Fiestar
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Fiestar at Gu-am park, Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, November 2013, From left to right: Cao Lu, Hyemi, Linzy, Jei, Cheska (former), Yezi | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Associated acts | |
| Website | Official artist profile |
| Members |
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| Past members | Cheska |
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Fiestar (Korean: 피에스타) is a five-member girl group from South Korea formed by LOEN Entertainment.
The group consists of five members: Jei, Linzy, Hyemi, and Yezi, and a Chinese member, Cao Lu. Former American member Cheska left the group in 2014 to pursue new paths on her music career.[1] They made their debut in August 31, 2012 with their single "Vista".[2]
History
Pre-debut
While many of the members took part in various activities before the group's formal debut, according to their agency, all of them had been training together for two years and the average training time among the members was 4 years.[3] Chinese member Cao Lu was previously a solo singer in Mainland China after winning a 2004 CCTV sponsored singing contest. Her album, titled Cat, was released in 2005 under her former stage name, LuLu.[4]
Main rapper Yezi also became famous as an underground rapper even before she debuted, since she released various rap mixtapes on her account and garnered high praises from netizens before she was planned to become a member of the group.[5]
Leader Jei did modeling for various online clothing stores [6] and was the female lead for boy band Infinite's music video for their song 'Paradise',[7] Bongshil Sister's My Love [8] and also for Taw's music video for Happy Hours featuring Joo and the Lifestyle.[9] She later replaced Joo on the promotions due her being diagnosed with a bump on her throat, and became fine right after the promotions ended.[10]
Linzy was a trainee under YG Entertainment and was originally planned to be a 2NE1 member and is also one of the trainees to be originally planned to become a member from YG's new girl group (with the idea scrapped in 2012, and the group disbanded even before debuting) and recorded a song for the 2010 Korean drama Obstetrics and Gynecology.[11]
2012: Debut & We Don't Stop
LOEN Entertainment initially announced that they would be debuting a six-member girl group that contained not only members from South Korea, but from China and the United States as well.[12] After revealing the names and pictures of the members, it was revealed that they would be singing a duet with label mate IU prior to their debut for their agency's artist collaboration album.[13] Titled 'Sea of Moonlight', the song ranked high on the Korean music charts.
In August, the group's debut single "Vista" was announced and it was revealed that they would also be collaborating with hip-hop artist Tiger JK for a pre-release song called "Wicked", which received much attention for its Reggaeton influence. JYJ's Junsu made a guest appearance in the music video for "Vista" along with Seungah from Sunny Hill. Their song Vista charted high on charts, with the other songs all charting on the K-pop Billboard Hot 100, with two songs breaking up to Top 10.[14]
On November 1, member Cheska revealed the girls were planning to comeback, which was later confirmed by LOEN following the release of the teaser image, along with the comeback date of November 9, 2012 with their second single album, We Don't Stop. We Don't Stop is revealed to be with the works of Hyuk Shin. The B-side for single, Sweet Love, was released on November 5 and featured ballad singer Kim Yeon-woo. The promotions followed on Music Bank on November 10, 2012.[15]
Members had some individual activities, like Jei appearing in TVN's love-reality show, Romantic and Idol, alongside AOA's Hyejeong, 4Minute's Jihyun, and more. Members Jei, Cheska, and Yezi appeared alongside IU for comedy show, Gag Concert. Linzy and Hyemi appeared in KBS's singing show 1000 Songs Challenge. The whole group also appeared in Weekly Idol, and on Dream Team 2. The group also made an endorsement with HIM Magazine.[16]
2013: A-HA!, Whoo!, Major Label Re-Organization, & I Don't Know
Fiestar's begun the 2013 by ending their promotions of We Don't Stop on Simply K-pop, and also appearing KBS' 1 vs. 100. Cao Lu also appeared on Dream Team 2. They appeared on shows again last May 2013, appearing on various shows, with the whole group appearing on SBS' Ggurugi Life Inquiry, KBS' Family Love, MBC Music's All the K-pop with only Cao Lu and the show Stress Out along with Spica. Member and leader Jei also appeared on their brother group History, appearing in all individual teasers of each 5 members, with the theme "Romantic Dating Tips". Member Linzy joined the cast of the Korean musical rendition of the 2006-2008 musical movie hit High School Musical taking the role of Sharpay Evans, sharing the role with The Grace's Dana. The musical also shows a tremendous cast with Super Junior's Ryeowook, F.T. Island's Jae-jin, f(x)'s Luna, AOA's Choa and musical actress Oh So-yeon. The photoshoot began on June 28, and the show began on July 2, at Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.[17]
