Moon Byul

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### Chinese

**Moon Byul-yi** (Korean: **문별이**), commonly known by her stage name **Moonbyul** (Korean: **문별**) which is stylized officially as **Moon Byul** (or sometimes **MoonByul**), is a member of South Korean girl group MAMAMOO, and is in charge of the group's rap and performance. Additionally, she is a member of MAMAMOO's official sub-unit MAMAMOO+ and the former leader of the project group Girls Next Door.

Moon Byul started her solo career on May 23, 2018 with the single album *SELFISH*, making her the second MAMAMOO member to debut as a soloist. She released her first extended play *Dark Side of the Moon* on February 14, 2020, and then the repackage album titled *門OON : REPACKAGE* on May 29, 2020. Moon Byul made her comeback after almost 2 years on January 19, 2022 with the release of her second EP *6equence*, and released her second single album *C.I.T.T (Cheese in the Trap)* not long afterwards on April 28, 2022. For her birthday on December 22, 2022, Moon Byul released the special single album *The Present*.

Her upcoming release is her first full album *Starlit of Muse*.

## Biography

Moon Byul-yi was born on December 22, 1992 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do. She has two younger sisters and is the eldest child. She graduated from Wonmi High School, and later from the Paekche Institute of the Arts after majoring in the media music department. She also studied at the KHmusic academy as a trainee.

Moon's dream to be a singer started in the 3rd year of middle school after watching TVXQ!'s "Rising Sun" performance, and then later following Taeyeon's footsteps to be an idol. She auditioned into multiple agencies before being accepted into RBW in 2011. She originally trained as a vocalist, but accepted switching to being a rapper to make her debut. Moon then debuted under the stage name "Moon Byul" as part of the group MAMAMOO on June 19, 2014.

## Career

**Moon Byul's *Career* section excludes her activities with MAMAMOO, including sub-unit activities with MAMAMOO+ and Rapper Line.**

### 2015

Moon Byul featured on the title track of U Sung-eun's extended play *2nd MINI ALBUM*, titled as "Nothing", which was released on October 13 alongside the album.

### 2017

Moon Byul appeared on the variety show program *Idol Drama Operation Team* as one of its seven main cast members; the members are all female idols from different girl groups. She, along with the other six, debuted as the project group Girls Next Door (옆집소녀) with the single "Deep Blue Eyes" on July 14.

On December 2, Moon Byul went on the KBS2 show *Battle Trip* with Solar to Hong Kong in the show's 74th episode.

### 2018

On May 23, Moon Byul officially debuted as a soloist with the single album *SELFISH* and its title track of the same name, with the song later being included in MAMAMOO's extended play *RED MOON*. The song was a collaboration single with Seulgi.

Moon Byul later appeared on MBC's *King of Mask Singer* as "Swan" on episode 179.

### 2019

To celebrate her birthday on December 22, Moon Byul released a song titled "Snow". The song is later included in her first extended play.

### 2020

Moon Byul released a collaboration single with Punch on February 4, titled "Weird Day". On February 14, Moon Byul released her first extended play which is titled *Dark Side of the Moon*, with the single "Eclipse" as its title track; "Weird Day" is also included in the EP. Moon Byul and Punch collaborated again for the song "Say Yes", which was released on May 27.

On May 29, Moon Byul released the repackage album *門OON : REPACKAGE*, with the single "Absence" as its title track. *門OON : REPACKAGE'*s Kihno version features all the songs in *Dark Side of the Moon*. Moon Byul held an online concert on V Live for the album, titled 1st Ontact Live '門OON', on May 30. Later on June 12, Moon Byul was featured on JeA's single "Greedyy".

On her birthday at December 22, Moon Byul announced the release of the song "A miracle 3days ago". The MV for the song was released at 8 PM KST on the same day.

### 2021

Moon Byul featured in Bumkey's single titled "The Lady", which was released on May 2 at 6 PM KST.

Solar and Moon Byul featured in VIBE's project "REVIBE", in which they remake VIBE's song "Promise U". The remake was released on July 28, at 6 PM KST. Later on August 14, Moon Byul released the collaboration single "Me Without You" with Xydo at 6 PM KST.

Moon Byul was included in the singer lineup for webtoon OSTs, and those songs are released by contents company RIDI. Moon Byul and Gaho sung the OST "Half of Half" for the webtoon *Hanyang Diaries*, and it was released on October 7 at 6 PM KST.

On December 3 at 12 AM, a short video titled "6ix" was released, featuring Moon Byul; it is the teaser of her upcoming solo release. Her comeback was on January 19 of 2022 with a new extended play, titled as *6equence*. The previously released song "Intro : SYNOPSIS" was included in the EP. 6equence has two pre-released singles: "G999" featuring Mirani which was released on December 13, and "Shutdown" featuring Seori which was released on December 30; both songs' release time were at 6 PM KST.

On December 22, Moon Byul uploaded a song for her birthday on her YouTube channel, known as "CHEMISTRY", at 4 PM KST.

