HCL3

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HCL3 at a live showcase on January 18, 2021

Jisoo

Hajoon

Seunghoon

**HCL3** is a South Korean boy group formed by **SA Entertainment** in 2020. The group consists of five members: Woojin, Byungchul, Jisoo, Hajoon, and Seunghoon. Their debut EP *5:9* was released on April 10, 2020 with the title track "Equals 45".

## **History**

### **Pre-debut**

The members of **HCL3** joined **SA Entertainment** in the following order:

* Woojin (November 3, 2019)
* Byungchul (November 4, 2019)
* Jisoo (November 10, 2019)
* Hajoon (November 11, 2019)
* Seunghoon (November 17, 2019)

### **2020: Debut and hiatus**

**HCL3** debuted on April 10, 2020 with the release of their first EP *5:9*, the title track being "Equals 45". Their debut music show performance was on **Stage Champion** on April 16. "Equals 45" is a cute concept pop song produced by **YJP**. The debut was successful, selling almost three million albums in the first week of release.

After finishing promotions, SA Entertainment went dormant for a few months, seemingly having no public activity, until the release of **Happiness'** final mini album, *Hush*. This combined with **Night Girls**' *Dream On* promotions and SA Entertainment's financial struggles prior to signing as a sublabel to **Epic Music Labels**, caused HCL3 to go on an eight month hiatus.

### **2021-present: *Love Dynamite* single trilogy, second hiatus**

In December of 2020, SA Entertainment announced an upcoming comeback project for HCL3, which was a single album trilogy where one single was to be released each month, for three months in a row.

On January 3, HCL3 released ***Love Dynamite: Search***, the first of the single trilogy which talks about finding love, whether romantically or in any other way.

The last two single albums were originally announced to be released in mid-February and end of March, respectively, however a lawsuit between SA Entertainment and **JTB Entertainment** erupted which forced HCL3 to go on hiatus again (read more on the **SA Entertainement wiki page**).

On May 1, HCL3 released the second part of their single trilogy, ***Love Dynamite: Heartbreak***. This album is more powerful than the previous, talking about the darker side of love such as breakups or loss of relationships. The third and final part of the trilogy, ***Love Dynamite: Free***, was released on June 5 and has a deeper message about self-worth and loving yourself.

## **Members**

### **Current**

* Woojin (우진) - main dancer, sub-vocalist
* Byungchul (병철) - visual, lead dancer
* Jisoo (지수) - leader, lead rapper, main vocalist
* Hajoon (하준) - main rapper, lead vocalist
* Seunghoon (승훈) - center, sub-rapper, sub-dancer, maknae

## **Discography**

**Click here** for a full list of HCL3's discography.

## **Music Show Wins**

 *Love Dynamite: Search* | Lost Heart
 Waiting for You
 *Love Dynamite: Heartbreak* | I Don't Need You
 Give Up

## **Trivia**

* It is well known in the industry that HCL3 and Night Girls are good friends on, and off stage. Certain members of HCL3 were trainees at the same time as Night Girls, meaning both groups had made friends together.

* From what is known to the public, Ellin and Lucie of Night Girls are good friends with Woojin, Jiwon is very close to Byungchul, Jisoo has a very sympathetic personality, which he says helps him "keep Minji (of Night Girls) in check at all times", Jieun and Seongah have been friends with Hajoon since they met him during his trainee days, and Diana and Jiwoo have a very playful friendship with Seunghoon despite his impassive public personality.
* HCL3 debuted with a similar concept to Red Velvet. They would have certain "acidic" comebacks, which would be harder hitting songs with darker concepts, and they would also have "basic" comebacks which would be lighter pop songs with a brighter concept.
* Although HCL3 has a science concept, member Seunghoon mentioned in a B-Live that he hated chemistry when he was in school and that it was one of his worst subjects.
* On a B-Live after their debut, Woojin mentioned that Byungchul was the one who came up with the group concept, and that he was a very creative person. It is also rumored that Byungchul is an extremely talented artist, and that he is currently trying to learn how to do digital art.
* Although Seunghoon always shows a stoic facial expression in public, on stage and even on some photo teasers, Byungchul claims that he is in fact a very caring and affectionate person in private.