Story Zero

### Choreographers

Rue Kingman (2011-2013), Andrea Golding (2012-2021), Mairea Glibness (2020-), Mark Timken (2023-)

## Members

Current

Past

## History

### 2011-2014

On November 1st, 2011 AIP announced they were making a new group that would have a special focus. They would debut with their first album in early 2012.

On May 1st, 2012 the members were announced as Aiyana, Vera, Lexi, Maria, Reina, Jaida, and Hazel. The group name would be announced at a later time.

On May 10th, 2012 the group's name was released to be Story Zero and their focus would be on movies and book plots. Their set debut would be May 18th.

On May 18th, 2012 Story Zero was formed as a group to focus on albums based on books and movies. They also released their first album the same day titled **Wizards**.

On Aug 20th, 2012 they released their 2nd album titled **Mysteries**.

On Jan 18th, 2013 they released **Run**.

On May 20th, 2013 the group released **Games**.

On October 9th, 2013 Story Zero released the album **X**.

On October 10th a notice was put up that member Hazel would be on Hiatus from the new performances. She would not be expected to return until the release of the next album.

March 9th, 2014 they released **84**. Hazel returned to the group for this release.

July 15th, 2014 the group released the album **Minds**.

On Dec 15th, 2014 the group released **Devices**.

### 2015-2017

May 20th, 2015 they released **Bones**.

Oct 18th, 2015 the group released the album titled **Last**. This album had struck up rumors that the group was soon to disband. These rumors were later written down as false as the book title series was announced just before the first show.

Feb 9th, 2016 the group released **Immortal**.

July 15th, 2016 they released **Art**.

On Nov 15th, 2016 the group released **Sept**.

On April 9th, 2017 the group released **thief.**

Aug 18th, 2017 they released **Events.**

On Dec 20th, 2017 the group released the title named **Assassin**.

### 2018-2019

On May 3rd, 2018 the group released **Escape.** This is the last album to feature Jaida whos contract is terminated in June 2018.

On May 21st AIP announced Story Zero would be going on tour starting December of 2018. This was brought about so more fans could see them perform instead of them just performing their album shows. The girls will pick songs from each album for the tour.

On June 2nd, 2018 Jaida's contract with Story Zero and AIP had been terminated. AIP stated that she no longer wished to comply with rules and during the first part of the year had been breaking many contract rules set in place to keep the members safe. This makes Jaida the first member to leave Story Zero and AIP project.

On June 5th, 2018 AIP announced Story Zero's tour to run from December 29th, 2018 to June 15th, 2019. It was originally planned for all members to be featured but since Jaida's contract had been terminated earlier in June she will not be featured.

On September 2nd, 2018 AIP announced that Story Zero would be receiving a 2nd generation all members would be introduced before the start of their tour. This choice came with doing bigger shows, and that they always have trainees help them for their shows. It was announced later by the group manager that the new members are backup dancers for the songs in the upcoming album.

On September 3rd, 2018 Aiyana introduced the winners in a video along with their member colors.

On October 18th, 2018 the group released **Fury**. There was no 'play' performance for this album as the group was getting ready to go on tour. All 2nd generation members are back up dancers for the songs, for the tour lines are redistributed for the new members.

On November 26th, 2018 Reina announced that she would be graduating from the group and AIP project at the end of their tour.

On December 29th, 2018 Story Zero opened their tour titled ***Our Stories***.

On February 2nd, 2019 Story Zero concluded their tour ***Our Stories***. Reina graduated from Story Zero and AIP project.

On April 4th, 2019 Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi announced they would be graduating May 16th, 2020. Aiyana made a blog post stating that when they sat down with their manager the girls felt that it was time to graduate and set new goals.

On April 21st, 2019 the group released **Ripper**.

On June 20th, 2019 Story Zero was featured in MAYAUNE's Album. **Album**: Our Game (UPDATED; featuring Midnight Singers); Soda Pop Pop (UPDATED; featuring Cea Dragons); Moves Like You (featuring Alchemist); My Lover (featuring **Story Zero**); Castaway (featuring AVEX); Brain Games (featuring Resistance); The Waste (featuring Moon); Singers (featuring FREE WILL); Meltdown; Unity In Us (UPDATED Rock Version; featuring Resistance and Alchemist); Try Anything (Featuring Midnight Singers and FREE WILL); I'm Just Awalkin Tonight; Case; Fire and Ashes; Crystal Moon; Your Girl.

