Deity

Deity's promotional picture for their 1st Concert 'La Rouge' From left to right: Yusol, Wani, Jinhee, Yerim and Seoha.

### Album

BeSin, Automatic, The Sinful Festival - Day 1, The Sinful Festival - Day 2, The Sinful Finale

Deity (Hangul: 신) is a 5-member South Korean K-pop Sims girl group under SM Entertainment. Deity debuted originally as four (Jinhee, Seoha, Yusol, & Yerim) on January 16th, 2020 with a mini album called 'BeSin', with 'In & Out' as their title track. Wani joined the group April 2020, when the first out of their trilogy called 'The Sinful Festival - Day 1' was released. Musically, Deity's name has different feels with the language. The 'deity' side showing their more angel-like, poppy and bright side while 'sin' represents their more dark and 'sinful' side with ballads, R&B, and elements of jazz.

The Korean language discography contains two mini albums, and three extended plays, being most know for 'Umpah Umpah', 'Psycho', and 'Ice Cream Cake'. All of their title tracks have been in top 10 in Melon, MBC, Arirang, and KBS.

Deity is still reaching to be one of the top girl groups in the Kpop Sim industry, acknowledge from debut after getting their first win on SBC with 'In & Out'. Deity has also been nominees for KBS Awards, AAA. and Golden Disc Awards..

## **Timeline**

### **January - April 2020: Debut, new member Wani and promotions**

Deity made their debut on January 16th, 2020 and had their first music show on SBC. Their debut music video reached 10 million views in 24 hours. They soon came back with another mini album called 'Automatic', with the same name for the title track. Soon, in April 2020 Wani was announced as the 5th and final member of Deity. 'Ice Cream Cake' was released under 'Automatic' as well, but only 'Ice Cream Cake secretly featured Wani as a hint of a new member in the group. Later on, Deity began 'The Sinful Festival' with the title track 'Zimzalabim', who shows the angelic and sinful sides of Deity.

### **May - August 2020: The Festival ends, acting, and modelling is introduced**

After Day 1's release, Day 2 was released on June 1st, 2020 with summer pop song 'Umpah Umpah'. Deity reached almost 200 million views with the music video. The Finale, Deity's latest comeback, was released

July 19th, 2020. This final album's music video for title track 'Psycho', reach 100+ million views. Deity's promotions for the trilogy lasted about four months. Deity promoted by attending ISAC, music shows such as MBC, SBC, KBS, and Arirang. Deity also attended the Sprite Music Festival in June 2020, promoting Umpah Umpah. In July 2020, 'Psycho' was promoted at the USF. This was their first stage for The Sinful Finale. Deity had also attended the MGMAs in June 2020. Yusol began modelling alongside the group and alone, for brands such as Dazed, Nylon, and GQ. Yusol also debuted in acting starring in the Netflix original, 'You're Too Mean', starring as Lee Choon-hee.

### **September - December 2020: New sub-unit, First Asian tour, gaining recognition in the community**

In September 2020, SM Entertainment announced that there would be a new sub unit in Deity, with Jinhee and Seoha. They debuted as 'Jinhee & Seoha' releasing an extended play, featuring dubstep and eerie but catchy title track 'Monster' from the self titled mini album. Due to health complications and the recent news of the duo being together in a relationship, stages were cut short but the song still charted Top 10. Yusol continues with her modelling career as she seals a deal with hair brand Aveda. Deity releases a special song for the holidays called 'Wish Tree', which charted number one on Simply K-Pop. Deity also

released their first season's greetings package, and featured in ELLE as a complete group for the cover. As of December 29th, Deity has moved to San Myshuno in a bigger sized dorm, leaving the members to have their own rooms. Deity announced their 1st Concert for two dates in South Korea, 'La Rouge'. The Concerts took place on December 19th and 20th and the Hwang Jung Tiger Dome in Seoul. More than 80,000 people attended for both shows combined.

## **Members**

1. Jinhee
2. Seoha
3. Wani
4. Yusol
5. Yerim