Last July 25, LOEN released a picture with Jei, Cheska, and Cao Lu holding up a book while looking at the camera, and released a statement that Fiestar will be creating an educational program entitled, "Fiestar's A-HA! For the Global K-Pop Fan", for international viewers who wants to learn the Korean Language. The first video is released on July 26, with their main topic, "Daebak", with Jei speaking Korean, Cheska in English, and Cao Lu translating it in Chinese.[18]
Fiestar made a CF for the Samsung's Zoom Camera Feature for Samsung Galaxy S4, with the full commercial released on June 30. Member and leader Jei had a pictorial with SURE Magazine, hinting of a comeback somewhere beginning on the second half of 2013, and another album with the help of Eric Benét. Member Cheska also updated their fancafe, hinting of a comeback drawing near. Their comeback is announced on August 22 with a digital single, and is said to be with the works of Eric Benet. The digital single is titled "Whoo!", with a sneak peek 10-second audio clip released at the end of the group's 'A-HA' 5th lesson video.[19] LOEN Entertainment announced that Whoo! will just be a pre-release single for their upcoming comeback. The whole song collaboration with Eric Benet is released on August 27, and featured a Latin R&B music, introducing a new sound from Fiestar. The song ranked high on music charts, despite no live promotions.[20]
In September, LOEN announced a major reorganization and created a multi-label system, splitting LOEN into two parts: LOEN Tree, which houses IU, History, SunnyHill; and Collabodadi, which owns Zia and Fiestar.[21] Few days after the creation of the multi-label system, their agency's Twitter released a statement that Fiestar will indeed have a comeback in November 1, and on the same day, also released BTS videos of their music video for their third single.[22] On Fiestar's 12th episode of 'A-HA!', the whole six members released an audio teaser by the end of the video, and hinted more of the audio on Fiestar's thirteenth episode and last of Season 1's 'A-HA!'. A few days later, on October 23, Fiestar released a black-and-white teaser image of their third single, titled Curious. They also released another teaser on October 28, featuring the girls making a 'Shh!' pose, and on the same day, released the album jacket image and the tracklist for their third single, with the title track entitled "I Don't Know". They announced that Fiestar will be sporting the cutely sexy concept, doing a 90 degree change on their image, and said it will be still as powerful as their past singles. They released the video teaser on October 31, and on the same day, various celebrities released supporting messages to Fiestar, featuring Clara, IU, Kim Suk Hoon, and the Gag Concert team. They released the full music video on November 1.[23] The single ranked high on digital music charts despite the heavy competition with fellow artists. They made their first comeback stage on Music Core on November 2.
The group had their own TV reality show titled "Channel FIESTAR!" which is currently airing on SBS MTV. Their program features skits, activities, commercials, and the private lives of each members.[24] The show's first episode aired on November 28.
2014: Cheska's withdrawal, I Love Korea & One More
On March 20 their label announced Cheska would be withdrawing from the group after a long conversation with the agency. They also announced that Fiestar would not be adding any new members. Their comeback was scheduled for mid-July 2014 after being pushed back due to the Sewol ferry tragedy.[25][26] On June 16, a cheering song for the 2014 Brazil World Cup titled "I Love Korea", a collaboration between The Friends and Fiestar was released.[27] Teasers for Fiestar's comeback single "One More" were released on June 29,the music video was released on July 1 and the song was released on July 2.[28][29]
2015: 1st Mini Album "Black Label", Return to LOEN & Breakthrough
On February 16, it was announced that FIESTAR will come back in March with their first mini album "BLACK LABEL". The album will be digitally released on March 4. The lead single for the album will be called "You're Pitiful".
On August 17, it was announced that Yezi had joined the rap survival show Unpretty Rapstar for its second season. She received acclaim throughout the series run for her rapping skills and determined attitude. Yezi became increasingly popular after her performance in the third episode after she saved herself from elimination by rapping a short rap entitled "미친 개 (Crazy Dog)". She was the number one trending topic on Naver after the episodes airing, with Fiestar trending high as well. She later trended number one again after the final episode. She also released the solo tracks "Solo (Remix)" featuring Jay Park, and "Treat Me Roughly" featuring rapper Hanhae during the semi-finals of Unpretty Rapstar 2.
In September 22, their in-house label Collabodadi posted a notice on their official Facebook, stating that the multi-label system idea of LOEN will be scrapped, with the labels merging back, and with LOEN Tree being the sole in-house label. It also notes that the artists under Collabodadi, such as Zia, Fiestar, and Shinsadong Tiger, will be returning back to the said label. This marks as Fiestar's return to LOEN after a two-year run under the in-house label Collabodadi.
