The Hype Girls

The Hype Girls pose for this August 2020 photoshoot.

### Associated acts

Alainexia, Hype and Olivia, The Hype Boys, Allizaroey (formerly), Addilina (formerly), Drummers' Clan (formerly)

## Membership

Anna (since 2003), Alivia (since 2003), Astrid (2003-2007; since 2011), Alyssa (since 2003), Andie (2008-2012; rejoined 2020) Alaina (since 2019), Alexia (since 2020), Annabelle (since 2020)

## Past members

Andrea (2005-2006), Angela (2005-2008), Abigail (2006), Allison (2007-2015), Addison (2010-2015), Anica (2012-2015), Ariel (2012-2015), Amanda (2012-2018)

**The Hype Girls** are an American pep group founded by Anna, Alivia, Astrid, and Alyssa as **The A Girls** in 2003. In 2005, twins Andrea and Angela joined, followed by Abigail in 2006. But that same year in 2006 saw Andrea and Abigail depart from the group. Angela stayed in the group until her departure in 2008. Astrid suddenly disappeared from her group in 2007 as her parents locked her in the house. As a replacement for Astrid, Allison joined the group. In 2008, Andie replaced Angela. Addison later joined the group in 2010. Astrid came back in 2011 after a four-year hiatus as she relocated to Alivia's house due to heavy family issues. Ariel, Anica, and Amanda joined the group in 2012, bringing up the number of members to nine. But later that year saw Andie leave the group for reasons unknown. By 2015, the restructuring of the group's lineup started by removing Allison, Ariel, Addison, and Anica, cutting the number of members down to five. Amanda was removed from the group in 2018, being the last group member to get cut from the Hype Girls. In April 2020, the group were landed in a deal with Hype Productions. Alexia, Alaina, and Annabelle later joined the group in July 2020, bringing up the number of members to seven.

## Early beginnings (2003-2004)

Anna Sanders, Alivia Hernandez-Escobar, Astrid Olgenberg, and Alyssa Donovan met at a nursery in August 2003. The A Girls were formed later that year. There were only four members until Amy Allen briefly joined in March 2004.

## Expansion and Astrid's sudden departure (2004-2007)

Amy joined the group on March 15, 2004, but left six days later. Andrea and Angela Alonzo joined in 2005. In 2006, Abigail Rosemont and Alondra Cortes joined the group; however, Alondra was the replacement for Andrea since she left ten days prior to joining the team in June. But the next month saw Alondra leave the group, and three months later, saw Abigail leave the group. In March 2007, Astrid abruptly left the group. Allison was chosen to replace her the next day.

## Astrid's replacement, Angela's abrupt departure and replacement, and collaboration with Drummers' Clan (2007-2011)

Allison Godfrey joined the group to fill in the void for outgoing member Astrid. Prior to joining the group, she, Zara Dawson, and Zoey Balkin formed the Allizaroey trio. The next year, Andie Brown was chosen to replace the outgoing member Angela. Angela's brother was a "snitch" and would often get her into trouble; as a result, she left. Prior to joining the group, she was part of a small "bongo group" called Drummers' Clan. Drummers' Clan, which had been disbanded for as long as since 2010, was a group formed in 2007, with Andie being the leader of the group. Unlike other drummers from such rock bands such as Nirvana and Guns N Roses, instead, the group uses bongos as percussion instruments. In late 2009, the Hype Girls first met with Drummers' Clan to do a little convocation at GoAnimate High School. Erika Dawson, who was the freshman class homecoming queen at the time, greeted them with Hershey's Kisses. In the high school gymnasium, some of the freshmen and sophomores had actually enjoyed it so much that they convinced the juniors and seniors at the high school to join in. Because the Hype Girls and the Drummers' Clan were a great joint group, they toured across the city from places such as the local GoAnimate city library to places such as the mayor's town hall. They even released a collaborative album. This marks Drummers' Clan's debut studio album. The Hype Girls and Drummers' Clan continued touring, and in January 2010, Drummers' Clan released their second studio album. However, in August 2010, they were dropped from their music label, GoDrum Records (which had folded in early 2015 due to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy). As a result, the Hype Girls had ended their associations with Drummers' Clan the following month. Drummers' Clan spent the last two months as an independent group, releasing their third studio album in September. But due to low album sales, Drummers' Clan disbanded in October. However, Andie and Addison were the two remaining Drummers' Clan members which remained with the Hype Girls.

