an actress, Jiae expressed her interest in singing. In 2012, she made a guest appearance on Running Man with other trainees. In 2013, Jiae made her solo debut with the track "Delight", featuring Baro of B1A4 in the music video.[26]

Jisoo

Seo Ji-soo (Hangul: 서지수) was born on (1994-02-11) February 11, 1994 (age 30) in Incheon, South Korea.[25] Prior to joining the group, she was first known through her imitation of animal sounds on tvN's Korea's Got Talent.[31]

Soon after the announcement of the group's debut on November 3, 2014, Jisoo became the target of online harassment.[32][33] As a result, she was withdrawn from the group's activities and was admitted to the hospital to receive medical treatment for mental shock.[33][34] Jisoo and her agency later submitted evidence at the Seoul Mapo Police Station.[34] The police later identified the person, who was sent to the prosecution on January 20, 2015.[35] On May 8, 2015, two individuals (whose names were withheld) who spread false online rumors about Jisoo were arrested for the summary offence of defamation and slander and were also charged with a fine.[36]

On August 8, 2015, Infinite revealed that the original music video for their song "Last Romeo" starred Infinite's L and Jisoo as the main lead couple. The original music video was not released as planned due to an untimely coincidence with the Sewol ferry accident.[37]

Mijoo

Lee Mi-joo (Hangul: 이미주) was born on (1994-09-23) September 23, 1994 (age 30) in Okcheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.[25] She made her first appearance in May 2014 and was featured as the lead actress in Infinite's "Last Romeo" music video.[38]

Kei

Kei (Hangul: 케이) was born Kim Ji-yeon (Hangul: 김지연) on (1995-03-20) March 20, 1995 (age 29) in Incheon, South Korea.[25] In December 2015, Kei released a track entitled "Love Like That" for the soundtrack of the KBS drama Oh My Venus.

Jin

Jin (Hangul: 진) was born Park Myung-eun (Hangul: 박명은) on (1996-06-12) June 12, 1996 (age 28) in Busan, South Korea.[25] Jin debuted to the public late 2013 with the song "Gone" which featured Exo's Xiumin and actress Kim Yoo Jung as the main actors in the video.[39]

Sujeong

Ryu Su-jeong (Hangul: 류수정) was born on (1997-11-19) November 19, 1997 (age 27) in Daejeon, South Korea.[25]

Yein

Jung Ye-in (Hangul: 정예인) was born on (1998-06-04) June 4, 1998 (age 26) in Incheon, South Korea.[25] She is the youngest member of the group. She joined Woollim Entertainment in July 2014, making her training period about 5 months. She was a Former Trainee of JYP Entertainment.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[40]
Girls' Invasion 7
  • Re-released: March 3, 2015 (Hi~)
  • Label: Woollim Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[40]
Lovelyz8 2
A New Trilogy 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[40]
Lovelinus 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(digital download)		 Album
KOR
[46]
"Candy Jelly Love" 2014 48 Girls' Invasion
"Hi~" (안녕) 2015 23 Hi~
"Ah-Choo" 28 Lovelyz8
"For You" (그대에게) 33 Lovelinus
"Destiny" 2016 7 A New Trilogy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales
(digital download)		 Album
KOR
[46]
"Good Night Like Yesterday" (어제처럼 굿나잇) 2014 40 Girls' Invasion
"Shooting Star" (작별하나) 2015 34 Lovelyz8
"Bookmark" (책갈피) 2016 — A New Trilogy
"Dear You" (마음 (*취급주의)) —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations and solo performances

Title Year Peak chart positions Album Artist(s)
KOR
"Crying" 2011 — Over The Top Baby Soul with Infinite H
"Stranger" (남보다 못한 사이) 27 Girls' Invasion Baby Soul with Wheesung
"She Is A Flirt" (그녀는 바람둥이야) 2012 28 Baby Soul with Kei and Dongwoo
"Fly High" 2013 50 Fly High Baby Soul with Infinite H
"Delight" 58 Girls' Invasion Yoo Ji-ae
"Gone" (너만 없다) 36 JIN
"Bump" (부딪쳐) 2015 27 Fly Again Ryu Su-jeong with Infinite H
"Love is Like That" (사랑은 그렇게) — Oh My Venus OST Kei
"Shooting" (찌릿찌릿) 2016 — Lucky Romance OST Kei
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Concert

