MOONLIGHT

Moonlight at ther 1 year since debut concert. From left to right:Back: Eun, Mira, JOONA and Hyeun/ Front: Jin and Tyler

### Members

HyeunTyler

Jin

Mira

JOONA

Eun

Past Members:

Suki

### Album

Chase Me (Single), Good Night (Single), Full Moon (Mini Album), HANN (Single), Our Love Story (Mini Album)

**Moonlight** is a six member girl group, actve under RedStrike Entertainment. They debuted June 21st, 2018 with their single, *"Chase Me"*. The girls have been active with mutlipe albums and singles, and is one of the most active group from groups debuted in 2018. They won Rookie Of The Year at the Siimpi awards.

### **Pre - Debut:**

RedStrike Ent. was known of being a company with many trainees but no debuted groups. Moonlight was the first group that was going to debut under the company. Names like "Sugar", "Navy" and "Lightning" was thrown around. They ended up with "MOONLIGHT", which would fit the horror theme they wanted for the girls. The members was soon picked out and the members JOONA, Hyeun and Tyler is the only original members. Jin, Eun, Suki and Mira was put in later, as other members was taken out of the group.

### **Debut and Suki's departure:**

Moonlight's debut was coming up and the media was hungry for the girls. The 7 members Hyeun, Tyler, Jin, Mira, JOONA, Eun and Suki prepared their debut single "Chase Me". Chase me was one of multiple songs that was made for their debut. Originally, Hyeun, JOONA and Mira focused on vocals, Tyler and Jin on rap, Eun and Suki on visuals and Eun and Tyler on dance.

"Chase Me" was released June 21st, 2018. The girls made a avrage debut. The horror concept was something new and not many liked it. Right before debut, a news article was released, covering that a member of Moonlight was accused of bullying. This was soon revealed to be the japanese member, Suki (Kana Asuka). She plead guilty to the accusations and was taken out of Moonlight. She went on a press confrence and begged for forgiveness, but nobody forgave her.

The promotions was cut short because of their scandal and the girls went quiet for about 10 days. A new comeback was the announced, and Moonlight was coming back as six members.

### **2nd Single "Good Night" and 1st mini album "Full Moon"**

After a long discussion on Moonlight's future, a six member comback was annouced. It was a hard time for the girls, since they had to prove themselves as six members instead of seven. A new horror concept song "Good Night" was announced and the song was released July 20th, 2018, just a month after their debut. The song did a bit better than "Chase Me" on the charts.

"Good Night" was promoted all troughouth July and a week into August, and RedStrike annouced that the girls was taking a short break before their next comeback. This was their first holidays ever, since they would't get holidays when they were trainees.

The media found out that Mira went home to Japan, while Tyler, JOONA and Jin stayed in Seoul to work on songs for both the ongoing show "The Igniters" and their own group. Hyeun and Eun most likely went home or on holiday.

September 30th, 2018, the first teaser for Moonlight's comeback was released. October 8th was the next teaser released and October 9th, Moonlight's first mini album was announced. The album was named "FULL MOON", and had 3 new songs, and "Chase Me" and "Good Night" Included.

"Full Moon"'s MV was released October 10th and was Moonlight's first hit. The songs ranked 1st for 3 weeks and Moonlight's fanbase grew rapidly. The girls new take on their concept was uniqe and beautiful. The album's other songs "Fly High and "You and I" was two different songs which brought the fanbase some old and some new. Moonlight was finally a stable group, and RedStrike could finally make profit from them. Moonlight was a big factor for RedStrike when it came to money for "The Igniters".

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### **Hyeun's solo debut and HANN comeback:**

Moonlight went quiet after their break-trough. Suddenly, Descember 10th, a different teaser was revealed. It was Hyeun, the center and lead vocal of Moonlight. Hyeun's solo debut was annouced, with the title "Siren". The song was released December 13th and did well on the charts. Hyeun was the most popular member at the time, with her uniqe visuals and beautiful voice. She was also fun to watch.

Just a few days lather Descember 29th, a new mysterious teaser was released by RedStrike Ent. January 1st it was releaved that Moonlight was coming back with a new single, "HANN", which means alone. The song was released January 15th and did even better on the charts than "Full Moon".

The girls promoted the song until February 1st and thanked the fans for making the fanbase bigger.

### **Hyeun's dating scandal, Rookie of the year and 2nd Mini Album "Our Love Story"**

February 16th, a article was released by multiple news platforms about Hyeun being seen on dates with Addiction's Jihun. Dispatch had taken the photos and sent everything out at once. The rumor was revealed to be true, and Addiction's fanbase became aggressive towards Hyeun. Moonlight's fanbase was split, one side supporting the lead vocal, while the others felt betrayed. RedStrike released a statement February 18th and Hyeun herself came out with an apology March 2nd. Jihun from Addiction asked his and Moonlight's fans to stop attacking Hyeun, and said they were happy togheter. The couple was last seen in EunHa's wedding.

Moonlight went on a break for a month. On April 16th, Moonlight got "Rookie of The Year" from Siimpi Awards. Many fandoms agreed that Moonlight deserved the award, other still saying Hyeun's scandal ruined Moonlight's image. The same day, Moonlight came out with a thank you to their fans for the award and announced their new mini album.

    The mini album "Our Love Story" was a whole new concept for Moonlight. The album told a story about two people in a relationship. The album had 2 main titles. The album didn't do as well as "HANN". The girls tried out concept like latin, in the main tile "Love Is So". The other title "Say No" had a darker theme, and both did average. "Say No" was released April 23'rd and "Love Is So" was released April 25th. Both songs was promoted until the first week in June. "Love Is So" topped the charts 2 weeks.

### **The Reckless Tour and the future:**

April 29th, Redstrike confirmed the "Reckless Tour". The tour was going to be inn all over asia, with Moonlight and the sister group, 4GIVE1 preforming. Sparkles and Forgivers was very excited for the news, and this was the first tour from RedStrike.