Oh My Girl has been enchanting us non-stop since 2015!

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Oh My Girl is a seven-member girl group that has slowly but surely captured the hearts of K-pop fans worldwide. Sometimes dreamy and fairy-like, sometimes dancing happily, they have been enchanting everyone who watches them for almost seven years.

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In March 2015, the relatively young agency “WM Entertainment” introduced eight trainees who were supposed to debut in their first girl group “Oh My Girl”. This is also only the agency's second idol group, which previously only had the boy band B1A4 under contract.

The trainees Hyojung, Mimi, YooA, Seunghee, Jiho, Yubin, Arin and JinE then made their debut together on April 20, 2015 with the album “Oh My Girl” and the title song “Cupid”. The song describes the exciting feeling of being in love and has been named by various sources as one of the strongest K-pop debuts of 2015!

The girl group announced just two months later that they were working on a new album. In October she celebrated her comeback with “Closer” and the title song of the same name. Once again, Oh My Girl received a lot of praise and “Closer” made it onto Billboard’s list of the 20 best K-pop songs of 2015.

2016: Growing popularity!

On March 21, 2016, the girl group gave a foretaste of “Pink Ocean,” the first album of 2016, with the pre-release single “Step by Step.” It was released on March 28. Fans had another reason to be happy that day, as the girl group announced the official name of their fan base: Miracle. Seunghee explained in an interview that “Miracle” was derived from her song “B612” (featured on Pink Ocean). It says “If you love me, it would be like a miracle to me”. (If you love me, it would be like a miracle for me.)

Just two months later, at the end of May, “Windy Day” was released, a repackage album which, in addition to the songs from “Pink Ocean”, presents two new tracks - “Stupid Love” and the title song “Windy Day”. The album also includes the Chinese version of "Liar Liar", Pink Ocean's title track, which was previously exclusive to Chinese streaming sites.

Even after this album, fans didn't have to wait long for the girl group. On August 1st, Oh My Girl released the first single album “Listen to My Word”. It's something special because the album contains four remake songs, including the song of the same name “Listen to My Word” by Papaya (feat. Skull and Haha).

But what fans will probably remember most is that Oh My Girl topped the charts for the first time! Until then, the girl group had already reached number 5 or 4, but never the top.

Shortly before, Oh My Girl had also proven their popularity elsewhere. At the end of June the tickets for her first solo concert called “Summer Fairy Tales” were sold in August. After three minutes they were all gone. That was a record for such a young group!

JinE leaves Oh My Girl

But just as the group had reached its first major milestones, WM Entertainment announced on August 25 that JinE would be retiring for the time being. The singer suffered from an eating disorder and took a break to seek treatment.
The next album “Coloring Book” was released on April 3, 2017. JinE was not involved in it because she was still receiving treatment, even though her health had improved, according to WM. Four months later there was news, but not what most people had hoped for.

JinE has terminated her contract and officially left the group due to her ongoing health issues. Since then, Oh My Girl has been on the road as a seven-piece.

The members

Formerly

Shortly after JinE left the group, a new album was announced, which would be released in November. In November it was said that the release had been postponed to January in order to be able to work on the album a little longer. On January 9th, 2018 the time had really come. Oh My Girl released “Secret Garden” with the title song of the same name. With the song they won a music show for the first time, almost three years after their debut!

After only releasing one album in 2017, fans were probably very happy that a new album was released in April. It marks the debut of the first subunit:

Oh My Girl Banhana

Although all members can be heard on the album “Banana Allergy Monkey”, the title song of the same name is sung by the subunit, which consists of Hyojung, Yubin and Arin.

In June 2018, Oh My Girl signed a contract with the Japanese label “Ariola Japan”. The subunit “Oh My Girl Banhana” then made its Japanese debut with the Japanese version of “Banana Allergy Monkey”.

Japan debut

The whole group celebrated a Korean comeback in August with “Remember Me” before the first Japanese album “ Oh My Girl Japan Debut Album ” was released on January 9, 2019! It contains Japanese versions of all the Korean title songs released up to that point. The limited editions even feature both versions. The album topped the Oricon Daily Album Charts and reached number 2 in the Oricon Weekly Album Charts! A successful start!

