Lovette

> **"** *Love it to Want it! Hello, We are Lovette!* **"**
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> *—Lovette*
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Promotional photo for 'Lovette: The New Era' online concert (L-R: Mirae, Saeron, Arie, Eunchae, Haeun, Xunmi,& Alivia)

## Background

### Debut

February 14, 2016 (Korea)
May 10, 2018 (Japan)

### Label(s)

Young Entertainment (Korea)
Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Japan)
Interscope Records (US)

### Associations

20-Love
Youngsters

## Members

### Current

* Haeun      Hot Pink
* Arie      Amethest
* Xunmi      Tiger Orange
* Eunchae      Navy
* Saeron      Emerald
* Mirae      Crimson
* Alivia      Sky

## Fandom

### Color(s)

     Pink Bit
     Ruby Rush
     Wonder White

## SNS

### YouTube

Lovette

**Lovette** (Korean: 러브엣; Japanese: ラヴェット) is a seven-member girl group under Young Entertainment, formed by a reality survival show 20-Love. The group consists of Haeun, Arie, Xunmi, Eunchae, Saeron, Mirae, and Alivia. They debuted on February 14, 2016 with EP 'Duel Pistol Love'.

## History

### Pre-debut: 20-Love

In December 2014, there was speculation of a new girl group under Young Entertainment to debut in 2015. This would mark the company's second girl group, five years after the debut of Vixen. This rumor led to the official announcement and photo teaser of 20-Love, a girl group survival reality show on *Mnet*. The show chose twenty female trainees under Young Entertainment. **[1]**

In the final episode, Alivia, Arie, Mirae, Xunmi, Haeun, Saeron, and Eunchae were the final seven and set to debut early 2016. Their official debut date was announced on December 10, 2015. **[2]**

### 2016: Debut with *Duel Pistol Love*

On January 30, Young launched the group's official website and social media after announcing their upcoming debut with the first mini album Duel Pistol Love. On February 14, the album and "Fire Fire-ya" music video was released. The group's showcase was held on the same day, where they performed their debut title track, "Jealous" and "Baby Baby." They also elaborated their title track describing the actions of a cupid to a potential lover and their EP being the preface to their love adventure. Netizens were intrigued by the group's versatility and concept, which they loved instantly.

They became the first K-pop group to receive more than three million views in the first 24-hours of release and reached 53 million views within five months, surpassing Twice. **[3]**

### 2016: First Comeback with *First Love*

Lovette made their first comeback with second mini album First Love, and their title track "Crush." This mini album was marked as the first chapter in their love story, making this comeback represent young love as cupid falls for their crush.**[4]**

On September 15, Lovette announced their official fandom name, Wanette ("*Lovette to Wanette"*). The official colors of their fandom and group were posted the following day. The fandom's logo is a swirl with a heart at the end, fading with the "triple ripple" of Pink Bit, Ruby Rush, and Wonder White. Lovette's official colors fade with each member's representative color arranging into a horizontal rainbow.

### 2017: *Lovestruck*, Success breakthrough, and *Lovelipop*

Young Entertainment changed the group's profile icon and released a blurred teaser shot of the girls, indicating a hint of an upcoming comeback on Lovette's first year anniversary. It was officially announced on their first anniversary VLive and a timetable of *Lovestruck* was posted the next day. The album and music video for "Lovey! Lovey!" was released on March 12 while the members were hosting a comeback live. This comeback would imprint records for Lovette, surpassing their senior group, Vixen in music video views and charts. In the first 24 hours, "Lovey! Lovey!" reached 6.6 million views, surpassing Vixen's popular hit "Love" *and* Twice*.* Just in a day, Lovette was number one on all of Korea's major music charts and reached 100 million views after six weeks with their trending title track being about the lovey-dovey feelings one gets when they fall in love. This adds a new chapter—a more defined chapter—in Lovette's story.

Members Arie and Alivia were credited as lead writers for popular B-Sides "Will You Go Out With Me?" and "A Long Way". Xunmi co-wrote "Her" with one of Young Entertainment's major composers, Choi LiLy.

Lovette received their first win at *M! Countdown* with a score of 10,218. By the end of promotions, they won eleven more stages and remained number one for five consecutive weeks on *Melon, Gaon and* *Diamond* *Play*.

