Firefly

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## fireflie

Concept photo for Rocksy (L-R: Tomoko, Jiwon, Chau, Jiyoung, Yina)

**Firefly** (드위시; stylized as **fireflie**) is a five-member girl group under Kaskade Entertainment. They debuted on February 27, 2024 with their first mini album, *"LY"*.

Their group name is inspired by the main character of their lore which entails them embodying a lone firefly and witnessing mysterious and haunting events.

## History

### 2023: Pre debut

On August 17, Kaskade Entertainment announced their first K-POP project via a new Twitter account, under the username @tba.official, hinting at them debuting a new group. 8 trainees under Kaskade Entertainment were revealed through this account, though it was unclear whether or not all of them would debut in the group.

On October 1, the group's official name, "fireflie", along with the official logo and colours of the group were revealed. It was later noticed that 4 of the 8 previously revealed trainees had been taken off of the "Trainee" section on Kaskade Entertainment's official website, being Sok Ji Young, Nakao Tomoko, Yi Na Young and Huang Huu Chau, hinting that they may be the four official members of the group.

On December 15, the final lineup was revealed to be Yina, Jiyoung, Tomoko, Jiwon and Chau through a multitude of teasers throughout the month. Later that month, Kaskade Entertainment announced that the group's debut would be in early 2024.

### 2024: Debut with *"LY"*, first music show win, fandom name, *"Shadow Dancers"*, *"At The Track"*, *StarShuffle*, *"Duskfall"*

    On January 30, Kaskade Entertainment announced that Firefly would debut on February 27, with their debut mini album "LY". They recieved their first music show win on *THE SHOW* just 6 days later.

On March 27, the official fandom name was revealed to be Pia (피아), also the name of the firefly that connects their lore together.

The group collaborated with Windehl, a South Korean gaming company, to release their first digital single *Shadow Dancers*, ahead of the release of *Legends Ignite*, the company's new video game. The digital single was released on April 8.

On June 10, Kaskade confirmed the rumours that the group was preparing for a comeback in July. On June 30, Firefly confirmed on their social media that they would be making a comeback on July 25 with their second mini album, *"At The Track"*. It was later revealed through teasers that "Clean Catch" would serve as the title track.

On September 16, Firefly were announced as guests on 1MILLION Dance Studio's showcase competition, StarShuffle. They placed in second.

It was reported by Xports News on November 11 that Firefly would release their first single album, *"Duskfall"* in late November. It was also reported to be a winter-themed project. Kaskade Entertainment confirmed these reports a day later, with an official release date of December 1. "Neoneon" was released as a promotional single on November 24.

### 2025: First concert, Japanese debut, Jiwon's hiatus and return, "Grayscale Days", *Queendom 4*

It was revealed that Firefly would hold their first concert, Firefly - The Piann1versary in Busan, South Korea on February 27 to commemorate their 1 year anniversary.

On March 12, the group announced through their social media that they were preparing for their Japanese debut, slated for a late April release. It was later confirmed by Kaskade Entertainment that they would release their Japanese mini album "*Shiro*" on May 1, with "Clean Catch - Japanese vers." as a pre-release on April 19.

On May 7, Kaskade Entertainment released a statement saying that member Jiwon would halt promotional activities for their Japanese debut immediately, due to health concerns. She returned to group activites on July 8.

On June 16, UNIVERSE revealed that Firefly will be participating in the 2nd UNIVERSE Music project with the release of the digital single "Grayscale Days" on June 28.

On September 29, MNET revealed that Firefly would be participating in *Queendom 4*. The season premiered on October 13 and ended on December 4, where the group finished in second place.

### 2026: *"Rocksy"*, Yina and Jiyoung's hiatus and return, *"ff"*, breakthrough success

Kaskade Entertainment revealed on February 1 that Firefly would make their first official comeback in a year with their third mini album, *"Rocksy"*, on March 14.

The group held their 2nd anniversary concert, Firefly x Pianniversary, The Sequel on February 27.

On April 2, Kaskade Entertainment released a statement, announcing that member Yina would be going on a temporary rest period due to health concerns. She returned sometime in late June.

On May 16, a statement was released announcing member Jiyoung's health hiatus due to an ongoing illness.

On November 6, the group revealed through their social media that they would be releasing their first full length album, *"ff"*, in December. An hour later, Kaskade Entertainment confirmed this with an official release date of December 10. It was also announced that Jiyoung had returned from her health hiatus a few days before, and would be included in the comeback. The title track, "Carnival" and another track from the album, "L.A.G", both became huge hits in South Korea and skyrocketed the group's popularity. Firefly recived their first All-Kill award for this accomplishment on December 16.

### 2027: "The Rabbit Hole", **Project FIRE/FLY**

On January 26, Firefly announced their 2nd single album, "The Rabbit Hole", with a release date of February 13.

On March 1, Firefly revealed their sub-units - **Project FIRE**, consisting of Jiyoung, Chau, and Jiwon, and **Project FLY**, consisting of Yina and Tomoko. **Project FIRE** was annnounced to be debuting first, on March 15, with **Project FLY** debuting next on June 2. It was also revealed that all music released by the sub units would be entirely composed, arranged and written by the members themselves, per their own request.

## Discography

Albums* *ff* (2026)

EPs* *LY* (2024)
* *At The Track* (2024)
* *Rocksy* (2026)

Single albums* Duskfall (2024)
* The Rabbit Hole\* (2027)

Digital singles* Neoneon (2024)
* Grayscale Days (2025)

OSTs* Shadow Dancers (2024)

Participation releases* *Queendom 4 Part.2-4* ("Finfish - Queendom vers.") (2025)
* *Queendom 4 Part.3-4* ("Already - Ringleader vers.") (2025)
* *Queendom 4 Position Unit Battle Part.1-1* ("Black Mamba") (2025)
* *Queendom 4 Position Unit Battle Part.2-1* ("my B - the Birth of emotion") (2025)
* *Queendom 4 Finale* ("Run Devil Run: Epilogue 3") (2025)
EPs* *Shiro* (2025)

Digital singles* Clean Catch - Japanese vers. (2025)

## Concerts

* Firefly - The Piann1versary (2025)
* Firefly x Pianniversary, The Sequel (2026)

## Trivia

* Yina is a former SM Entertainment trainee and is a former member of the pre debut group DIVA.
* All members trained for between 3-4 years before debut.
* Firefly is Kaskade Entertainment's first K-pop project.

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