Loona yyxy explained

Loona yyxy
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Origin:Seoul, South Korea
Genre:K-pop
Years Active:2018
Label:Blockberry Creative
Spinoff Of:Loona
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Hangul: yyxy
Hanja:이달의 yyxy
Rr:Idarui Sonyeo yyxy
Mr:Idarŭi Sonyŏ yyxy

Loona yyxy (an abbreviation for Youth youth by young) is the third sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Loona, formed through a pre-debut project titled "Girl of the Month". The unit consisted of 4 members, Yves, Go Won, Chuu and HyeJu (formerly Olivia Hye). Currently the unit consists in 3 members, without Chuu, who was removed from Loona and consequently the lineup in November 2022. They debuted with their first extended play titled Beauty & the Beat on May 30, 2018. They were the last sub-unit to debut with the pre-debut project, before the group debuted as a whole with their extended play titled [+ +].

History

Pre-debut: Revealing of first two members

The first member, Yves, was revealed on November 14, 2017.[1] She debuted with her single album Yves with the title track "New" on November 28.[2] Being the first introduced out of the last 4 members, the next to be revealed was Chuu. On December 14, at midnight KST, a teaser photo of the latter was revealed with a caption "A mysterious girl is coming".[3] The next single titled Chuu was released on December 27, with the title track "Heart Attack".[4] It is currently the most viewed solo video from Loona on YouTube.

2018-present: Revealing of last two members, debut with Beauty & the Beat

On January 14, 2018, the teaser photo of the third member, Go Won, was revealed with a caption "Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise.".[5] On January 30, 2 weeks later, her single Go Won was released with the title track "One&Only".[6] The final member was then hinted at in a teaser, on March 1. A teaser with all the revealed members, along with a dark figure that appears to be the 12th member. It was titled "Cinema Theory: Up & Line"[7] Their final member, HyeJu, was officially revealed with a teaser photo on March 17, at midnight KST.[8] On March 28, a teaser for her title track "Egoist" was revealed as well, which would feature previously revealed member JinSoul.[9] On March 29, her single Olivia Hye was released with the title track "Egoist" featuring JinSoul, and the second track featuring Go Won titled "Rosy".[10]

On April 26, a teaser was released titled "youth youth by young" that introduces that their sub-unit name is "yyxy" and the members as well.[11] [12] On May 19, a teaser photo was released revealing the title track "love4eva" and that it would be featuring Grimes, as some of her fans asked her to produce the group, as well.[13] [14] On May 24, a group photo teaser was released.[15] On May 28, a highlight medley was released for their upcoming extended play.[16] On May 30, their title track along with their EP Beauty & the Beat was released featuring Grimes.[17]

Members

Current

Former

Discography

Extended plays

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DetailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[18]
US
World

[19]
Beauty & the Beat 4 6

Singles

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YearAlbum
"love4eva" 2018 Beauty & the Beat

Videography

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geum. Bit-na. 이달의소녀, 아홉 번째 멤버 이브 공개…"새로운 차원의 시작". November 14, 2017. Sedaily. January 19, 2021. ko.
  2. Web site: Choi. Jeong-min. 이달의 소녀 이브, 솔로 앨범 공개… "변화 이끌 것". November 28, 2017. Ten Asia. January 19, 2021. ko.
  3. Web site: Lee. So-dam. [Oh!쎈 컷] 이달의 소녀, 열 번째 멤버는 딸기처럼 달콤한 소녀 '츄']. December 14, 2017. Osen. January 19, 2021. ko.
  4. Web site: Kim. Su-kyoung. 이달의 소녀 열 번째 멤버 '츄', '하트 어택' 오늘(28일) 정오 발매. December 27, 2017. Ten Asia. January 19, 2021. ko.
  5. Web site: Bae. Hyo-ju. 이달의 소녀, 열한 번째 멤버 고원 공개 '묘한 매력'. January 15, 2018. Newsen. January 19, 2021. ko.
  6. Web site: Yun. Jun-pil. 이달의 소녀 11번째 멤버 고원, 솔로 싱글 오늘(30일) 정오 공개. January 30, 2017. Ten Asia. January 19, 2021. ko.
  7. Web site: [Teaser] 이달의 소녀 (LOONA) Cinema Theory : Up & Line]. February 28, 2018. YouTube. January 19, 2021.
  8. Web site: Lee. Jun-beom. 이달의 소녀, 마지막 12번 째 멤버 올리비아 혜 공개. March 18, 2018. Kuki News. January 19, 2021. ko.
  9. Web site: Kim. Hyeon-sik. 이달의 소녀 올리비아 혜, 반전 스토리 티저 공개. March 28, 2018. No Cut News. January 19, 2021. ko.
  10. Web site: Kim. Su-ah. 걸그룹 이달의 소녀 올리비아 혜, 30일 솔로 싱글 공개한다. March 30, 2018. Get News. January 19, 2021. ko.
  11. Web site: [Teaser] 이달의 소녀 yyxy (LOONA/yyxy) "youth youth by young"]. April 26, 2018. YouTube. January 19, 2021.
  12. Web site: Kim. Hyeon-sik. 이달의 소녀 세 번째 유닛은 '이달의 소녀 yyxy'. April 27, 2018. No Cut News. January 19, 2021. ko.
  13. Web site: Jeong. Ji-won. [공식입장] 세계적 뮤지션 그라임스, 이달의소녀 yyxy 피처링 확정]. May 20, 2018. Osen. January 19, 2021. ko.
  14. Web site: Hwang. Hye-jin. 이달의 소녀 yyxy, 그라임스 피처링과 함께 빌보드 언급. May 28, 2018. Newsen. January 19, 2021. ko.
  15. Web site: Kim. Ha-jin. 이달의 소녀 yyxy, 청량한 매력 돋보이는 재킷 공개. May 24, 2018. Ten Asia. January 19, 2021. ko.
  16. Web site: [Preview] 이달의 소녀 yyxy (LOONA/yyxy) Mini Album "beauty&thebeat"]. May 27, 2018. YouTube. January 19, 2021.
  17. Web site: Ahn. Jin-yong. '빌보드가 주목한' 걸그룹 이달의 소녀, 30일 새 유닛 베일 벗는다. May 30, 2018. Munhwa. January 19, 2021. ko.
  18. Web site: 2018년 22주차 Album Chart. June 2, 2018.
  19. World Albums, June 9, 2018. . June 9, 2018.
  20. Web site: 2018년 06월 Album Chart. June 2018 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart.
  21. Web site: [DOP] LOONA yyxy - love4eva (feat. Grimes) / MusicVideo]. Vimeo. June 10, 2018. July 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210708032457/https://vimeo.com/274405732. live.