### 2022

On January 4, Solar and Moon Byul released the OST "Bada Boom" for the show *Street Dance Girls Fighter*, which is a spin-off of the survival show *Street Woman Fighter*. The song was released at 6 PM KST in the album *Street Dance Girls Fighter (SGF) Special*.

The title track of *6equence* was revealed on January 6, named as "LUNATIC". Moon Byul's second EP *6equence* was then released on January 19 at 6 PM KST. Moon Byul held a mini concert for *6equence*, with the event being titled as Director's cut : 6equence. The concert was held on March 5 at 6 PM KST, and on March 6 at 5 PM KST. The first day was an offline-only event, and the second day was both offline and online. The offline venue is at the Blue Square Mastercard Hall in Seoul, and the online platform is provided by interpark.

Moon Byul joined 722 Studio's project "방구석 캐스팅" and released a remake of Yountoven's song "Trying To Say Goodbye" (서툰 이별을 하려 해) on March 28 at 6 PM KST. She has previously released an unofficial cover of the song in 2020, and briefly teased about the new cover in a V LIVE broadcast.

On March 29, RBW confirmed that Moon Byul will make her comeback with a new album in April. On April 12 at 12 AM KST, it was revealed that the album is a single album titled *C.I.T.T (Cheese in the Trap)*, and it was released on April 28 at 6 PM KST. The album's title track is a single of the same name.

Moon Byul held her third solo concert on August 20, which is a special Japanese event based on her previous concert Director's cut : 6equence. The concert, titled as Director's Cut : Japan Special Live, had two sessions: the first session at 2 PM JST, and the second one at 6 PM JST. It's also the first international concert that she held.

Moon Byul is a cast member and contestant of JTBC's music survival show *Another Universe*, alongside 7 other female idols. The contestants, who are all rappers, compete against each other to showcase their vocal abilities; Moon Byul's title in the show is "The Emperor". The song Moon Byul performed in episode 3, "Congratulations" (originally by DAY6), was released digitally on September 14 at 12 PM KST. The song Moon Byul and EXY performed as the unit "SQS" in episode 4, "Energetic" (originally by Wanna One), was released digitally on September 21 at 12 PM KST. The song Moon Byul performed in episode 6, "I'll throw it away (ver. DISCO)" (produced by Park Myung-soo and Yoo Jae-hwan), was released digitally on October 12 at 12 PM KST. Moon Byul performed the song "Refuge" (originally by PSY) in episode 9, however, it won't be officially released on music sites or digitally. In episode 10 on November 8, Moon Byul won *Another Universe* and became its champion after winning the final round with the song "COMMA"; its digital release is on November 9 at 12 PM KST. As reward for winning the show, Moon Byul had a solo performance in the 37th Golden Disk Awards, and she will also sing an OST for a JTBC drama .

Moon Byul featured in a song from AleXa's mini album *Girls Gone Vogue*, with its title being "Star". The release was on November 11 at 12 PM KST.

For her birthday on December 22, Moon Byul released a special single album, titled as *The Present*. Its teaser poster was revealed on December 8 at 12 AM KST, and then its cover art on December 12 at 12 AM KST. The single album included "A miracle 3days ago" and "CHEMISTRY" which are Moon Byul's previously released birthday songs, as well as a new song called "PRESENT" as its title track. The album was released on 6 PM KST. On the same day, Moon Byul also held a fans greeting event, titled as the happy B-day present. The event was held at the YES24 Live Hall in Seoul, and started at 8 PM KST.

### 2023

As the winning prize of the show *Another Universe*, Moon Byul performed at the 37th Golden Disk Awards, which took place on January 7. However, Moon Byul's GDA performance was pre-recorded since the first day of the MY CON concert in Hong Kong coincides with the award show's date. According to RBW, the date for the Hong Kong concert had already been fixed before Moon Byul's win in *Another Universe*. On January 5, Moon Byul was officially announced as being part of the artist lineup by the award show.

Moon Byul featured in David Yong's digital single "Maybe Love", which was released on April 12 at 6 PM KST.

On October 28 at 6 PM KST, Moon Byul released her OST for the JTBC drama *Strong Girl Nam-soon*, titled "Love Blooms". The song is also Moon Byul's first truly solo OST, as the ones she did before have been collaborations with other artists.

Moon Byul is featured in the song "Block123" from Giuk's mini album *Rise Waves* (現像 : 소년의 파란), which was released on November 15 at 6 PM KST.

For her birthday on December 22, Moon Byul released a special song to celebrate it, titled as "11:11". Its MV was uploaded on her YouTube channel moonbyul2da, exactly at 11:11 AM KST.

### 2024

On January 23 at 12 AM KST, a logo motion video was released as a teaser for Moon Byul's first full album *Starlit of Muse*. The album is set to release on February 20 at 6 PM KST.

## Discography

*For other uses, see Discography (Disambiguation).*
*Main article: Moon Byul/Discography*
Moon Byul has released 2 extended plays, 1 repackage album, and 3 single albums. She has 1 upcoming studio album.

## Events

### Tours & Concerts

Moon Byul has held 3 concerts.

 Director's Cut : Japan Special Live | August 20

### Fans Greeting

Moon Byul has held 1 fans greeting event.

