Kpop Girl Groups update October 2020

      Compared to September, there are around same number of kpop girl groups debut or comeback at October.  

                               Blackpink - Lovesick Girls

Blackpink released their first Korean studio album, The Album, with "Lovesick Girls" as the third and main single on October 2, 2020. Leading up to the exclusive video premiere of their music video "Lovesick Girls" just 15 minutes before midnight ET, Blackpink featured in Youtube's new original music show Released as the show's first featured artist, in which included "unfiltered access" moments of the group. The Album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and the UK Album Chart, making Blackpink the highest-charting Korean female act on the charts.The album also set a first-week album sales record for a Korean girl group, reaching roughly 590,000 copies sold in just one day after the release date of the physical album. Blackpink became the first-ever million-selling K-pop girl group with The Album, selling approximately 1.2 million copies in less than a month after release.

Blackpink's first documentary, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, premiered on Netflix on October 14, 2020 and covered the four years since the group's debut in 2016. The documentary included footage from their training days, looks at their home lives, behind-the-scenes stories, and interviews with the members. If you haven't watch, you can find the documentary on Netflix.

On October 21, Blackpink appeared on the American talk shows Good Morning America and Jimmy Kimmel Live! via video chat to promote their debut studio album's third single, "Lovesick Girls", in the United States

                                 Twice - I Can't stop Me

Besides Blackpink, the most well known cameback is Twice for Octorber. Twice released their ninth Korean-language EP More & More in June 2020.The EP was a commercial success in South Korea, selling over 550,000 copies and becoming the group's best-selling album. Following the success of More & More, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would be releasing their second Korean studio album, Eyes Wide Open in October 2020, to commemorate the group's fifth anniversary. On October 11, the group shared the track-listing of Eyes Wide Open, where "I Can't Stop Me" was revealed to be the album opener.

Hours after the song and the album's release, on October 26, 2020, Twice held a live meeting called "Twice 'I Can't Stop Me' Special Live" on Naver's V app and YouTube, introducing songs from the album and communicating with their fans. To promote the song and Eyes Wide Open, the group appeared and performed on several South Korean music programs, starting with Mnet's M! Countdown on October 29, where they performed "I Can't Stop Me" and "Up No More". They also appeared on KBS2's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, MBC M's Show Champion, and SBS' Inkigayo, to perform the song. In the second week of promotion, "I Can't Stop Me" won the top spot on Show Champion on November 4.

Behind Blackpink and Twice, it's the competition between YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment as well.

                                 Weeekly - Zig Zag

The group released their second EP We Can on October 13, featuring the title track "Zig Zag". 'Zig Zag' is a track that talks about the daily life of a teenager and their growth. It is expected that while listening to the track, fans would be able to witness their never ending charm as if they were riding a rollercoaster and they will be making use of the cube as part of their performance.

       

                                       Weki Meki - Cool

 On October 8, 2020, Weki Meki released their fourth EP, New Rules, featuring five songs, including the title track "Cool" and its English version "100 Facts", which is their first song in English

                                  BlackSwan - Tonight

Yes, If you see a black member in the picture, you are right, this is Fatou from blackSwan.

But BlackSwan is not new to the kpop industry, they are Rania before if you follow my blog 2 or 3 years ago. In 2016, the group was renamed BP Rania and remained that way until 2018, when they returned to using Rania. In June of 2020, the group announced they would be rebranding and changing their name to Blackswan.

                                    

               Fatou is the  first singer of African descent to debut in the K-pop industry.

                                         Loona - Why Not

On October 19, Loona released their third EP titled [12:00] accompanied by the single "Why Not?". [12:00] debuted at number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart, and is Loona's first album to enter the Billboard 200, debuting at number 112

Kpop Girl Groups update September 2020

   Compared to August, there are around same number of kpop girl groups debut or comeback at September.  

(For certain reason, I will not include some information for certain group even I know some internal information for privacy issue.)

                             CLC - Helicopter

         On September 2, CLC released their single, "Helicopter." Described as a "trap pop and EDM powerhouse song", "Helicopter" was co-written by member Yeeun. Helicopter got 10 Million views in 34 hours which is the fastest for CLC. Their previous record was for Devil and that took 1 month. Then reached 20 Million views in just 4 days wow! That’s impressive for a group that’s not in the big 3 after just 12.5 days from the release of the music video they achieved 30 million views which their previous video that achieved this took 1 year and 3 months and that was for sexy No back in February of 2019.

