Wings (duo) explained

Wings
Origin:	South Korea
Genre:	K-pop
Years Active:	–2018
Label:	Sony Music Korea (2014-2018) Dal&Byul Music
Current Members:	Yeseul Nayoung

Wings (; often stylized as WINGS) are a South Korean female duo formed by Sony Music Korea in 2014. The duo consists of leader Yeseul and Nayoung.^[1]

The duo's debut single "Hair Short" was released on March 12, 2014 and their follow-up single "Blossom" on July 3, 2014.

Career

Pre-debut

The duo was officially announced on February 27, 2014 via their Facebook page. The duo was formed when both of them, during their trainee days, recorded guide vocals for the Korean version of Little Mix's single, "Wings." After watching the performance, the label like the idea for the two singers to team up which led to the formation of the duo.^{[2] [3]}

2014: Debut with "Hair Short", "Blossom"

Wings released their debut song "Hair Short" digitally, along with its instrumental on iTunes^[4] and multiple South Korean digital music stores on March 12, 2014. The music video was released on the same day and features actor Ahn Jae-hyun.^[5]

The duo's second single, "Blossom", was announced on June 16, 2014 along with a teaser picture of Yeseul and Nayoung in floral dresses walking in a field of flowers.^[6] The single was released digitally on iTunes^[7] and South Korean digital music stores, as well physically on July 3, 2014. The single includes the instrumental to "Blossom" as well as their first single "Hair Short" and its instrumental.^[8]

The duo appeared in Kim Woo Joo's music video for "The City of Summer Night", released on August 1, 2014.^[9] The duo also appeared in Yang Song E's music video for "Smiling Goodbye", released on October 10.

2017: Idolmaster, The Unit & departure from Sony

The duo appeared in SBS Plus's drama,《The Idolmaster KR》and KBS's Variety《》.In July, Wings revealed to have left their label, Sony Music Entertainment Korea.

Members

• Kang Yeseul
• Jin Nayoung

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		KOR ^[10] ^[11]	KOR Hot 100 ^[12]
"Hair Short" (헤어숏)	2014	131	—	KOR (CD): 868 ^[13]	Blossom (single)
"Blossom" (feat. Baechigi) (꽃이 폈어요)		—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music videos

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Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"Hair Short"	2014	Digipedi	^[14]
"Blossom"		Park Jun-su	^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: My Name, 윙스 (1) . Choi . Jin-sil . April 9, 2014 . Tenasia . September 21, 2014 . ko . October 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171008181155/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/237970 . dead .
2. Web site: Wings ready to take flight . Jang . Seo-young . July 4, 2014 . . September 21, 2014.
3. Web site: http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=14152633&cloc=cloc . ko:[소요긱 ②] 윙스 "망가지고 헐뜯길 자신 있어요" . March 14, 2014 . The Daily Sports . Joins . September 21, 2014 . ko.
4. Web site: iTunes - Music - Hair Short - Single by Wings. Apple. 13 March 2014. 30 July 2014.
5. Web site: [소요긱 ①] 윙스 "이참에 치킨 CF도 찍을래요" ]. March 14, 2014 . The Daily Sports . Joins . September 21, 2014 . ko.
6. Web site: http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002004130 . ko:여성듀오 윙스, '꽃이 폈어요'로 26일 컴백 . June 17, 2014 . . September 21, 2014 . ko.
7. Web site: iTunes - Music - Blossom - EP by Wings. Apple. 4 July 2014. 30 July 2014.
8. Web site: http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=437544 . ko:꽃이 폈어요 . music.naver.com . . September 21, 2014 . ko.
9. Web site: http://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=437544 . ko:이 도시의 여름 - 김우주 . The City of Summer Night - Kim Woo-joo . . January 19, 2015 . ko.
10. Web site: Gaon Digital Chart . . Korea Music Content Industry Association . September 21, 2014 . ko . https://web.archive.org/web/20140921130907/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php . September 21, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
11. Web site: Gaon Digital Chart - 2014년 3월 4주차 . . Korea Music Content Industry Association . ko . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093005/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/index.php?nationGbn=T&current_week=12&current_year=2014&chart_Time=week . April 7, 2014.
12. Web site: Korea K-Pop Hot 100 . . September 21, 2014.
13. Web site: 2014년 08월 Album Chart (국내) . . Korea Music Content Industry Association . September 21, 2014 . ko . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018053842/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_type=month&f_year=2014&f_month=8&f_week=&f_chart_kind_cd=K . October 18, 2014 . dead .
14. Web site: Hair Short MV . Diginpedi . January 19, 2015.
15. Web site: http://www.asiatoday.co.kr/view.php?key=20140703001029341 . ko:윙스, '꽃이 폈어요' 공개…보컬+댄스 다되는 실력파 듀오 . July 3, 2014 . Asia Today . January 19, 2015 . ko.