Loona yyxy | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2018 |
Labels | Blockberry Creative |
Spinoff of | Loona |
Members |
|
Past members | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | 이달의
小女 yyxy |
Revised Romanization | Idarui Sonyeo yyxy |
McCune–Reischauer | Idarŭi Sonyŏ yyxy |
Loona yyxy (an 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 HyeJu (formerly 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 [+ +].
The first member, Yves, was revealed on November 14, 2017. [1] She debuted with her single album Yves with the title track "New" on November 28. [2] 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 photo of the latter was revealed with a caption "A mysterious girl is coming". [3] The next single titled Chuu was released on December 27, with the title track "Heart Attack". [4] It is currently the most viewed solo video from Loona on YouTube.
On January 14, 2018, the teaser photo of the third member, Go Won, was revealed with a caption "Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise.". [5] On January 30, 2 weeks later, her single Go Won was released with the title track "One&Only". [6] The final member was then hinted at in a teaser, on March 1. A teaser with all the revealed members, along with a dark figure that appears to be the 12th member. It was titled "Cinema Theory: Up & Line" [7] Their final member, HyeJu, was officially revealed with a teaser photo on March 17, at midnight KST. [8] On March 28, a teaser for her title track "Egoist" was revealed as well, which would feature previously revealed member JinSoul. [9] On March 29, her single Olivia Hye was released with the title track "Egoist" featuring JinSoul, and the second track featuring Go Won titled "Rosy". [10]
On April 26, a teaser was released titled "youth youth by young" that introduces that their sub-unit name is "yyxy" and the members as well. [11] [12] On May 19, a teaser photo was released revealing the title track "love4eva" and that it would be featuring Grimes, as some of her fans asked her to produce the group, as well. [13] [14] On May 24, a group photo teaser was released. [15] On May 28, a highlight medley was released for their upcoming extended play. [16] On May 30, their title track along with their EP Beauty & the Beat was released featuring Grimes. [17]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|
KOR [18] |
US World [19] | |||
Beauty & the Beat |
|
4 | 6 |
|
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"love4eva" (featuring Grimes) | 2018 | Beauty & the Beat |
Song title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
"love4eva" | 2018 | Digipedi | [21] |
Loona yyxy | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2018 |
Labels | Blockberry Creative |
Spinoff of | Loona |
Members |
|
Past members | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | 이달의
小女 yyxy |
Revised Romanization | Idarui Sonyeo yyxy |
McCune–Reischauer | Idarŭi Sonyŏ yyxy |
Loona yyxy (an 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 HyeJu (formerly 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 [+ +].
The first member, Yves, was revealed on November 14, 2017. [1] She debuted with her single album Yves with the title track "New" on November 28. [2] 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 photo of the latter was revealed with a caption "A mysterious girl is coming". [3] The next single titled Chuu was released on December 27, with the title track "Heart Attack". [4] It is currently the most viewed solo video from Loona on YouTube.
On January 14, 2018, the teaser photo of the third member, Go Won, was revealed with a caption "Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise.". [5] On January 30, 2 weeks later, her single Go Won was released with the title track "One&Only". [6] The final member was then hinted at in a teaser, on March 1. A teaser with all the revealed members, along with a dark figure that appears to be the 12th member. It was titled "Cinema Theory: Up & Line" [7] Their final member, HyeJu, was officially revealed with a teaser photo on March 17, at midnight KST. [8] On March 28, a teaser for her title track "Egoist" was revealed as well, which would feature previously revealed member JinSoul. [9] On March 29, her single Olivia Hye was released with the title track "Egoist" featuring JinSoul, and the second track featuring Go Won titled "Rosy". [10]
On April 26, a teaser was released titled "youth youth by young" that introduces that their sub-unit name is "yyxy" and the members as well. [11] [12] On May 19, a teaser photo was released revealing the title track "love4eva" and that it would be featuring Grimes, as some of her fans asked her to produce the group, as well. [13] [14] On May 24, a group photo teaser was released. [15] On May 28, a highlight medley was released for their upcoming extended play. [16] On May 30, their title track along with their EP Beauty & the Beat was released featuring Grimes. [17]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|
KOR [18] |
US World [19] | |||
Beauty & the Beat |
|
4 | 6 |
|
Title | Year | Album |
---|---|---|
"love4eva" (featuring Grimes) | 2018 | Beauty & the Beat |
Song title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
"love4eva" | 2018 | Digipedi | [21] |