         CLC aren’t know for selling many albums instead quite the opposite ,but they manage to break their own record they achieved 6,391 sales on 1st day of release which is a hefty amount since the just shy above 1K sales for first day for the 8th Ep No.1. 

                 

                                  Everglow - LA DI DA

The group's second mini-album, -77.82X-78.29, was released on September 21, 2020, alongside the lead single "La Di Da" and three other songs: "Untouchable", "Gxxd Boy" and "No Good Reason". "La Di Da" was co-written by member E:U. The group's concept photos were released along with their schedule for promotions The group started promoting the lead single "La Di Da" on September 24. They first performed the lead single on Mnet's M Countdown, followed by performances on KBS' Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS' Inkigayo. They broke their first week sales with their album selling more than 25,000 copies.

                                   Lovelyz - Obliviate

Lovelyz released their seventh EP Unforgettable on September 1, along with the lead single "Obliviate".  The group got their first win for "Obliviate" on the September 8 episode of SBS MTV's The Show

                                       Fromis_9 - feel good

I have mentioned this group few times before. The group released their third EP My Little Society on September 16, 2020. This features the title track "Feel Good". On September 10, Off The Record confirmed that Lee Seo-yeon would sit out of all promotions for this comeback due to a recent leg injury, and the group will promote as 8. The EP reached no. 3 on the Gaon Album Chart.

                                     Cignature - Arisong

I have introduced this group before, so won't repeat again . On September 23, 2020, the demand for the EP exceeded demand forecast calculated by J9 Entertainment, and the first batch sold out, with the new batch getting delivered by October 5, because of the overlapping Korean Thanksgiving Day. The music video for "Arisong" has reached 3 million views within two days of its release. The song has also has been reviewed by former kpop girl group Nine Muses leader Ryu Sera on her channel, who called it "adorable and cute". Listen and Speak reached no. 21 on the Gaon Album Chart.

                           LunarSolar - Oh Ya Ya Ya

This is a brand new girl group, so I will introduce them briefly here. LunarSolar is a vocal-based 4 member kpop  girl group under J Planet Entertainment. They debuted in September 2, 2020 with the single album "SOLAR : flare", and Oh Ya Ya Ya is their title track.

Kpop Girl Groups update August 2020

  Compared to July, there are more kpop girl groups debut or comeback at August.

Blackpink(with Selena Gomez)  - Ice Cream

On July 23, YG Entertainment announced that a new single, "Ice Cream", with American singer Selena Gomez, would be released on August 28. "Ice Cream" debuted and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Blackpink's first single to peak inside the top-twenty of the chart. The song debuted in top-ten charts of Singapore and Hungary, the top-twenty in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and also entered the top-forty in Ireland, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. It reached number 8 in its second week in South Korea. An official music video for the song was released on August 28, 2020. The video shows Gomez and Blackpink in a number of colorful, pastel sets and outfits.

The music video for "Ice Cream" was directed by frequent director and collaborator Seo Hyun-seung. It garnered 79.08 million views in its first 24 hours, marking the third biggest 24-hour debut for a music video on the platform, and a second personal best for the group behind their June 2020 single "How You Like That", which received 86.3 million views in its first 24 hours. The video debuted at number one on the Global YouTube Music Videos Chart

ITZY - Not Shy

On August 17, 2020, Itzy released their third EP Not Shy as well as the music video for the lead single of the same name. The album received positive reviews from critics, who commended Itzy's departure from themes of independence and self-love to the theme of love. Upon its release, Not Shy debuted at the top spot of the Gaon Albums Chart and went on to sell almost 206,280 copies on its first month of release in South Korea. The album also charted in Japan, Poland and the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard World Albums chart.

Not Shy was released as the lead single from the album on August 17, 2020. With total of 5 wins, 1 wins in The Show and Music Bank, and 3 in the MCountdown, joining Blackpink as the girl group with most Music Show wins (13 wins) and Triple Crowns (3) in 2020. "Not Shy" also reached the top-ten in South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Itzy also became with Blackpink the first and only girl groups to chart both on Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.

