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GIRL CRUSH (걸크러쉬) is a four-member girl group under HW Entertainment. They began as a dance performance group before making their musical debut on April 8, 2019 with the digital single "Memories".

History[]

2019: Debut with "Memories"[]

On February 28, GIRL CRUSH officially opened a Makestar in order to gather funds for their debut. By the end of the project (on April 30), the group exceed their goal by 55%, gathering over $6,900 USD.[1][2]

The group made their official musical debut on April 8, with the digital single "Memories".

2020–2021: Line-up changes[]

On December 2, 2020, DAM Entertainment announced, through a post made made on the group's official Instagram account, that they are holding auditions. Around the same time, member Yo-na was removed from their profile's description.[3]

On February 1, 2021, it was announced that GIRL CRUSH's contracts with DAM Entertainment, had ended and all the members decided not to renew them. It was also confirmed that while Bomi, Zia and Taeri, had decided to stay in the group (still under the name GIRL CRUSH), Yo-na had decided to leave.[4]

On February 4, it was confirmed that the group is planning to introduce a new member soon.[5] Shortly after an Instagram account with the handle of @girlcrush_Yuka and no photos was created and subsequently followed by all of the three GIRL CRUSH members, by the end of February the page was also followed by the groups official SNS, confirming that the new member's stage name is Yuka.

2022: New agency, Yuka's departure, controversy[]

Sometime in early 2022, the group signed an exclusive contract with a new agency, HW Entertainment.[citation needed]

On May 18, 2022, it was announced that Yuka had left the group due to personal reasons.[6]

On May 29, 2022, HW Entertainment released a statement surrounding new member Hayun after controversy arose on the addition of an underaged minor to a group with a sexy concept, with some accusing it as minor exploitation. HW explained that Hayun is only a trainee and not an official member and that they will wait until she is of legal age before she joins the group. Shortly after posting the statement, the group's Instagram and Twitter were privated.[7]

In late June 2022, Hayun started actively performing in Girl Crush, thus being added into the group.[8]

2023: "Oppa, Do you trust me?"[]

On January 4, the group announced their second digital single "Oppa, Do you trust me?", to be released on February 5.[9]

Members[]

Name Position(s) Year(s) active
Taeri (태리) Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist 2017–present
Zia (지아) Leader, Main Vocalist 2016–present
Bomi (보미) Main Dancer, Vocalist 2016–present
Hayun (하윤) Sub Vocalist, Dancer, Maknae 2022–present
Former
Yo-na (요나) Vocalist, Maknae 2019–2021
Yuka (유카) Lead Vocalist, Maknae 2021–2022
Pre-debut
Seihee (세히) Sub Vocalist, Maknae 2016–2019
Jin Jin (진진) Leader, Maknae 2016

Discography[]

Digital singles[]

Gallery[]

Promotional[]

Pictorial[]

Trivia[]

  • Bomi was the group's leader for a short while at the beginning of 2018.[10] However, by the end of 2018, leadership was changed to Zia.[11]
  • Taeri became a member of GIRL CRUSH through a personal acquaintance at DAM Entertainment[12]
  • Hayun is a former member of BaBa under stage name Johwa and a former pre-debut member of BLAZE under stage name Yujin.

References[]

Official links[]

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