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Night Girls at Inkimana on October 14, 2020

Jiwon

Lucie

Diana

Jiwoo

Seongah

Minji

**Night Girls** (Korean: 밤 소녀; RR: '**Bam Sonyeo**') is a South Korean girl group formed by **SA Entertainment** in 2019. The group consists of eight members: Ellin, Jieun, Jiwon, Lucie, Diana, Jiwoo, Seongah, and Minji. Their debut single *Around the World* was released on September 28, 2019 with the title track of the same name.

## **History**

### **Pre-debut**

The members of Night Girls joined SA Entertainment as trainees on unspecified dates in 2019. The girls were trainees under the company for a few months before debuting as the octet.

### **2019: Debut as *Nuit Blanche* and first comeback**

Night Girls debuted under the name ***Nuit Blanche*** on September 28 with the release of their first single *Around the World*, including the lead single with the same title. Their debut music show performance was on **S-Countdown** on September 29. "Around the World" is a dance-heavy hip-hop feeling track produced by **Metro Blastin**.

On November 23, Night Girls had their first comeback with the digital single "White Night" which is a brighter pop song, contrasting their debut title track. It was produced by **YJP** and they began promotions for the single the following day on **Inkimania**.

Around the end of 2019, SA Entertainment changed the group's name from *Nuit Blanche* to Night Girls, under grounds that the name would be too hard to pronounce for fans out of France or French-speaking countries.

### **2020: Financial problems, breakout year, SA Entertainment signs under Epic Music Labels**

Following the release of big sister group Happiness's collaboration in the mini album "KINGDOM", it was clear to fans that SA Entertainment was likely suffering from financial difficulties. The group's track on the album was a cover of another group's song and they barely had any promotions on music shows.

On March 6, Night Girls came back with their first EP titled *Fierce*, with the title track "I'm Back". This was a rebranding of Night Girls' concept, as the album only contained hard-hitting, EDM-heavy songs. The public suspected that the album was a desperate final attempt from the company to gain the group some popularity before going bankrupt. Fans also noticed that the budget of this album was much higher and that SA Entertainment had probably poured as much money into the album as they could at the time. As Night Girls began promotions for the album, they had already sold 5 times (2M) more album copies than their debut single, *Around the World*. The album was considered a financial success, and SA Entertainment now had the financial possibility of promoting Night Girls properly and gaining them significant public attention.

On September 23, SA Entertainment announced that they had signed the company under the **Epic Music Labels**, allowing them to distribute artists' music to a broader audience both in Korea and internationally. This would help Night Girls gain a larger international fandom, as well as help SA Entertainment financially in order to produce higher quality music.

Following the label signing under **Epic Music**, Night Girls came back with their first mini album, *Dream On*, which included six tracks. The effects of the signing to Epic Music were significant, and fans were excited that Night Girls were finally getting high quality comebacks and full promotions. The two title tracks "My Goodness" which was a cuter, refreshing concept and "Black Canvas" which was a darker, EDP/trap song both had high-budget music videos, showing that Epic Music had invested a lot of money into the company and group. The two title tracks were meant to show the duality of the group and that girls do not need to follow social standards, but rather that the priority should be to feel good about themselves.

### **2021-present: Resting, possible comeback preparations**

Following their busy year in 2020, Night Girls handed the torch to little-brother group **HCL3**, and has been resting since the release and end of promotions of their mini album *Dream On*. Although fans are speculating that Night Girls may be preparing for a comeback in early- to mid-2021, as they have seen some members entering the company building quite regularly, the company has not yet released any word on possible projects, and their attention is focused on the finishing of HCL3's trilogy of *Love Dynamite* albums.

## **Members**

### **Current**

* Ellin (엘린) - visual
* Jieun (지은) - sub-dancer
* Jiwon (지원) - main vocalist, main dancer, lead rapper, maknae 1 (shared birthday with Lucie)
* Lucie (루시) - sub-rapper, maknae 2 (shared birthday with Jiwon)
* Diana (다이아나) - lead dancer
* Jiwoo (지우) - main rapper
* Seongah (성아) - leader, lead vocalist
* Minji (민지) - center, sub-vocalist

## **Discography**

**Click here** for a full list of Night Girls' discography.

## **Music Show Wins**

 *Dream On* | My Goodness
 Black Canvas

## **Awards and nominations**

Year presented, name of the ceremony, category, nominee of the award, and result of the nomination
 Best song (Hip Hop)
 Best song (Ballad)
 K-Pop Story Music Awards | Artist of the Year

## **Trivia**

* It is well known that Night Girls and HCL3 are good friends on, and off stage. Certain members of HCL3 were trainees at the same time as Night Girls, meaning both groups had made friends together.
* From what is known to the public, Woojin of HCL3 is good friends with Ellin and Lucie, Byungchul is very close to Jiwon, Jisoo has a very sympathetic personality, which he says helps him "keep Minji in check at all times", Hajoon has been friends with Jieun and Seongah since he met him during his trainee days, and despite his impassive public personality, Seunghoon has a very playful friendship with Diana and Jiwoo.
* Night Girls debuted under the name "Nuit Blanche", but SA Entertainment changed it a few months after debut, under the grounds that it was "too hard to pronounce for fans".
* Night Girls suffered through near-disbandment in 2020. In a reality show where they talked about what was hard for them as trainees and artists, group leader Seongah gave a tearful story about how she "struggled the most out of all her members, because she felt responsible as the leader for what she thought was going to happen to the group". The other members also agreed that it was one of the hardest times of their lives and they kept supporting each other every day, reassuring themselves that they would make it through the hard times.
* After SA Entertainment made it past financial troubles, Seongah and the other members say they have never been happier than they are today and that the group could not be any more grateful about their journey to get to where they are now.