Life5

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**Life5** (Hangul: 라이프파이브 *raipeupaibeu*) is a multi-national 5-member girl group under EXP Entertainment. They debuted on May 22, 2021 with their album "LIFE FIRST : The First Mini Album".

## History

### Mid 2020-Early 2021: Pre-debut

The members of Life5 began training under EXP Entertainment through auditions or from transferring from one company to another. Mae and Bomb were the first two to begin training, while the other three members joined later.

### Mid to Late 2021: Debut

Life5 was announced May 1, 2021 through EXP Entertainment's Twitter page. Alongside the announcement were promotional pictures of the members and the debut date, May 22, 2021.

Life5 debuted on May 22, 2021 as planned with their mini album "LIFE FIRST : The First Mini Album". They had their first debut stage on Music Core, performing the title track "Leap of Faith". They also celebrated their debut with their first ever VLive stream. Their stream came with the announcement of their fandom name, Hi-5. Alongside the launch of their VLive came the start of their weekly vlog series, "Come5Life", on the offical Life5 YouTube channel, which follows a new girl each week.

### First half of 2022: First Comeback with ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER and second with Time for the Summer

Life5's first comeback came far after their debut. After promotions for "Start Rolling" had ended, there was a lull in new about Life5 as EXP Entertainment was beginning to train their upcoming girl group CLKWRK. While the girls were no longer going on variety shows, they were still uploading Come5Life regularly, showing Hi-5's the group was still afloat. In a future interview, it was revealed that Life5 had a lot of say in their schedule and when they have comebacks. When they debuted, they underestimated how much work it would be, so when promotions for Start Rolling ended, they needed a long break to recoup and train a little more.

On February 28, 2022, the official Life5 Twitter uploaded a teaser image for their first comeback: a blurred photo of a plant with the words, "그냥 계속 걸어 (Just keep walking)" and the first teaser posted March 1. Starting March 2, the Twitter page started posting promotional photos of each girl and eventually an OT5 promo photo. A tracklist was posted March 7 and pre-orders began the same day, a second MV teaser on March 8th, and a highlight medley March 9th. Finally, on March 12, the MV for Step by Step was released alongside the mini album. Although OFIFOTO performed better than Play: Start, it still went under the radar until the girls performed on the only two music show appearances they would have during OFIFOTO promotions. The first time, the group caught the public's eyes due to the diversity in the members, and people began looking into them. The second time was due to a fancam of Bomb. While performing Step by Step about halfway in, it was noticed by viewers that she looked like she was pain and she wasn't dancing, especially moving her legs, with as much energy as she usually did. The fancam and performance caught wind by netizens, and the discussion was if Bomb was performing lazily. One half of the discussion was more bashing on her, saying that if shes in pain she shouldn't perform and that she just makes the rest of the group look bad, while the other half was defending her, pointing out that she is an amputee and was most likely experiencing phantom pain during the performance and she handled it as professionally as she could've in that situation. It was later revealed by Bomb that the latter was true.

Once promotions for OFIFOTO ended, the group began to gain popularity slowly but surely through more people seeing the first performance of Step by Step as well as fans promoting the group themselves.

Much to the surprise to fans, Life5's second comeback wouldn't come long after their first. On May 21, 2022, the reveal teaser for Life5's next comeback, "Time for the Summer" was posted on their official Twitter account and YouTube community page, giving the date June 2022. The first member concept photos were posted on May 23, starting with Serenity.

The studio album was met with positive reviews and significant popularity, launching the girls into the public eye for a second and longer time.

### Second half of 2022: Third comeback with *Fifth Station*, Fourth with *MOST VALUABLE PLAYER,* Holiday Vacation

Teased on August 20, the announcement for Life5's third comeback and mini album "Fifth Station" was released, only about two months after their last release, Time for the Summer, was released. The concept was noticeably darker than the previous concepts Life5 had done, which came with a little bit of push-back from Hi-5. However, the album was released and praised for its unique twist on the retro concept but was also met with criticism for the generic sound of the album.

The day after the album was released, the comeback showcase and fan meeting was held. Nearing the end of the showcase, an ominous teaser was shown, announcing a special limited edition version of Fifth Station - the EXPANSION Version. Fans were able to first pre-order the version at the showcase before pre-orders were open to the public online through the official Life5 store.

On November 13, 2022, Life5 released their fourth mini album "MOST VALUABLE PLAYER". While it didn't perform as well as the previous releases, it was one of the more concept-heavy releases and stands out due to the unique concept and its numerous references.

As promotions for MVP came to a close, the group decided to go on a break during the holidays. On December 15th, alongside the majority of other EXP artists also taking a holiday break five days later, they went on a 15-day vacation, spending time with family, friends, and alone.

### 2023: YELLOW, RED, GREEN, PINK, BLUE

Starting February and ending in June, each member of Life5 released a solo single album. Each album was met with acclaim, all five receiving at least two music show wins each.

## Lines

* Lea
* Tan

Maknae Line* Serenity
* Mae

Vocal Line* Serenity
* Mae
* Lea

Rap Line (aka *Off the Hook* by fans)* Lea
* Bomb

Dance Line* Tan
* Bomb
* Bomb
* Tan

Introvert Line* Lea
* Serenity

Aegyo Line* Mae
* Serenity
* Tan

Girl Crush Line* Bomb
* Lea
* Tan

## Discography

### Singles

* Our Carol (2022)
* YELLOW (2023)
* RED (2023)
* GREEN (2023)
* PINK (2023)
* BLUE (2023)
* LIKE IT OR NOT (2023)

### Mini albums

* LIFE FIRST : The First Mini Album (2021)
* ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER (2022)
* Fifth Station (2022)
* MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (2022)

## Filmography

### Music Videos

* Start Rolling (2021)
* Step by Step (2022)
* Tropicana (2022)
* Next Stop (2022)

### Variety and Reality Shows

* Downtown Plaza
	+ Episode 21
	+ Episode 22
* Pop Revival Project
	+ Episode 2

## Awards

### Music Shows

2022.06.21
 Next Stop
 HOMERUN

## Trivia

* They were the first artist to debut under EXP Entertainment.
* The name "Life5" and their introduction come from the fact that all of the members have their own lives that have ended up bringing them to where they are now. The differences all of them have as well as their love for music brought them all together.
* Life5 has no visual position. EXP Entertainment has confirmed that this is because all of the girls are visuals.
* Life5's main message is to not change yourself for anyone else.
* The rap line nickname and Lea and Bomb's friendship paring name given by fans is "Off the Hook", as a reference to the idol duo of the same name from the game Splatoon 2.
	+ Bomb is supposed to be Pearl and Lea is supposed to be Marina.

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