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Brave Girls
Brave Girls at the Superstar K3 red carpet premiere.
Brave Girls in 2016.
From left to right: Eunji, Yujeong, Minyeong, Hyeran, Yoojin, Hayun and Yuna.
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2011 (2011)–present
Labels Brave Entertainment
Associated acts Big Star, Electroboyz
Members
  • Yoo-jin
  • Hye-ran
  • Minyeong
  • Yoojung
  • Eunji
  • Yuna
  • Hayun
Past members
  • Eunyoung
  • Seo-a
  • Yejin

Brave Girls (Korean: 브레이브걸스 Revised: Beureibeu Geolseu?) are a South Korean girl group formed by producer, Brave Brothers of Brave Entertainment. The group consists of seven (formerly debuted with five member) member: Minyeong, Yujeong, Eunji, Yuna, Hayun, Yoojin and Hyeran.[1][2]

They debuted on 8 April 2011 with the single album The Difference. The songs “Do You Know (Hangul: 아나요)” and “So Sexy” were their promotional singles for the album. On 29 July, they made their comeback with reggae song “Easily (Hangul: 툭하면)” from their mini album Back to da Future. The group promoted a remix version of “Easily” on 13 August and released it on 26 August. They made an appearance on Jay Park’s Mr. Idol movie.[3][4][5]

After a two and a half year hiatus, the group announced they would be making a comeback in 2016 with five new members, as well as original members Hyeran and Yoojin.

History

Pre-debut

On 14 March, Eun-young was revealed a member and the leader of the group. She is the niece of Shin Ha-kyun, an actor known for his role in Welcome to Dongmakgol and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.[6] Hye-ran was revealed on 17 March and gained attention because of her resemblance to singer Son Dambi and old dance rehearsal videos that led to her name being feature on video sites like M. Goon.[7] Ye-jin became the third member to be revealed. She also gained attention because of her past as she was ‘Miss Seattle’ at the Miss Korea competition and her resemblance to actress Kim Sa-rang.[8] Seo-a became the fourth member of the group. She was previously a model before joining the group.[9]

2011: Debut, Back to Da Future and Mr Idol

Their cameo appearance in Protect the Boss.

On 31 March, Brave Brothers unveiled two images of the group that provided two concepts (a sexy chic and colorful eccentric) which the group will be performing with.[10] Two teasers were released of “So Sexy” and “Do You Know” in the first week of April.[11][12] On 7 April, they released their debut single album The Difference along with the music video of “Do You Know”.[13][14] They made their debut on Korean Broadcasting System’s (KBS) Music Bank with “So Sexy” and “Do You Know”.[15] On 24 April, they appeared on Gag Concert and performed a trot version of “Do You Know”.[16][17] Eun-young appeared on KBS's 100 Points out of 100 show and won 2 medals (Gold and Bronze) on the show.[18][19] The music video for “So Sexy” was released on 8 June.[20] They had a cameo appearance along with Superkidd on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) drama, Protect the Boss.[21][22] On 22 July, Brave Entertainment announced that the group would make a comeback during the month and shared concept photos of their mini-album Back to Da Future. Their title track, "Easily" featuring Korean reggae artist Skul1, was revealed along with the music video.[23][24] Brave Brothers stated that the song was homage to Kim Gun-mo’s “Excuse”.[4][25][26] A teaser for the music video was revealed on 27 July.[27] One day later, the music video was released before releasing their mini-album on the following day. They made their comeback on Music Bank with the song “Easily”.[28][29] The group participated at the 3rd Idol Star Athletics Championship on 13 September.[30][31] They had a cameo appearance in Mr. Idol with Chocolat and other idol groups.[32][33] At the 19th Korea Culture Entertainment Awards on 15 December, the group received Rookie of the Year award in the Idol Music within the song category.[34][35] On 25 December 2011, they appeared on KBS 2TV's Let’s Go Dream Team! as special guests and performed for contestants of the show.[36][37]

2012–2013: Re-Issue and For You

On 22 February, Brave Girls release their mini-album Re-Issue on along with holding a show case with guest performance from Teen Top. The title song "Nowadays" charted high on some charts and became one of the most searched topic. Instead of a "sexy" or "cute" concept, Brave Girls sported a masculine concept. The members said, “We think that we really need to show a different side of us. We understand that fans who waited for our sexy or cute concept might be disappointed, but hope that they would like this concept too.” Brave Girls made their first comeback stage on Mnet’s M! Countdown.

