Bolbbalgan4

Bolbbalgan4
Bolbbalgan4 in March 2018 Woo Ji-yoon (former) (left) and Ahn Ji-young (right)
Bolbbalgan4 in March 2018
Woo Ji-yoon (former) (left) and Ahn Ji-young (right)
Background information
Also known asBOL4[1]
Blushing Youth
OriginYeongju, Gyeongsang, South Korea
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Woo Ji-yoon
Website

Bolbbalgan4 (Korean: 볼빨간 사춘기; RR: Bolbbalgan Sachungi), also known as BOL4[1] or Blushing Youth (赤頬思春期, Akahō Shishunki), is a South Korean musical act formed by Shofar Music in 2016. They appeared on Superstar K6 in 2014 before signing a contract with their current agency. BOL4 was originally a duo consisting of Ahn Ji-young and Woo Ji-yoon.[2] They debuted with the single "Fight Day" from the mini-album Red Ickle on April 22, 2016. The first syllable of the Korean word sachungi "puberty" is pronounced the same as the Sino-Korean numeral four (sa), and accordingly the group name is sometimes shortened to BOL4.

The duo went on a temporary hiatus due to Ahn's music classes requirements in the first half of 2018.[3] Bolbbalgan4 signed with King Records[4] and debuted in Japan on June 5, 2019, with the mini-album Red Planet (Japan Edition).[5][6][7]

On April 2, 2020, Shofar Music announced that Woo Ji-yoon had left the duo, and Ahn Ji-young will continue to promote as Bolbbalgan4 as a solo act.[8]

  1. ^ a b "BOL4 on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. ^ "볼빨간 사춘기', 슈스케6 출연 이후로 "영주 시장과 통화했다" (in Korean). Sisun News. 2016-09-21.
  3. ^ "'학사 경고 위기' 와 활동 전면 중단하고 '대학생'으로 돌아간 볼빨간사춘기" (in Korean). Insight. 2018-03-14.
  4. ^ "볼빨간사춘기, 6월 일본 정식 데뷔..'우주를 줄게' 日 버전 출시 [공식]" (in Korean). Daum. 2019-04-04.
  5. ^ "赤頬思春期、日本デビューALより『宇宙をあげる』MVフルバージョンが公開" (in Japanese). Dwango News. 2019-05-22. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  6. ^ "韓国シティポップの大本命・赤頬思春期、「宇宙をあげる」MV公開＆先行配信スタート" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2019-05-22.
  7. ^ "韓国のストリーミング女王・赤頬思春期、サマソニ出演" (in Japanese). Oricon News. 2019-05-23.
  8. ^ "[전문] 볼빨간 사춘기 측 "지윤 탈퇴→1인 체제로 5월 새앨범 발표" (공식입장)" (in Korean). Sports DongA. 2020-04-02.