GWSN

“	Waiting for you! Hello, we are Girls in the Park.	”
—GWSN

GWSN (Korean: 공원소녀; Japanese: 公園少女; Chinese: 公园少女; also known as Girls in the Park) was a seven-member multinational girl group. They debuted on September 5, 2018 with the mini-album The Park In The Night Part One.

The group was set to hold numerous events to increase their popularity pre-debut until the final group debut.

The group officially concluded their activities and disbanded on January 22, 2023 after winning a lawsuit against The Wave Music for not fulfilling their exclusive contracts.^[1]

History

Pre-debut

On June 14, the subsidiary of Kiwi Media Group, Kiwi Pop, announced their first girl group, with their first teaser image and their social medias opened. On the same day, their debut date was set to June 18.^[2] Following this, from June 19 to 23, the seven members were revealed, being Minju, Lena, Anne, Soso, Seoryoung, Miya and Seokyoung respectively.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

2018–2019: Debut and The Park in the Night trilogy

Their debut album was revealed to be titled THE PARK IN THE NIGHT Part 1 on August 15, with their debut date being September 5. The following day, a story teaser for the mini-album was released. The timeline was officially released on August 17, revealing that there will be three different units and concepts. The units are Moon, Sun and Stars, and the concepts are named after them. It is unknown which members are in which unit, but the units are: Miya and Lena; Anne, Minju and Soso and Seokyoung and Seoryoung. From August 19 to August 22, the teasers were released to the public through units. On August 23, the tracklist was revealed to the public, confirming that the title track would be titled "Puzzle Moon". On August 24, the Sun teaser photos were released. From August 26 to August 28, the jacket photos of the Sun ver. were released in the form of Tarot Cards.

On December 13, their fandom name was revealed to be "Groo", meaning "stump" in korean.^[10]

2020: Soso's hiatus and The Keys

On April 3, it was revealed that Soso would not be participating in the group's comeback due to health issues related to a prior ankle injury and an anxiety. It was also announced that the group would be making their comeback at the end of April through Kiwi Media Group's new affiliated label, MILES.^[11]

On April 13, the group released their first teaser for their fourth mini album, The Keys, which was released on April 28.^[12]

2021: The Other Side of the Moon, Soso's return

On April 29, media outlet OSEN reported the group would be making their first comeback in over a year with their fifth mini album on May 20. It was also reported that GWSN would return as a full group with Soso returning from her hiatus.^[13]

On May 15, the group released the timeline guide for their fifth mini album The Other Side of the Moon, set to be released on May 26.^[14]

2022: Agency's disestablishment

On October 21, 2022, producer Swin Lee said on an Instagram live that the group's company was closed due to employees' arrear payment issues, with the staff spills that the company hasn't been paying their wages and severance pay. It's unknown if they would move to another agency or potentially become a disbanded group.^[15]

2023: Lawsuits against The Wave Music and disbandment

On January 22, 2023, it was revealed that the members had won the first trial of their lawsuits against The Wave Music for not fulfilling their exclusive contracts, stating that they've been neglected since 2021 and are unable to continue their entertainment activities this way. In addition, members were forced to leave their dorms since February 2022 because the company stopped paying rent, providing any practice space, didn't provide paperwork for foreign members' VISAs resulting in them having to pay fines and more, without any answers by the company for 30 days. The defendants, The Wave Music, did not attend the lawsuit as they have been out of business since early 2022, thus the members of GWSN were granted a no-defence victory.^[16]

On June 28, 2023, in an interview with Miya for the Japanese TV channel NHK, she revealed that GWSN had won all instances of their lawsuit against The Wave Music on January 22 and the group officially disbanded.^[1]

Members

Discography

Mini albums

• The Park in the Night Part One (2018)
• The Park in the Night Part Two (2019)
• The Park in the Night Part Three (2019)
• The Keys (2020)
• The Other Side of the Moon (2021)

OSTs

• "Clean with Passion for Now OST Part.2" ("Oh Lady Go Lady") (2018)
• "Mother of Mine OST Part.4" ("I'm in Love") (2019)

Filmography

Television shows

• GOT YA! GWSN (Mnet, 2018)

Reality shows

• Good Girl (Mnet, 2020) - guest (Episodes 6-7)

Trivia

• GWSN is intended to be a multinational girl group with members from South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
• Seokyoung was a contestant on Produce 101, as an individual trainee.
• Their group name is created from the romanization of the hangul that spells out their name. In other words, Gong-won So-nyeo is taken from 공원소녀, which then is shortened to "GWSN". Their name literally means "Park Girls".^[17] Additionally, their group name contains multiple meanings:
  • The meaning of "girl in the park" (公園少女) is that of a girl who wants to create music to bring happiness to everyone.
  • Their initials (GWSN) refers to the three directions on a compass: "north, west and south", while G stands for "ground". The implied meaning is that people all over the world will want to listen to GWSN's music and become their friends.
  • In Korean, "park" (공원) can be written with the numeric figures "01". From Korean, "0" can also be read as "yeong" (영), while from English, "1" can be read as "won" (원). The kanji used to write "eternity" in Japanese are 永遠, which also correspond to the hanja "yeong-won" (영원). This pun carries the meaning "when our girls in the park are united, they will be one (group) for eternity".

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by GWSN

Gallery

Main article: GWSN/Gallery

References

Official links

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