On 29 August 2013, it was announced that Brave Girls will have a comeback in the fall, with a new song entitled "For You".[38]

2014-2016: Hiatus and Comeback

In February 2014, Brave Brothers reported that he was going to be working on a full-length album for the group, but the album was put on hold indefinitely due to Brave Brothers working with AOA. Soon afterwards, the group went on hiatus until February 2016, when it was announced the group would be having a comeback as a seven member group later that month with five new members and returning members Hyeran and Yoojin.[39]

On 16 February 2016, the music video and the digital single for their comeback song "Deepened" were released.

Members

Current

  • Jung Yoojin (정유진)
  • Noh Hyeran (노혜란)
  • Kim Minyeong (김민영)
  • Nam Yujeong (남유정)
  • Hong Eunji ( 홍은지)
  • Lee Yuna (이유나)
  • Lee Hayun (이하윤)

Former

  • Park Eunyoung (박은영)
  • Park Seoa (박서아)
  • Han Yejin (한예진)

Timeline

Discography

EPs

Album Information Tracklist Sales
Back to da Future <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> 
Tracklist
  1. Back to da Future
  2. 툭하면 (Easily) [feat. Skull]
  3. 비가 내리면 (If It Rains)
  4. 너무 아파 (It Hurts So Much) [feat. Maboos of Electroboyz] (Eunyoung Solo)
  5. 아나요 (Do You Know) [Acoustic Version]
  6. 툭하면 (Easily) [Instrumental]
 Sales: 3,484+[40]
Re-Issue <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
  1. B'Girls Are Back
  2. 요즘 너 (Nowadays, You)
  3. 말 없이 (Without a Word)
  4. 요즘 너 (Nowadays, You) [Remix]
  5. 요즘 너 (Nowadays, You) [Instrumental]
 Sales: 2,865+[41]

Singles

Album Information Tracklist Sales
The Difference <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
  1. Ain't Nobody Like Brave Girls
  2. So Sexy
  3. 아나요 (Do You Know)
  4. So Sexy (Instrumental)
 Sales : 11,644+[42]

Digital singles

Album Information Tracklist Sales
Easily Remix <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
  1. 툭하면 (Easily) [Remix]
  2. 툭하면 (Easily) [Remix] (Instrumental)
 -
For You <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
  1. 포유 (For You)
 -
Deepened <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/>
  1. 변했어 (Deepened)
 -

Singles

Year Title Peak chart position Sales
(Downloads)[43]		 Album
Gaon Chart [44]
2011 "Do You Know" 19 372,562+ The Difference
"Easily (feat. Skull)" 38 520,586+ Back to da Future
2012 "Nowadays, You" 21 571,244+ Re-Issue
2013 "For You" 50 42,057+ For You
2016 "Deepened" — — Deepened
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Do You Know" 2011 [45]
"So Sexy" 2011 [46]
"Why So Often" 2011 [47]
"Nowadays, You" 2012 [48]
"Deepened" 2016 [49]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Network Member(s) Role Notes
2011 Protect the Boss SBS Eun-young and Ye-jin Cameo Appeared in Episode 1
Gag Concert KBS Eun-young, Ye-jin, Yoo-jin, Hye-ran and Seo-a Performance Performed trot version of "Do You Know"
100 Points out of 100 KBS Eun-young Guest

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Mr. Idol Cameo

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref
2011 19th Korea Culture Entertainment Awards Rookie of the Year "Won" [34][35]
13th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best New Female Artists Nominated [50]

References

  1. ↑ "Two new groups expected to lead a hip hop boom", Allkpop, 6 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Brave Girls", Nate.
  3. ↑ "Stars turn out for ‘Mr. Idol’ movie premiere", Allkpop, 2 November 2011.
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  7. ↑ "Brave Girls reveal their second member, Hyeran", Allkpop, 17 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Brave Girls reveal their third member, Yejin", Allkpop, 22 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Brave Girls’ Seo Ah’s past photos have been revealed!", Allkpop, 29 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "Brave Brothers finally reveals the faces of his girl group, ‘Brave Girls’", Allkpop, 30 March 2011.
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  46. ↑ "Brave Girls release their MV for 'So Sexy'", Allkpop, 8 June 2011.
  47. ↑ "Brave Girls reveals MV for 'Easily' feat. Skull", Allkpop, 28 July 2011.
  48. ↑ "Brave Girls release MV for 'Nowadays You'", Allkpop, 21 February 2012.
  49. ↑ "Brave Girls return with 'Deepened' MV!", Allkpop, 15 February 2016.
  50. ↑ "2011Mnet Asian Music Awards part 1". MAMA. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

External links

  • Brave Girls on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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