OnlyOneOf

**"OnlyOneOf"** (Hangul: 온리원오브) is a South Korean boy group under 8D Entertainment (formerly RSVP). Originally consisting of seven members: KB, Love, Rie, YooJung, JunJi, Mill and Nine, it was announced on August 2nd, 2021, that leader and main vocal Love would be departing from the group for personal reasons. They debuted with their 1st mini album "Dot Point Jump" on May 28, 2019.

## World-View

The main concept that OnlyOneOf embraces as a group is infinite expansion. When the group debuted, they described their beginnings as a dot. With each new release, they declare their ambition to continue to leap in every way, expanding into more dimensions, turning into lines, then planes. This structural universe serves as a metaphor for endless exploration and evolution the group pursues, both as artists and people. It also serves as a clear reminder of their multi-faceted humanness, including "negative" traits and ideas that are stereotypically absent in most idol concepts and groups.

## History

### **2016-2018: Teasers**

In an interview with wowtv in December 2016, BlockBerryCreative announced the debut of a new group called "8x8x8", which would follow that of the then ongoing debut project of girl group LOONA. This name originated from the fact that they would debut on August 8, 2018. Along with this, BlockBerryCreative also announced they would begin holding auditions from January to determine the lineup of this group.

The next year, in April 2017, the first of these trainees was revealed, with the appearance of leader Love in the music video for ViVi of LOONA's solo album. Later, in September 2017, 8x8x8 was once again mentioned briefly in the description of LOONA ODD EYE CIRCLE's music video for 'Girl Front', stating that the B-Side "Chaotic" on their mini-album "Mix & Match" had 'initially been chosen to be the title track for 8x8x8'.

However, as no further mention was made of the group after this point, with LOONA releasing their lead single for their debut album on August 7, 2018, it led many to believe that 8x8x8 had either been delayed or shelved, in order for BlockBerryCreative to prioritize their main group.

### **2019: Debut with "dot point jump", First comeback**

On April 30, 2019, however, Jaden Jeong (OnlyOneOf's creative director) posted the logo of OnlyOneOf to his Instagram, announcing that the group would 'finally debut in May'. It has therefore been speculated that, after the departure of Jaden Jeong from BlockBerryCreative, the trainees who had been selected for the lineup of "8x8x8" were instead transferred to RSVP.

With the release of the first group image a day later, as well as the music video teaser for "savanna", familiar faces were soon spotted among the members. One of these was Love, who, as previously mentioned, had appeared in LOONA member ViVi's debut music video "Everyday I Love You", as well as starring as one of the male leads in the webdrama "Woomanna".

It was revealed on May 24, 2019 that the group would debut with two title tracks: fan title "savanna" and pop title "time leap", as part of a mini album titled "dot point jump". Four days later, on May 28, 2019, the music videos (savanna/time leap) for both title tracks were released, with each of the other tracks being unveiled individually once the hashtag '#OnlyOneOf' had been used 5,555 times on Twitter. These milestones were reached over the following days, with the full mini album being available for purchase as of June 13, 2019.

On October 4, the first teaser for their second mini album "line sun goodness" was uploaded to YouTube, announcing that their first comeback would take place in the same month. A week later, the individual teaser photo for YooJung was released, revealing the album would be released on October 30. OnlyOneOf made their first comeback on October 30 with "line sun goodness" and title track "sage". Due to technical difficulties, however, the music video was not released until 3 days later, on November 2nd.

### **2020: unknown art pop 2.1, yours only 2.2, produced by [ ] series**

On Jan 23, 2020, the first teaser for unknown art pop 2.1 was released, and "dOra maar" was released a week later. To celebrate this, OnlyOneOf held a contest for participants to write English lyrics for "dOra maar", with the winner receiving a cash prize of $100,000, as well as having their version released as the official international version at a later date.

On March 2, 2020, OnlyOneOf posted an update stating that a dance and vocal cover of DAWN's "MONEY" would be uploaded to their official YouTube channel the day after. Due to the request of fans, this was then later officially released on streaming services on April 10, 2020.

On April 30, 2020, it was announced that there were three separate releases for OnlyOneOf in the works: produced by [ ] part 1, produced by [ ] part 2, and if surface m. The first of these, "produced by [ ] part 1", was set for release in the same month, with the first teaser being released three days later on May 4. On May 21, the music video for title track "angel" was released, as well as the album being available for purchase. Notably, this was OnlyOneOf's most successful first day of sales to date, with 2,560 copies purchased.

On June 15, the first teaser for the second part of the produced by [ ] series was released, announcing a further 3 producers, the first of which was GroovyRoom.

## Discography

### Korean

#### Mini Albums (EP)

1. dot point jump (2019)
2. line sun goodness (2019)
3. Instinct Part.1 (2021)
4. Instinct Part.2 (2022)
5. seOul cOllectiOn (2023)
6. Things I Can't Say LOve (2024)

#### Single Albums

1. Produced by［ ］Part 1 (2020)
2. Produced by［ ］Part 2 (2020)
3. Produced by [myself]  (2021)
4. undergrOund idOl #1 (2022)
5. undergrOund idOl #2 (2022)
6. undergrOund idOl #3 (2022)
7. undergrOund idOl #4 (2022)
8. undergrOund idOl #5 (2022)
9. undergrOund idOl #6 (2023)

#### Digital Singles

1. unknown art pop 2.1 (2020)
2. yours only 2.2 (2020)
3. unknown ballad 2.3 (2021)
4. WarmWinterWishes (2021)

### Japanese

#### Mini albums

1. OnlyOneOf JAPAN BEST ALBUM (2022)
2. chrOma arts (2023)

#### Single Albums

1. suit dance (Japanese ver.) (2022)
2. zurui Onna (2022)

### Releases

* Music Videos
* Teasers

### Covers

* Vocal
* Dance

### Dance Videos

* Choreography
* Fancams

### Shows Appearances

* Backstages
* Interviews
* Livestreams
* Radio Shows

### Reality Shows

* OnlyOneOf Origin
* OnlyOneOf Behind
* Unlocking Love

### Variety Shows

* Dancing Idol
* After School Club (episode 375)

## Official Links

* Official Website
* Daum Cafe
* Naver
* YouTube
* V Live
* Instagram
* Facebook
* Official Twitter
* Members' Twitter
* TikTok
* Tumblr
* Weibo
* Douyin

## References

1. ↑ OnlyOneOf FanCafe "﻿안녕하세요. 에잇디 엔터테인먼트입니다." 2021.08.02
2. ↑ 한국경제TV "이달의 소녀 만든 블록베리크리에이티브, 새 그룹 8X8X8 예고" 2016.12.16
3. ↑ loonatheworld. LOONA/ODD EYE CIRCLE "Girl Front" 2017.09.20
4. ↑ 한국경제TV "‘고품격 루키’ 온리원오브, 대중 참여형 발매 방식 눈길" 2019.05.24
5. ↑ @OnlyOneOf\_twt "The ‘sage’ music viedo of OnlyOneOf will be released at 00:00AM on Thursday (KST)" 2019.10.30]
6. ↑ @OnlyOneOf\_twt "<OnlyOneOf $100,000 Contest> 2020.01.30
7. ↑ @OnlyOneOf\_twt "OnlyOneOf – MONEY Cover Notice" 2020.03.01
8. ↑ @OnlyOneOf\_twt "produced by［ ］part 1 Teaser" 2020.05.01

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