## Astrid’s return, Andie’s departure, and further expansion (2011-2015)

In 2011, after four years of radio silence with the group, Astrid had run away from home for the last time, wanting to stay with Alivia and the girls. She met all of these people who joined even after Astrid’s sudden departure. Allison, Addison, and Andie all had recruitment during the time when Astrid was feeling gloomy. In 2012, however, Andie left because on her report card, she had only one B, four C’s two D’s, and one F. She had to study a lot to be back in recruitment, so she left. But there were three new group members, namely the triplets Anica, Amanda, and Ariel Watts. The Hype Girls even landed a $10,000 deal with GoAnimate Grounded Studios (now Vyond Grounded Studios) in May 2013. They even produced only one show called *The Bratty Girls Have Gone Crazy!* which consisted of just seven episodes before the show got cancelled in July 2013. In September 2013, the Hype Girls cut ties with GoAnimate Grounded Studios because they weren’t getting paid as much as promised. It turns out that they only earned at least $12,000 per episode made instead of the usual $30,000. In January 2014, the Hype Girls signed a $45,000 contract with Peepz Entertainment. They did at least twenty videos together. *The A Girls Show* ran from March to September 2014. The series contained at least thirteen episodes. In addition, they also partnered with several different actors/actresses from the studio. After the show was cancelled in September 2014, the Hype Girls didn’t make another video for the next five months. In February 2015, the Hype Girls made their last two videos with Peepz Entertainment before cutting ties with them in March. The reason went undisclosed until Alivia explained in a May 2018 interview that they left because their manager, LeBanco Namaro, “took their money for luxury investments.”

## Group restructuring, decline, bankruptcy, and Amanda’s departure (2015-2018)

The group went into a restructuring plan which removed Addison, Allison, Anica, Amanda, and Ariel from the roster. They didn’t even care less. By that time, the group was earning around $150,000. Their value dropped to at least half of what they had before the restructuring plan of the group. In 2016, the group went bankrupt. They filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy to clear their $100,000 debt. The group went radio silent for months as they went on hiatus. The group members had to get jobs to clear the debt. Anna worked at Starbucks; Alivia did volunteer work for the city government; Astrid worked at Domino’s Pizza; Alyssa worked as a tutor at a middle school; and Amanda bounced around five different jobs at Walmart, McDonald’s, Lowe’s, The Home Depot, and BP. The group returned in session in late 2017, but Amanda didn’t show up to press conferences organized by the Hype Girls as much anymore. Amanda was voted out in April 2018.

## Resurgence and Alaina’s recruitment (2018-2019)

After Amanda was voted off the Hype Girls, the group was still struggling. Astrid was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and Anna was badly injured after an altercation with a man. The group needed to do something in order to be well and truly accepted back into the fold. They added Alaina to the mix because they thought Alaina would be pivotal in their resurgence as she was a part of the video producing duo Alainexia, along with her friend Alexia, one of two members who would join in 2020. Alainexia had a successful stint as they were acclaimed for their grounded videos made in Plotagon. They were also pivotal in promoting the idea of a new Caillou Anderson movie called *Caillou’s Troubles* which went into development in early 2017, during a period of which the Hype Girls were struggling financially and socially. With five members on the crew, this led to many more deals and contracts with big animation studios such as Anti-Violy Productions (which distributes Violy Gets Grounded) as well as Vyonders Union Studios. In October 2019, the Hype Girls signed a $100,000 contract with Kyle Rangel’s LDF Enterprises, but the studios went defunct in December following the official channel’s termination. The production studio was bought for $3 million by Eric Medina’s MallMode Network. With LDF Enterprises, the Hype Girls produced only one video in which the Dawson gals take a bath. That video wouldn’t be uploaded until August 2020. After LDF Enterprises shut down, the Hype Girls were left with no production studio for months.

## Deal with Eric and Erika Media Inc., Alexia and Annabelle’s recruitment, and Andie’s return (2020-present)

In April 2020, the Hype Girls signed a $300,000 deal with Eric and Erika Media Inc. (at the time called Hype Productions) to make *The Hype Girls Show*. The group changed their name from the A Girls to the Hype Girls, as suggested by HypeAnimate. The show ran from April 30 to December 31, 2020. In July, Alexia Darnell and Annabelle Stewart joined the group, and S6E4 saw the return of one of the early members, Andie. The show ended after Season 6 but planned to do a spin-off show starring Alexia. The show was originally announced to debut on July 3, 2020, but unexplained delays kept the series from development. HypeAnimate had a busy schedule, so he couldn’t make the series. The show finally debuted on July 27, 2021 after a little over a year of development hell.

On February 9, 2021, all of the videos made under HypeAnimate’s Eric and Erika franchise were suddenly deleted by an anonymous hacker. Luckily, all of the 42 Hype Girls episodes have been reuploaded to his second channel. The anniversary collection, even the videos starring the girls after the show ended, was released on April 30, 2021, the anniversary of the series debut.

Alexia resumed development of her own show after a year of development hell. In July 2021, she was seen in the filming studio with her sister, Zoe, while filming a new show. Kayla was long gone (since the fifth Darklord Gets Grounded episode) and wanted to be in the series debut. She even brought her younger sister, Kate, into the studio. The acting clearly got the job done, and on July 27, *The Alexia Show* has finally debuted.