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After School (group)

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After School promoting Because of You; Left to Right: Joo Yeon, Jung Ah, Ga Hee, UEE, Nana, Raina, Bekah (2009)

After School (애프터스쿨) is a Korean pop girl group, formed by Pledis Entertainment. They were originally a five member group modeled after the Pussycat Dolls, however in February 2009 Pledis announced After School would become the South Korean Morning Musume and added UEE to the group in April 2009. With their new 6th member, After School released 3 digital singles, but on October 29, 2009 Soo Young's departure from the group was announced due to illness. Pledis announced in November 2009 they would be adding a new member that was a trainee with the company. However, on November 17, 2009, 2 new members were revealed; Raina and Nana.

Members

Former Member

Information

Debut

After School promoting New Schoolgirl (2009)

After School trained for two years and was unveiled in December 2008 at the SBS Gayo Daejeon where they performed the song "Play Girlz", which was later included on their debut single, with Son Dam Bi. Son Dam Bi was speculated to have joined the group, however it was later confirmed that Dam Bi would not be a part of After School. Initially a 5 member girl group modeled after the Pussycat Dolls, After School officially debuted at Music Core on January 17, 2009 with the performances of "AH!" and "Play Girlz". Their debut sparked controversy due to their sexy image, and they received a call from Music Bank asking them not to perform "AH!" due to the program not having enough time to fit them in the schedule. However, on February 4, 2009, After School was chosen to endorse the Adidas "Me, Myself" global campaign. During this month, it was also announced by Pledis that along with their Pussycat Dolls concept, After School would model their group after Morning Musume; the members would "graduate" or leave at a certain stage of the group. In March 2009, After School acquired a behind the scenes reality show on MTV titled "Diary of After School". The first episode was aired on March 1, 2009 and spanned for a total of 4 episodes. Following promotional activities for "AH!", After School planned to continue to promote New Schoolgirl with "Bad Guy", the third track from their single. However, the track was deemed unsuitable and was banned to broadcast because a single word of profanity was in the lyrics.

After School promoting DIVA (2009)

DIVA & 6th Member, UEE

On April 6, 2009, Pledis Entertainment revealed After School's 6th member UEE and sequentially released the MV teaser for "DIVA", their first digital single. "DIVA" was released digitally on April 9, 2009 and After School debuted the track on "M.net M!Countdown" the same day. With Son Dam Bi opening, they were invited to perform as guest performers for the Pussycat Dolls premier concert in Seoul for 6 consecutive nights, and released their 2nd digital single Dream Girl, a remake of Morning Musume's "Love Machine" on May 21, 2009; the song was used as the theme song for the joint Korean-Japanese produced audtion show titled "Great Tokyo Girls". The MV for "Dream Girl" was released on May 22, 2009 and performed along with Bi, Lee Hyori, and Son Dam Bi at Kyung Hee University on May 22, 2009; they performed "AH!" and "DIVA".

In July 2009, it was announced that UEE would make her acting debut in the MBC drama Queen Seon Duk as the young version of Go Hyun Jung's character "Misil". It was announced in July 2009 that After School formed a project group with Son Dam Bi. They released AMOLED for the Samsung HP model. The song was released on July 22, 2009 and the MV was released on July 23, 2009. UEE popularity spiked to stardom with her appearances in the drama "Queen Seon Duk", the SBS drama You're Beautiful, and the MBC We Got Married variety show.


Soo Young's Withdrawal & Because of You

On October 29, 2009, Yoo Soo Young graduated from After School. It was said that health and studies were the reasons for her graduation.
Half month after, in November, two new members joined the group, Raina and Nana.

After School made their comeback as a 7 members group, on November 25, 2009 with their second single Because of You

Trivia

  • Official Fanclub: Playgirlz

Discography

Singles

Digital Singles

Collaboration / Other

Filmography

Television

External Links

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