On December 17, Cao Lu appeared on Radio Star as a guest along with rapper Jessi, Got7's Jackson, and Lena Park as part of the Outsiders special. She garnered attention with her appearance on the show and her humorous antics, and also made the number-one trending topic on Naver, with Fiestar trending high as well.
It was confirmed by LOEN that Yezi would have a solo debut by the end of the year and a Fiestar comeback early 2016. She released the official version of "Crazy Dog" featuring San E as a pre-release track for her upcoming debut.
Controversies
The song "One More" was banned by MBC for containing "ambiguous" lyrics, which the network claimed contained allusions to a threesome. While the lyrics originally passed scrutiny from the three major broadcasting stations (KBS, MBC and SBS), backlash from netizens forced the networks to review the lyrics. Fiestar's representatives maintained that the lyrics did not allude to threesomes, but rather a comparison of a smart phone game to a monotonous relationship. However, Fiestar rerecorded the song, completely changing the lyrics to avoid further misunderstandings and continued promotions shortly thereafter.[30] The controversy spawned from the lyrics prompted MBC to crack down further on songs with ambiguous or easily misconstrued lyrical content.[31]
Members
- Jei (Kim Jinhee 김진희)
- Cao Lu (曹璐)
- Linzy (Im Minji 임민지)
- Kim Hyemi (김혜미)
- Lee Yezi (이예지)[32]
Former Members
- Cheska (Francesca Ahn Minji 프란체스카 안민지)[32]
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Weekly [33] |
KOR Monthly [34] | |||
| Black Label |
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11 | 28 |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon | KOR Hot 100 [36] | ||||||
| Album [37] |
Digital [38] | ||||||
| "Sea of Moonlight" (with IU) | 2012 | N/A | 12 | 10 |
|
LOEN Tree Summer Story | |
| "Vista" | 9 | 27 | 28 |
|
Vista (single) | ||
| "We Don't Stop" | 21 | 66 | 58 |
|
We Don't Stop (single) | ||
| "Whoo!" (with Eric Benét) | 2013 | N/A | 58 | 80 |
|
Digital single | |
| "I Don't Know" | 17 | 63 | 63 |
|
Curious (single) | ||
| "One More" | 2014 | N/A | 51 | 57 |
|
Digital single | |
| "You're Pitiful" | 2015 | N/A | 60 | N/A |
|
Black Label | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Note: Korean Billboard Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and was discontinued in July 2014. | |||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [38] |
KOR Hot 100 [36] | ||||
| "Wicked" (Feat. Tiger JK) | 2012 | 57 | 71 | Vista (single) |
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| "Sweet Love" (Feat. Kim Yeon-woo) | 70 | 99 | We Don't Stop (single) |
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| "Head, Shoulders, Knee, Foot" | 2013 | 57 | 92 | Curious (single) | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Note: Korean Billboard Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and was discontinued in July 2014. | |||||
Solo Appearances & OSTs
| Title | Year | Member | Peak chart positions | Album | Sales | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [38] |
KOR Hot 100 [36] | ||||||
| "Miao Miao" | 2005 | Cao Lu | - | - | Cat (album) | Chinese debut album by Cao Lu under the stage name LuLu as a soloist | |
| "You Light Up My Life" | - | - | |||||
| "I'm Sorry" (Feat. P.K. Heman) | 2010 | Linzy | - | - | Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors OST | Under her real name, Im Minji, as a YG trainee | |
| "Stop Saying It's Alright" (by MBLAQ) | 2014 | Hyemi | - | N/A | Winter (MBLAQ album) | MBLAQ featuring Hyemi | |
| "Such A Woman" (by Zia) | Yezi, Cheska | - | N/A | 11 Days Have Passed (Zia album) |
|
Zia featuring Yezi, Cheska | |
| "What My Heart Wants To Say" (by Lel) | Linzy | - | N/A | Hi! School – Love On OST Part 2 | Lel featuring Linzy | ||
| "So Tight" | All | - | N/A | My Lovely Girl OST Part 7 | |||
| "Miraculous Ladybug" | 2015 | - | N/A | Miraculous Ladybug OST | Also filmed a music video | ||
| "Save Me Tarzan" | - | N/A | Golden Tower OST Part 1 | ||||
