LGKU

LGKU's concept teaser for "Room 23"

### Official Color(s)

**Lgku** (stylized as **LGKU**; Korean: 링끄; RR: '**Lingkkeu'**) is a South Korean girl group duo formed by Lunar Media, consisting of members Lucina and Yuna. The group debuted on November 1, 2021, with the release of their single album, *Sweet Tooth*.

## History

### Pre-debut

Before joining **LGKU**, member Yuna was part of five-member girl group Baez. She left the group in September 2021 and joined **LGKU** in November. Lucina was a trainee under Lunar Media ever since around February 2021, and when the company announced their next debut, she was part of the line-up.

### 2021: Debut with *Sweet Tooth* and extreme commercial success

On November 1, the duo released their debut single album, *Sweet Tooth*, with its lead single "***Love Whisper***". The concept shows off innocent charms whilst showcasing the girls amazing vocals. The song itself was described as a "midtempo pop song" that incorporates a variety of playful sound effects, from birds chirping, brassy horns, twinkling chimes, water droplets, and even a guitar solo. The group scored one of the biggest debuts for a new K-pop act in years, single "Dalla Dalla" entered & peaked at No. 1 on the Korean and Japanese Charts. The album sold *200,000* psychical sales worldwide. The title track went on to win 2 monthly awards, 1 seasonal award and **song of the year** at the K-Pop Story Music Awards. The song has now sold over *2,000,000* pyshical albums & received *178,826,064* views.

### 2022: *The Garden*, *Glass* and first solo concert

**LGKU** started their year with the release of their first Mini Album: **The Garden** on June 3rd. The title track '**More & More**' kept the innocent concept from their debut, but also blended in with the rest of the summer comebacks. The album sold 700,000 copies in the first week & the title track debuted at No. 1 on the charts. However, the album featured a solo track, one for each girl. Yuna's solo '**Heart Attack**' shook everyone as she showed off her cute charms. The music video gained 70 million views in 2 days, and the song was streamed around 400,000 times. It became their most successful album yet, the title track winning ***Song of the Year*** at the **K-Pop Story Music Awards** again.

On November 2nd, 1 day after their one year anniversary, **Lunar Media** announced that they will be coming back with their second mini album '**Glass**' with the title track '**Feel Good (Secret Code)**'. The title track was met with immediate success. It garnered 12 music show wins, 667,000,000 views, and was their first song to hit 4,000,000 streams.

On December 4, they ended their promotions for **Glass** and the company revealed they will be having a 4 day concert series, called 'YuLu' (**YU**na**LU**cina).

### 2023: First Full Album, Repackage & rest.

**LGKU** immediately started off the year by releasing their first pre-release single '**love4eva**' on January 22, in anticipation for their first full album 'Act 1: Way With Words'.

They then released their second pre-release single '**La Di Da**' on February 24, which gained a lot of attention with 30,000,000 views in the first week, and is their most viewed to date with over 700,000,000 views.

After 6 months, they finally released their first full album: '**Way With Words**' on August 11. The album has now sold 3,000,000 copies in 3 months. They followed up with the release of the repackage '**Way You Used**' that has sold 1,000,000 sales 3 weeks after the release.

The group promoted the song on all 3 music shows and attended the 4 end of year. award shows: Autumn Leaves, November Monthly Awards, December Monthly Awards & K-Pop Story Music Awards.

### 2024-Present: Second single album

**LGKU** announced their 2nd single album 'Room 23', being their first release of 2024, on March 1. They promoted the title track on the major music shows for 3 weeks.

## Discography

* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 1st Single
 The Garden | * Released: June 3, 2022
* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 1st Mini
 Glass | * Released: November 18, 2022
* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 2nd Mini
 Way With Words | * Released: August 11, 2023
* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 1st Studio Album
 Way You Used | * Released: October 13, 2023
* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 1st Repackage
 Room 23 | * Released: March 13, 2023
* Label: Lunar Media
* Formats: CD, digital download
* 2nd Single

## Trivia

* **Yuna** was a former member of Baez.
* Their former name was '**Link**', but the company later changed it to an abbreviation of Link in Korean (**Li**n**g**k**k**e**u**)
* As of April 2024, **Lgku** has sold ***30,870,510*** album copies.