  • 1st Lovelyz Fanmeeting - Mini Concert "Lovely Day" (2015)

Filmography

Television

Year Channel Title Member(s) Notes
2016 TBA Matching! Boys Archery Kei Web drama; lead role

Reality series

Year Channel Title Member(s) Notes
2016 SBS MTV 이상한나라의 러블리즈 (Lovelyz in Wonderland) All Lovelyz first variety show

Variety show appearances

Year Channel Title Member(s) Notes
2012 KBS2 Immortal Songs Baby Soul with Sungkyu and Dongwoo
2014 Arirang TV Pops in Seoul All "Candy Jelly Love" episode
KBS2 Dignity of a Full House of Family Sujeong
MBC 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships All
Mnet Moon HeeJun Pure 15+ Jiae, Sujeong
2015 SBS MTV Best of the Best Sujeong 4 special episodes with Bangtan Boys' V
Arirang TV Pops in Seoul All "Hi~" episode
After School Club Episode 152
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol Episode 190
MBC Show! Music Core Sujeong Special MC
Mnet Yaman TV Episode 14 All Guest with Red Velvet
MBC Every1 Shin Dong Yup’s Bachelor Party Guest with Eunhyuk
KBS2 MV Stardust Bank Baby Soul Guest MC
Mnet Yaman TV Episode 20 Mijoo & Yein "Camping Trip" episode
KBS A Song For You 4 All Episode 9
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol Episode 219
KBS World Hello Counselor Kei, Yein Episode 245
KBS2 You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook All
MBC My Little Television Kei, Sujeong
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol Kei, Sujeong, Jisoo Christmas Special
JTBC Two Yoo Project: Sugar Man Kei, Sujeong, Jin, Mijoo Guest with Twice
KBS2 Vitamin Baby Soul, Jisoo, Yein, Jiae
SBS Baek Jong-won's Three Great Emperors All
2016 MBC Every1 Weekly Idol All with Special MC Sunny
Arirang TV After School Club Episode 194
MBC 2016 Idol Star Athletics Championships
SBS The Boss is Watching Lunar New Year Special
Pikicast Attack on Fan's Heart
MBC People of Full Capacity Kei with Twice's Momo
KBS2 Best Man
MBC Every1 Weekly Idol All Episode 250

Music videos

Year Title Notes Director
2011 "Stranger" Babysoul feat. Wheesung Hong Won-ki (Zanybros)
2012 "She's a Flirt" Babysoul & Yoo Ji Ah feat. Infinite's Dongwoo
2013 "Delight" Jiae Solo
"Gone" Jin Solo
2014 "Goodnight Like Yesterday" cameo appearance by Infinite's Sungkyu Digipedi
"Candy Jelly Love"
"Candy Jelly Love" (Choreography Version)
2015 "Hi~"
"Hi~" (Choreography Version)
"Shooting Star"
"Ah-Choo" cameo appearance by Infinite's Hoya
"For You"
2016 "Destiny"

Awards and nominations

MelOn Music Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
7th 2015 Lovelyz Newcomer Award Nominated

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
17th 2015 Lovelyz Best New Female Artist[56] Nominated
UnionPay Artist of the Year[57] Nominated

Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
23rd 2015 Lovelyz K-POP Top 10 Artists Won[58]

Golden Disk Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
30th 2016[59] Lovelyz New Artist Award Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
24th 2015 Lovelyz New Artist Award Nominated
25th 2016 Lovelyz Bonsang Award[60] Nominated
Popularity Award[60] Nominated
Hallyu Special Award[60] Nominated

MBC Music Show Champion Awards

Bout Year Recipient Award Result
1st 2015 Lovelyz Best Audience Rating Stage[61] Nominated

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