VIB3

VIB3 is a South Korean project boy group under WAVE TREE. Originally consisting of five members; Kota Matsui, Kuai Li Feng, Yuito Ikeda, Li Qiang, and Dohyun Soo. But added three new members Yoonwoo Song ,Junghoon Park, and Ben An on August 21, 2044 making it a eight member boy group. VIB3 debuted on Ocotober 22, 2042 with their debut single "DIP".

## History

### 2036-2042: Traning and Debut as VIB3 with "DIP"

In 2036, Kota Matsui and Yuito Ikeda joined Wave Music after passing their audtions. Both weren't consider to be potential members of SLANG due to the fact both were foreigners and didn't knew fluent korean. In 2037, Kuai Li and Li Qiang both were scouted by WM Rep and joined the company. Also, within the same year Kota Matsu and Dohyun joined also. Most of them would later continue to train for multiple years until 2042 when WM decided to create a project group and add all of their current trainees to debut and gain some exposure to the public.

All of them five debuted as VIB3 on October 22, 2042 with their debut single "DIP". Their debut was lackluster due to the fact that most of them weren't really exposed to the public before this. The company didn't send the group to variety shows or music shows for their debut promotions as they tought this group was just a project one and didn't wanted to waste resources into them. The group debuted without a debut showcase nor a press conference which was a first one for a proejct group in the industry. Instead VIB3 opened their SNS accounts and conducted multiple B-Lives performing their debut single to their newly fans. Thanks to fans interest they crowfunded for the group to have an MV and were able to raise over 125,000 K-Coin. On December 1, VIB3 released their music video for "VIBE" which ended up reaching 4.1 Million Views. After this the company announced that they would be releasing a music video for the group next comeback and thanked their fans for their support. Many fans send complaints to Wave Music Entertainment demanding that their newly subsidiary Wave Tree was not providing the adequate resources for the group. Wave Music responded that they would be looking into the matter and solve it. On December 16, WAVE TREE announced that due to fans demands VIB3 will be having 100% proper support for any of their future releases.

### 2043-2044: First Comeback , Popularity Rising , New Members

WAVE TREE announced that VIBE would return back on Mid February with their 1st Single Album but this never happend. February passed without any comebacj and the company announced that it was posted until further notice. During this time, the group was MIA and weren't really active on their SNS. Many disbanding rumors surfaced due to the fact that the group didn't do so well with their debut but also other argued that thier management was not doing everything to have them succeed. Eventually after almost nine months since their debut VIB3 returned back with their 1st SIngle Album "Love Me Tonight" on August 30, 2043. This time around they also relesed the music video which accumulated a total of 6.2 Million Views making it their highest watched. The group held a comeback showcase with NOW on the same day and revealed that all the members produced the album and that was the reason they weren't really active as they needed to focus on finishing and making the best music they could. Unfortunately as their debut single this release was digital only. The group attended their 1st Radio Show "KSBS Idol Radio" on September 4. Instead of attending music shows VIB3 strarted having "Busking" on Hongdae on from September 10 -20. Thanks to this they gained new more fans and created their own fanclub VI5. This new fanclub send the group a total of 250,000 K-coin for their future comeback. As a thanks, all the mebers asked their fanclub to decide what type of concept they would like to see from them and most of them asked for a "HOT" concept.

After a few months, VIB3 returned back on April 9, 2044 with their 2nd Single Album "HOT SHOT". They gave their fans what they promised and held a live- comeback shoecase in Hongdae for their fans to see and ask them questions. On April 10, their single entered the top 60 at #67 in the korean music charts earning the group their first top 100 entry since their debut. Thanks to this the group was invited to perform at the Spring Bloom Music Festival on May 31, 2044. On June 1, it was announced that their music video had surpassed 6.5 Million Views. The group quickly got to work on their next album and returned back on July 8, with their 3rd Single Album "SHOT FOR LOVE". Their single an hour later after release would debut and peak at #15 in the K-charts earning the group their 1st top 20 hit. Thanks to this feat their label schedule the group to have a music show performance a week later on July 13 at Inkimana. The group was nominated for #1 and eventually took home their 1st music show win with "SHOT FOR LOVE". The group later thanked their fans at their fanmeet and asked them to keep supporting them. VIB3 on July 26, took home their first monthly award for the vocal category with their song "SHOT FOR LOVE". Thier music video accumulated a total of 9.1 Million Views on August 5 becoming the group highest mv watched so far in their career. Wave TREE announced the addition of new three members; Ben An, Yoowon Song, and Junghoon Park on August 21, 2044. Also, on the same day the group held a B-Live where the members introduced themselves and asked the existing fans to welcome all of them three into the group. They announced that the group would take a rest and return early next year with their 1st Mini Album.

### 2045: 1st Mini Album "EIGHT" & Disbandment

VIB3 made their highly awaited comeback with their 1st Mini Album "EIGHT". The lead track of the same name debuted at #20 in K-Charts after an hour after release. Becoming there groups 2nd top 20 hit. VIB3 had a premier showcase show on S Countdown where they performed every song of their new album. Also, on its first day of release they sold an outstanding 40K units becoming their highest 1st day sales. WAVE TREE announced that the group would be disbanding and that all the members would be preparing for their official debut under a new name under Wave Music Entertainment.

The group made their official debut a year later on December 13, 2046 as VIBE.

## Discography

### Single Albums

* [LOVE ME TONIGHT]
* [HOT SHOT]
* [SHOT FOR LOVE]

## Triva

* Junghoon Park is younger brother of Aliso Park member of CXC and cousin of Yuni of SYNK
* Ben An is half Korean-Chinese and was a former Sunrise Entertainment trainee
* Yoonwon Song brother Minjun Song is part SA Trainees
* VIB3 is the second WM project group after BARCODE (바코드)