Crayon Pop

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crayon Pop
Crayon Pop in December 2013
Crayon Pop in December 2013
General information
origin South Korea
Genre (s) K-pop
founding 2012
Current occupation
Gum-mi
Ellin
Cho-a
Way
former members
So-yul

Crayon Pop ( kor. 크레용 팝 ) is a four-member K-pop - girl group from South Korea . The girl group was founded by Chrome Entertainment in 2012 .

history

In June 2012, the band's first music video, Bing Bing, was released in Korean and Japanese. The 1st Mini Album was released in July . In June 2013 the song Bar Bar Bar ( 빠 빠빠 ) was released, which reached 3rd place on the South Korean Gaon Charts . They became famous for their costumes, which consist of a tennis tracksuit, but long training pants and a helmet are worn under the skirt. They also had an unusual choreography. The five members take turns jumping up and down in what became known as the "five-cylinder dance". In June and July 2014, Crayon Pop opened up for Lady Gaga on her ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour .

Members

stage name Birth Name Date of birth
Romanized Hangeul Romanized Hangeul
Geum-mi 금미 Baek Bo-ram 백보람 June 18, 1988
Ellin 엘린 Kim Min-young 김민영 April 2, 1990
Cho-a 초아 Heo Min-jin 허민진 July 12, 1990
Way 웨이 Heo Min-seon 허 민선
So-yul 소율 Park Hye-kyeong 박혜경 May 15, 1991

Discography

Mini albums / EPs

  • 2012: The 1st Mini Album (mini album)
  • 2012: Dancing Queen (single album)
  • 2013: Bar Bar Bar (single album)
  • 2013: The Streets Go Disco (mini album)
  • 2013: Lonely Christmas (single album)
  • 2015: The 2nd Mini Album -FM- (Mini-Album)
  • 2016: Evolution Pop_Vol.1 (album)

Singles

  • 2012: Bing Bing
  • 2012: Saturday Night
  • 2012: Dancing Queen
  • 2012: 1,2,3,4 (Japanese)
  • 2013: Bar Bar Bar
  • 2013: Lonely Christmas
  • 2014: Hero (feat.Kim Jang-hoon )
  • 2014: Uh-ee
  • 2014: Strawberry Milk-OK
  • 2015: FM

Web links

Commons : Crayon Pop  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Originality counts in the popularity of girl groups. In: KBS World . Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. Min-jeong Lee: Crayon Pop to Open for Lady Gaga. In: Wall Street Journal . March 21, 2014, accessed March 25, 2014 .
  3. Lady Gaga: takes K-Pop band on tour. (No longer available online.) In: Bravo.de . Archived from the original on March 25, 2014 ; Retrieved March 25, 2014 .