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"All your Fantasy! Hello, we are Pink Fantasy" |
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PinkFantasy (핑크판타지; also stylized as Pink Fantasy) is a six-member girl group under MyDoll Entertainment. Originally as eight, they debuted on October 24, 2018, with the digital single "Iriwa".
The group is unique in that it has one masked member, Daewang, whose real identity will be revealed sometime in the future.[1]
The group will suspend its activities on 1st January 2024, with all the final members pursuing their solo activities under the company.
History[]
2018: Pre-debut[]
In June 2018, MyDoll Entertainment officially announced their upcoming girl group, Pink Fantasy. As the members prepared for debut the company announced Pink Fantasy's predebut sub-unit, Sugar Powder. The unit consisted of members, Harin, Arang, and Heesun and would be used to promote the group before debut. On June 27, Sugar Powder held their first live performance, in order to promote the group. The sub-unit covered Orange Caramel's "Catallena" and "Shanghai Romance".
2018: Debut with "Iriwa"[]
On October 15, the first teaser for Pink Fantasy's debut single "Iriwa (이리와')" was released, and announced the group would debut on October 24.
On October 24, Pink Fantasy officially debuted with the single album "Iriwa" with the title track "이리와' (Iriwa)" and accompanying music video. The music video features predebut member Rai, who left shortly before debut and was replaced by Cho Yubeen. While Yubeen is not featured in the music video, the song was re-recorded to feature her instead of Rai.
2019: Sub-units, Japanese debut, "Fantasy" and "Playing House"[]
On March 3, the group announced the formation of their first official sub-unit PinkFantasy SHY, consisting of members SeeA, Harin, and Yubeen, with their debut date set for March 26.[2]
On March 6, a video announcing the upcoming Japanese debut of Pink Fantasy was uploaded to MyDoll Entertainment's YouTube channel. On March 15, the group released their Japanese debut single "Iriwa".[3]
On July 15, Pink Fantasy released the teaser schedule for their second single, "Fantasy", to be released sometime in August.[4]
On July 18, MyDoll Entertainment announced the addition of a ninth member, SangA, to the group.[5]
On October 18, MyDoll released a statement saying Heesun had departed from the group and her activities had stopped on the same day.[6]
On November 1, Pink Fantasy released their third single, "Playing House".[7]
On December 17, the group announced the formation of their second official sub-unit MDD, consisting of members Yechan and Yubeen, with their debut date set for December 19.[8]
2020: Departures of Aini, Yubeen, and SangA, "Shadow Play" and guest members[]
On April 12, MyDoll released a statement saying Aini had departed from the group due to health concern and Arang was chosen to succeed her as a leader.[9]
On June 19, a teaser image was posted on the group's official Twitter account, titled "Shadow Play". The image indicates a release set for July; with only four members present in the image, it is believed a new sub-unit will be debuting.[10]
On June 28, MyDoll released a statement saying Yubeen had departed from the group due to health issues.[11]
On July 1, the group teaser for "Shadow Play" was released. MyDoll explained on the group's Daum Café that "Shadow Play" is technically a sub-unit song, but will be promoted as a group song. According to the company, too many sub-unit promotions might be confusing to broadcasting stations, and promoting this song under the full group name might bring more awareness to the full group. Internally, this sub-unit is named PinkFantasy Shadow.[12]
After "Shadow Play" promotions, they will focus on doing more full group activities.[12]
On October 21, MyDoll announced SangA had left PinkFantasy after she had requested for her contract to be terminated due to personal issues.[13]
On December 30, MyDoll announced that former member, Heesun, and the MyDoll trainees, Momoka, Miu and Miku will be participating as guests members for Pink Fantasy's new digital single and album of 2021.[14]
2021: "Lemon Candy", new members, Alice in Wonderland, and "Tales of the Unusual"[]
On January 21, 2021, PinkFantasy, along with guest member Heesun, released their third digital single "Lemon Candy".
