Fiestar
Fiestar 피에스타 | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, dance-pop |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | LOEN Entertainment |
| Members | Jei Cao Lu Linzy Hyemi Cheska Yezi |
Fiestar (Template:Lang-ko) is a six member girl group from South Korea formed by LOEN Entertainment.
The group consists of multi-national members: Jei, Linzy, Hyemi and Yezi from South Korea; Cheska from the United States; and Cao Lu from China.[1] They made their debut in August 31, 2012 with their single, Vista.[2]
History
Pre-debut
While many of the members took part in various activities before the group's formal debut, according to their agency, all of them had been training together for two years and the average training time among the members was 4 years.[3] Chinese member Cao Lu was previously a solo singer in Mainland China after winning a 2004 CCTV sponsored singing contest. Her album, titled Cat, was released in 2005 under her former stage name, LuLu.
Leader Jei did modeling for various online clothing stores and was the female lead for boy band Infinite's music video for their song 'Paradise', while Linzy was a trainee under YG Entertainment and recorded a song for the 2010 Korean drama Obstetrics and Gynecology.[4]
Hyemi and Jei both starred in IU's Good Day and You & I music video as backup dancers, the whole group starred in Sunny Hill's Midnight Circus music video as backup dancers.
2012: Debut & We Don't Stop
LOEN Entertainment initially announced that they would be debuting a six member girl group that contained not only members from South Korea, but from China and the United States as well.[5] After revealing the names and pictures of the members, it was revealed that they would be singing a duet with label mate IU prior to their debut for their agency's artist collaboration album.[6] Titled 'Sea of Moonlight', the song ranked high on the Korean music charts.
In August, the group's debut single "Vista" was announced and it was revealed that they would also be collaborating with hip-hop artist Tiger JK for a pre-release song called "Wicked", which received much attention for its Reggaeton influence. JYJ's Junsu made a guest appearance in the music video for "Vista" along with Seungah from Sunny Hill. Their song Vista charted high on charts, with the other songs all charting on the Billboard Hot 100.
On November 1, member Cheska revealed the girls were planning to comeback, which was later confirmed by LOEN following the release of the teaser image, along with the comeback date of November 9, 2012 with their second single album, We Don't Stop. We Don't Stop is revealed to be with the works of Hyuk Shin. The B-side for single, Sweet Love, was released on November 5 and featured ballad singer Kim Yeon-woo. The promotions followed on Music Bank on November 10, 2012.
Members had some individual activities, like Jei appearing in TVN's love-reality show, Romantic and Idol, alongside AOA's Hyejeong, 4Minute's Jihyun, and more. Members Jei, Cheska, and Yezi appeared alongside IU for comedy show, Gag Concert. Linzy and Hyemi appeared in KBS's singing show, 1000 Songs Challenge. The whole group also appeared in Weekly Idol, and on Dream Team 2. The group also made an endorsement with HIM Magazine.
2013: Linzy's High School Musical, A-HA! & Comeback
Fiestar's begun the 2013 by ending their promotions of We Don't Stop on Simply K-pop, and also appearing KBS' 1 vs. 100. Cao Lu also appeared on Dream Team 2. They appeared on shows again last May 2013, appearing on various shows, with the whole group appearing on SBS' Ggurugi Life Inquiry, KBS' Family Love, MBC Music's All the K-pop with only Cao Lu and the show Stress Out along with Spica. Member and leader Jei also appeared on their brother group History, appearing in all individual teasers of each 5 members, with the theme "Romantic Dating Tips".
Member Linzy joined the cast of the Korean musical rendition of the 2006-2008 musical movie hit High School Musical taking the role of Sharpay Evans, sharing the role with The Grace's Dana. The musical also shows a tremendous cast with Super Junior's Ryeowook, F.T. Island's Jaejin, f(x)'s Luna, AOA's Choa and musical actress Oh So-yeon. The photoshoot begun at June 28, and begun the show at July 2, at Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.
Last July 25, LOEN released a picture with Jei, Cheska, and Cao Lu holding up a book while looking at the camera, and released a statement that Fiestar will be creating an educational program for international viewers who wants to learn the Korean Language. The first video is released on July 26, with their main topic, "Daebak", with Jei speaking Korean, Cheska in English, and Cao Lu translating it in Chinese.
Fiestar made a CF for the Samsung's Zoom Camera Feature for Samsung Galaxy S4, with the full commercial released on June 30. Member and leader Jei had a pictorial with SURE Magazine, hinting of a comeback somewhere beginning on the second half of 2013, and another album with the help of Eric Benét. Member Cheska also updated their fancafe, hinting of a comeback drawing near.
Members
| Stage name[7] | Birth name | Date of Birth | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Hangul | Romanized | Hangul | ||
| Jei | 재이 | Kim Jinhee | 김진희 | September 5, 1989 | Leader, Visual |
| Cao Lu | 차오루 | Cao Lu | 차오루 | August 30, 1986 | Lead Dancer |
| Linzy | 린지 | Im Minji | 임민지 | October 22, 1989 | Main Vocalist |
| Hyemi | 혜미 | Kim Hyemi | 김혜미 | August 10, 1990 | Lead Vocalist |
| Cheska | 체스카 | Francesca Ahn | 프란체스카 안 | March 11, 1992 | Lead Rapper |
| Yezi | 예지 | Lee Yeji | 이예지 | August 26, 1994 | Main Rapper, Main Dancer |
Discography
Albums
- 2013: TBA
Single albums
- 2012: "Vista"
- 2012: "We Don't Stop"
Awards
| Year | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4th Annual Seoul Success Awards | Best Rookie of the Year | Won |
| 2012 Arirang's Simply K-Pop Awards | Super Rookie Idol of the Year | Won | |
| All the Kpop - World-Class Rookie Awards | Rookie of the Year | Won | |
| K.O. Award | Won | ||
| 2012 All-KPop Awards | Best Live | Nominated | |
| Best Female Rookie | Nominated | ||
| 22nd Seoul Music Awards | Rookie Award[8] | Nominated | |
| Popularity Award[8] | Nominated | ||
| 2012 EYK Awards | Best Aegyo[9] | Nominated | |
| 2012 KU Awards | Best Female Rookie[10] | Nominated |
Fanclub
- Official Fanclub Name: Let★s / Let's
External links
- Website
- Fancafe
- Official Facebook Page
- Official Facebook Fan Page
- Youtube
- International Forums
References
- ^ "LOEN to debut new six-girl member group, FIESTAR". Allkpop. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "FIESTAR releases "Vista" MV (with special appearance by JYJ's Junsu)". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Loen Entertainment reveals new photo of upcoming girl group FIESTAR". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Obstetrics and Gynecology OST Album Info". Melon.
- ^ "Loen Entertainment to debut new six-member girl group, FIESTAR". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Loen Tree releases "Sea of Moonlight" ft. IU and FIESTAR". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "피에스타 인물정보". Naver. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "[Seoul Music Awards] Nominees for the 2012 Seoul Music Awards". 2012 2012 Seoul Music Awards. seoulmusicawards.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/kpop-awards-2012/
- ^ http://koreanupdates.com/kuawards2012/