In May, another Korean album called “The Fifth Season” was released, but in July fans were able to look forward to the second Japanese album “Oh My Girl Japan 2nd Album”. They were even allowed to choose in a survey which Korean songs from the group they would like to hear in Japanese! In addition to the selected songs, the album also contains new, original Japanese tracks.

As if that wasn't enough, in August Oh My Girl also released a repackage of "The Fifth Season" called "Fall In Love" with the title track "Bungee (Fall In Love)". The third album in four months!

In August, the girl group also confirmed their participation in the music competition Queendom, making it very clear that there was no break in the near future!

Queendom

From August to October, a total of six female artists - AOA, (G)I-DLE, Mamamoo, Lovelyz, Oh My Girl and Park Bom (formerly 2NE1) - competed in four rounds to determine the “real number one”. In the first round, all participants performed a newly arranged version of one of their hit songs. Oh My Girl performed “Secret Garden” and took third place. In the second round they came out on top with a cover of Lovelyz's “Destiny”! On October 25th, all six artists finally released a new single for the finale. Oh My Girl’s “Guerrilla” and its performance earned them second place at the end of the show! (Mamamoo emerged victorious.)

“Guerrilla” was released alongside the other groups’ singles in the digital album “Queendom Final Comeback”.

For their third Japanese album “ Eternally ”, Oh My Girl also recorded a Japanese version of “Guerilla”. The album also contains a Japanese version of “Bungee” and four new Japanese songs, including the title song “Eternally”. The album accompanied fans through the turn of the year, because after the songs were released digitally in December, the physical version was finally available in January 2020.

2020: Nonstop

On January 13, 2020, WM Entertainment announced that Jiho would be taking a break due to health issues, primarily anxiety. Although she had been receiving treatment since mid-2019, her symptoms worsened and led to this decision.

When Oh My Girl announced her new album “Nonstop” in April, Jiho had already returned from her break, to the relief of fans! The title track “Nonstop” remained in the top 100 daily charts of the popular Korean streaming site “Melon” for over a year, until September 2021! They even broke the previous record for girl groups of 479 days, set by Twice in 2017 with “Cheer Up.” As if that wasn't enough, they outdid themselves shortly afterwards. Their song “Dolphin”, a B-side from “Nonstop”, stayed in the charts for 546 days, almost 50 days more than “Nonstop”!

The girl group released a number of singles throughout the rest of the year. From June to August, three Japanese singles - “Nonstop” (June), “Lemonade” (July), “Tear Rain” (August) - were released to celebrate certain Oh My Girl milestones on the “Line Music App”. All three songs are on their first Japanese single album “Etoile/ Nonstop Japanese Ver.” included, in addition to the new single “Etoile”, which was released on October 8th. A Korean version of “Etoile” was also released at the end of October.

In between, Oh My Girl also worked on a collaboration with “Pororo the Little Penguin”, a very popular animated Korean children's series. As part of the collaboration, the single “Supadupa” and a new version of Pororo’s original soundtrack “Barabam” were released in August. In the same month, the girl group also released the single “Rocket Ride” with German DJ Keanu Silva and Canadian singer-songwriter Mougleta!

2021 to Today!

On May 10, 2021, Oh My Girl finally made a comeback over a year after “Nonstop”! The new album “ Dear Oh My Girl ” is another milestone, as the girl group topped the Gaon Digital Charts for the first time with the title song “Dun Dun Dance”!

Shortly afterwards, Oh My Girl re-recorded the song for their second Japanese single album “ Dun Dun Dance Japanese Ver. ” The album was released digitally on July 22nd and physically on September 22nd. In addition to “Dun Dun Dance,” it also contains Japanese versions of “Nonstop” and “Dolphin.”

The group recently released the single “Shark” for the “Universe Music App”.

Discography

Since 2022 has just begun, we can now look forward to a new year with the happy girl group! We are sure that they will continue to make progress and celebrate completely new successes!

On January 19, WM Entertainment announced that “Bae Yubin” has changed her stage name “Binnie,” which she has been known by since Oh My Girl's debut in 2015, to “Yubin.” So she's definitely ready for something new!

YooA

YooA is the only one from Oh My Girl to debut solo so far. The talented singer released her first solo album “Bon Voyage” on September 7th! Eight days later, she took first place in a music show with the theme song of the same name! The album itself reached number 3 on the Gaon Album Charts. After this success, it's hopefully only a matter of time before YooA finally presents a second album!