LUNAR:GIRLS

Final Line-Up OT5 Group Photo(Nina, Akari, Minnie, Ryu, Dana)

**LUNAR:GIRLS** was a 5-member girl group under Violetlight Records. They debuted on September 10, 2021, with their first mini album, "Paint The Town". Originally five members, Axel departed the group sometime after the debut. After releasing an album as four, leader MAE left the company and group on May 21st, 2022. RYU was added to the line up on June 4th, 2022. After auditions were opened, ROBiN was added on June 7th and finally, AKARI was added on June 9th. Robin joined the group as a new member in June 2022 but left mere days later due to a racism scandal.

MINNIE left the group in August 2022, and the group decided to disband to rebrand as they didn’t want to keep changing the lineup in respect to former leader MAE.

## Background

### Pre-Debut (2021)

LUNAR:GIRLS was officially announced on August 8th, 2021 alongside the launch of their Instagram account. On August 14th, MAE was announced as the first member and the leader. On August 15th, AXEL was revealed to the public as the second member. On August 21st, MINNIE was revealed as the third. On August 29th, and September 1st, DANA and NINA who were former members of SOLARBLAST were revealed as the final two members respectively. On September 2nd, Paint The Town was revealed as the debut track set for release on September 10th.

### Debut 'Paint The Town', VMAS, Axel's departure

LUNAR:GIRLS officially debuted on September 10th with the release of title track "Paint The Town" and it's official music video. On October 2nd, the group released a performance film of B-side track, "Pretty Savage."

On October 19th, the group made their live debut at the 2021 VMAs where they performed "Pretty Savage" and a rock rendition of "Paint The Town."

On November 29th, Axel left the group and the group went into a small hiatus to focus on coming back as four.

### OT4 Comeback, Strawberry Release

On March 16th, 2022, the first poster for STRAWBERRY was revealed, detailing it would be the group's first release as four as well as their first full album. The album was released on March 20th, alongside the M/V for title track "WOW."

### Next Level & Mae's departure

On May 17th, 2022, the digital single Next Level was revealed for a release of May 20th. However, the song was not released since leader MAE left the company and group on May 21st, 2022.

### New Members

RYU was added to the line up on June 4th, 2022. After auditions were opened, ROBiN was added on June 7th and finally, AKARI was added on June 9th. The final lineup was officially announced on Instagram on June 10th, 2022. Robin, however, left mere days later due to a racism scandal.

### A Perfect Sacrifice; Disbandment

On June 22nd, 2022, the group revealed their upcoming comeback, their second album called, "A PERFECT SACRIFICE." The album was released on July 15th, 2022 alongside the music video for title track, LOVE DIVE.

The comeback was a success, the most the girls have seen. MINNIE left the line up on August 5th, 2022 and the same day the group disbanded.

The remaining members decided to rebrand as they didn’t want to keep changing the lineup in respect to former leader MAE.

## Members

* NINA - Leader, Sub Rapper
* MINNIE - Main Rapper, Visual
* AKARI - Visual, Sub Vocalist, Performer
* RYU - Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer
* DANA - Main Vocalist, Face Of The Group, Maknae

* AXEL - Main Rapper, FOTG
* MAE - Leader, Lead Vocalist, FOTG
* ROBiN - Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist

## Discography

### Studio Albums

#### Korean

* STRAWBERRY (2022)
* A PERFECT SACRIFICE (2022)