G-dile - Dumi Dumi

               

On August 3, (G)I-dle released its first single album Dumdi Dumdi, with a lead single of the same name. With this release, Dumdi Dumdi ranked second best selling girl group single album in history with 94,587 initial sales.  However, the song had a slow rising on the Gaon and Billboard charts. It debuted at number 27 and 15 on the Gaon Digital Chart and the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, and later peaked at number 8 and 13, respectively.On iTunes, the song became their most-number-one song in 42 regions around the world. The music video for "Dumdi Dumdi" garnered over 17.6 million views in a single day, breaking their previous record with "Oh My God". The group ended the promotions winning first place for two weeks in a row on Show Champion, M Countdown and Inkigayo, becoming the group's most-winning title track

Dreamcatcher - BOCA

The fifth EP, Dystopia: Lose Myself was released on August 17. The music video for the title track 'BOCA' from their fifth mini-album Dystopia: Lose Myself was released at 6 pm on the 18th. The video exceeded 6 million views as of the morning of the 19th. "Dystopia: Lose Myself" become fastly their best selling album to date, having sold 86.874 copies in South Korea during its first two weeks.

Rocket Punch - Juicy

On August 4, the group returned with their third EP Blue Punch and its lead single "Juicy"

Saturday - D.B.D.B.DIB

I have introduced this group before, so not gonna introduce again. The members have good dance foundation in this group. D.B.D.B.DIB" is the second single album (labeled as their fourth) by SATURDAY. It was released on August 3, 2020.

BOTOPASS - Flamingo

This is brand new girl group, so I will introduce them here briefly. BOTOPASS is an eight-member kpop girl group under WKS ENE and XX Entertainment. They made their debut on August 26, 2020 with the single album "Flamingo". Their name stands for "BOrn TO be PASSion".

Kpop Girl Groups update July 2020

 Compared to June, there are far less kpop girl groups debut or comeback at July, which leads to less competition.

GFriend - Apple

On June 17, it was announced that the group would make a comeback with their ninth EP:Song of the Sirens. It was released on July 13 with the lead single "Apple". On June 17, 2020, a source reported that: "GFriend recently wrapped up filming the music video for their title track. Throughout the filming, the staff on set were surprised by GFriend’s shocking transformation. The song debuted and peaked at number 54 on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending July 18, 2020. The song also placed at number 7 on the componing Download Chart and number 74 the week of the release of the song on the componing Streaming Chart.

April - Now or Never

On July 14, 2020, DSP Media announced that April would make a summer comeback with the special single album Hello Summer on July 29, with the title track "Now or Never"

S.I.S - Don't Wait

If you read my blog post in the past, S.I.S. looks very similar to GFriend, from members look, their style and dance all very similar. They even chose to comeback around same time with GFriend as well.

Also they used to have 6 members before as well. But On 13th July, Double X Entertainment revealed "S.I.S will be promoting as a 4-member group with Minji, Gaeul, Anne and Sebin from now on.". Double X added on, "our contract with member Jihye recently came to an end"Dal, on the other hand, will be taking a hiatus from her promotions due to personal reason. 

 Pink Fantasy - Shadow Play

This group is actually not new, but I will briefly introduce them again since they are not popular. PinkFantasy is a 7 member girl group under Mydoll Entertainment who debuted with the song Iriwa on October 24, 2018, consisting of SeeA, Yechan, SangA, Yubin, and Harin, and Arang as well as a hidden member Daewang. (I have no clue about the hidden member thing, maybe they just try to be different from all the other groups)

                                                     hidden member Daewang

 They didn't really get any popularity, but also came back last month to join the competition as well.

Kpop Girl Groups update June 2020

So there are more kpop girl groups come back at June this year.

                                     Twice - more&more

The group's ninth Korean EP, More & More, was released on June 1 with a lead single of the same name. The EP recorded over 550,000 sales on Gaon, making it not only Twice's best selling album to date but also the best-selling girl group album in South Korea in 20 years. The EP debuted at number 200 on the Billboard 200, making Twice the fourth South Korean girl group to enter the chart, after Girls' Generation, 2NE1 and Blackpink. Twice also entered the Billboard Artist 100 for the first time, debuting at number 96

what is more?
On May 27, it was reported that the pre-order sales of More & More had surpassed 500,000. With over 260,000 copies sold on Hanteo on the first day, Twice broke the record for the highest first-day sales for a Korean girl group. They also became the first Korean girl group to surpass 200,000 albums sold on the first day of release. On June 9, Gaon confirmed that More & More reached 550,000 copies sold in shipments, making it not only Twice's best-selling album to date, but also the best-selling girl group album in South Korea since S.E.S's album A Letter from Greenland in 2000

