Yellow Bee

“	"Fly, Fly~ Hello, we are Yellow Bee!"	”
—Yellow Bee

Yellow Bee

Promotional photo for "DVD (Difference Versus Difference)" (L–R: Soye, Ari, Ryuhee, Annie, and Seolha)

Names

Hangul

옐로비

Background

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Genre(s)

Pop

Debut

November 23, 2017

Disbanded

July 12, 2020

Years active

2017–2020

Label(s)

Addiction Entertainment

Members

Former

Fandom

Name

Honey Jars

SNS

Yellow Bee (옐로비) was a five-member girl group under Addiction Entertainment. They debuted on November 23, 2017 with the digital single "Hiccup".

Their disbandment was officially confirmed on July 12, 2020.

History[]

2017–2018: "Hiccup", "If You Love Me"[]

Yellow Bee debuted with their first digital single "Hiccup" on November 23, 2017. The group's original line-up was composed of Berry, Boyeon, Rozy, Seona and Somee.

They made their first comeback on July 17, 2018, with the digital single "If You Love Me". The song tells a story of a shy girl experiencing the feeling of an unrequited love.^[1]

2019: Line-up changes, "DVD"[]

On June 7, Addiction Entertainment made an announcement via their Instagram account that Yellow Bee would be changing all of the members. They disclosed that the former members had withdrawn their contracts with the company and that the group will have a completely new line-up ahead of their upcoming comeback in late June.^[2]

The new members was introduced starting with Ryuhee on June 9. Yellow Bee then made their comeback on June 27 with the single "DVD (Difference Versus Difference)".^[3]

2020: Disbandment[]

On May 25, Addiction Entertainment notified fans that Yellow Bee would go on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that their upcoming single, originally scheduled for June would be postponed. On July 12, Addiction Entertainment released a statement on their Instagram revealing that Yellow Bee had officially disbanded. Addiction Entertainment further stated, "But with member B carrying on her rather slutty lifestyle, plus the other members being unable to come to an agreement, we’ve decided that the group cannot stay together." The statement was highly controversial and criticized on several news outlets for 'slut shaming'.^[4] Addiction Entertainment later edited the Instagram post to remove certain information and was left at "personal issues and differences between the company and members" as a reason.^[5] Despite this, Addiction Entertainment later deleted all posts from their Instagram.

A week after their disbandment, former member Ari took to her own Instagram account on July 31 and revealed that the members were subject to neglect, exploitation, sexual harassment and sexual assault by the company staff.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Aftermath[]

Annie and Ari formed the duo MANITO under Shin Media Entertainment after the group's disbandment. They re-debuted with the single album "토리토리 도토리" on September 18, 2021. However, the duo presumably disbanded sometime in 2022, after inactivity on SNS accounts since February 2022.

Ryuhee, Soye, and Ari (under the stage name Haru) formed the new girl group January in May 2022 along with a new member Taehee. They opened their official Instagram account on May 28, 2022.^[9] In July 2023, Haru left the group along with Taehee, while Annie and Seolha (under her birth name Hyunyoung) joined the group for their debut on July 20, 2023 with the single album "Remember".

Members[]

Name	Position(s)	Year(s) active
Rozy (로지)	Leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer	2017–2019
Berry (베리)	Main Vocalist, Maknae	2017–2019
Boyeon (보연)	Main Dancer, Vocalist	2017–2019
Seona (서나)	Vocalist	2017–2019
Somee (소미)	Main Rapper	2017–2019
Ryuhee (류희)	Leader, Lead Vocalist	2019–2020
Annie (애니)	Main Vocalist	2019–2020
Soye (소예)	Vocalist	2019–2020
Ari (아리)	Lead Vocalist	2019–2020
Seolha (설하)	Main Rapper, Vocalist, Maknae	2019–2020