Brave Girls

Brave Girls
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-Pop, Reggae
Years active 2011–present
Labels Brave Entertainment
Associated acts Skul1, 1kyne (Electroboyz)
Members
Eun Young • Seo Ah • Yejin • Yoojin • Hyeran
Brave Girls
Hangul 브레이브걸스
Revised Romanization Beureibeu geolseu
McCune–Reischauer Pŭreipŭ kŏlsŭ

Brave Girls (Hangul: 브레이브걸스) is a five member girl group formed by famous producer, Brave Brothers of Brave Entertainment. The group consists of Eun Young, Seo Ah, Yejin, Yoojin and Hyeran.[1][2] They debuted on April 8, 2011 with the single album The Difference. The songs “Do You Know (Hangul: 아나요)” and “So Sexy” were their promotional singles for the album. On July 29, they made their comeback with reggae song “Easily (Hangul: 툭하면)” from their mini album Back to Da Future. The group promoted a remix version of “Easily” on August 13 and released it on August 26. They made an appearance on Jay Park’s Mr. Idol movie.[3][4][5]

Contents

Biography

Pre-Debut

On March 14, Eun Young was revealed a member and the leader of the group. She is the niece of Shin Ha-kyun, an actor known for his role in Welcome to Dongmakgol and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.[6] Hyeran was revealed on March 17 gained attention because of her resemblance to singer Son Dambi and old dance rehearsal videos that led to her name being feature on video sites like M. Goon.[7] Yejin became the third member to be revealed. She also gained attention because of her past as she was ‘Miss Seattle’ at the Miss Korea competition and her resemblance to actress Kim Sa Rang.[8] Seo Ah became the fourth member of the group. She was previously a model before joining the group.[9]

Debut

On March 31, Brave Brothers unveiled two images of the group that provided two concepts (a sexy chic and colorful eccentric) which the group will be performing with.[10] Two teasers were released of “So Sexy” and “Do You Know” on the first week of April.[11][12] On April 7, they released their debut single album The Difference along with the music video of “Do You Know”.[13][14] They made their debut on Korean Broadcasting System’s (KBS) Music Bank with “So Sexy” and “Do You Know”.[15] On April 24, they appeared on Gag Concert and performed a trot version of “Do You Know”.[16][17] Eun Young appeared on KBS's 100 Points out of 100 show and won 2 medals (Gold and Bronze) on the show.[18][19] The music video for “So Sexy” was released on June 8.[20] They had a cameo appearance along with Superkidd on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) drama, Protect the Boss.[21][22]

Back to Da Future and Mr Idol

On July 22, Brave Entertainment announced that the group would make a comeback during the month and shared concept photos of their mini-album Back to Da Future. Their title track, "Easily" featuring Korean reggae artist Skul1, was revealed along with the music video.[23][24] Brave Brothers stated that the song was homage to Kim Gun-mo’s “Excuse”.[4][25][26] A teaser for the music video was revealed on July 27.[27] One day later, the music video was released before releasing their mini-album on the following day. They made their comeback on Music Bank with the song “Easily”.[28][29] The group participated at the 3rd Idol Star Athletics Championship on September 13.[30][31] They had a cameo appearance in Mr. Idol with Chocolat and other idol groups.[32][33] On December 25, 2011, they appeared on KBS 2TV's Let’s Go Dream Team! as special guests and performed for contestants of the show.[34][35]

Members

Stage Name Birth Name Date of Birth Position
Eun Young Park Eun Young (Hangul: 박은영) October 15, 1987 (1987-10-15) (age 24) Leader, Lead Vocalist
Seo Ah Park Seo Ah (Hangul: 박서아) February 9, 1988 (1988-02-09) (age 24) Vocalist
Yejin Han Ye Jin (Hangul: 한예진) November 24, 1990 (1990-11-24) (age 21) Vocalist
Yoojin Kim Yoo Jin (Hangul: 김유진) September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14) (age 19) Vocalist, Rapper
Hyeran Noh Hye Ran (Hangul: 노혜란) April 9, 1993 (1993-04-09) (age 18) Rapper
Note: This information is based from their Brave Entertainment profile.

Discography

Studio albums

Album Information Track Listing
The Difference [36]
  1. Intro (Ain't Nobody Like Brave Girls)
  2. So Sexy
  3. 아나요
  4. So Sexy (Instrumental)
"So Sexy" and "아나요" is the promotional song for the album.
Back To Da Future [37]
  1. Back To Da Future
  2. 툭하면 (Feat. Skull)
  3. 비가 내리면
  4. 너무 아파 (Feat. Maboos from Electroboyz)
  5. 아나요 (Acoustic Remix)
  6. 툭하면 (Instrumental)
"툭하면" is the promotional song for the album.

Single albums

Album Information Track Listing
Back To Da Future: 툭하면 Remix [38]
  1. 툭하면 Remix (Feat. 1kyne of Electroboyz)
  2. 툭하면 Remix (Instrumental)
"툭하면 Remix" is the promotional song for the album.

Music videos

Filmography

Show Channel Starring Members Role Notes
Protect the Boss SBS Eun Young and Yejin Cameo Appeared in Episode 1
Gag Concert KBS Eun Young, Yejin, Yoojin, Hyeran and Seo Ah Performance Performed Trot version of "Do You Know"
100 Points out of 100 KBS Eun Young Guest She won Gold and Bronze medals.
Movie Role Notes
Mr. Idol Cameo -

Modeling

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref
2011 19th Korea Culture Entertainment Awards Rookie of the Year "Won" [46][47]

Trivia

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External links

Executives
Subsidiaries
Brave Sound
Current Roster
Solo
Group
Brave Girls · Electroboyz
Former Roster
Park Kyung Rok
Website: Brave Sound | Brave Entertainment