Blue Moon Entertainment

**Blue Moon Entertainment** is a South Korean entertainment agency and record label founded on July 17, 2018 by Jo Young-Il.

It is currently home to idol groups Influx, Ethereals, Black Diamond, GAMBIT, FunKie, REBELZ, ECHO and soloist, **Joowon**.

Blue Moon Entertainment has a management system called Blue Moon Divisions.

## **History**

### 2018 - 2020

On July 17, 2018 Jo Young-Il founded the entertainment agency and record label, Blue Moon Entertainment. On May 21, 2020 Blue Moon Entertainment announced its first group, Influx and debuted on September 18, 2020 with the single, *Save You*. On December 31, 2020 Blue Moon Entertainment announced its upcoming girl group, Ethereals

### 2021

Ethereals debuted on February 21 with the EP, *Fantasy: Etherious One*. On August 4, Blue Moon Entertainment announced its second girl group, Black Diamond which is co-managed with Paragon Music and debuted on October 3 with the EP, *Noir: Genesis*.

### 2022

On January 27, Blue Moon Entertainment announced its upcoming boy group, GAMBIT and later debuted on March 8 with the EP, *The Casino*. On June, Blue Moon Entertainment announced Ethereals' first subunit, EunYuNa and debuted on December 1 with the EP, *Eun-Yu-Na*. On November 30, Blue Moon Entertainment announced GAMBIT's Japanese subunit, JBIT**.**

### 2023

On January 14, Mnet announced its upcoming survival show, Unlock the Door to create a new girl group. The group consisting of the 8 finalists will be managed by Blue Moon Entertainment. On February 1, Blue Moon Entertainment announced its first soloist, **Joowon** and debuted on February 25 with the single, *Blue*. JBIT debuted on March 6 with the single, *Sunrise*. Unlock the Door aired between March 20 to May 22. In the finale, the 8 finalists were chosen to debut with the name, FunKie. On July 10, FunKie debuted with the mini-album, *Fun and Funky!*. On August 5, Blue Moon Entertainment created the trainee group, Blue Moon Trainees (BMT) for pre-debut activities e.g. dance covers. On August 18, Blue Moon Entertainment announced Ethereals' second subunit, **D4U** debuted on September 1, with the single, *Dance For You*. On December 12, Blue Moon Entertainment announced the upcoming girl group, REBELZ which is set to debut in early 2024.

### 2024

On January 4, it was announced that Paragon Music would be acquired by Blue Moon Entertainment and become a sub-label. On January 25, the girl group, REBELZ debuted with the mini-album, *Voyage* and with the title track, *The One*. On July 31, Blue Moon Entertainment announced that a new boy group will debut at the near the end of the year. On November 12, the newest boy group, ECHO debuted with the EP, *Electric Crescendo* and with the title track, *Ricochet*. On December 12, Blue Moon Entertainment announced the second subsidiary of the company and revealed it to be Stardome Label.

## Artists

### Active

#### Groups

* Influx (2020 - Present)
* Ethereals (2021 - Present)
* Black Diamond (2021 - Present)
* GAMBIT (2022 - Present)
* FunKie (2023 - Present)
* REBELZ(2024 - Present)
* ECHO(2024 - Present)

#### Subunits

* EunYuNa (2022 - Present) subunit of Ethereals
* **D4U** (2023 - Present) subunit of Ethereals
* JBIT (2023 - Present) subunit of GAMBIT

#### Trainees

* Blue Moon Trainees (BMT) (2023 - Present) Trainee Group