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Kard (group)
Kard (Korean: 카드, stylized in all caps) is a South Korean co-ed group formed by DSP Media. They are composed of members J.Seph, BM, Somin, and Jiwoo. They officially debuted on July 19, 2017, with their extended play Hola Hola.
Somin debuted in DSP Media's Japanese girl group Puretty in 2012 which later disbanded in 2014. She later joined Kara Project where she competed to become a new member of KARA and finished in second place. In 2015, she debuted as the leader of DSP Media's girl group April but she decided to depart from the group on November 9.
J.Seph trained for five years and BM trained for four and a half under DSP Media with an original plan to debut as a hip-hop duo. Before his debut, BM was featured in Goo Ha-ra's song "La La La" from her 2015 debut EP Alohara (Can You Feel It?) and was also her dance partner for the music video and live performances of its lead single "Choco Chip Cookies".
Jiwoo trained under FNC Entertainment for two years and moved to DSP Media in 2016.
DSP Media first announced the formation of Kard on December 1, 2016, after opening several social media accounts under the group's name. After being revealed in a sequential order, all the members were revealed by December 5, with the label elaborating more on their card-game concept. The group's name is an abbreviation of different "cards" that are assigned to each member: BM is assigned as the "King" card, J.Seph is known as the "Ace" card, Somin is given the "Black JokeR" card, while member Jiwoo is referred to as the "Color JokeR" card. A certain "hiDDen card" was also stated by the agency, but it was not elaborated further in its statement. Then, DSP Media confirmed that the group's first release was slated for December 13.
On December 8, Kard revealed that their first "hiDDen card" member would be their labelmate Heo Young-ji, and further elaborated that Youngji would be active only in the first release of the group's "Kard Project", wherein they will release three project singles each with their own "hidden card" feature before their official debut. The announcement was made by the group's four members including Youngji in a live broadcast on the V-Live app. The following day, the music video teaser for their first project single titled "Oh NaNa" was released.
"Oh NaNa" was released on December 13. The music video for the song accumulated over 1.25 million views in three days. Following the release of the song, Billboard magazine included Kard in its list of "10 Best New K-pop Groups in 2016" ranking at number 8, with the group making it into the list just eight days after starting their pre-debut project. "Oh NaNa" then became the group's first entry into the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, with the song peaking at number 5 in its issue dated January 7, 2017 and remaining on the said chart for 8 weeks.
On January 19, 2017, Billboard selected Kard as one of the "Top 5 K-Pop Artists to Watch in 2017", citing the group's mixed-gender setup and their international attention which was seen when the music video for "Oh NaNa" became one of the top-viewed video in the United States for December.
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Kard (group)
Kard (Korean: 카드, stylized in all caps) is a South Korean co-ed group formed by DSP Media. They are composed of members J.Seph, BM, Somin, and Jiwoo. They officially debuted on July 19, 2017, with their extended play Hola Hola.
Somin debuted in DSP Media's Japanese girl group Puretty in 2012 which later disbanded in 2014. She later joined Kara Project where she competed to become a new member of KARA and finished in second place. In 2015, she debuted as the leader of DSP Media's girl group April but she decided to depart from the group on November 9.
J.Seph trained for five years and BM trained for four and a half under DSP Media with an original plan to debut as a hip-hop duo. Before his debut, BM was featured in Goo Ha-ra's song "La La La" from her 2015 debut EP Alohara (Can You Feel It?) and was also her dance partner for the music video and live performances of its lead single "Choco Chip Cookies".
Jiwoo trained under FNC Entertainment for two years and moved to DSP Media in 2016.
DSP Media first announced the formation of Kard on December 1, 2016, after opening several social media accounts under the group's name. After being revealed in a sequential order, all the members were revealed by December 5, with the label elaborating more on their card-game concept. The group's name is an abbreviation of different "cards" that are assigned to each member: BM is assigned as the "King" card, J.Seph is known as the "Ace" card, Somin is given the "Black JokeR" card, while member Jiwoo is referred to as the "Color JokeR" card. A certain "hiDDen card" was also stated by the agency, but it was not elaborated further in its statement. Then, DSP Media confirmed that the group's first release was slated for December 13.
On December 8, Kard revealed that their first "hiDDen card" member would be their labelmate Heo Young-ji, and further elaborated that Youngji would be active only in the first release of the group's "Kard Project", wherein they will release three project singles each with their own "hidden card" feature before their official debut. The announcement was made by the group's four members including Youngji in a live broadcast on the V-Live app. The following day, the music video teaser for their first project single titled "Oh NaNa" was released.
"Oh NaNa" was released on December 13. The music video for the song accumulated over 1.25 million views in three days. Following the release of the song, Billboard magazine included Kard in its list of "10 Best New K-pop Groups in 2016" ranking at number 8, with the group making it into the list just eight days after starting their pre-debut project. "Oh NaNa" then became the group's first entry into the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, with the song peaking at number 5 in its issue dated January 7, 2017 and remaining on the said chart for 8 weeks.
On January 19, 2017, Billboard selected Kard as one of the "Top 5 K-Pop Artists to Watch in 2017", citing the group's mixed-gender setup and their international attention which was seen when the music video for "Oh NaNa" became one of the top-viewed video in the United States for December.
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