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Yyxy
Loona yyxy (commonly stylized as LOONA yyxy or LOOΠΔ yyxy, abbreviation for ''Youth youth by young'') is the third sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Loona, formed through a pre-debut project titled ''"Girl of the Month"''. The unit consisted of 4 members, Yves, Go Won, Chuu and Olivia Hye. Currently the unit consists in 3 members, without Chuu, who was removed from Loona and consequently the lineup in November 2022. They debuted with their first extended play titled Beauty & the Beat on May 30, 2018. They were the last sub-unit to debut with the pre-debut project, before the group debuted as a whole with their extended play titled '' +'. History Pre-debut: Revealing of first two members The first member, Yves, was revealed on November 14, 2017. She debuted with her single album '' Yves'' with the title track "New" on November 28. Being the first introduced out of the last 4 members, the next to be revealed was Chuu. On December 14, at midnight KST, a teaser ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loona
Loona (commonly stylized in all caps or as LOOΠΔ; ; ja, 今月の少女, Kongetsu no Shōjo, Girl of the Month) is a South Korean girl group formed by Blockberry Creative. The group was introduced to the public through a pre-debut project that began in October 2016, where each of the 12 members was revealed in a periodic fashion by releasing a promotional single over the following 18 months. They debuted as a full ensemble with the extended play, ''+ +, [+ +]'' (2018), supported by the lead single "Favorite (Loona song), Favorite" and the title track "Hi High". In November 2022, Chuu was removed from the line-up. Name Loona's English name is derived from the Hangul letters ㅇㄷㅇㅅㄴ, each an Hangul#Letter placement within a block, initial consonant in the Syllable, syllabic blocks that make (''Idarui Sonyeo''). When rearranged to ㄴㅇㅇㄷㅅ, it resembles LOONA in the Latin alphabet. History 2016–2018: Pre-debut sub-units and ''Mix Nine'' On October 2, 2016, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Won
Loona (commonly stylized in all caps or as LOOΠΔ; ; ja, 今月の少女, Kongetsu no Shōjo, Girl of the Month) is a South Korean girl group formed by Blockberry Creative. The group was introduced to the public through a pre-debut project that began in October 2016, where each of the 12 members was revealed in a periodic fashion by releasing a promotional single over the following 18 months. They debuted as a full ensemble with the extended play, '' +' (2018), supported by the lead single "Favorite" and the title track "Hi High". In November 2022, Chuu was removed from the line-up. Name Loona's English name is derived from the Hangul letters ㅇㄷㅇㅅㄴ, each an initial consonant in the syllabic blocks that make (''Idarui Sonyeo''). When rearranged to ㄴㅇㅇㄷㅅ, it resembles LOONA in the Latin alphabet. History 2016–2018: Pre-debut sub-units and ''Mix Nine'' On October 2, 2016, Blockberry Creative announced through Naver that they would be debuting their fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty & The Beat (EP)
''Beauty & the Beat'' (stylized as beauty&thebeat) is the debut extended play by Loona yyxy, a sub-unit of South Korean girl group Loona. It was released on May 30, 2018, by Blockberry Creative. The album consists of five tracks and features Canadian singer Grimes. The unit consisted of four members: Yves, Chuu, Go Won, and Olivia Hye. In November 2022, Chuu was removed from the girl group Loona and consequently from the unit. Promotion and release The group began teasing the album on May 10, 2018, and continued releasing photos of the group and individual members, along with image teasers of each track, during the following weeks. On May 20, it was confirmed that Grimes would be featured on the "love4eva" through teasers from the group and by Grimes herself. The album was released on May 30, along with the official music video for "love4eva". The group performed "love4eva" live for the first time on June 2, at the Premier Greeting – Line&Up event, which also officially intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuu (singer)
Kim Ji-woo (; born October 20, 1999), known professionally as Chuu (), is a South Korean singer and television personality. She is a former member of the girl group Loona and its sub-unit, yyxy. Early life Chuu was born on October 20, 1999, in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea. She is the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. For her audition she sang "Halo" by Beyoncé. Her stage name "Chuu" is derived from saying her given name quickly. She graduated from Cheongju's Saet-byul Elementary school () and San-nam Middle school (). Career Loona On December 14, 2017, Chuu was revealed as the tenth member of the Korean idol girl group Loona. As part of the group's pre-debut release strategy, on December 28, she released her self-titled single album with "Heart Attack" as its title track. ''Chuu'' reached number 8 on the Gaon Album Chart. She was introduced as part of Loona's third sub-unit Loona yyxy. The sub-unit includes members Yves, Gowon and Olivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimes (musician)
Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "Lo-fi music, lo-fi Contemporary R&B, R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has incorporated influences from electronic music, Hip hop music, hip hop, and Rock music, rock. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and Feminism, feminist themes. She has released five studio albums. Born and raised in Vancouver (later moving to Montreal), Grimes began releasing music independently in the late 2000s, releasing two albums, ''Geidi Primes'' and ''Halfaxa'', in 2010 on Arbutus Records. She subsequently signed with 4AD and rose to prominence with the release of her third studio album, ''Visions (Grimes album), Visions'', in 2012. ''Visions'' includes the singles "Genesis (Grimes song), Genesis" and "Oblivion (Grimes song), Oblivion" and received the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Electron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digipedi
Digipedi (디지페디, short for Digital Pedicure) is a South Korean video production company formed and led by art director duo Seong Won-mo and Park Sang-woo (The latter already left the company). Based in Seoul, the studio specializes in the production of music videos, commercial films and visual art. Videography Music videos 2007 * Dynamic Duo - "Complex" 2008 * Bizniz - "So Sick" * Buga Kingz - "Siren" * Clazziquai Project - "Beat in Love" * Clazziquai Project - "Flea" * Clazziquai Project - "Love Again" * My Aunt Mary - "Blue Tinware Scooter" * Shin Seung-hun - "Turn on the Radio" * Untouchable feat. Song Jieun - "Give You Everything" * W & Whale - "R.P.G Shine" 2009 * Jo Kwon & Whale - "Dunk Shoot" * Lee Seung-hwan - "Good Day 2" * Loveholics feat. Shin Min-a - "Miracle Blue" * MC Sniper & Outsider feat. Horan - "Heart Disease" * Smoky J - "Player" * W & Whale - "High School Sensation" 2010 * Double K - "Favorite Music" * Lee Juck - "With You" * Soul Dive & FPM - "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockberry Creative
Blockberry Creative (Hangul: 블록베리크리에이티브) is a South Korean record label formed in 2016. It is a subsidiary of Polaris Entertainment. The label is home to the girl group Loona and soloist Sunye. History Blockberry Creative was officially established on March 22, 2016, as a subsidiary label of Polaris Entertainment. On October 2, 2016, Blockberry Creative launched their first girl group project, Loona (; lit ''Girl of the Month''), which was expected to run for 18 months. The project would individually introduce each member of the new group by releasing a solo single, and by March 2018 all members had been introduced. In the first half of 2018, Go Yu-jin represented Blockberry Creative in the reality survival show ''Produce 48''. She was eliminated in the second round of eliminations, finishing in 31st place. Go Yu-jin has now terminated her trainee contract and left Blockberry Creative. In the second half of 2021, Choi Yeyoung, Joung Min and Ryu Sion rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves (single Album)
''Yves'' is the ninth single album from South Korean girl group Loona's pre-debut project. It was released digitally on November 28 by Blockberry Creative. It officially introduces member Yves and contains two tracks, "New" and "D-1". Track listing Credits adapted from Melon. Charts References External links * ''Yves''at Melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Yves (single) 2017 singles Loona (group) albums Single albums Blockberry Creative singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuu (single Album)
''Chuu'' (also known as ''Yves & Chuu'') is the tenth single album from South Korean girl group Loona's pre-debut project. It was released on December 28, 2017, by Blockberry Creative. It officially introduces member Chuu and contains two tracks, Chuu's solo "Heart Attack" and "Girl's Talk", a duet with previous member Yves. Media reception Chuu's music video for her song "Heart Attack" released in 2017 gained praise by fans of K-pop for its depiction of a seemingly lesbian relationship between Chuu herself and fellow Loona member Yves which is a rare case in the K-pop industry, although there has been no affirmation of their sexuality or allyship by the company or the members themselves. However, other people have stated that ''Heart Attack'' rather than being a positive representation of LGBT love, used the depiction of homoerotic love as a way to garner more fan interest. Track listing Charts References External links * * Chuu' at Melon A melon is any of vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. The term "K-pop" became popular in the 2000s, especially in the international context. The Korean term for domestic pop music is ''gayo'' (), which is still widely used within South Korea. While "K-pop" can refer to all popular music or pop music from South Korea, it is colloquially often used in a ''narrower'' sense for any Korean music and artists associated with the entertainment and idol industry in the country, regardless of the genre. The more modern form of the genre, originally termed "rap dance", emerged with the formation of the hip hop boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbreviation
An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbreviation'' can itself be represented by the abbreviation ''abbr.'', ''abbrv.'', or ''abbrev.''; ''NPO'', for nil (or nothing) per (by) os (mouth) is an abbreviated medical instruction. It may also consist of initials only, a mixture of initials and words, or words or letters representing words in another language (for example, e.g., i.e. or RSVP). Some types of abbreviations are acronyms (some pronounceable, some initialisms) or grammatical contractions or crasis. An abbreviation is a shortening by any of these or other methods. Different types of abbreviation Acronyms, initialisms, contractions and crasis share some semantic and phonetic functions, and all four are connected by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance. A initialism is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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