WJSN

**WJSN** (Hangul: 우주소녀; Romanized: Wu Ju So Nyeo; Chinese: 宇宙少女; Pinyin: Yǔzhòushàonǚ), also known as **Cosmic Girls**, is a South Korean-Chinese girl group formed by Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment which debuted in February 25, 2016.

The group is composed of ten members: SeolA, Bona, EXY, Soobin, Luda, Dawon, Eunseo, Yeoreum, Dayoung and Yeonjung. The members are separated into four subgroups for each letter in "WJSN": *Wonder*, *Joy*, *Sweet*, and *Natural*. Original Chinese group members Xuan Yi, Cheng Xiao and Mei Qi departed the group on March 3, 2023, following the expiration of their contracts.

The group debuted with the release of their first extended play *WOULD YOU LIKE?* on February 25, 2016. The agency announced their fanclub name, UJUNG (Hangul: 우정, Friendship) on January 11, 2017, shortened from Ujujeonggeojang (Hangul: 우주정거장, space station).

## History

### Pre-debut and formation

The first member of **WJSN** that was revealed to the public was SeolA, who had made a cameo in Boyfriend's "Janus" music video in 2012. The second member who was shown to the public was Dayoung, a former contestant on the music audition television show *K-Pop Star 1*. The third member revealed to the public was Dawon who was also a former contestant on the survival audition *K-pop Star 2* and is known to be 15&'s Park Ji-Min's friend. The fourth member who was revealed to the public was EXY as a contestant on the South Korean female rap competition *Unpretty Rapstar 2*. The fifth member revealed to the public was Eunseo who had made a cameo in Monsta X's "Rush" music video prior to debut.

On December 1, 2015, Starship Entertainment started to release information about the new girl group through several social media platforms — like Twitter and Instagram — with images of a planet, heart sign and an image of a combined orbit and heart. On December 2, Starship Entertainment continued teasing by posting another teaser photo of a silhouette gazing at an orbited heart sign – this image became WJSN's official logo. The first unit, the "Wonder Unit" was revealed on December 10, consisting of members Cheng Xiao, Bona, and Dayoung. The second unit, the "Joy Unit" was revealed with members Yeoreum, Eunseo, and Xuan Yi. The third unit called the "Sweet Unit" was revealed on December 24 with members SeolA, EXY, and Soobin. And the final unit, the "Natural Unit" was released on December 31, consisting of members Mei Qi, Luda, and Dawon – revealing them as a group to the public for the first time. On December 21, WJSN released a Christmas cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey through JuseTV's YouTube Channel.

### 2016: Debut with *WOULD YOU LIKE?* and *The Secret*

On January 2, 2016, Xuan Yi, EXY, Dawon, Eunseo, and Cheng Xiao made cameos in UNIQ's New Year music video. On January 10, 2016, Starship Entertainment started releasing "Play-File" teasers, with a different member's teaser released every day. On January 20, 2016, SeolA, Xuan Yi, Bona, EXY, Eunseo, and Cheng Xiao were featured in *Cosmopolitan* Korea's February issue in an article entitled "Next Body Icon, WJSN!". On February 1, 2016 Eunseo made cameo in Yoo Seung-woo's "Whatever" music video along with label mate Boyfriend's Jeongmin and Monsta X's Kihyun.

WJSN debuted on February 25, 2016 with the release of their debut mini album *WOULD YOU LIKE?*, including the title tracks "Mo Mo Mo" and "Catch Me". The music video for "Mo Mo Mo", which features Lee Kwang-soo, was released on February 24, and the music video for "Catch Me" was released on March 9. The group held their debut stage on the February 25th episode of M! Countdown with "Catch Me" and "Mo Mo Mo".

On July 11, Starship Entertainment confirmed that I.O.I's Yeonjung would be joining the group. Yeonjung started promoting with the group in August. In August 2016, SeolA, EXY, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, and Dayoung teamed up with label mate Monsta X to form the unit "Y-Teen." Y-Teen is a project unit group that will be promoting as CF models for KT’s phone fare service, and will release EPs, music videos, and various entertainment content. On August 17, WJSN released their second mini-album *The Secret* with all 13 members. The group promoted the title track "Secret".