                       I*Zone - Secret Story of the Swan

On May 19, it was confirmed that the group would release their third mini-album Oneiric Diary on June 15. On June 15, the company announced that the music video release will be postponed to June 16, while the performance video and album will be released on the original schedule given. The group held the comeback showcase for their album on Mnet's second channel M2.
On June 22, it was reported that the album broke the record of first week sales on Hanteo among girl groups, with 389,334 copies sold on its first 7 days

 

                                  Momoland - TIKI TAKA

On May 15, 2020, it was confirmed that Momoland would make a comeback in early June.  It was later revelead that the release would be a non-promoted special album titled Starry Night, which was released on June 11.

                                  Cosmic Girls - Butterfly

Cosmic Girls released their eighth mini album Neverland, including the title track "Butterfly", on June 9, 2020.The EP debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, while the lead single "Butterfly" debuted at number 118 on the Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated June 7–13, 2020. The single also peaked at number 81 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100

                                      Weki Meki - Oopsy

On May 29, Fantagio released a teaser image for the group’s third EP, Hide and Seek, which was released on June 18.[ It consists of five songs, including the title track "Oopsy" and the previously released single "Dazzle Dazzle".

                                    Weeekly - Tag Me

This is a brand new girl group, so I will introduce them here briefly. Weeekly  is a seven-member kpop girl group launched by Play M Entertainment. The group is Play M Entertainment's second girl group in 10 years, after Apink.  The group debuted on June 30, 2020 with their debut EP, We Are

                                        DIA - Hug You

On May 25, 2020, it was revealed that DIA would make a comeback with their sixth EP Flower 4 Seasons on June 10.  MBK later confirmed that the group will promote with five members as a unit without Chaeyeon & Somyi.

                                     Nature - Girls

I introduced them before, so won't do again.   On June 1, the group was confirmed to make their comeback on June 17 with their third single album Nature World: Code M. Loha will not participate due to health reasons, while Aurora will also not participate. They seem change style quite a bit in this new song.

               

                                    3YE - YESSIR

This is also a new girl group, so I will introduce them briefly here. 3YE  is a  kpop girl group formed by GH Entertainment in 2019. The group debuted on May 21, 2019, with the digital single "DMT", and  their first EP, Triangle, on June 29.

Kpop Girl Groups Update May 2020

        It's time to write a new blog again. After April this year, it's all different new girl groups either debut or come back within 2 or 3 month. In this blog, I will introduce few new kpop girl groups, keep people update the new trend.   

                                   Secret number - who dis

SECRET NUMBER  is a five member multinational kpop  girl group formed by Vine Entertainment. The group debuted on May 19, 2020 with their single album "Who Dis?
It has one Korean member  Soodam, two Korean-American members Jinny, Denise, one Japanese member Lea, and one Indonesian member, Dita, they gained netizens attention with their stage presence, vocal, and dancing skills.

Dita is the first Indonesian woman to debut as an idol in the K-pop industry and develop her dance skills in renowned 1MILLION DANCE Studio. (So when the readers have a chance, please drop by 1MILLION studio , I learnt a lot even I only went there once)

After their debut, the rookie groups popularity skyrocketing, The music video got 3.5 million views on youtube, and it's trending at #2 on youtube in Indonesia just within 2 days.

            

 

BVNDIT - "JUNGLE"

       

I have introduced this group before, please check my previous blog for more information about them. I do like their debut single. And On May 13, the group released their second EP Carnival with the title track "Jungle", got some degree of success.

Fanatics - V.A.V.I Girl

I also talked them quite a bit in my previous blog, so I won't repeat here. I did like their last comeback, the dance is amazing. On April 13, 2020, the group has announced the addition of 2 new members, Via and Rayeon, while at the same time also announcing that current members Chaelin and Yoonhye will be resting for their upcoming comeback with their 2nd mini album Plus Two on May 4

Busters - Paeonia

Busters is a six-member kpop  girl group formed by Marbling E&M Inc. and JTG Entertainment in 2017.
They add 2 members Takara and Minji before releasing their music video for "Paeonia".

RedSquare - ColorFull

This is a new kpop girl group, so I will briefly introduce them here. Red Square is a five-member kpop girl group formed by About Entertainment. The group debuted on May 19, 2020, with their single album Prequel with lead single "ColorFull". ( I don't understand why their debut MV, they all cover their eyes)

Woo!ah! - woo!ah! 