August 15th, 2019 Emily and Stephaniee joined as new members.

On October 1st, 2019 the group released **Eden**. This was the first album to feature Emily and Stephaniee.

On November 20th, 2019 Maria announced on her blog that she would be leaving Story Zero at the start of December. It was later found out that she had not talked this over with her manager and had come to this decision herself. The group's manager later made a statement regarding Maria's future as a member stating that they did not want the girls to feel pressured to stay and they had decided that she could leave the group.

### 2020-2021

On March 19th, 2020 AIP announced that SkyFall would release as planned but promotions were going to be live streamed by the group due to the outbreak. Aiyana,Vera, and Lexi also announced at this time that their graduation from the group would be pushed back for a later date so they could graduate with fans.

On April 3rd, 2020 the group released **SkyFall** This was the last album to feature Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi. AIP announced at this time that Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi would be releasing digital singles over the month of April and start of May.

On April 18th, 2020 Aiyana released a digital song titled **You Love.** She later posted a dance cover from her home.

On April 25th, 2020 Vera released a digital song titled **Face IT!** She later posted a dance cover from her home.

On May 2nd, 2020 Lexi released a digital song titled **Today.** She later posted a dance cover from her home.

On May 16th, 2020 Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi announced their graduation had been redetermined for October 24th, 2020. They also announced they would be releasing 2 more songs with the group before their graduation.

On June 13th, 2020 AIP announced that Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi's graduation set for October 24th, 2020 would be pushed back due to the virus and that the girls wanted to graduate with a full audience.

On August 15th, 2020 Story Zero released the digital single **H2O**.

On September 12th, 2020 Story Zero released the digital single **Better Years**. In the music video that was later released you can see Hazel opening a box with a crown. This was later told to symbolize Aiyana passing on the leadership following her graduation. Due to Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi's graduation being pushed back the group announced that starting September 13th Hazel would act as the leader with Aiyana guiding her until her graduation.

On September 23rd, 2020 AIP announced that Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi's graduation was reset for May 15th, 2021.

On May 15th, 2021 Aiyana, Vera, and Lexi graduated from Story Zero.

On October 5th, 2021 Story Zero released **Doctor.** This was the first album since April 2020 to be released because of the virus.

On November 7th, 2021 Brooke announced during a live that she would be graduating from Story Zero in July of 2022. The decision came after a lot of debate as she wanted to focus on a new path. Brooke announced that following her graduation she would be working as a choreographer for AIP's P label as they were getting ready to debut a new group. It was later announced on the 10th that Brooke has been taking part in the audition process to find members for the new group.

### 2022-2024

On April 18th, 2022 AIP announced that the auditions were in their final rounds for the P label. They did not announce at this time the number of members they were expecting the group to have. AIP did announce there were 20 finalist and the ones who did not pass would be offered a spot in another group in either the A or P labels. Story Zero was later announced as one of the groups that may receive new members.

On June 14th, 2022 5 new members were introduced to Story Zero from the audition.

Brooke graduated July 7th, 2022 from Story Zero and continued working as the main choreographer for the new group VERSION.

December 8th, 2022 Story Zero released **FAME**. This was the only single to be released in 2022 and the first to feature the new members.

On December 28th, 2022 Ella announced she would be graduating in July.

On January 4th, 2023 AIP announced that both Hazel and Sumaya would be graduating from Story Zero. Hazel had decided to begin work as a soloist and Sumaya would go on to be an actress. Their joint graduation was set for October 17th, 2023.

February 19th, 2023 Story Zero released **Haunting Stories**

April 5th, 2023 Story Zero released **MONSTER HIGH SCHOOL**

July 1st, 2023 Story Zero released **Campfire** This was the last single to feature Ella.

Ella graduated on July 19th, 2023

September 22nd, 2023 Story Zero released **Haunted High** this was the last single to feature Hazel and Sumaya.

On October 17th, 2023 Hazel and Sumaya graduated from Story Zero. Hazel named Liberty the 3rd leader.

February 19th, 2024 Story Zero released **Doughnut Shop**

On June 17th, 2024 Emily announced her graduation for November.

July 8th, 2024 Story Zero released **WOODS** this was the last single to feature Emily who would graduate on November 11th, 20th, 2024.

### 2025-

January 2nd, 2025 Story Zero released **Bo-PEEP.**

On May 1st, 2025 auditions opened for Story Zero.

On December 1st, 2025 Liberty announced her graduation from Story Zero and AIP project. Her graduation was set for April 19th, 2026.