Loona yyxy
{{Short description|Sub-unit of South Korean girl group Loona}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Loona yyxy
| image = 180902 스카이페스티벌 이달의 소녀 yyxy.jpg
| image_upright = 1
| landscape = yes
| caption = From left to right: Yves, Go Won, Chuu, and HyeJu
| alias =
| origin = Seoul, South Korea
| genre = K-pop
| years_active = 2018
| label = Blockberry Creative
| spinoff_of = Loona
| current_members =
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 이달의 소녀 yyxy
| hanja = 이달의 小女 yyxy
| rr = Idarui Sonyeo yyxy
| mr = Idarŭi Sonyŏ yyxy
}}
}}
Loona yyxy (an abbreviation for Youth youth by young) is the third sub-unit of the South Korean girl group Loona, formed through a pre-debut project titled "Girl of the Month". The unit consisted of 4 members, Yves, Go Won, Chuu and HyeJu (formerly Olivia Hye). Currently the unit consists in 3 members, without Chuu, who was removed from Loona and consequently the lineup in November 2022. They debuted with their first extended play titled Beauty & the Beat on May 30, 2018. They were the last sub-unit to debut with the pre-debut project, before the group debuted as a whole with their extended play titled [+ +].
History
= Pre-debut: Revealing of first two members =
The first member, Yves, was revealed on November 14, 2017.{{cite web|last=Geum|first=Bit-na|title=이달의소녀, 아홉 번째 멤버 이브 공개…"새로운 차원의 시작"|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1ONKQFJBFR|date=November 14, 2017|website=Sedaily|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} She debuted with her single album Yves with the title track "New" on November 28.{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Jeong-min|title=이달의 소녀 이브, 솔로 앨범 공개… "변화 이끌 것"|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/topic/article/2017112878654|date=November 28, 2017|website=Ten Asia|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} Being the first introduced out of the last 4 members, the next to be revealed was Chuu. On December 14, at midnight KST, a teaser photo of the latter was revealed with a caption "A mysterious girl is coming".{{cite web|last=Lee|first=So-dam|title=[Oh!쎈 컷] 이달의 소녀, 열 번째 멤버는 딸기처럼 달콤한 소녀 '츄'|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110795779|date=December 14, 2017|website=Osen|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} The next single titled Chuu was released on December 27, with the title track "Heart Attack".{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Su-kyoung|title=이달의 소녀 열 번째 멤버 '츄', '하트 어택' 오늘(28일) 정오 발매|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/topic/article/2017122832304|date=December 27, 2017|website=Ten Asia|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} It is currently the most viewed solo video from Loona on YouTube.
= 2018: Revealing of last two members, debut with ''Beauty & the Beat''=
On January 14, 2018, the teaser photo of the third member, Go Won, was revealed with a caption "Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise.".{{cite web|last=Bae|first=Hyo-ju|title=이달의 소녀, 열한 번째 멤버 고원 공개 '묘한 매력'|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201801151001116710|date=January 15, 2018|website=Newsen|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On January 30, 2 weeks later, her single Go Won was released with the title track "One&Only".{{cite web|last=Yun|first=Jun-pil|title=이달의 소녀 11번째 멤버 고원, 솔로 싱글 오늘(30일) 정오 공개|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/topic/article/2018013031144|date=January 30, 2017|website=Ten Asia|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} The final member was then hinted at in a teaser, on March 1. A teaser with all the revealed members, along with a dark figure that appears to be the 12th member. It was titled "Cinema Theory: Up & Line"{{cite web|title=[Teaser] 이달의 소녀 (LOONA) Cinema Theory : Up & Line|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBsqx76a8bI|date=February 28, 2018|website=YouTube|access-date=January 19, 2021}} Their final member, HyeJu, was officially revealed with a teaser photo on March 17, at midnight KST.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jun-beom|title=이달의 소녀, 마지막 12번 째 멤버 올리비아 혜 공개|url=http://www.kukinews.com/newsView/kuk201803170015|date=March 18, 2018|website=Kuki News|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On March 28, a teaser for her title track "Egoist" was revealed as well, which would feature previously revealed member JinSoul.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Hyeon-sik|title=이달의 소녀 올리비아 혜, 반전 스토리 티저 공개|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4945003|date=March 28, 2018|website=No Cut News|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On March 29, her single Olivia Hye was released with the title track "Egoist" featuring JinSoul, and the second track featuring Go Won titled "Rosy".{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Su-ah|title=걸그룹 이달의 소녀 올리비아 혜, 30일 솔로 싱글 공개한다|url=https://www.getnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=58134|date=March 30, 2018|website=Get News|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}}
On April 26, a teaser was released titled "youth youth by young" that introduces that their sub-unit name is "yyxy" and the members as well.{{cite web|title=[Teaser] 이달의 소녀 yyxy (LOONA/yyxy) "youth youth by young"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIVS5lJ9HQ|date=April 26, 2018|website=YouTube|access-date=January 19, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Hyeon-sik|title=이달의 소녀 세 번째 유닛은 '이달의 소녀 yyxy'|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4961505|date=April 27, 2018|website=No Cut News|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On May 19, a teaser photo was released revealing the title track "love4eva" and that it would be featuring Grimes, as some of her fans asked her to produce the group, as well.{{cite web|last=Jeong|first=Ji-won|title=[공식입장] 세계적 뮤지션 그라임스, 이달의소녀 yyxy 피처링 확정|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110906065|date=May 20, 2018|website=Osen|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}}{{cite web|last=Hwang|first=Hye-jin|title=이달의 소녀 yyxy, 그라임스 피처링과 함께 빌보드 언급|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201805281145150410|date=May 28, 2018|website=Newsen|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On May 24, a group photo teaser was released.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Ha-jin|title=이달의 소녀 yyxy, 청량한 매력 돋보이는 재킷 공개|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/topic/article/2018052461044|date=May 24, 2018|website=Ten Asia|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}} On May 28, a highlight medley was released for their upcoming extended play.{{cite web|title=[Preview] 이달의 소녀 yyxy (LOONA/yyxy) Mini Album "beauty&thebeat"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhB7IpAeHfQ|date=May 27, 2018|website=YouTube|access-date=January 19, 2021}} On May 30, their title track along with their EP Beauty & the Beat was released featuring Grimes.{{cite web|last=Ahn|first=Jin-yong|title='빌보드가 주목한' 걸그룹 이달의 소녀, 30일 새 유닛 베일 벗는다|url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20180530MW155513801003|date=May 30, 2018|website=Munhwa|access-date=January 19, 2021|language=ko}}
Members
= Current =
Discography
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions and sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21em;" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|KOR {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=22&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week|title=2018년 22주차 Album Chart|date=June 2, 2018}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%;"| US |
|---|
| scope="row" | Beauty & the Beat
|
| 4 || 6 | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="1" |Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" |Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" |Album |
| scope="row" | "love4eva" {{small|(featuring Grimes)}}
| 2018 |Beauty & the Beat |
|---|
Videography
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" | Song title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | "love4eva"
| 2018 | Digipedi |
Notes
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