Login
Login

Collar (group)

{{Short description|Hong Kong Cantopop girl group}}

{{Use Hong Kong English|date = March 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = COLLAR

| image = COLLAR 20231013 ViuTV Event.jpg

| image_size =

| image_upright =

| landscape = yes

| alt =

| caption = Collar in an event in 2023


Back row from left: Candy, Ivy, Marf, Sumling
Front row from left: Winka, Gao, Day

| alias =

| origin = Hong Kong

| genre = {{hlist|Cantopop|dance-pop|EDM}}

| years_active = {{Start date|2022}}–present

| associated_acts =

| website =

| current_members = {{ubl|Sumling Li|Garie Shum|Winka Chan|Ivy So|Rejena Simkhada|Marife Yau|Candy Wong}}

| past_members = {{ubl|Natalie So}}

| module =

| label = Music Nation Records
HK Television Entertainment/
MakerVille

}}

Collar (commonly stylised in all caps) is a Hong Kong girl group formed from a television channel ViuTV's reality talent show King Maker IV operated by the broadcaster HK Television Entertainment in 2021. The group consists of seven members: Sumling Li, Garie Shum (Gao), Winka Chan, Ivy So, Rejena Simkhada (Day), Marife Yau (Marf), and Candy Wong.{{cite news|title=Collar|website=MakerVille|url=https://makerville.hk/en/talents/COLLAR|accessdate=2022-05-01}} They debuted on 12 January 2022, with the first single "Call My Name!".{{cite news |date=12 January 2022 |title=「女版MIRROR」COLLAR正式出道 首唱《Call My Name!》 |language=zh-hk |work=Mingpao |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20220112/1641985591170/%E3%80%8C%E5%A5%B3%E7%89%88mirror%E3%80%8Dcollar%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F%E5%87%BA%E9%81%93-%E9%A6%96%E5%94%B1%E3%80%8Acall-my-name-%E3%80%8B}}

History

=2021–22: Formation=

In July 2018, ViuTV's reality talent competition series {{ill|King Maker (ViuTV)|lt=King Maker|zh|全民造星系列}} started scouting for potential artists, and after three seasons, three boy bands, namely Mirror, Error and P1X3L were formed, and some contestants debuted as solo singers. Nonetheless, since the first season of show had started, there was no any girl group which was formed. Hence, ViuTV created King Maker IV as a platform to scout for a brand new girl group in June 2021.{{cite news|url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/news/20210620/1624127512383/%E3%80%8A%E5%85%A8%E6%B0%91%E9%80%A0%E6%98%9Fiv%E3%80%8B%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%9F%E8%A4%87%E8%A3%BDmirror-%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E6%BD%91%E5%86%B7%E6%B0%B4-%E7%A5%9D%E8%8A%B1%E5%A7%90%E5%A5%BD%E9%81%8B|title=《全民造星IV》限定女生複製MIRROR 網民潑冷水 祝花姐好運|publisher=Ming Pao|date=2021-06-20|accessdate=2023-02-25}}

On 25 December 2021, ViuTV announced the winner, first runner-up and second runner-up of King Maker IV, Marife Yau, Garie Shum, and Rejena Simkhada,{{Cite news |last=Law |first=K. |date=25 December 2021 |title=《全民造星4》總決賽三甲賽果名單出爐！ |language=zh-hk |work=HK U Lifestyle |url=https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/216764/ |access-date=25 December 2021}} who were secured the spots of upcoming members of the group. On 12 January 2022, 8 contestants from King Maker IV were announced from the Top 20 of the season, formed the group through a press conference named "Hold Your Breath" which held in Harbour City. In the press conference, the name of the group "Collar", along with five other members, Sumling Li, Natalie So, Winka Chan, Ivy So and Candy Wong, were announced in the lineup.{{Cite news |date=12 January 2022 |title=【COLLAR出道】逾7萬人網上睇《造星IV》女團記招直播 COLLAR成軍即準備開音樂會【多圖】 |language=zh-hk |newspaper=hket |publisher=hket TOPick |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3153945 |access-date=12 January 2022}}

