IZ*ONE

**IZ\*ONE** (Korean: 아이즈원; Japanese: アイズワン) was a 12-member project girl group under Off The Record Entertainment and Swing Entertainment. Formed through Mnet's competition reality show *Produce 48*, they officially debuted on October 29, 2018 with their first mini album *COLOR\*IZ*.

They were active for two and a half years before disbanding on April 29, 2021. Yujin and Wonyoung re-debuted with the girl group IVE on December 1, 2021.

There is a separate wiki dedicated to this group.

## Name Meaning

The name combines the words *"IZ"* (Pronounced as *Eyes*) which symbolizes the number *"12"* and *"ONE"*which means *"1"* referring to the fact that the twelve members together will be one in the group. The asterisk (\*) between *"IZ"* and *"ONE"* symbolizes the astrological signs of the zodiac.

## History

### 2018: Produce 48 Formation, Debut with COLOR\*IZ

The early success subsequently hailed them as the New Artist of the Year at several awards shows, including Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards.

The group debuted in Korea on October 29, 2018 with their debut mini album, *COLOR\*IZ*, featuring the title track "La Vie en Rose" (라비앙로즈). The physical album was released in two versions, a Color version and a Rose version. The album peaked at #2 on Gaon Album Chart and sold 225,000 units.

### 2019: Japanese Debut, First Comeback, subsequent releases, temporary hiatus

The group made their Japanese debut on February 6, 2019 with "Suki to Iwasetai" Peaking at number 2 on Oricon Singles Chart and with over 250,000 unit sales, the single was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)

The group's second Korean mini album, *HEART\*IZ*, was released on April 1st, 2019 and featured the title track "Violeta". The physical album was released in two versions, a Violeta version and a Sapphire version, as well as a random clear sleeve (1 of 13 for each version).

IZ\*ONE later made their first Japanese comeback with the single "Buenos Aires", shortly followed by their third single "Vampire".

Later that year, the group's first full length album, *BLOOM\*IZ*, was set to be released in November of 2019, with studio versions of songs such as "AYAYAYA" and "SO CURIOUS". The album was later delayed due to voting manipulation allegations during *Produce 48*, causing refunds given out for pre-orders and the release put on hold.

### 2020: Produce 48's vote manipulation, BLOOM\*IZ, Oneiric Diary, Twelve, One-Reeler / Act IV

IZ\*ONE's return was scheduled for November 11, 2019, but was postponed after *Produce 48* director An Joon Young admitted to manipulating the program's ratings. The group has since been on an indefinite hiatus.

On January 6, 2020, the IZ\*ONE members' agencies and CJ ENM reached an agreement that the group would resume their activities.

They released their first full length album *BLOOM\*IZ* on Feburary 17, 2020 with the title track "FIESTA". On February 23, the album broke the then-record for the highest first-week sales on Hanteo for an album by a girl group with 356,313 copies; it is also the first album by a girl group to surpass the 300,000 copies mark in Hanteo's history. *Bloom\*Iz* was certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) on April 9 after selling more than 390,000 shipment figures.

On May 19, it was announced that the group would make another comeback with the release of their third mini album *Oneiric Diary* and the title track "Secret Story of the Swan", which was released on June 15. The music video was delayed to be released the next day at 12PM KST.

On October 21, the group released their first Japanese full length album *Twelve*, which was their final Japanese release. The song "Beware" was used as the album's leading promotional title track, with the music video being pre-released on October 6.

IZ\*ONE then made their comeback on December 7, 2020 with their fourth mini album *One-reeler / Act IV*. "Panorama" was used as the title track, with its accompanying music video being released on the same day. "Sequence" was also used to promote the album.

### 2021: Final activities, disbandment

The group returned with the digital single "D-D-Dance" on January 26 as the first release of the UNIVERSE music project.

IZ\*ONE members Eunbi, Sakura, Minju, Yuri and Wonyoung, along with former SISTAR member Soyou, participated in the collaborative promotional single "Zero:Attitude" featuring rapper pH-1, who also contributed to writing lyrics. The song was released on February 15 as part of the Starship X Pepsi Project, as the first release of the 2021 Pepsi X Starship K-Pop Campaign and seventh overall. IZ\*ONE participated in the compilation album *Rewind : Blossom* and remade Roo'ra's popular song 3!4!.

On April 29, 2021, the group officially concluded their activities and disbanded after their exclusive contract with Off the Record expired. All of the members returned to their representative agencies as trainees while the Japanese members, who are foreigners, returned to Japan.

When the group's disbandment was announced, the group's official fanclub, WIZ\*ONE, started an initiative called Parallel Universe on April 21, 2021, in an attempt to prevent the girls from disbanding. The name "Parallel Universe" was chosen to pay homage to a song with the same title that was released during the One, The Story concert. The initiative raised ₩1,000,000,000 (roughly US$900,000), its funding goal, but despite the support from the entire WIZ\*ONE community, the initiative failed, and IZ\*ONE disbanded as planned.

On June 19, CJ ENM confirmed that negotiations were underway to potentially relaunch the group, in consultation with the agencies which manage the members. Despite having initial discussions of the relaunch, the group's relaunch has fallen through as of July 6, and the group's re-debut has been canceled.

Following IZ\*ONE's disbandment, Yujin and Wonyoung debuted as members of the girl group IVE on December 1, 2021.

## Discography

Studio albums* *BLOOM\*IZ* (2020)

Mini albums* *COLOR\*IZ* (2018)
* *HEART\*IZ* (2019)
* *Oneiric Diary* (2020)
* *One-reeler / Act IV* (2020)

Digital singles* "D-D-Dance" (2021)

Promotional singles* "Zero:Attitude" (with Soyou) (2021)

Participation releases* "3!4!"  (from *Rewind : Blossom*) (2021)
Studio albums* *Twelve* (2020)

Singles* "Suki to Iwasetai" (2019)
* "Buenos Aires" (2019)
* "Vampire" (2019)

English
Features* Jonas Blue - "Rise" (2019)

## Official Links

* Official Korean Website (Closed)
* Official Japanese Website (Closed)
* Official Twitter
* IZ\*ONE Staff Twitter
* IZ\*ONE Official Twitter Japan Shop
* IZ\*ONE Official Twitter 'Dicon Magazine'
* IZ\*ONE Official Twitter 'Photo Box Japan'
* Official Facebook
* Official Instagram
* Youtube Channel
* Vlive Channel
* Official Fancafe
* Weibo
* Naver
* Tik Tok
* Japan Official Fanclub Site
* Official Melon Page