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Ready? Action! Hello, we are We Girls! |
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We Girls (위걸스; also stylized as WeGirls) was a girl group under Aftermoon Entertainment. Originally with eight members, they debuted on August 31, 2018 with the single album "On Air".
After three years without any group activities, member YeHana revealed in an Instagram DM in February 2022 that the group had disbanded.
History[]
2017–2018: Debut project, line-up changes and debut with "On Air" & "Girls Wings Fly"[]
On October 31, Aftermoon Entertainment, launched a Makestar project in order to gather funds to debut their first girl group by the name of WeGirls, the group was originally introduced as nine, with members: Jaina, Hyeni, Yehana, Woori, Vivian, Julie, HaL Park, Lina and Suha. The group met their goal gathering 27,773US$.[1]
Following this the group went through major line-up changes, Jaina, Woori, Vivian, Julie, Lina and Suha left the group, later on, a new member Cindy was also introduced, but shortly after she also decided to leave.
After this members: E.You, Han Jung A, Ellie, Nina and EunA, were added to the line-up, making We Girls eight-members with this line-up, the group would release their debut single album "On Air" on August 31, 2018.
On October 9, We Girls released a remix of their debut single, titled "Girls Wings Fly" as a special gift for their fans, this also confirmed the name of the group's fandom to be Wings.
2019: Further line-up changes, Ride & "Hello, Christmas"[]
On February 7, HaL announced her departure from the group via her personal Facebook account, she also said that she will be continuing to prepare herself for an acting debut.[2]
On June 17, We Girls posted a group photo, confirming their plans to make a comeback soon. However the picture excluded member Hyeni. In the post's comments, Aftermoon confirmed that she left the group but a reason for her departure was never given.[3]
On September 6, the group made their first official comeback with the mini album Ride. On October 28, a music video for the b-side "Heart Beat" was released.
On December 3, We Girls released a special Christmas single titled "Hello, Christmas". Shortly after, on December 11, it was announced that member EunA, decided to leave the group.[4]
2020: Line-up changes[]
On July 13, an image was posted to the group's SNS accounts, announcing that Aftermoon were holding auditions to find new members for We Girls. It was also revealed that Nina and Ellie had decided to leave the group after their contracts expired and they decided not to renew.[5] On September 14, E.You announced through her Instagram that she had also left the group and Aftermoon after the termination of her contract. The same day, Aftermoon began unveiling six newly selected members whose identities have not been revealed yet, beginning with member 'D', then 'A', 'Y', 'S', 'R', and lastly 'K'.[6]
2021: New members[]
On April 9, Sports Donga published an article introducing three new We Girls members: Byeoljji, Kimi, and Do Hayoon.[7]
2022: Disbandment[]
In February 2022, Yehana revealed in a Instagram DM with a fan that We Girls had disbanded.[8]
Aftermath[]
- Former member Ellie is currently active as a soloist, promoting under her real name.
- Former members Nina and EunA joined the girl group Bambino after their reformation. However, the group went back to inactivity after one performance.
- They then joined the upcoming girl group Bunny.T in February 2023.
- Member Byeoljji became a member of the upcoming independent girl group Lively (later known as Ndear). Do Hayoon also joined the group later, but left sometime later as she was missing from the group's newest lineup after a period of inactivity.
- Do Hayoon, who had left Ndear, was later revealed as a member of upcoming girl group Clear:I.
- Member Kimi was revealed as a member of upcoming girl group onair, which is set to debut in 2023.
Members[]
| Name | Position(s) | Years active |
|---|---|---|
| Former | ||
| HaL (하엘) | Vocalist | 2017–2019 |
| Hyeni (혜니) | Vocalist | 2017–2019 |
| EunA (은아) | Lead Dancer, Vocalist | 2018–2019 |
| Ellie (엘리) | Vocalist, Rapper | 2018–2020 |
| Nina (니나) | Main Dancer, Vocalist, Maknae | 2018–2020 |
| E.You (이유) | Leader, Lead Vocalist, Visual | 2018–2020 |
| Han Jung A (한정아) | Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Visual | 2018–2022 |
| YeHana (예하나) | Main Vocalist | 2017–2022 |
| D | N/A | 2020–2022 |
| A | N/A | 2020–2022 |
| Y (Yerim) (예림) | N/A | 2020–2022 |
| S | N/A | 2020–2022 |
| R (Rhai) (라이) | N/A | 2020–2022 |
| Kimi (기미) | N/A | 2021–2022 |
| Byeoljji (별찌) | N/A | 2021–2022 |
| Do Hayoon (도하윤) | N/A | 2021–2022 |
| Pre-debut | ||
| Jaina (자이나) | Vocalist | N/A |
| Woori (우리) | Vocalist | |
| Vivian (비비안) | Vocalist | |
| Julie (줄리) | Vocalist | |
| Lina (리나) | Vocalist | |
| Suha (수하) | Vocalist | |
| Cindy (신디) | Vocalist | |
Discography[]
Mini album[]
- Ride (2019)
Single album[]
- "On Air" (2018)
Digital singles[]
- "Girls Wings Fly" (2018)
- "Hello, Christmas" (2019)
Gallery[]
.png "We Girls Pre-Debut Profile group photo (1).png (2.1 MB)")
.png "We Girls Pre-Debut Profile group photo (2).png (1.57 MB)")
.png "We Girls Pre-Debut Profile group photo (3).png (1.18 MB)")
.png "We Girls Pre-Debut Profile group photo (4).png (1.25 MB)")
.png "We Girls Ride group promotional photo (2).png (1.28 MB)")
Trivia[]
- Former member Nina was briefly a member of Bambino in July 2017.
- Pre-debut member Jaina is a former member of Bob Girls under the name Jina.
References[]
- ↑ makestar: WE·GIRLS Debut Album Project
- ↑ Allkpop: HaL announces her departure from WeGirls after less than a year since debuting
- ↑ We Girls on Instagram: #Wegirls 2nd Generations Comming Soon
- ↑ We Girls on Twitter: Goodbye EunA
- ↑ @wegirls7 Instagram post (July 13, 2020)
- ↑ @wegirls7 Instagram post (September 14, 2020)
- ↑ Sports Donga:위걸스, 신규 멤버 김별찌-도하윤-키미 영입
- ↑ nugu promoter on Twitter: Yehana has shared in a DM with a fan that WeGirls has disbanded. (March 9, 2022)