### 2019-2020 (1): The New Era Trilogy: *Halcyon*, *Evermore*, *Ruinous*

For the new concept, Lovette posted on their SNS of a massive timeline titled "The New Era." It revealed that Lovette would be making three more comebacks in the months of October 2019, July and September 2020.

The start of a new era began with Halcyon, which was released on October 22, 2019. This mini album is the first of releases to excluded the recurring phrase "love" in it. Fans noticed that Arie was responsible for writing the lyrics for "Idyllic" and "Genuine" while Alivia wrote "Hollow", Saeron credited for "Lit" and Eunchae co-wrote "Soapy."

On June 4, Lovette released a timetable titled "Live On to Love On", a subtle hint to their title track "Live to Love" for their eighth mini album, *Evermore*. This album had even more writing credits for the members, including the lyrics for their title track.

For the final installment of the New Era, Lovette had a comeback with their ninth mini album, Ruinous. This was the first dark concept seen from the group, which quickly became a fan favorite.

### 2021 (1): *The Perfect Love Tragedy* and *Enchantment*

On January 1, *The Perfect Love Tragedy* was released. Lovette accumulated over 1.2 million pre-orders, making them the first K-pop girl group to sell so many pre-orders and being the first ever group under Young Entertainment to sell that much. [-] Lovette proceed with promotions for their second studio album, performing "Hate On Me" and "Shackle" for additional promotions.

On January 23, the group announced their first Japanese studio album, Enchantment, which was released on February 26. [-]

### 2021 (2): New Story Era: *Midsummer of Us*

On July 1, Lovette announced their first ever summer comeback. [-] This excited fans as they have waited for Lovette to have a summer concept. A timetable was released on July 3. *Midsummer of Us* was released on July 24.

On September 26, Arie admitted on her Instagram live that she was working on songs for Lovette's next comeback, which is wanted to have sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. [-] Young Entertainment released a statement on October 2 that Lovette was indeed composing music for an upcoming comeback sometime between November and January of 2022. They also stated that even if the members agreed for a speedy comeback, the company issued their concern to expand the interval between comebacks for relaxation. [-]

## Discography

### Korean

#### Studio albums

* Double Love Shot (2018)
* The Perfect Love Tragedy (2021)
* Four-Way (2023)

#### Mini albums

* Duel Pistol Love (2016)
* First Love (2016)
* Lovestruck (2017)
* Lovelipop (2017)
* Charmed By Love (2018)
* In The Name of Love (2019)
* Halcyon (2019)
* Evermore (2020)
* Ruinous (2020)
* Midsummer of Us (2021)
* Secret Society (2022)
* Anarchy (2022)

### Japanese

#### Mini albums

* Love It! (2018)
* Want It! (2019)

#### Digital singles

* Perfect (2020)
* Running (2020)
* Treasure (2020)
* Late Night Drive (2021)

## Filmography

### Reality shows

* Becoming Lovette (2016, Mnet)
* Lovette Diary (2016-present, YouTube, VLive)
* Lovette Travel Log: Tokyo (2017, YouTube, VLive)
* Lovette Travel Log: New York (2018, YouTube, VLive)
* A White Christmas with Lovette (2018, YouTube, VLive)
* Lovette's Sunny Summer Fun (2019, YouTube, VLive)
* Lovely Adventures with Lovette (2021)

### Talk show appearances

* After School
* Weekly Idol (episodes 239, 263, 294, 352, 377, 432, 470, 495, 520, 545, 585)
* Hello Counselor (episodes 397, Alivia and Arie only)
* Knowing Bros (episodes 69, \*\*\* 267)
* Idol Room (ep 22)
* Happy Together
* Running Man

## Concerts

### World tours

* Lovette World Tour: Phases of Love (2019)
* Lovette 2nd World Tour: The New Era (2022)
* Lovette 3rd World Tour: (2023)

## Awards and Nominations

> Main Article: List of Awards and Nominations Received by Lovette
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## Trivia

* Current Dorm Arrangement: [\*]
	+ Haeun & Arie
	+ Xunmi & Eunchae
	+ Saeron, Mirae & Alivia (share the biggest room)
* Lovette collaborated with Klass Kosmetics on a eyeshadow palette named Love & Hate in 2021. [\*]

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