### 2017: *From. WJSN*, official fanclub name and concert

On January 4, WJSN released their third extended play *From. WJSN* composed of 6 new songs, including the title track "I Wish" (Hangul: 너에게 닿기를). On January 11, Starship Entertainment unveiled their official fanclub name, UJUNG (Hangul: 우정) meaning *Friendship.* UJUNG is also an abbreviation of *space station*. They had their first ever concerts on May 19 & 20 at Blue Square, Seoul.

### 2018: *Dream your dream* and *WJ PLEASE?*

On February 27, 2018, WJSN released their fourth extended play *Dream Your Dream*.

On May 2, 2018, SeolA, Luda and Weki Meki members Doyeon and Yoojung will form a project group WJMK and they will release a single in June with full promotional activities planned. They released the digital single "STRONG"

### 2019: *WJ STAY?*, Secret Box concert, *For the Summer* and *As You Wish*

On December 18, 2018, Starship announced that WJSN would be making a comeback in January. Their agency also confirmed on the 24th the group would continue to promote with 10 members due to Xuan Yi, Mei Qi, and Cheng Xiao's ongoing activities in China. Their sixth mini album titled *WJ STAY?* was released on January 8.

WJSN held their second solo concert, Would You Stay: Secret Box, on March 2 and 3 at the Blue Square I-Market Hall in Seoul.

On May 18, the group announced that they would be releasing a special album, *For the Summer*, on June 4.

### 2020: Obliviate, *Neverland*, and WJSN CHOCOME

On December 19, 2019, WJSN announced their third solo concert, Obliviate, would be held on February 22 and 23 at Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Seoul. Additional stops in Osaka and Tokyo were announced on December 27, 2019.

On February 10, 2020, Starship announced their Seoul concerts would be postponed due to concerns on the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 20, KISS Entertainment also announced the postponement of their Japan concerts to July 2020. By May 15, it was announced their Japan concerts would be cancelled due to the worsening spread of COVID-19 and that tickets will be refunded.

On May 8, Starship confirmed WJSN would be making a comeback in June. Their eighth mini album, *Neverland*, was released on June 8 with "BUTTERFLY" as the title track.

On September 23, it was announced the group would be debuting their first sub-unit, WJSN CHOCOME, which is composed of four members Soobin, Luda, Yeoreum and Dayoung on October 7 with their first single album "Hmph!".

### 2021: *UNNATURAL*, WJSN THE BLACK, "Let Me In"

On March 8, 2021 the group has confirmed that their ninth mini album, titled *UNNATURAL* will be released at the end of the same month, while on March 14 a "Coming soon" teaser was posted on their official social media accounts and the tracklist was revealed on March 17. Between March 19 and 24, they have unveiled a pack of concept photos.

Both the EP and its title track of the same name were officially released on March 31, 2021 by Starship Entertainment.

On April 23, Starship Entertainment announced that WJSN's member Dayoung will be taking a hiatus due to health issues caused by an autoimmune disease.

On April 26, 2021, WJSN has also confirmed about the debut of their new unit, WJSN THE BLACK, consisting of the three oldest members of the group (SeolA, Bona, EXY) and furthermore, Eunseo. They are set to release their first single album, *My attitude* on May 12. This would be the second time a official WJSN unit has been formed, with the first being CHOCOME, who debuted back in October of 2020.

Later on September 13, 2021, it is confirmed that they will release their digital single "Let Me In", in collaboration with UNIVERSE Music on September 23.

### 2022: "Super Yuppers!", *Queendom 2,* Dawon's hiatus

On December 19, 2021, WJSN's official Twitter announced on social media that CHOCOME would release their second single album, “Super Yuppers!” on January 5, 2022. The release schedule was revealed on December 20, following with the teaser photos on December 23 and 24.

On January 5, 2022, the music video for the title track "Super Yuppers!" was released along with the single.

On February 21, Mnet revealed that the group will be participating in their reality show, *Queendom 2*, which is set to begin airing on March 31.

