On March 22, Cube Entertainment published a logo for its third girl group which would debut shortly after PENTAGON's comeback with Positive. The group already counted with a former contestant of the reality shows Produce 101 and Unpretty Rapstar 3, Jeon Soyeon.[1] From April 8 to April 12, the five members of the group were revealed via social medias, starting with Yuqi, followed by Miyeon, Shuhua, Soojin, Soyeon and Minnie respectively.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The group officially debuted on May 2, with the release of the mini album I Am and its title track "Latata", which was wrote by member Soyeon, as well as the full album. On May 22, "Latata" got its first win at The Show, exactly 20 days after the debut.[8] They won a total of three times during their promotion.
2019: I Made, "Uh-Oh", Japanese debut and Queendom
2020: First world tour, I Trust
At midnight KST on January 20, (G)I-DLE posted a teaser photo for "I-Land" throughout their social media. It was revealed on the 23rd through another teaser that the group would be holding their first world tour.[10] On February 28, Cube confirmed that the tour, along with their upcoming album would be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[11]
