BARCODE

**CRUSH** is a South Korean project girl group under WAVE TREE. The group consist of five members Xien, Eunha, Naeun, and Mei. They made their debut on February 23,2043 with their debut single Let Me Love You.

The group consist of five members Yang Xien, Park Nauen, Hashimoto Mei, Kim Eunha , and Cai Bin. All are current trainees of Wave Music Entertainment and have approximately an average of 5 to 6 years of training. All the members can speak a variety of languages and have outstanding vocal abilities.

## History

### 2042-2043: Debut Single "Let Me Love You" & Survival Show "Diamond in the Rough"

Wave TREE on January 20th, revealed a group photo with the title "CRUSH". On the following day they release a small teaser for the song "Let Me Love You". Wave TREE announced the group official lineup and confirmed that the group would be a project one and their contracts would end on February 2042 making the group a temporary one. On February 23rd, CRUSH made their debut with their single "Let Me Love You" a experimental/electronic track. The single ended up debuting at #50 in SK charts and won a Monthly Award for "Best Vocals". The group promoted on street performances until mid march. The music video surpassed 20 Million Views after just five weeks since release and the single peaked at #29 in the charts. On May 5, they released their 1st Single "Crush Me" which did slightly worst than their debut single by peaking at #68 . This single was not promoted at all instead CRUSH released a dance performance video for the song. On July 8, they released their 2nd Single "Hot Hot" which debuted and peaked at #7 becoming the group's top 10 hit since debut. The group made an special appearance on Inkimana on July 12th, and took home a their 1st ever music show win. After this the group did not promoted in any other music show as their company stated that the group will not be promoting as a actual group but instead show their skills via public performances or events. On December 10th, it was announced that only four the members of CRUSH would be joining the upcoming survival show "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH"

During the first episode of "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH" all the four members were given the following rankings "Xien (A)","Nauen (B)", "Mei(D)","Eunha(F)". During episode #3 XIEN was the only one that made it to the top 12 potential contestants that are set to debut in a project group. Kim Eunha and Park Nauen were pulled from the show due to both being selected to be members of SYNK. WAVE TREE announced they will currently add new members and extend the project group contract to another two years. Due to the fact that Wave Music is about to debut their new girl group SYNK most of the new members will be current trainees of FSW Entertainment and the current three members whow are under Wave Music will be transfered over to FSW Entertainment for their future debut.

### 2044-Present: Re-branding to BARCODE ,New Members & Disbandment

WAVE TREE announced that CRUSH would be re-branding to BARCODE (바코드) and with addition of two new members making the group a five member group. The new two members are former members of Wonder 9 Shio Kim & Nanami Yoon. The group will continue to be a project girl group and will be co-mannaged with Big Planet Music. The group will be active for three years but depending on their success they might become a permanent group. Big Planet Music announced that the group will be debuting towards the end of the year and currently the members will be preparing their debut album.

Big Planet Music announced that the plans to re-debut the group as Barcode have been canceled. All of the members have being transfered to FSW Entertainment.

## Discography

### Singles (Released as CRUSH)

* Let Me Love You
* Crush Me
* Hot Hot

## Members

Current Members (BARCODE)

* Xien Yang
* Hashimoto Mei
* Cai Bing
* Shio Kim
* Nanami Yoon

Former Members

* Park Nauen - Left to debut with SYNK
* Kim Eunha - Left to debut with SYNK

## Trivia

* CRUSH was created as a project group to give Wave Music trainees exposure to the general public
* CRUSH re-branded to BARCODE on early 2044 and added two new members