VIBE

"We are the VIBE"

**VIBE ( Korean: '바이브'; RR: 'baibeu')** is a South Korean boy group formed by Wave Music Entertainment. Made their debut on December 13,2046 with their Debut Length Full Album "Welcome to Vibe".

## History

### 2036-2045: Training & Debut as "VIB3"

Kota Matsui and Yuito Ikeda joined Wave Music around 2036. In 2037, Kuai Li and Li Qiang both were scouted by WM Rep and joined the company. Also, within the same year Kota Matsu and Dohyun joined also. Ben An, Yoowon Song, and Junghoon Park joined Wave Music on 2037. Members Kota, Yuito, Kuai, and Li debuted after multiple years of training under Wave Music sub-label WAVE TREE project boy group VIB3. Later, Ben, Yoowon, and Junghoon were added to the group. After the last comeback with the new added members VIB3 disbanded on late 2045. All the members returned back to WAVE TREE to continue training for another year during this time all of them were selected to form Wave Music new boy group and started debut preparations.

### 2046-Present: Debut with "Welcome to Vibe"

VIBE released a teaser on October, 10 with the caption "It's the new vibe". On October 11th, Yoowon was revealed to be the first member of VIBE. October 12th, Junghoon & Kota were announced. On October 13th, Yuito & Dohyun were revealed. On October 14th, Ben & Kuai were revealed. On October 15th, Li was revealed. On October 16th, the group released a performance dance video titled "We Are Coming" with snippet of an unknown song. On October 18th, a group profile picture was revealed. October 20th, a pre-order links were released to an unknown album titled "Blind Package". It was reported that on the same day the album surpassed over 45K pre-orders. November 11th, it was revealed that the "Blind Package" album was actually the group full length debut album titled "Welcome to Vibe" which was set to be released on December 13th, at 6:00PM (KST). On that same day, the album pre-order surpassed over 300K units. On November 25th, a music video teaser was dropped with the ?? as the caption. On December 5th, a track-list for the album was reveavled revealing that the song "Vibe" would be serving as the group debut song and title track of the 12 song album. On December 10th, it was announced that VIBE would be having their debut showcase titled "It's VIBE" with Naver NOW. On December 11th, a second music video teaser titled "Vibe" was released. On December 13th, the group released their debut full length album "Welcome to Vibe". The album sold an approximately 250K copies on its first day after release. After a week, the album sold a total of 530,234 copies. The album made its the debut on the iTunes WW Album Charts by debuting at #3 and #1 in the Gaon Album Charts. It's lead track "VIBE" debuted at #10 in the iTunes WW Singles and #7 in the BB WW Digital Singles. VIBE had their official debut stage on a special stage on December 31st at the annual K-Pop Story Music Awards.

On January 11, 2047, VIBE had their debut stage on S Countdown. On the same day the group won their first music show win. On January 17th, VIBE flew to the USA for their western promotions. They made their US TV Debut on the "Tonight Show" on January 18th. On January 19, 2047 they had a "Debut Showcase" on The Forum for free in LA. It was reported a total attendance of over 15K spectators. On January 22, VIBE reportedly signed an exclusive contract with EMI Records for USA & Global Distributor/ Promotions. On January 25, via their SNS they announced a global Debut Showcase Tour called Welcome to Vibe Showcase Tour with dates in North America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, and China at free of charge. On May 5, Shine Star Music announced that VIBE would be one of their newest artists signed to the label. On the same day it was also revealed that VIBE would released a Chinese version of their debut album on June 10,2047. On June 10, 2047 their 1st Chinese Album was released. Just two hours after release their album topped QQ Album Chart by debuting at #1. After a week, VIBE had surpassed 1 Million Followers on the QQ Music Platform and 2 Million in Weibo making them the fastest artists to achieve this. Also, their album sold around 1 Million Digital Copies in China. On September 4, VIBE dropped their new single "Don't Want To Lose You Now". On September 10, VIBE won four MTV Music Video Awards, "Best New Artist", "Best of Kpop", "Group of the Year", and "Best Art Direction". On October 2, the group released Welcome to Vibe (Deluxe Edition) with new three tracks and a set of new songs.

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## Members

* Yoowon - (Main Dancer, Leader)\*\*\*
* Li - (Main Vocalist, Visual)\*\*\*
* Kuai- (Main Rapper, Main Dancer)\*\*/\*\*\*
* Ben- (Main Vocalist, Main Rapper, Center)\*\*/\*\*\*
* Kota- (Main Vocalist, Visual)\*\*\*
* Yuito -(Main Vocalist, Sub-Leader)\*\*\*
* Dohyun - (Main Vocalist, Main Rapper)\*\*/\*\*\*
* Junghoon - (Main Vocalist, Visual)\*\*\*

\*\*- Producers

\*\*\*-Writers / Arrangement

## Discography

### Korean Albums

#### Full-Length Albums

* [Welcome to Vibe] The Debut Full Album 12.13.46

### Chinese Albums

* [Welcome to Vibe ] The 1st Chinese Album 06.10.47

## Trivia

* VIBE is the third boy group to be formed and debut under Wave Music Entertainment.
* VIBE is a multinational group that would be actively promoting in SK, JP, USA, and CH.
* Li and Kuai are the only two Chinese Members of the group.
* VIBE is self-producing group