On February 22, Starship Entertainment announced that Dawon will be taking a break from group activities to focus on her health after being diagnosed with anxiety disorder. She later returned with the group and participated in the concert *WONDERLAND*.

### 2023: Contract renewal, Chinese members' departure

On March 3, 2023, Starship Entertainment announced that Xuan Yi, Cheng Xiao and Mei Qi had departed from WJSN following the expiration of their contracts. In the same announcement, it was also announced that Luda and Dawon chose not to renew their contracts, but still remain in the group.

## Units

 WJSN THE BLACK |     | SeolA, Bona, EXY, Eunseo

### Concept units

 Dream Promiser, ενυπνιον | SeolA, Bona, Luda, Dawon and Mei Qi

## Discography

### Extended plays

* *WOULD YOU LIKE?* (2016)
* *THE SECRET* (2016)
* *From. WJSN* (2017)
* *Dream your dream* (2018)
* *WJ PLEASE?* (2018)
* *WJ STAY?* (2019)
* *As You Wish* (2019)
* *Neverland* (2020)
* *UNNATURAL* (2021)

### Special albums

* *For the Summer* (2019)
* "Sequence" (2022)

### OSTs

* "Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Part.8" ("Nice To Meet You") (2018)

### Participation releases

* *<Queendom 2> Part.1-2* ("As You Wish") (2022)
* *<Queendom 2> Part.2-1* ("NAVILLERA") (2022)

## Concerts

* Would You Like (2017)
* Would You Stay: Secret Box (2019)
* 2020 WJSN Concert "Obliviate" (2020; **postponed**)
* 2022 WJSN Concert 'Wonderland' (2022)

### Japan concerts

* 2020 WJSN Concert "Obliviate" in Japan (2020; **cancelled**)

### Concerts participation

* 2022 UNI-KON (2022)
* Seezn Summer Concert (2022)
* 2022 Boryeong Sea Mud Exhibition K-MUD Global Show K-POP Concert (2022)
* KCON 2022 LA (2022)
* Gangbyeon Music Festival New Challenge (2022)

## Fanmeetings

* UZZU Party - Welcome to WJSN (2018)
* <WJ STATION> (2019)
* WJ STAND BY (2022)
* <CODENAME : UJUNG> (2023)

## Official links

### Korea

* Webpage
* Facebook
* Instagram
* TikTok
* Twitter
* V Live
* YouTube

## References

1. ↑ @WJSN\_Cosmic on Twitter: [#WJSN]#우주소녀 #쪼꼬미 2ND SINGLE ALBUM #슈퍼그럼요 #TRACKLIST 2022.01.05 #COMING\_SOON #우주소녀\_쪼꼬미 #CHOCOME #SuperYuppers (December 19, 2021)
2. ↑ @WJSN\_Cosmic on Twitter: [#WJSN] #우주소녀 #쪼꼬미 2ND SINGLE ALBUM #슈퍼그럼요 2022.01.05 #SCHEDULE ‍‍ #우주소녀\_쪼꼬미 #CHOCOME #SuperYuppers #COMING\_SOON (December 20, 2021)
3. ↑ @WJSN\_Cosmic on Twitter: [#WJSN]#우주소녀 #쪼꼬미 2ND SINGLE ALBUM #슈퍼그럼요 #CONCEPT\_PHOTO VER. 1 2022.01.05 #COMING\_SOON #우주소녀\_쪼꼬미 #CHOCOME #SuperYuppers (December 22, 2021)
4. ↑ @WJSN\_Cosmic on Twitter: [#WJSN] [#WJSN #우주소녀 #쪼꼬미 2ND SINGLE ALBUM #슈퍼그럼요 #CONCEPT\_PHOTO VER. 2 2022.01.05 #COMING\_SOON #우주소녀\_쪼꼬미 #CHOCOME #SuperYuppers] (December 24, 2021)
5. ↑ *Soompi*: Watch: WJSN CHOCOME Saves The Day In MV For Title Track “Super Yuppers!” (December 19, 2021)
6. ↑ @MnetKR on Twitter: (February 21, 2022)
7. ↑ Soompi: WJSN’s Dawon To Take Hiatus Due To Health