The music video of Collar's debut "Call My Name!" was released a day after the formation of the group.{{Cite news |date=14 January 2022 |title=【COLLAR出道】《Call My Name!》MV一天破64萬點擊 COLLAR感謝幕後團隊 |language=zh-hk |newspaper=hket |publisher=hket TOPick |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3155559 |access-date=14 January 2022}} On 24 January 2022, Pocari Sweat, a Japanese sports drink brand, appointed Collar as endorsers of the brand's 40th anniversary in Harbour City, marking the group's first commercial endorsement.{{Cite news |date=25 January 2022 |title=COLLAR成為寶礦力水特最新代言人 唱埋廣告主題曲創紀錄 |language=zh-hk |newspaper= |publisher=Oriental Sunday |url=https://www.orientalsunday.hk/%e6%9c%80%e6%96%b0%e5%a8%9b%e8%81%9e/collar-%e4%bb%a3%e8%a8%80%e5%af%b6%e7%a4%a6%e5%8a%9b-plt5-492256/ |access-date=25 January 2022}}

Collar gained their first peak chart in Metro Radio with their debut "Call My Name!" on 19 February 2022.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2022 |title=勁爆本地榜 |url=https://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/Music/Chart/Local.aspx |access-date=20 February 2022 |website=Metro Radio |publisher= |language=zh-hk}} On 30 May 2022, Collar's first variety show {{ill|We Are Collar|zh|我哋係COLLAR|italic=1}} was broadcast on ViuTV.{{Cite news|url= https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/217973/|title=ViuTV新公司MakerVille劇集綜藝預告率先睇！ COLLAR首個團綜、戀愛Staycation 4男4女參賽者|date=2022-04-27|language=zh-hant}}

Besides "Call My Name!", Collar also released three other singles in 2022, namely "{{ill|Never-never Land|zh}}", "{{ill|Gotta Go!|zh|Gotta Go!}}" and "{{ill|Off/On|zh|OFF/ON}}". On 23 December 2022, Collar received a Cantopop rookie award at the {{ill|Yahoo Asia Multiverse Buzz Awards 2022|zh|2022年度YAHOO!搜尋人氣大獎得獎名單}}, being the first award the group received.{{cite news |title=After Class與COLLAR同獲組合獎 「人氣票后」炎明熹：是良性競爭|url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/娛樂/article/20221225/s00016/1671903554006/after-class與collar同獲組合獎-「人氣票后」炎明熹-是良性競爭 |accessdate=30 December 2022|work=Mingpao |date=25 December 2022|language=zh-hant}} The group also received rookie awards at the {{ill|2022 Metro Radio Music Awards|zh|2022年度新城勁爆頒獎禮得獎名單}} and Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation 2022 on 29 December 2022 and 1 January 2023, respectively.{{cite news|url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E6%96%B0%E5%9F%8E%E5%8B%81%E7%88%862022-collar%E7%8D%B2%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA%E7%8D%8E-%E7%96%91%E4%BC%BCso-ching%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%8B%E7%8F%BE%E8%BA%AB%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81/354980|title=新城勁爆2022｜COLLAR獲新人獎 疑似So Ching台下現身支持|publisher=am730|date=2022-12-29|accessdate=2022-12-31}} They were also awarded "Best Groups Bronze Award" at Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E5%8F%B1%E5%92%A42022-collar%E7%94%9F%E5%8A%9B%E8%BB%8D%E5%A7%BF%E6%85%8B%E6%AE%BA%E5%85%A5%E7%B5%84%E5%90%88%E9%8A%85%E7%8D%8E-day%E4%B8%8D%E9%81%A9%E6%9C%AA%E6%9C%89%E4%B8%8A%E5%8F%B0/355249|title=叱咤2022｜COLLAR生力軍姿態殺入組合銅獎 Day不適已回家|publisher=am730|date=2023-01-01|accessdate=2023-01-01}}