On February 2021, all Miu pictures was removed from the MyDoll Girls's official Twitter and all her videos from MyDoll Girls's official VLIVE, therefore confirming her departure prior to her official debut.[citation needed]
On May 10, PinkFantasy revealed that during an upcoming fan meeting to take place on May 13, they will unveil two new members who will be joining the official group line-up along with member Heesun.[15] During the fan meeting, the two new members were revealed to be Momoka and Miku.[citation needed]
On June 6, a scheduler posted on the group's social medias announced a comeback.[16] On June 7, the title track "Poison" was revealed along with their first EP named, Alice in Wonderland and the comeback date as June 21.[17]
On October 31, PinkFantasy released their fourth digital single "Tales of the Unusual".[18]
On December 7, they announced to release a new digital single "Merry Fantasy", which was released on December 10.[19]
2022: "Bizarre Story"[]
In July 2022, members Yechan, Daewang, and Arang revealed that they will be coming back with a single album, with its intended release being summer or early Fall, and will bring back heavy metal again. On September 16, it was announced that members SeeA and Daewang would not be participating in their upcoming comeback. SeeA was still on hiatus due to a rib injury and Daewang would focus on producing the song. [20]
On September 30, a teaser video was released on their Twitter, revealing that "Bizarre Story" would be released on October 24.[21]
2023: Departures of Yechan and Harin, indefinite hiatus[]
On November 8, it was announced that the group would be going on an indefinite hiatus from January 2024 with Yechan and Harin having graduated from the group.[22]
On December 28, they held their last event as eight-member group.[23]
Members[]
| Name | Position(s) | Color | Year(s) active | ||
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| English | Korean | Japanese | |||
| Momoka | 모모카 | モモカ | Main Dancer, Vocalist | Yellow | 2021–present[n 1][24] |
| Arang | 아랑 | アラン | Leader (2020–present), Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Rapper (Maknae 2019–2021) | Red | 2018–present |
| Miku | 미쿠 | ミク | Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Rapper | Sky Blue | 2021–present[n 2][25] |
| Heesun | 희선 | ヒソン | Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Maknae (2018–2019; 2021–present) | Orange | 2018–2019[6] 2021–present[n 3][25] |
| Inactive | |||||
| Daewang | 대왕 | 大王（デワン） | Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Face of the Group | Light Green | 2018–present |
| SeeA | 시아 | シア | Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist | Purple | 2018–present |
| Former | |||||
| Aini | 아이니 | アイニ | Leader (2018–2020), Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Visual | White | 2018–2020 |
| Yechan | 예찬 | イェチャン | Main Vocalist | Blue | 2018–2023 |
| SangA | 상아 | サンア | Vocalist, Lead Dancer | Sky Blue | 2019–2020 |
| Yubeen | 유빈 | ユビン | Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist | Orange | 2018–2020 |
| Harin | 하린 | ハリン | Lead Dancer, Vocalist | Pink | 2018–2023 |
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| Rai | 라이 | ライ | Vocalist | N/A | 2018[n 4] |
Sub-units[]
- PinkFantasy SHY (2019–2023) (indefinite hiatus)
- MDD (2019)
- PinkFantasy Shadow (2020–2023) (indefinite hiatus)
- PF Amomi (2024-present)
Units[]
Listed is a promotional unit who hasn't officially debuted.
- Sugar Powder (2018)
Table[]
| Name | PinkFantasy SHY | MDD | PinkFantasy Shadow | Sugar Powder | PF Amomi |
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| Daewang | |||||
| Aini | |||||
| SeeA | Yes | Yes | |||
| Yechan | Former | ||||
| SangA | Former | ||||
| Yubeen | Former | Former | |||
| Harin | Former | Former | Former | ||
| Momoka | Yes | ||||
| Arang | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Miku | Yes | ||||
| Heesun | Yes |
Discography[]
Korean[]EPs[]
Single albums[]
Digital singles[]
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Japanese[]Singles[]
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Filmography[]
Reality shows[]
- The Next: K-Pop Girl Groups' VR Battle (Pico Video, 2023)
Trivia[]
- Aini was a member of Kirots and UNIZ.
- SeeA was a member of Piggy Dolls and appeared on the show I Can See Your Voice 5.
- Yechan was a member of Awe5ome Baby
- Yubeen was a contestant on the survival show Idol School.
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
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References[]
Official links[]
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