YOURS (유얼스) was a pre-debut team of trainees under Deep Studio Entertainment. Their concept was that they were famous idols who returned to the past and lost their memories, and they need fans’ help to debut again.
Their fandom name "Myme" stands for "my memory".
History[]
2020[]
In early 2020, Deep Studio began recruiting actual trainees for their project as well. It was revealed in December 2020 that this was to discover what fans were looking for in an idol and what interactions they wished to have, to improve the success of their virtual idol project.
On April 16, the first female trainee, Haeseung, joined the company. Through the duration of the second half of April and May, fourteen more trainees joined the company, although member Soyeon would leave YOURS on June 9, never being able to film a video with the team.
The company encouraged the trainee's to write captions on Instagram in both Korean and English and to communicate with fans in their native languages.
On June 9, the company started their first debut project, in which the fourteen trainees would be separated into smaller groups and were given a week to learn the choreography of a popular song to then film a dance cover of it.[1][2][3]
The project's format would later be improved. From the second series of dance covers onward, the fans would be able to vote on which members fancam they wanted to see.[4][5] From the third cover series onward, a new video format would be added to the project "YOURS Battle". Members would rate each other (from 0-10), and the trainee with the most points got to choose her position in the cover first, followed by the girl in second place and so on.[6]
In the dance cover for OH MY GIRL's "Nonstop" on June 9, trainee Seojin accidentally bumped into another member. After facing backlash she uploaded an apology on her Instagram and went on a hiatus. She wasn't featured in any covers from YOURS since then.[7]
On June 21, a new trainee Eunseo was introduced.[8]
On July 6, the company officially opened the first round of voting for their first official group's line-up, the fans would have a day to cast their votes. Beside Seojin, Mina and Jimin were also missing from the vote for an unexplained reason. The surveys final outcome was:
| Final rank | Name | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Dayoung | 685 | |
| Gain | 496 | |
| Mew | 351 | |
| Juwon | 312 | |
| Mizin | 283 | |
| Minyoung | 274 | |
| Minyoung | 255 | |
| Yebin | 254 | |
| Jia | 242 | |
| Seoyeon | 200 | |
| Haeseung | 198 | |
| Seonwoo | 111 | |
| Eunseo | 93 |
On July 21, the second round of voting began, fans were able to vote for up to seven trainees, Mew was not present in the poll due to an injury she sustained while practicing.[9] According to Yebin, only the seven top places will make their debut in the upcoming group.[10] The surveys final outcome was:
| Final rank | Name | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Jia | 864 | |
| Dayoung | 803 | |
| Jimin | 797 | |
| Juwon | 764 | |
| Seojin | 752 | |
| Seoyeon | 740 | |
| Yebin | 689 | |
| Gain | 668 | |
| Mizin | 654 | |
| Haeseung | 649 | |
| Eunseo | 644 | |
| Seonwoo | 602 | |
| Minyoung | 587 | |
| Mina | 587 |
In August 2020, the group went on a short hiatus as the company reorganized their plans. After this break, members Mew and Dayoung announced that they had left the group. Deep Studio also launched a Discord server at this time to help members engage more with fans and gain points towards their debut.
Member Minyoung went on a personal hiatus shortly after the group resumed activities and later left the group after a month of unsuccessful negotiations with the company.
In December of 2020, member Mina also left the group.
2021[]
After a controversy related to fan interactions, in January 2021, Deep Studio shut down the group's Discord server and prohibited members from interacting with fans on SNS.
In February 2021, member Jia quietly left YOURS and the agency, while later in April, members Eunseo, Seonwoo, Mizin, Jimin and Minkyung announced their departures, and in May member GREX also departed.[11][12][13][14][15][16] Male trainees Eunhyun and Seojoon were also found to have left.
Since then, the YOURS project has primarily focused on video updates to showcase their trainees' dancing and singing. Despite the departure of several trainees at the beginning of the year, a new male trainee was introduced, named Minhyuk.[17] Additionally, on June 6, the agency unveiled more of their other trainees who are listed as 'rookies' rather than 'trainees' and have the potential of being promoted to a 'YOURS Trainee' and thus can be voted for debut, the current list of named rookies consists of Youngju, Irene, Jisoo, Sunmin and Hyeji, though there are several unnamed trainees.[18][19]
By July, Seojin and Hanhee had also departed, along with the trainees introduced in June.