=2023: Realignment as a seven-member group=

On 10 May 2023, Natalie So announced her leaving from the group in a statement of social media, stating that her mental injury suffered from her boyfriend Moses Li after the {{ill|2022 Mirror concert incident|zh|2022年MIRROR演唱會事故}} had caused trauma that “could not be healed”, and she was unable to cope with the show business. {{cite news|url= https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3220051/so-long-so-ching-girlfriend-hong-kong-dancer-injured-mirror-concert-accident-quits-girl-group-collar|first=Jess|last=Ma|title= So long, So Ching: girlfriend of Hong Kong dancer injured in Mirror concert accident quits girl group Collar, cites trauma|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=10 May 2023|access-date=10 May 2023}}

Name

According to the group leader Garie Shum, the group's name "Collar" has two meanings: first, it refers to a collar of the shirt, which indicates a person can't breathe when the collar is fastened, means every performance can "hold your breath" and makes the audience hold their breath; second, it refers to a clavicle, which is the most attractive body part of women and defines Collar becomes the most attractive girl group.{{Cite web |last=邱愛霖 |date=2022-01-13 |title=全民造星IV {{!}} COLLAR呢個名原來有雙重意思：代表衫領同埋鎖骨 |url=https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/723833/全民造星iv-collar呢個名原來有雙重意思-代表衫領同埋鎖骨 |access-date=2022-01-18 |work=hk01 |language=zh-HK}}

Members

= Current Members =

class="wikitable"

!English Name

!Traditional Chinese Name

!Member Alias

!Birthday

!Rank in King Maker IV

{{ill|Sumling Li|zh|李芯駖}}

|李芯駖

|Sumling

|{{Birth date and age|1986|4|18|df=yes}}

|4

{{ill|Garie Shum|zh|沈貞巧}}
(Leader)

|沈貞巧

|Gao

|{{Birth date and age|1993|1|7|df=yes}}

|2

{{ill|Winka Chan|zh|陳泳伽}}

|陳泳伽

|Winka

|{{Birth date and age|1998|6|16|df=yes}}

|7

{{ill|Ivy So|zh|蘇雅琳}}

|蘇雅琳

|Ivy

|{{Birth date and age|2001|8|4|df=yes}}

|10

{{ill|Rejena Simkhada|zh|許軼}}

|許軼

|Day

|{{Birth date and age|2002|6|4|df=yes}}

|3

Marife Yau

|邱彥筒

|Marf

|{{Birth date and age|2002|6|11|df=yes}}

|1

{{ill|Candy Wong|zh|王家晴}}

|王家晴

|Candy

|{{Birth date and age|2002|12|19|df=yes}}

|8

= Former Member=

class="wikitable"

!English Name

!Traditional Chinese Name

!Member Alias

!Birthday

!Rank in King Maker IV

{{ill|Natalie So|zh|蘇芷晴}}

|蘇芷晴

|So Ching

|{{Birth date and age|1996|1|31|df=yes}}

|6

Discography

= Singles =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Title

! rowspan="2" |Year

! Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|HK
Billboard Hong Kong Songs chart positions:

  • "Call My Name!": {{cite magazine |date=19 February 2022 |title=Hong Kong Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hong-kong-songs-hotw/2022-02-19/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}
  • "Never-never Land": {{cite magazine |date=2 April 2022 |title=Hong Kong Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hong-kong-songs-hotw/2022-04-02/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}
  • "Gotta Go": {{cite magazine |date=14 May 2022 |title=Hong Kong Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hong-kong-songs-hotw/2022-05-14/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}
  • "OFF/ON": {{cite magazine |date=30 July 2022 |title=Hong Kong Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hong-kong-songs-hotw/2022-07-30/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}

scope="row"|"{{Interlanguage link|Call My Name!|lt=Call My Name!|zh}}"

