ILUV

**ILUV** was a seven-member group under WKS ENE. They debuted on April 30, 2019 with the single "Got It".

They are suspected to have disbanded in 2020, after the company removed the group from their website and announced they were debuting BOTOPASS.

## History

### **Pre-debut**

I LUV made their first public during a talent showcase they held alongside Kitten Girls at Wanna Be training center. At the time, I LUV consisted of the four members Seoyoon, Erika, Seoha and an unknown former member. The latter was never seen or heard from again after the showcase.

I LUV promoted as three-member girl group until Erika left the team. No official announcement was made on her departure, but she was replaced by Juhwi and Chinese member Chloe (who would change her stage name to Mia in 2019 since her Korean was Kim Mia).

In December 2018, WKS ENE revealed they were planning to make I LUV an eight-member girl group. They were going to do this through line-up systems. They would first introduce the six-member version of I LUV before they would finish up with the eight-member line-up. The final line-up was supposed to consist of four Korean and four Chinese members.

For the six-member version, they were going to introduce Chinese member Saki and a Korean maknae. On the 29th of December, Gahyeon was revealed, but Saki never made an appearance.

At the beginning of 2019, WKS ENE let go of the eight-member Korean-Chinese girl group idea and planned to make I LUV a six-member group. They added Rina to the line-up and announced they were going to start promoting their debut in March.

On February 10, the company announced Seoha, Juhwi, and Rina had left the group due to injuries. They stated they would replace the members that had left and that fans could look forward to the new six-member version of I LUV. They started introducing the new members, Dahyun, Cui Xiang and Mari, one by one.

However, in between reveals, Chloe had either left the group or had been scrapped. There has been no official statement on her departure from the group.

### **Debut, "Dream and Challenge" project, future activities**

After having delayed their debut a couple of times, I LUV debuted on April 30 with "Got It". The music video was released three days later.

In August, WKS announced the "Dream and Challenge" project. Through this project, the company would choose members for I LUV to make and promote their second album since debut. To make it a fair competition, every member from their debut line-up could be eliminated and replaced by one of WKS' trainees. In the end, three of the members from their debut line-up stayed (Seo Yoon, Ga Hyun, and Cui Xiang), and three trainees were added to the line-up (Min Ah, Ji Won, and Ji Ho). Ma Ri and Da Hyun were eliminated.

Sometime later, they also added Soo Yeon to the group. She did not shoot the music video for "Open The Door" with the rest of the group, but she was present during their performances.

On December 5, WKS announced the group will begin cable broadcast activities in December and perform on music shows in mid-January. WKS has also applied to trademark the name "ILUV" and would fix the current spelling "I LUV" through their sites.

### **Bullying scandal**

At the beginning of July, a fan reached out to Min Ah through her DM's after getting concerned by some posts Min Ah had made. Min Ah revealed to the fan she had been bullied by the other members of ILUV physically and mentally (minus Ma Ri and Da Hyun, who she has never met, as well as Soo Yeon).

On July 14, Min Ah revealed she had been contacted by WKS ENE through a call, asking her to keep quiet on the bullying. Min Ah said she didn't see why she should have to and that she wanted an apology.

In the early hours of July 15, Min Ah started a live on Instagram that was completely blacked out except for the goodbye. She later posted a video to her YouTube channel revealing she had gone to Han river with the intention of taking her own life but was saved by a police officer.

On the 16th, WKS ENE released their official statement on the situation. According to them, Min Ah's allegations towards the other members were false and a result of her mental health issues.

Min Ah, in response, posted on Instagram asking if she should reveal the contents of the NDA they had send over, but she did not sign.

## Discography

### Digital singles

* "P-Pay Song" (2019) (**pre-debut**)
* "Got It" (2019)
* "Open The Door" (2019)
* "ILUV Pororo" (2020)