GFriend

GFriend
GFriend in February 2020 From left to right: Umji, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, Yerin, and Sowon
GFriend in February 2020
From left to right: Umji, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, Yerin, and Sowon
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Years active2015–2021
Labels
Past members

GFriend (stylized in all caps; Korean: 여자친구; Hanja: 女子親舊; RR: Yeojachingu; MR: Yŏjach'in'gu; lit. Girlfriend) was a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015.[2] The group consisted of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) Season of Glass on January 15, 2015 and won several female rookie awards, garnering momentum early on despite being from a small company.[3]

GFriend continued their commercial success the next year with their third EP, Snowflake, whose lead single "Rough" won first place on numerous music shows. They released their first studio album, LOL, in 2016 as well. In 2017, GFriend returned with their fourth EP, The Awakening, for which pre-orders exceeded 100,000 copies.[4] The same year, the group released their fifth EP, Parallel, which was re-issued one month later under the title Rainbow.

In 2018, GFriend released their sixth EP, Time for the Moon Night, and the special EP Sunny Summer. They also made their official Japanese debut with the compilation album GFriend 1st Best, held their first concert,[5] and embarked on their first Asian tour.[6] In 2019, GFriend released their second studio album, Time For Us, and their seventh EP, Fever Season. The group's final releases were part of the "回" series in 2020, which included two EPs and their third studio album. That year, GFriend became the first-ever girl group to be interviewed for the Grammy Mini Masterclass.[7] They disbanded on May 22, 2021, after all members left Source Music upon the conclusion of their contracts. Eunha, SinB, and Umji later formed the group Viviz in 2022, after signing with BPM Entertainment.

In September 2024, it was announced that the group would reunite in 2025 in celebration of their tenth anniversary.

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  2. ^ "New Rookie Group GFriend Makes Debut with 'Glass Bead' MV". Mwave. January 16, 2015. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "GFriend Spills on SNSD Comparisons, Role Models and More". Newsen. January 31, 2015. Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  4. ^ Min, Susan (March 6, 2017). "GFriend′s ′The Awakening′ Sells Over 100,000 Copies in Pre-Sales". mwave.interest.me. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Gfriend to hold first solo concerts". Yonhap News Agency. November 28, 2017. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Gfriend to hold first-ever Asia tour". Yonhap News Agency. January 11, 2018. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "여자친구, 그래미 뮤지엄 인터뷰..."K팝 걸그룹 최초, 초대 받았다"" (in Korean). Dispatch. December 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 27, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.