| rowspan="4" |2022

|14

| rowspan="11" |Non-album singles

scope="row"|"{{ill|Never-never Land|zh}}"{{cite news |date=17 March 2022 |title=COLLAR｜新歌明日推出 網民笑Day跑包尾 |language=zh-hk |publisher=am730 |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/collar-%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%8C%E6%98%8E%E6%97%A5%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA-%E7%B6%B2%E6%B0%91%E7%AC%91day%E8%B7%91%E5%8C%85%E5%B0%BE/311712 |accessdate=17 March 2022}}

|2

scope="row"|"{{Interlanguage link|Gotta Go!|lt=Gotta Go!|zh}}"{{cite news |date=2022-04-28 |title=【COLLAR新歌】COLLAR即將推出寶礦力廣告歌 伴隨樂迷揮灑青春汗水 |website=Topick |publisher=Hong Kong Economic Times |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3240583/%E3%80%90COLLAR%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%8C%E3%80%91COLLAR%E5%8D%B3%E5%B0%87%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E5%AF%B6%E7%A4%A6%E5%8A%9B%E5%BB%A3%E5%91%8A%E6%AD%8C%E3%80%80%E4%BC%B4%E9%9A%A8%E6%A8%82%E8%BF%B7%E6%8F%AE%E7%81%91%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E6%B1%97%E6%B0%B4 |accessdate=2022-04-28}}

|24

scope="row"|"{{Interlanguage link|Off/On|zh|OFF/ON}}"{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=COLLAR推出新歌《OFF/ON》MV 不婚主義Marf披婚紗零憧憬 |url=https://www.bastillepost.com/hongkong/article/11025279/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Bastille Post |language=zh}}

| 14

scope="row"|"{{ill|The Bright Side (Collar single)|lt=The Bright Side|zh|The Bright Side}}"{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=COLLAR一周年｜特別形式發布新歌《The Bright Side》 Gao：只此一次|url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/collar%E4%B8%80%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4-%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%BD%A2%E5%BC%8F%E7%99%BC%E5%B8%83%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%8C-the-bright-side-gao-%E5%8F%AA%E6%AD%A4%E4%B8%80%E6%AC%A1/356962|access-date=2022-07-17 |website=am730|language=zh}}

|rowspan=5|2023

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|Take Me Away (Collar single)|lt=Take Me Away|zh|Take Me Away (COLLAR單曲)}}"{{Cite web |date=2022-07-16 |title=COLLAR衝出香港？IG貼仙氣新相宣佈《The Bright Side》出英文版|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%9C%BE%E6%A8%82%E8%BF%B7/868128/collar%E8%A1%9D%E5%87%BA%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF-ig%E8%B2%BC%E4%BB%99%E6%B0%A3%E6%96%B0%E7%9B%B8%E5%AE%A3%E4%BD%88-the-bright-side-%E5%87%BA%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E7%89%88|access-date=2022-07-17 |website=HK01|language=zh}}

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|idc (Collar single)|lt=idc|zh|idc (COLLAR單曲)}}"{{cite news |title=idc｜COLLAR首次出埠拍MV獲國際級排舞師指導　每日排舞練歌8小時幻想成真 |url=https://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/focus/local/idc%EF%BD%9Ccollar%E9%A6%96%E6%AC%A1%E5%87%BA%E5%9F%A0%E6%8B%8Dmv%E7%8D%B2%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E7%B4%9A%E6%8E%92%E8%88%9E%E5%B8%AB%E6%8C%87%E5%B0%8E%E3%80%80%E6%AF%8F%E6%97%A5%E6%8E%92%E8%88%9E%E7%B7%B4 |publisher=Ming Pao Weekly (in Chinese)|date=2023-07-22|accessdate=2023-07-23}}

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|Speak Love (Collar single)|lt=Speak Love|zh|Speak Love}}"{{cite news |title=陳健朗客串COLLAR《Speak Love》MV 新造型獲正面評價(內有MV) |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/娛樂/陳健朗客串collar-speak-love-mv-新造型獲正面評價-內有mv-/402362|publisher=am730 (in Chinese)|date=2023-09-27|accessdate=2023-09-28}}

