Saturday 13 February 2016

All Things BESTie

BESTie / 베스티

Performing "Thank U Very Much" in Seoul
March 2014
Bestie or also known as BESTie is a girl group that is signed under YNB Entertainment in 2013. This group consist of 4 members: Hyeyeon, UJi, Dahye, and Haeryung. 3 of 4 were both members of a group titled EXID but two left to finish their studies and the other one to pursue a career in acting. All of them were either under JYP Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment or AB Entertainment before going under YNB Entertainment. They recent won an award at Golden Disk Awards for "Next Generation Award" in 2015. One of the members Haeryung had a acting career and was in different movies and dramas. The group were in many different variety shows as well. Another member UJi was in musical theatre as well, one supporting role and the other lead role. 


History of BESTie

July 11, 2013, the group debuted with their single "Pitapat" from their mini album. The group held their debut live performance on KBS Music Bank (Music Television Program) and sold 18,220 copies and selling 42,588 digital downloads in the month of July. On July 12. October 16, they returned with another single from their second single album "Love Options" as well with a music video and held their comeback stage at Mnet's M! Countdown (South Korean Music Television Program). On December 17, they released a Christmas themed digital single titled "Zzang Christmas". 

"Pitapat" MV 

"Love Options" MV

"Zzang Christmas" MV

February 28, 2014, they released their fourth single album titled "Thank U Very Much" as well as the music video and selling 19,116 copies in the first week. It also debuted at 74 on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100. July 11, the group released a fifth digital single titled "Like a Star" as a celebration for their one year anniversary. 

"Thank U Very Much" MV 

"Like a Star" MV

July 28, 2014, BESTie released their first mini album titled Hot Baby. With 7 songs; "Hot Baby", "Like a Star", "Roller Girl", "I'm So Into You", "Thank U Very Much", "Love Options", and "Pitapat". August 29, it was re-released titled I Need You. The song used to promote their album was "Hot Baby". 

"Hot Baby" MV, You can skip to 0:15 that is when they start singing

May 8, 2015, the members released their second mini album titled Love Emotion. With 6 songs; "Excuse Me", "Hush Baby", "Single Bed", "I'm So Fine", "On Such a Day", and "Excuse Me" (Instrumental). The song used to promote the album was "Excuse Me". The music video for "Excuse Me" was also released. In over a month the music video was "Excuse Me" reached 2 million views compared to their other music videos with the same amount of time. The music video also ranked 4th on the Billboard's "Most Viewed K-pop Videos in America" for the month of May and ranked 6th for around the world. June 2, they received 4th place on "The Show"(Music Program). 

 "Excuse Me" MV

Members

  • Kang Hye Yeon (Hyeyeon): Born on December 8, 1990 in Incheon, South Korea. The oldest and leader of the group. She is also the lead vocalist
  • Jung Yu Ji (U-Ji): Born on January 2, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. The main vocalist 
  • Song Da Hye (Dahye): Born on June 12, 1993 in Incheon, South Korea. The main rapper and vocalist 
  • Na Hae Ryung (Haeryung): Born on November 11, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. The youngest member as well as the vocalist and face of the group
From left to right: Dahye, UJi, Haeryung and Hyeyeon
December 13, 2014 

Videography 

Haeryung, herself has a acting career and was in many different movies and dramas, the group itself was in many variety shows and UJi was in musical theatre.
  • Movies: 3
  • Dramas: 15 
  • Variety: 19
  • Musical Theatre: 2
BESTie TV EP 3

Image Credits

  1. "KOCIS Korea Mnet Bestie 03 (12986907663)" by Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service photographer Jeon Han. Available under a CC BY-SA 2.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KOCIS_Korea_Mnet_Bestie_03_(12986907663).jpg 
  2. "BESTie on Dec 13, 2014" by Demical / http://demical.tistory.com/145. Available under a CC BY 4.0. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BESTie_on_Dec_13,_2014.jpg 

Video Credits

Information Credits

            BESTie. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestie_(band)

            BESTie Profile. (n.d.). Retrieved February 14, 2016, from http://misskpop.weebly.com/bestie-profile.html
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