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MOA (모아; also stylized as M.O.A) was a five-member girl group under Professional Entertainment. They debuted on February 20, 2014 with the digital single "Inception".

They presumably disbanded in 2015 due to inactivity.

The group name stands for “Motion of Art”.[1]

History[]

2013: Pre-debut[]

In December 2013, Professional Entertainment revealed that they were debuting a seven-member girl group named MOA in January 2014. The debut was later delayed to late January in order to perfect their performance.[2]

2014: Debut with "Inception", lineup change, cancelled comeback[]

On February 20, 2014, MOA made their debut with the digital single "Inception". Upon debuting, members Yui and Zelli left and were replaced by Dain and Zebra.

On March 18th 2014, they released the MV for their 1.5th single "Inception 1.5", featuring "Run for your dream", in promotion of the Kolon Section Marathon that took place in Gyeongju on March 29 of the same year.[3]

In mid-2014, Chanhee, Jayoung, Zebra and Dain left the group. This was followed by the addition of Namigeonhye and Hyoju to the group. Sometime later, Sieun and Kimi were added to the group but weren't officially announced by the company.[4][5]

In late 2014, Professional Entertainment announced that MOA would be making their comeback with the new lineup consisting of Namigeonhye, Hyoju, Sieun, Kimi, Miva, Hyena, and Hika.[6] However, the comeback never happened.

2015: Disbandment[]

Since early 2015, the group became inactive. Their name was removed from the description of the company's YouTube channel. In addition, Professional Entertainment's website, Facebook page and MOA's Twitter page were deleted. Therefore, it was assumed that the group has disbanded silently.

Aftermath[]

  • Miva joined in Aurora in 2016, under the stage name Jiho then changed to Seulgi.[7] She is also active as a trot soloist.
  • Chanhee redebuted in 4L on August 4, 2014 then Ureka on November 14, 2016.
  • Zebra and Jayoung redebuted in 4L on August 4, 2014 then J-Young on on July 13, 2016.
  • Zelly is active as a livestreamer.[8]

Members[]

Name Position(s) Year(s) active
Hika (히카) Leader, Main Rapper 2014–2015
Hyena (혜나) Vocalist 2014–2015
Miva (미바) Main Vocalist, Maknae 2014–2015
Chanhee (찬희) Lead Vocalist 2014
Jayoung (자영) Vocalist 2014
Yui (유이) Vocalist 2014
Zelli (젤리) Lead Rapper 2014
Zebra (지브라) Vocalist 2014
Dain (다인) N/A 2014
Namigeonhye (나미건혜) Main Dancer, Vocalist 2014–2015
Lee Hyoju (이효주) Lead Dancer, Vocalist 2014–2015
Sieun (시은) N/A 2014-2015
Kimi (키미) N/A 2014-2015

Discography[]

Digital singles[]

OSTs[]

  • "Be Arrogant" (2014)

Trivia[]

  • Hyena originally debuted as a soloist in 2008 with the single album "First Single Album".
  • Namigeonhye was a member of Leader'S and its subunit Leader’s G from 2011 to 2012.
  • Zebra was a member of Flying Girls, under the stage name Jina.
  • The group name originally stood for "Member Of Asia" but was changed to "Motion Of Art" after Japanese member Yui and Taiwanese member Zelli left the group.[1][2]
  • The music video for "I'll Call Ya" was deemed unfit for broadcast by KBS due to poor video quality.[9]
  • Their sub-unit melodyMOA (Hika, Miva, Gina and Chanhee) was supposed to make their debut in 2014 but was cancelled due to lineup change. The music video for their sub-unit was only released years later to YouTube by member Hika (now deleted).[10]

Gallery[]

References[]

Official links[]

Professional Entertainment
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