Hi, tripleS! Hello, we are tripleS! (Hi, tripleS! 안녕하세요, 트리플에스입니다!)
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—tripleS
tripleS (Korean: 트리플에스; Japanese: トリプルS) is a 24-member girl group under MODHAUS. They were introduced to the public through a pre-debut project that began in May 2022, where each of the members are being revealed periodically. They debuted on February 13, 2023 with the mini album Assemble.
They aim to be the world's first decentralized K-pop idol group. The members will rotate between the group, sub-units and solo activities, as chosen by fans as they will be able to participate and communicate with the group such as deciding the sub-units and the content through NFT photo cards called "Objekts". The group's concept is the members have the special ability "S" and that they will join forces and demonstrate their abilities through the "Dimension" and will be recreated every season with new concepts.[1][2]
On February 18, 2022, MODHAUS announced that they would be launching the world's first "fan-participating girl group" led by the CEO Jaden Jeong and that the group was set to debut in the first half of the year.[3]
On April 4, 2022, the company announced their upcoming girl group would be called "tripleS" through launch of their Twitter account and release of a teaser video titled "tripleS 트리플에스 : thesis."[4] On April 28, 2022, tripleS opened their official website and Discord.[5]
On September 16, they announced their ‘Grand Gravity' time table event that consists fans can vote for which member will be in which subunit: Acid Angel from Asia or +(KR)ystal Eyes.[14]
On November 9, they revealed the group's ninth member Kaede.[15]
On November 26, MODHAUS announced that tripleS would debut as a 10-member unit in early 2023. Fans would also be able to vote (out of eight songs) which song would be title track of their debut release.[16]
On December 3, DaHyun was revealed as the group's 10th member.[17]
2023: Debut with Assemble, fandom name, new sub-units[]
On January 18, it was revealed that the group would debut with the mini album Assemble on February 13.[24] The album includes the first 10 revealed members and was released before subunit's +(KR)ystal Eyes debut later in the year.[25]
On April 10, their fandom name was revealed to be WAV.[26]
On April 20, the Fourth Gravity event was announced to be taken place between April 21 to 30, to determine the members of the next two sub-units, EVOLution and LOVElution.[27]
By late October 2023, TripleS confirmed that their currently active units' music releases for 2022 and 2023 have been completed and they will subsequently focus on revealing their group's next four members (S17, S18, S19, S20) along with the next sub-units.[29][30]
Their sixth sub-unit, a ballad group made up of previously revealed members, was announced on November 18 with DaHyun already confirmed as a set member and JiWoo, ChaeYeon, Nien and Kaede chosen through fan voting.[31][32]Aria was later chosen to be the sub-units' name.[33] They will debut on January 15, 2024 with their single album "Aria <Structure of Sadness>".
The seventh sub-unit, named NXT, was announced on December 11 and is composed of four new TripleS members.[34] Their reveal schedule started on December 21 along with the digital single "NXT <Just Do It>" released on December 23.[35][36]
On December 21, Lynn was revealed as the group's 17th member,[37] followed by JooBin on December 22,[38]HaYeon on December 23[39] and ShiOn on December 24.[40]
On January 29, the group announced that they will release their first instrumental album 4Study 4Work 4Inst Vol.1 on February 2.[41]
On February 22, it was reported that the group will release their first full-length album Assemble24 in May.[42] On April 15, it was announced that the album will be released on May 8.[43]
