Heart Strings

**Heart Strings** (하트 스트링스) is a six-member girl group under Simgeum Productions. Formed by FNC Entertainment, they debuted on May 17, 2010 with their first mini album *ONE*.

## History

### Pre-debut

Before their debut, four out of six members trained under different companies before joining FNC Entertainment. Hwahyun and Saeyeon trained under YG Entertainment, Hwahyun from 2005 to 2009 and Saeyeon from 2007 to 2010 while Sanya had trained under SM from 2002 to 2009 and Humi briefly trained at JYP Entertainment from late 2007 to early 2008.

Hwahyun joined YG Entertainment in 2005 and made her first appearance as a trainee in *Big Bang Documentary*, which formed BigBang. Hwahyun would appear in a few BigBang music videos, which resulted in her being one of YG's most popular trainees. Hwahyun was put on 2NE1's original 5-member lineup, but was cut last minute due to similarities between CL and Minzy. As a result, Hwahyun left YG but was referred to FNC Entertainment by an executive. Saeyeon joined YG in early 2007 and was deemed to be part of 2NE1 but didn't make the lineup due to age, despite being just 4 months younger than Minzy. Saeyeon was the first candidate for YG's next girl group, but not knowing how long their next girl group would debut she left at the start of 2010 to debut sooner.

Sanya had joined SM Entertainment as an actress in early 2002 and officially started as a trained by 2003. under SM Entertainment from 2002 to 2009 and was part of Girls' Generation original 12 member lineup but was cut due to her age. Remaining in SM, Sanya was put on f(x)'s lineup, but after executive considered cutting Sulli to make the group have 5 members, Sanya voluntarily left SM to guaranteed Sulli a spot in f(x) and to join FNC Entertainment after.

Humi had trained under JYP Entertainment from late 2007 until early 2008 but left due to health issues. In early 2007, Chanyeon was accepted into JYP Entertainment after passing the audition but had to decline shortly after due to academics. When she auditioned again 3 months later she was put on a waitlist, resulting in Chanyeon auditioning for FNC Entertainment, which she passed. Disoo is the only members who originally auditioned for FNC Entertainment and passed without being connected with another company. Disoo and Chanyeon were set to be part of another group set to debut in 2009 called "Archangels" but the debut was cancelled after 3 members left, followed by 2 more a few months later.

### 2010: Debut with *One*

In late 2009, after Hwahyun and Sanya joined FNC Entertainment, FNC announced plans to debut the companies first girl group in 2010 with trainees from different companies. In January, 2010, Saeyeon joined FNC Entertainment and was placed in the new girl group. In April, 2010, FNC confirmed their new girl group's name and started releasing the members information. They made their debut on May 17, 2010 with their first mini album "One." The album contained 4 tracks, with "One, two, three" as the title track. The track was also co-written by Hwahyun.

### 2011: *Laughter,* breakthrough, and *Precious*

In October, 2010, FNC announced Heart Strings would be making a comeback, however it was postponed after Chanyeon broke her leg during an accident. In December, 2010, FNC confirmed Heart Strings would make their comeback late in January. On January 24, 2011, Heart Strings made their first ever comeback with their second mini album *Laughter.* The title track "Funny" blew up to major success in March, 2011 after a performance at an award show, which caused the song to skyrocket on the charts and made Heart Strings start promotions again. Just 9 days later, they won their first ever music show win and would win 9 more for Funny. The album also skyrocketed in sales, selling more than 100k copies by the end of 2011.

In early May, Heart Strings released a special single "You In My Heart" alongside a music video to commemorate their first anniversary and thank the fans for the success of Funny. They promoted the song for 3 days, and won 2 music show awards for it.

In early July, 2011, FNC confirmed Heart Strings would make a comeback with their third mini album. On August 15, 2011, Heart Strings released their third mini album *Precious* with the song "Precious Love" serving as the title track.

In November of 2011 Heart Strings announced their fandom name "Saviors," representing how their fans saved them in 2011. A few weeks later their official colors were revealed, being melon and coconut milk.

## Discography

### Korean

#### Studio albums

* *Heartstrings* (2013)
* *The Sweetening* (2014)
* *Color Me Bad* (2016)
* *Together* (2017)
* *Colors* (2018)
* *Jewels* (2019)
* *Anniversary* (2020)

#### Repackaged albums

* *The Sour* (2014)
* *The Baddest Girls* (2016)
* *Colorful* (2018)

#### **Mini albums**

* *ONE* (2010)
* *Laughter* (2011)
* *Precious* (2011)
* *Texting* (2012)
* *FIVE* (2015)
* *Shaker* (2021)
* *Deep Heels* (2022)
* *Anymore* (2022)

#### Single albums

* *Something Magnificent* (2023)
* *Got That Love* (2015)

#### Digital singles

* "Serene" (2012)
* "Like a Fool" (2013)
* "Dollar" (2013)

### Japanese

#### Studio albums

* *Stronger* (2017)
* *Pool Party* (2021)

#### **Mini albums**

* *Surprise!* (2012)
* *Wait!* (2013)
* *FIVE - JP Ver.-* (2015)
* *L.O.V.E* (2019)
* *Yourself* (2023)

## Concerts

### Asia tours

* A Summer Kiss - 1st Asia Tour (2013)
* The Sweet & The Sour Asia Tour (2014)

### Online concerts

* Special Anniversary Online Concert (2020)

### World tours

* Heart to the Strings - 1st World Tour (2016-2017)
* Coloring the World - 2nd World Tour (2019)
* Rainbow World Tour (2023)

### Annual December Concert

* 2011 HS December Concert: In Our Hearts
* 2012 HS December Concert: Naturally Cool
* 2013 HS Annual December Concert: Running To You
* 2014 HS Annual December Concert: Wonderland
* 2015: HS Annual December Concert: Stuck In Love
* 2016 HS Annual December Concert: Cool World
* 2017 HS Annual December Concert: SEVEN
* 2018 HS Annual December Concert: Black Sunset
* 2019 HS Annual December Concert: At Midnight
* 2020 HS Annual December (Online) Concert: Light Up the Sky
* 2021 HS Annual December (Online) Concert: Shaking
* 2022 HS Annual December Concert: Up With Us
* 2023 HS Annual December Concert: Villainess Twilight