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WITCHERS

WITCHERS (위쳐스) is an upcoming five-member girl group under Blooming Entertainment. Their debut date is currently unknown.

History

Pre-debut

WITCHERS, under an unrevealed agency, opened an Instagram account in May 2021 with a blank recruitment post looking for young girls who have previous experience in the idol industry.[2] The first member of WITCHERS, Cha Yeju, was revealed on May 17, followed by member Roa on May 24 and Yooria on June 14.[3] However, Yooria was announced to have departed from the girl group for personal reasons just 6 days after her member reveal.[4] Saebom was revealed as the third member on July 3.[5] U-Hyun was revealed as the fourth member on July 20.[6] Layla (later known as Nariu) was revealed as the fifth member on August 10.[7]

On December 29, 2021, the agency announced that Cha Yeju and U-Hyun left the group due to health problems.[8]

On February 12, 2022, WITCHERS released the pre-debut, overcoming COVID-19 hope song, "Song for Overcome", sung by members Nariu and Saebom.[9]

On March 11, 2022, WITCHERS released the pre-debut OST "Love Letter" for the web-drama Cinema Club, sung by members Nariu, Saebom and Roa.[10] All three members, as well as former members Cha Yeju and U-Hyun starred in the web-drama.

On May 23, 2022, the group posted profile pictures of a new member, Jiyoon.[11] Two days later, on May 25, they posted profile pictures of another new member, Risia.[12]

On September 20, 2022, it was announced that WITCHERS postponed their debut due to health problems with the members and other internal issues.[13]

It is presumed that Nariu left the group in early 2023 following the creation of public SNS accounts.[14]

On September 2, 2023, WITCHERS made their first public appearance of the year with two new members, Hina (then known as Seojin) and Yeonkyong. The introduction took place under a South Korean Skin Clinic Instagram page, where they were presented alongside existing members Saebom and Roa [15][16]. Fast forward to October 19, 2023, the new lineup (Yeonkyong, Saebom, Hina, Roa) was spotted at an airport, accompanied by an unidentified member, later revealed to be Yoosia (then known as Minkyung). This also confirmed the departures of Nariu, Risia and Jiyoon.[17]

Members

Name Position(s) Animal Color[18] Years active
Saebom (새봄) Main Vocalist 🐰      Violet 2021–present
Yoosia (유시아) TBA TBA TBA 2023–present
Roa (로아) Vocalist 🐺      Green 2021–present
Hina (희나) TBA TBA TBA 2023–present
Yeonkyong (연경) Maknae (2023–present) TBA TBA 2023–present
Former
Cha Yeju (차예주) Leader (2021), Main Rapper, Songwriter[19] 🐧 N/A 2021
U-Hyun (유현) N/A 🐤 N/A 2021
Nariu (나리유)[n 1] Leader (2022–2023), Vocalist 🐶      Purple 2021–2023
Yooria (유리아) N/A N/A N/A 2021
Risia (리시아) Main Dancer 🐱      Pink 2022–2023
Jiyoon (지윤) Vocalist, Maknae (2022-2023) 🐹      Orange 2022–2023

Discography

Digital singles

OSTs

  • "Cinema Club OST Part.1" ("Love Letter") (2022) (pre-debut)

Gallery

Promotional

Miscellaneous

Trivia

  • Saebom is a former member of myB.
  • Nariu was a pre-debut member of WishGirls.
  • Hazu (formerly Yooria) was a pre-debut member of LUNARSOLAR under her birth name, Sujin.
  • Seojin is a former memeber of pre-debut group YOURS and IOLITE.
  • Lee Yeongyung is a former contestant of Girls Planet 999.

Notes

  1. ↑ Nariu previously went by the stage name Layla (레일라) from May 2021 to January 2022. She stated that Na (나) would be the surname and Riu (리유) the forename.

References

  1. ↑ Based on the colors of the captions in the group's YouTube videos
  2. ↑ @official_witchers Instagram post (May 15, 2021)
  3. ↑ WITCHERS member reveals: Cha Yeju, Roa and Yooria
  4. ↑ @official_witchers Instagram story (June 20, 2021)
  5. ↑ official_witchers on Instagram: 위쳐스 세 번째 멤버 새봄(Saebom)의 셀프 카메라 사진을 공개합니다! (July 3, 2021)
  6. ↑ official_witchers on Instagram: 위쳐스 네 번째 멤버 유현(U-hyun)을 공개합니다! (July 20, 2021)
  7. ↑ official_witchers on Instagram: 위쳐스 다섯 번째 멤버 레일라(Layla)를 공개합니다! (August 10, 2021)
  8. ↑ @WITCHERS_twt on Twitter (December 29, 2021)
  9. ↑ Bugs: 코로나 극복 희망송 '더 높이! 더멀리!'
  10. ↑ Bugs: 씨네마 클럽 ost 'Love letter'
  11. ↑ @WITCHERS_twt on Twitter (May 23, 2022)
  12. ↑ @WITCHERS_twt on Twitter (May 25, 2022)
  13. ↑ @WITCHERS_twt on Twitter (September 20, 2022)
  14. ↑ @nugupromoter on Twitter (March 1, 2023)
  15. ↑ Instagram promotion Video
  16. ↑ Instagram promotion Video 2
  17. ↑ @roajjang on Twitter (October 19, 2023)
  18. ↑ Based on the colors of the captions in the group's YouTube videos
  19. ↑ @official_witchers Instagram post (May 20, 2021)

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