On August 11, 2021, Danbi revealed that her contract had been terminated with Deep Studio Entertainment because she fixed her eyeliner that was smudged.[20]
In September of 2021, the last of the female trainees, Gain, Juwon, Haerim, Yebin, Seoyeon, and Haeseung all announced that they had left YOURS and Deep Studio Entertainment, with Gain and Juwon leaving on September 1, Haerim leaving on September 8, Yebin leaving on September 14, Seoyeon leaving on September 22, and Haeseung leaving on September 27. At some point after, male trainee Minhyuk also left the company; the three other male trainees have since deactivated their Instagram accounts and it is unknown whether they have left the company.
Shortly after the last of the female trainees left, Deep Studio deleted all content from the group's Instagram account and YouTube channel and deleted the group's Twitter and website. They later rebranded the remaining pages to the company's name, effectively ending the YOURS project.
Aftermath[]
- GREX, Jimin, and Minkyung went on to join the company GKMNEO. However, Minkyung has since left the company. In 2022, GREX and Jimin were revealed as members of GKMNEO's upcoming girl group, PBT (later known as MuuTive). GREX left the group in October 2022.
- GREX released her solo debut single "Love What I Do What I Love" on August 5, 2021.
- GREX and Jimin were set to be participating in the survival show Rookie Find, originally scheduled to premiere in December 2021. The show has since been postponed indefinitely.
- Soyeon debuted with the short-lived girl group SOLIA with the single "Dream" on August 17, 2022.
- The group disbanded five days later on August 22, 2022.
- Hanhee (using the stage name Aya), Haeseung (using the stage name Mago), and Mina went on to join the girl group WiTCHX under the company Inmedia. However, Mina left the group in late December 2022.
- Jungwoo (using the stage name Vahn) debuted in the boy group NINE.i under FirstOne Entertainment on March 30, 2022 with the mini album New World.
- Daeyun and Geon, the last remaining YOURS trainees under Deep Studio Entertainment, debuted in the company's boy group SUPERKIND with the digital single "PlaySuperkind : Apply for a Beta Test".
- Minyoung released her solo debut single "말하지 않아도" on March 22, 2023.
- Minkyung became a member of the girl group X:IN, now using a stage name Hannah.
Trainees[]
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Rookies[]
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Discography[]
Digital singles[]
- "My Memory Is YOURS"[21] (2020)
Trivia[]
- Yebin is a former member of LIPBUBBLE.
- Seonwoo and Mijin are former members of Chloris.
- Sejin and Jungwoo are former members of the pre-debut group UTH.
- Danbi is a former member of Moonlight Girls.
- Jimin is a former member of A-DEAN, I& Girls and was pre-debut member of DMZA.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ YouTube: (Debut Project) BLACKPINK - KILL THIS LOVE | Trainee DANCE COVER 커버댄스
- ↑ YouTube: (Debut Project) ITZY - WANNABE | Trainee DANCE COVER 커버댄스
- ↑ YouTube: (Debut Project) 오마이걸 OH MY GIRL - 살짝설렜어 NONSTOP | Trainee DANCE COVER 커버댄스
- ↑ YouTube: YOURS 예빈 your.yebin PRODUCE48 (IZ*ONE) - RUMOR (FanCam) 직캠 4K
- ↑ YouTube: YOURS 지민 your.jimin TWICE 트와이스 - More & More (FanCam) 직캠 4K
- ↑ Which trainee will get their desired part? | 아이돌 연습생의 파트 오디션 ((G)-IDLE - OH MY GOD)
- ↑ @your.seojin Instagram post (June 10, 2020)
- ↑ @your.deepstudio Instagram post (June 21, 2020)
- ↑ @your.mew Instagram post (July 22, 2020)
- ↑ @your.yebin Instagram post (July 21, 2020)
- ↑ @yuhiro0o Instagram post (April 1, 2021)
- ↑ @svyoo.x Instagram post (April 18, 2021)
- ↑ @_gomizin Instagram post (April 18, 2021)
- ↑ @jimin_land_ Instagram highlight (April 20, 2021)
- ↑ @1amminky Instagram story (April 26, 2021)
- ↑ @grexvii Instagram post (May 10, 2021)
- ↑ @your.minhyuk Instagram post (June 14, 2021)
- ↑ A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KPOP TRAINEE - EP.01ㅣ유얼스 YOURS 연습생 단체레슨
- ↑ A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KPOP TRAINEE - EP.02 (Next Level, Don't Call Me)ㅣ유얼스 YOURS 연습생 단체연습
- ↑ @chu_danbi on Instagram (August 11, 2021)
- ↑ The first digital single released by YOURS only included their female trainees.
Official links[]
- Deep Studio Entertainment