## Filmography

*For other uses, see Filmography (Disambiguation).*
*Main article: Moon Byul/Filmography*
Moon Byul has most notably appeared on television shows such as *Kick a Goal*, *Another Universe*, and *Idol Drama Operation Team*. She has also hosted the radio shows *AvenGirls* and *Studio Moon Night*. Aside from that, she has a YouTube channel called moonbyul2da.

## Awards and Nominations

*For other uses, see Awards and Nominations (Disambiguation).*
*Main article: Moon Byul/Awards and Nominations*
## External Links

* Wikipedia
	+ Written Songs List
* Melon
* Spotify

## References

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10. ↑ MAMAMOO's Solar and Moon Byul to travel to Hong Kong for 'Battle Trip'
11. ↑ Update: MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul And Red Velvet’s Seulgi Are Duo Goals In “Selfish” MV Teaser
12. ↑ Rapper Is Final Member Of Her Girl Group To Blow Everyone Away On “The King Of Mask Singer”
13. ↑ Watch: MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul Celebrates Her Birthday With Gorgeous MV For “Snow”
14. ↑ Watch: MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul Makes Bold Solo Comeback With “Eclipse” MV
15. ↑ Update: Punch And MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul Release MV For “Scarlet Heart: Goryeo” OST “Say Yes” Remake
16. ↑ MAMAMOO's Moon Byul to release her repackage album titled 'MOON'
17. ↑ -Full- Moon Byul 1st Ontact Live -門OON-
18. ↑ JeA Talks About Working With IU And Moonbyul On “Greedyy” + IU Shares Thoughts On Their Collab
19. ↑ [TEASER] 문별 (Moon Byul) - 크리스마스이니까 (A miracle 3days ago)
20. ↑ [MV] 문별 (Moon Byul) - 크리스마스이니까 (A miracle 3days ago)
21. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 04/28/2021 18:00 KST
22. ↑ @major9\_official 07/22/2021 18:00 KST
23. ↑ @GROOVL1N\_GTCK 08/12/2021 10:35 KST
24. ↑ 리디, 웹툰 OST 사업 본격화… ‘소유’ 첫 주자
25. ↑ 리디, 문별·가호 참여한 웹툰 ‘한양 다이어리’ OST 공개
26. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/03/2021 00:00 KST
27. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/06/2021 00:00 KST
28. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/07/2021 00:00 KST
29. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/21/2021 16:00 KST
30. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 01/04/2022 18:00 KST
31. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 01/06/2022 00:00 KST
32. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 01/19/2022 18:12 KST
33. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 02/15/2022 14:00 KST
34. ↑ 마마무 문별, '방구석 캐스팅' 합류..'서툰 이별을 하려 해' 28일 발매
35. ↑ [Special] 서툰 이별을 하려해 (Cover by 문별)
36. ↑ @stellaris\_\_22 03/20/2022 23:18 KST
37. ↑ -단독- 마마무 문별, 4월 솔로 컴백..'믿듣' 女 솔로 입지 굳힌다
38. ↑ “4월 목표로 준비 중”…마마무 문별, 솔라 이어 솔로 앨범 컴백 (공식입장)
39. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 04/12/2022 00:00 KST
40. ↑ Moon Byulによる来日公演「Director's Cut : Japan Special Live」が開催決定！
41. ↑ ‘두 번째 세계’ 유빈→신지민 “온전한 나로 무대 서고 싶다”
42. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 09/14/2022 12:00 KST
43. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 09/21/2022 12:01 KST
44. ↑ '두 번째 세계' 문별·미미·문수아·김선유 음원, 오늘(12일) 발매
45. ↑ @lunaestreIIad0s 11/07/2022 12:06 KST
46. ↑ @lunaestreIIad0s 11/09/2022 00:24 KST
47. ↑ '두 번째 세계' 우승곡 포함 파이널 음원 오늘(9일) 공개
48. ↑ @MOONBYULINTL 09/06/2022 21:20 KST
49. ↑ @AleXa\_ZB 11/07/2022 16:17 KST
50. ↑ @AleXa\_ZB 11/07/2022 12:00 KST
51. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/12/2022 00:00 KST
52. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/15/2022 00:00 KST
53. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/08/2022 00:00 KST
54. ↑ @RBW\_MAMAMOO 12/08/2022 15:00 KST
55. ↑ @MOONBYULINTL 09/06/2022 21:20 KST
56. ↑ @GoldenDisc\_en 11/14/2022 11:04 KST
57. ↑ -공지- 마마무(MAMAMOO) 문별 골든디스크 참석 관련 안내
58. ↑ "박재범·김민석·임영웅·문별 출연"..'37회 골든디스크' 3차 아티스트 라인업 발표
59. ↑ @RBW\_OfficialTwt 04/06/2023 18:00 KST
60. ↑ 문별, ‘힘쎈여자 강남순’ 네 번째 OST ‘러브 블러썸’ 참여
61. ↑ @official\_ONEWE 11/04/2023 00:00 KST
62. ↑ [SPECIAL] Moon Byul - 11:11
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