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Weki Meki
Weki Meki (; abbreviated as WEME or WKMK) was a South Korean girl group formed by Fantagio in 2017. The group consisted of eight members: Suyeon, Elly, Yoojung, Doyeon, Sei, Lua, Rina, and Lucy. During the group's career, they released five EPs, two single albums and one re-issue single album. The group finished their seven year career with the release of their final single "CoinciDestiny" on June 12, 2024. On August 16, 2024, it was announced the group had officially disbanded. History Pre-debut The members started out as trainees under Fantagio i-Teen, a rookie talent development program under Fantagio Entertainment, and were known as i-Teen Girls. In 2015, i-Teen Girls members Kim Do-yeon, Choi Yoo-jung, Lua, Lucy and Elly (as well as former trainees Chu Ye-jin and Lee Soo-min) had numerous cameos in label mates Astro's predebut online web drama ''To Be Continued''. Elly (as Jung Hae-rim), Choi Yoo-jung, Kim Do-yeon, and Sei (as Lee Seo-jeong, then under LOUDers En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dazzle Dazzle
"Dazzle Dazzle" (stylized as "DAZZLE DAZZLE") is a song by South Korean girl group Weki Meki. It was released as their first digital single on February 20, 2020, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Kakao M. It was later included in their third extended play ''Hide and Seek'' (2020). Composition "Dazzle Dazzle" is a pop dance song with a mix of hip-hop and moombahton. The addictive bass line and the cheerful, cool brass sound further enhance the dynamic atmosphere of the song. It was written by Danke, STAINBOYS and Anna Timgren, and produced by the later two. Background and release On February 6, 2020, Fantagio Music confirmed that the group will have a comeback with digital single album ''Dazzle Dazzle'' on February 20, and confirmed that member Yoojung will join after her hiatus from October 2019. Concept photos were released on February 13 and 14 and a MV teaser on February 16. On February 18, a performance film was uploaded on the group's YouTube channel. The single w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss, Kicks
''Kiss, Kicks'' is the first single album by South Korean girl group Weki Meki. It was released on October 11, 2018, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Interpark Interpark is a South Korean company launched as an internet, online auction website and shopping mall. In 2014, it entered the Korean music industry as a record distributor. History 1996 - Established the first online shopping mall, Interpark, .... It consists of three songs, including the title track "Crush". Background On September 22, 2018, it was announced that the group would release their first single album, ''Kiss, Kicks'', on October 11 with a teen crush concept. On October 5, a 'highlight medley' was released, revealing snippets for the three songs. Track listing Charts References {{authority control 2018 singles Single albums Weki Meki albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Yoo-jung (singer)
Choi Yoo-jung (; born November 12, 1999), known mononymously as Yoojung, is a South Korean singer and actress signed under Fantagio. She debuted as member of I.O.I in May 2016 after achieving third place in the 2016 survival program ''Produce 101''. In January 2017, I.O.I officially disbanded after eleven months of promotion. Following disbandment, she returned to her respective agency and eventually debuted with Weki Meki in August 2017. Choi debuted as a solo artist with the single album ''Sunflower'' in September 2022. Early life and education Choi Yoo-jung was born in Guri, South Korea on November 12, 1999 as an only child. When she was younger, she wanted to become either a teacher or police officer but started to take an interest in performing. She joined Fantagio and trained for four years and seven months under the company before joining Mnet's girl group survival show ''Produce 101'' in 2016 wherein she ended up debuting as a member of I.O.I. She attended Guri Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Year 171 ( CLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Herennianus (or, less frequently, year 924 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 171 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Marcus Aurelius forms a new military command, the ''praetentura Italiae et Alpium''. Aquileia is relieved, and the Marcomanni are evicted from Roman territory. * Marcus Aurelius signs a peace treaty with the Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges. The Germanic tribes of the Hasdingi (Vandals) and the Lacringi become Roman allies. * Armenia and Mesopotamia become protectorates of the Roman Empire. * The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusis, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock End LOL
''Lock End LOL'' (stylized as ''LOCK END LOL'') is the second and final single album by South Korean girl group Weki Meki. It was released by Fantagio Music and distributed by Interpark on May 14, 2019. It consists of three songs, including the lead single, "Picky Picky". The single album was later re-released as ''Week End LOL'' on August 8, 2019, with "Tiki-Taka (99%)" as lead single. Release ''Lock End LOL'' was released as a digital download on May 14, 2019, through several music portals, including MelOn and iTunes. It was also released as a CD single on May 17. Chart performance ''Lock End LOL'' The single album debuted at number 6 on the Gaon Album Chart The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Koreabased on their Record sales, physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, ... for the week ending May 18. In its second week, the single fell t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, opening ceremony. Pyeongchang was selected as the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Winter Games at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa on 6 July 2011. This marked the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games (having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul), as well as the first time it hosted the Winter Olympics. The 2018 Games marked the third time that an Asian country had hosted the Winter Olympics, after Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972 and Nagano (city), Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998, both in Japan. It was also the first Winter Olympics held in mainlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Off (2009 Film)
''Take Off'' () is a 2009 South Korean sports drama film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. The film was the 2nd most attended film of the year in South Korea with 8,392,953 admissions. Plot Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American whose English name is Bob, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics. The other members are Choi Hong-cheol, a night club waiter who quit being an athlete for drugs; Ma Jae-bok, who works at a meat restaurant and has a strict father; and Kang Chil-gu, who lives with his grandmother and autistic brother Bong-gu. Bob initially refuses to lead the team but after meeting Bang su-yeon, the mysterious scam artist who is the daughter of Coach Bang, and seeing his mother who still suffers from insults from a rich fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soompi
Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture. It has one of the largest international Internet communities for K-pop, mostly concentrated in news and forums. With more than 23 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English and Spanish services. Since its establishment in 1998, Soompi has grown into one of the longest-running, and most frequently visited websites providing coverage of Korean music, celebrity news and entertainment. Initially its visitors were mostly Koreans residing in foreign nations, with over 1.2 million people visiting the site. However, as of 2012, the majority of its members are non-Koreans in the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, among others. History Soompi was founded in 1998 by Korean American web developer Susan Kang, In February 2011, it was acquired by Enswers, Inc., a Seoul-based IT venture company specializing in video search technology, and operated as a wholly owned subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky (Weki Meki EP)
''Lucky'' is the second extended play by South Korean girl group Weki Meki. It was released on February 21, 2018, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Interpark. It consists of six songs, including the title track "La La La". The EP peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart. It has sold over 31,609 physical copies as of May 2018. Background and release On January 4, 2018, Fantagio revealed that the group's comeback was being delayed indefinitely due to "the timing of the comeback, problems with the album preparation process, and the company's internal affairs". On January 11, the group released "Butterfly" as a digital single in support of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. On February 1, after initial reports of "indefinite delay" in their comeback plans, the group confirmed in a press release for their reality show, ''Weki Meki, What’s Up?'', that they were preparing to release an album in late-February, continuing with their "girl crush" concept from their debut album. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Music Chart
The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. Founded in 2010, it is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. History Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the ''Billboard'' charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word ''gaon'', which means 'middle' or 'center' in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl group Girls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