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|Atypical (Collar single)|lt=Atypical|zh|Atypical}}"{{Cite news|title=COLLAR推新歌《Atypical》衝擊頒獎禮 Marf爆Ivy So恨去慶功宴喪食|url=https://skypost.hk/article/3657219/COLLAR推新歌-Atypical-衝擊頒獎禮-Marf爆Ivy-So恨去慶功宴喪食?utm_source=ulweb&utm_medium=web|publisher=Sky Post (in Chinese)|date=2023-11-22|accessdate=2023-11-23}}

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|Back In The Game (Collar single)|lt=Back In The Game|zh|Back In The Game}}"{{Cite news|title=COLLAR出演唱會主題曲《Back In The Game》　預告開騷爆喊|url=https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/998736/collar出演唱會主題曲-back-in-the-game-預告開騷爆喊|publisher=HK01 (in Chinese)|date=2024-03-09|accessdate=2024-03-10}}

|rowspan=2|2024

| —

scope="row"|"{{ill|Chosen Family (Collar single)|lt=Chosen Family|zh|Chosen Family}}"{{cite web |title=Collar – Chosen Family |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/chosen-family-single/1737743498 |website=Apple Music |access-date=21 April 2024}}

| —

colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Filmography

=Television shows=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Platform

! scope="col" | Note

2021

| King Maker IV

| rowspan=4| ViuTV

|

2022

| {{ill|We Are COLLAR|zh|我哋係COLLAR|italic=1}}

|

2023

| {{ill|Shiny Summer – COLLAR in Japan|zh-yue|全日制COLLAR學院|italic=1}}

|

2024

| {{ill|Happy COLLAR|zh-yue|COLLAR智慧學園|italic=1}}

|

Concerts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Venue

! scope="col" | Note

2024

| 22–24 March

| Collar Crush Live 2024

| Star Hall, KITEC

| {{cite news |title=COLLAR處女個唱開鑼 Gao被抱起旋轉曬舞技 Day賣力演出 |url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/article/20240323/s00016/1711127064506 |publisher=Ming Pao Weekly |date=23 March 2024}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Award ceremony

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" | Yahoo Asia Multiverse Buzz Awards

| {{ill|Yahoo Asia Multiverse Buzz Awards 2022|zh|2022年度YAHOO!搜尋人氣大獎得獎名單|lt=2022}}

| Music Rookies (Groups)

| {{won}}

scope="row" | Metro Radio Music Awards

| {{ill|2022 Metro Radio Hits Music Awards|zh|2022年度新城勁爆頒獎禮得獎名單|lt=2022}}

| Best Rookies

| {{won}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation

| rowspan=2| 2022

| Best Groups

| {{won|place=Bronze}}

Best Rookie Groups

| {{won|place=Gold}}

scope="row" | Chill Club Chart Award Presentation

| {{ill|Chill Club Chart Award Presentation 22/23|zh|Chill_Club_推介榜年度推介22/23#Chill_Club年度新人女歌手|lt=2022/23}}

| Best Female Rookies

|{{won|place=Gold}}{{cite web |title=Chill Club Awards 22/23 |url=https://chillclub.viu.tv/award |website=ViuTV |access-date=21 November 2023}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{commons category}}

  • {{YouTube|channel=UCMIXW7ICDyTuCFcCHvBjfIQ|COLLAR}}
  • {{instagram|collar.weare|COLLAR}}
  • {{facebook|COLLAR.WeAre|COLLAR}}

Category:Hong Kong girl groups

Category:Cantopop musical groups

Category:Musical groups established in 2022

Category:2022 establishments in Hong Kong

Category:Hong Kong idols

Category:Hong Kong female dancers

Category:Hong Kong dancers

Category:King Maker IV contestants

Category:MakerVille artists

Category:Electronic dance music groups