| "Don't Stop" (by Unpretty Rapstar 2 contestants) | Yezi | 17 | N/A | Non-album single |
|
Opening theme song for Unpretty Rapstar 2 | |
| "Solo Remix" (Feat. Jay Park, Loco) | 16 | N/A | Non-album single |
|
Won by Yezi as the fourth track released by Unpretty Rapstar 2, with the song produced by Cha Cha Malone | ||
| "Treat Me Roughly" (Feat. Hanhae) | 27 | N/A | Unpretty Rapstar 2 Final x Semi-Finals Part 2 |
|
Her solo track for the semi-finals of Unpretty Rapstar 2 | ||
| "Crazy Dog" (Feat. San E) | 45 | N/A | Non-album single |
|
Pre-release for her solo debut album | ||
| "Z-Noid" | N/A | N/A | Non-album single | Released exclusively as a song for Counter-Strike Online, also filmed a music video | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Note: Korean Billboard Hot 100 was introduced in August 2011 and was discontinued in July 2014. | |||||||
Videography
MVs
| Year | Song title | Album | Released | Length | Director/Production House | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Sea of Moonlight" (with IU) | LOEN Tree Summer Story | July 26 | 3:43 | Hwang Soo-ah (LOEN Entertainment) | Special collaboration |
| "Vista" | Vista (single) | August 31 | 5:11 | Debut music video. | ||
| "Vista (Performance Ver.)" | September 4 | 3:34 | ||||
| "We Don't Stop" | We Don't Stop (single) | November 8 | 3:40 | Jo Soo-hyun | ||
| 2013 | "I Don't Know" | Curious (single) | October 31 | 3:46 | Naive Creative Production | [43] |
| 2014 | "I Love Korea" | - | June 16 | 6:27 | World Cup cheering song | |
| "One More" | One More (single) | July 1 | 3:18 | Digital Pedicure | First official release without Cheska | |
| 2015 | "You're Pitiful" | Black Label | March 4 | 3:57 | Lee Gi-baek (Tiger Cave Studio) | [44][45] |
Filmography
Dramas
| Year | Show | Channel | Member(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pretty Man | KBS2 | Jei | Choi Do-hee |
| 2014 | My Lovely Girl | SBS | All | (Ep 3, 7, 10, 16; Cameo) |
| The Idle Mermaid | tvN | Jei | Han Gook-ja | |
| Mental Shooter | MBC Music | Linzy | Lead Role | |
| 2015 | Three By Three | VR drama | Jei | [46] |
| Lily Fever | Web drama | Jei | Sun-woo Eun-suk[47] | |
| 2016 | Vampire Detective | OCN | Jei | |
Variety Shows
| Year | Title | Network | Member | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Weekly Idol | MBC Every1 | All | Guest |
| All The K-Pop | MBC Every1 | All | Guest | |
| The Romantic & Idol | tvN | Jei | Main Cast in Season 1 | |
| 2013 | Family Love | KBS2 | All | Guest |
| 2014 | Weekly Idol | MBC Every1 | All | Guest |
| 2015 | Her Secret Weapon | MBC Every1 | Jei, Cao Lu | Contestants (Cao Lu replaced Jei after elimination in Episode 6) |
| Unpretty Rapstar 2 | Mnet | Yezi | Contestant | |
| Radio Star | MBC | Cao Lu | Guest | |
| 2016 | The Geeks | MBC | Cao Lu | Guest |
| Happy Together[48] | KBS | Yezi | Guest | |
| [49]Hello Counselor | KBS | Yezi | Guest | |
| Dream Centre | MBC | Cao Lu | Guest | |
| Gag Concert[50] | KBS | Yezi | Guest (featured in the skit 'comedy idols' on the 24th jan episode) | |
| Stargram | SBS | Jei, Hyemi and Cao lu | Broadcast on the 15th of January | |
Awards
| Year | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4th Annual Seoul Success Awards | Best Rookie of the Year | Won |
| 2012 Arirang's Simply K-Pop Awards | Super Rookie Idol of the Year | ||
| All the Kpop - World-Class Rookie Awards | Rookie of the Year | ||
| Knock-Out Award | |||
| 22nd Seoul Music Awards | Rookie Award[51] | Nominated | |
| Popularity Award[51] | |||
| 2015 | 25th Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang Award | Pending |
| Popularity Award | |||
References
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- ↑ "FIESTAR releases "Vista" MV (with special appearance by JYJ’s Junsu)". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Loen Entertainment reveals new photo of upcoming girl group FIESTAR". Allkpop. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ↑ "LuLu to go to South Korea to debut on LOEN's six-member girl group + to use her real name".
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