DIA (group)
DIA (다이아) is a seven member Korean pop girl group formed by MBK Entertainment that debuted in September 2015. Their name is short for "Diamond" and is also an anogram for "Do It Amazing". The group was originally intended to be formed through a survival television program but the format was scrapped and the official line-up was officially revealed on July 23, 2015 ahead of their debut.
Contents
Members
- Seung Hee (Leader, Main Vocal)
- Eunice (Main Vocal, Lead Dancer)
- Jenny (Vocal, Visual)
- Ye Bin (Lead Vocal)
- Eun Jin (Vocal, Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Maknae)
Former Members
Information
Pre-debut
In February 2015, MBK Entertainment announced its plans to debut a new girl group. Originally, the company had decided to have possible candidates for their new group compete on a reality survival program, through which the public could become familiar with the group members. MBK Entertainment revealed the first potential members to be Cathy, Eunjin, Seung Hee, and Dani. Seunghee originally made her debut as member of F-VE DOLLS in 2013, however she left two years later when the group disbanded. The next three members to be added were Kim Minhyun, Moon Seulgi and Chaeyeon. However, Dani, Seulgi, and Minhyun later on dropped out of the project. Eunice was briefly a member of the group Jewelry, but never officially debuted with them before their disbandment in early 2015. Ultimately, by June MBK Entertainment had changed their plans, and decided to cancel the reality surival show and choose the members of the group themselves. Dia's members were formally introduced to be Seung Hee, Eunice, Cathy, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin and Chaeyeon.
Debut
On September 14, 2015, DIA released their self-titled debut album, Do It Amazing. On the same day, the music video for their lead single, "Somehow", was released. Their first official public appearance was also on September 14; the group performed a showcase at the Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul. They made their official debut stage on the music program M! Countdown on September 17, 2015.
On October 19, DIA released the music video for ""Nae Chinguui Namjachingu" ("My Friend's Boyfriend"), another song from their debut album, and they continued their promotions for this new song on music stages
Cathy & Chaeyeon Withdraw
DIA was together for a short time period when Cathy and Chaeyeon decided to leave the group in order to try out for 'Produce 101, a new Mnet survival series that takes trainees from different agencies and have them compete to debut as a project group.
Discography
Studio Albums
- [2015.09.15] Do It Amazing
Digital Singles
- [2015.10.20] Nae Chinguui Namjachingu (내 친구의 남자친구; My Friend's Boyfriend)
Trivia
- They have been dubbed "little sister group T-ara", since both groups belong to MBK Entertainment.
External Links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