This is a new group as well, so I will introduce them briefly here. WOO!AH! is a 6 member  kpop girl group produced by Han Jiseok and Kim Kyusang under nv Entertainment consisting of members Nana, Wooyeon, Sora, Lucy, Minseo, and Songyee. They debut on May 13th, 2020 with 1st Single Album ‘’Exclamation”. ( I don't know why they are called WOO!AH!, just a name)

Kpop Girl Groups March/April 2020

                  Duo to Corona Virus, there are fewer groups comeback each month, so I combined March and April two month together in one blog, and the number of girl groups comeback is not as many as before as well.

                                     APink - Dumhdurum

On March 13, 2020, Play M Entertainment announced that Apink would be making a comeback some time in April.  On April 13, Apink released their ninth mini-album Look, as well as the single, "Dumhdurum". "Dumhdurum" was composed and written by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Goon, who worked on their previous songs “I’m So Sick” and “%%(Eung Eung)”. Upon release, the song topped four major realtime charts in South Korea and became their first song to reach number one on Melon in 5 years, since "Remember". To promote the new album, Apink performed "Dumhdurum" on various music shows, along with B-side tracks "Be Myself", "Love is Blind" and "Moment" for a period of two weeks beginning on April 17. "Look" debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart while "Dumhdurum" peaked at number 2 on the Digital Chart, giving the group their ninth top 10 single.

Until May 3rd, APink already took 8th Win For “Dumhdurum” On “Inkigayo”, this comeback is so strong that their score is much higher than second place for their competitors at the same time. Also marked APink's 9th year anniversary.

                                      

                                      ITZY - Wanna Be

On March 9, 2020, Itzy released their second EP, It'z Me, and its lead single "Wannabe".  The album debut at No. 5 on Billboard's World Albums chart and was the group's best position on the chart at the time. Within 24 hours, the music video accumulated over 11 million views and has, as of May 2020, accumulated more than 110 million views on the platform making their fastest music video to reach that. Commercially, the single reached the charts in eight countries, peaking at number six in South Korea. The group received eight music show wins for the song, tied with APink, but they promote at different period.

G-idle - Oh My God

                                               

On April 6, 2020 the group released their third EP titled I Trust with "Oh my god" as its lead single.
 In conjunction with the release of I Trust, (G)I-dle had signed with Republic Records to help highlight and push their individuality into the U.S. marketplace.[The album had over 91,311 pre-orders, making it their most pre-ordered EP, and became their highest selling album by selling 100,000 physical copies in three days.[I Trust debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart becoming (G)I-dle's first number-one album in South Korea and achieved their highest-ever position on Billboard's World Albums chart at No. 4. The music video for "Oh my god" broke their personal record by amassing 17 million views within its first day of release. The song also marked the first time the group has appeared on the Scottish Singles Chart and charted at number 97, becoming only the third K-pop artist and the second female act to appear on the chart. (G)I-dle's live promotions for "Oh My God" won four music show awards including their first grand slam public broadcast win on KBS's Music Bank, SBS's Inkigayo and MBC's Show! Music Core.
G-dile comeback around the same time with APink, and there's a big competition between these two groups on various music program. G-idle still managed to get 4 wins under this APink dominates period.

Oh My Girl -NonStop

On April 13, 2020, WM Entertainment confirmed that Oh My Girl would make a comeback as a full group on April 27, with Jiho returning from her hiatus. Subsequently, the group released a teaser announcing that their return will be with their seventh EP Nonstop with a game-themed concept.The EP and the music video for the lead single "Nonstop" were released on April 27.  Oh My Girl was considered one of the girl group followed APink style and they comeback slightly after APink. Until today, they  took 2 Win For “NONSTOP” On “Show Champion”;

GWSN - BAZOOKA!

On April 3, 2020, it was reported that GWSN was moved to a new sub-label from Kiwi Media Group known as MILES. The group made their comeback on April 28 with their 4th mini album the Keys and its title track "Bazooka!", without member Soso.

APRIL - LALALILALA

On April 10, it was revealed that April would make a comeback with their 7th EP titled Da Capo on April 22. According to DSP Media, "Da Capo" is a musical term which means "from the beginning". On April 22, Da Capo and its title track "LALALILALA" were released. Both the EP and the single became their most successful releases to date.