Sunny Days (band)
Sunny Days 써니데이즈 | |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2012 – present |
Labels | Haeun Entertainment |
Members |
Lee Sunkyung Hwang Jihee Kim Soohyun Cho Seoyeon Jung SooJung Jung Yoon |
Past members |
Jeon Minji Jung Bichen Lee Gyuhee |
Sunny Days is a South Korean band that debuted under Haeun Entertainment on May 18, 2012 with their song "Take Away". The group consists of Sunkyung, Jihee, Soojung, Soohyun, Seoyeon, and Jungyoon, with Sunkyung as their leader. Sunny Days is known for having intense vocal training for 2 years before they debuted.
Predebut
Before they debuted they were invited to China to perform.
2012: Take Away, Glory Korea, Don't Touch Me and member changes
Sunny Days debuted with the song "Take Away" on May 18, 2012. The album has 2 tracks: "Take Away" and "Take Away (instrumental)". On June 19 it was announced that Minji[1] would be departing from the group due to an ankle injury and new member Seoyeon would be taking her place. Sunny Days also took part in singing "Glory Korea" for Korean athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics. The "Glory Korea" single album contained "Glory Korea (instrumental)" and "One Step Closer". This album was released on July 18, 2012.
Sunny Days came back with their 2nd promotional single, "Don't Touch Me", which was also the 1st song they had a music video for, which was released on July 26, 2012.
2013: I Must Be Crazy, Meet a Girl Like You, & New Members
Sunny Days came back with "I Must Be Crazy" on April 8, 2013. Their 4th single, "Meeting a Girl Like You" was released on July 31, 2013. During this comeback, members Bichen and Gyuhee were added. Bichen was a former winner of the KPop world festival.
2014: Real Vocal sub-unit, lineup changes, I Don't Need You Boy & Rain OST
Sunny Days subunit group Real Vocal debuted "With the Same Lips" on SBS The Show. The song was released on March 12, 2014. Real Vocal consists of Sunkyung, Jihee and Soohyun.
Sunny Days made a comeback, performing their 5th single "I Don't Need You Boy" (or "Half the World Are Men") as their comeback song on MBC's "Show Champion" on July 30. The song was released on July 31, 2014 with Sunny Days as a 5-member group. Gyuhee & Bichen left the group and were replaced by a new member, Jung Yoon. Seoyeon became inactive for this comeback due to health issues. Bichen left the group to pursue her solo career and competed as one of the contestants in the third season of The Voice of China, in which she emerged winner.
Jihee was featured in One Way Dandelion's OST Part 2 for the song "Rain" which was released on December 2, 2014.[2]
Members
- Hwang Jihee/Jihee (born January 23, 1986) (2012–present)
- Lee Sunkyung/Sunkyung (born October 10, 1986) (2012–present)
- Jung Soojung/ Soojung (born July 3, 1988) (2012–present)
- Cho Seoyeon/Seoyeon (born January 23, 1992) (2012–present, inactive since 2014)
- Kim Soohyun/ Soohyun (born October 25, 1993) (2012–present)
- Jung Yoon (2014–present)
Former members
- Jeon Minji/Minji (born February 4, 1989) (2012)
- Jung BiChen/ Bi Chen (born September 10, 1989) (2013-2014)
- Lee Gyuhee/Gyuhee (born January 20, 1995) (2013-2014)
Discography
Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"Take Away" | 2012 | Take Away (single) |
"Glory Korea" | Glory Korea (single) | |
"Don't Touch Me" | Don't Touch Me (single) | |
"I Must Be Crazy" | 2013 | I Must Be Crazy (single) |
"Meet A Girl Just Like You" | Meet A Girl Just Like You (single) | |
"I Don't Need You Boy" | 2014 | I Don't Need You Boy (single) |
References
- ↑ "Minji's Departure". Retrieved Feb 2015.
- ↑ "One Way Dandelion OST Part 2". Retrieved Feb 2015.
External links
- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.hellokpop.com/2012/07/18/sunny-days-new-track-glory-korea-for-the-olympics/
- http://www.dkpopnews.net/2012/07/sunny-days-released-dont-touch-me-mv.html
- http://popgasa.com/tag/sunny-days-i-must-be-crazy-english-lyrics/
- http://seoulbeats.com/2013/08/sunny-days-are-here-again-with-meet-a-girl-like-you/
- http://kpoptunisia.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunny-days-to-comeback-with-subunit.html
- http://misskpop.weebly.com/sunny-days-profile.html
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/07/sunny-days-unveil-their-2-new-members-ahead-of-comeback
- http://www.jpopasia.com/group/sunnydays/
- http://static1.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/sunny-days-release-images-for-new-member-jung-yoon-ahead-of-comeback
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/sunny-days-make-their-comeback-as-5-members-with-half-of-the-world-are-men