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Lovelyz () is a South Korean girl group formed in 2014 by Woollim Entertainment and is the company's first girl group. The group consists of eight members: Lee Su-jeong, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, Kei, Jin, Ryu Su-jeong, and Jeong Ye-in. Their debut album, Girls' Invasion, was released on November 17, 2014.
On December 21, the group took part in the annual music festival SBS Gayo Daejeon for the festival's segment Strong Babies, featuring newly debuted K-pop groups Red Velvet, Winner, and Got7, where they performed Maroon 5's "Moves like Jagger". Lovelyz also performed their debut lead single "Candy Jelly Love".
On August 27, Lovelyz performed at the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo in Shanghai, along with labelmate Infinite. On the same day, Woollim Entertainment announced that Jisoo would be rejoining the group following the end of her scandal and revealed the title of their first extended play (EP), Lovelyz8, through the group's official Twitter page. A pre-release single titled "Shooting Star" was released on September 14. The EP was officially released on October 1, 2015. It contains seven tracks including the pre-release single "Shooting Star" and the lead single "Ah-Choo". The latter's music video was released on the same day, with a cameo appearance by Infinite's Hoya.
On October 31, Lovelyz was a guest on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook where they performed an a cappella cover of Michael Jackson's song "Beat It". The performance gained attention online, and was broadcast on the American Fox News Channel. It was also written about by other foreign media. "Ah-Choo" had maintained its position on most major Korean music charts throughout 2015 and early-2016, making it Lovelyz's biggest hit. On November 26, Lovelyz received their first-ever award at the 23rd Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards for the "K-pop Top 10 Artists" category.
Lovelyz held their first fan-meeting and mini-concert, Lovely Day, on December 5 at Ax Korea. The tickets were sold out in the first five minutes after they went on sale. On December 7, Lovelyz released a three-track single album titled Lovelinus, named after their official fan club. They also released a music video for the album's lead single, "For You", on the same day.
Lovelyz released their second EP, A New Trilogy on April 25, 2016, which contains seven tracks including the lead single titled "Destiny". The song debuted at number seven on the Gaon Digital Chart, making it their highest-charting song thus far. "Destiny" also received attention from American producer Brent Fischer who praised the lead single for its "world-class grooves and current arrangements".
In November 2016, Lovelyz announced their first solo concert titled Lovelyz in Winterland at the Blue Square Samsung Card Hall from January 13–15, 2017.
Woollim Entertainment announced that Lovelyz was set to release their second studio album R U Ready? on February 26, with "WoW!" as the lead single. However, in the early morning hours of February 27, the song was removed from Melon's real-time chart due to a technical glitch. Melon later admitted to the glitch and apologized. Woollim Entertainment revealed that Yein had injured her ankle during practice for comeback, and later confirmed that Yein would not be participating in the comeback due to her injury on March 2. Few weeks later, on March 23, Yein re-joined the promotions by performing at music program M Countdown for first time since recovering from the injury.
Their repackaged album titled Now, We was released on May 2, with the lead single of the same name. The album topped the Gaon Album Chart upon its release. They also won their first-ever music program win since debut on May 16, through SBS M's The Show.
Lovelyz held their second solo concert, Lovelyz 2017 Summer Concert Alwayz, at Olympic Park, Olympic Hall on July 29 and 30. The tickets for the concert were sold-out within five minutes of its release.
On November 14, 2017, Lovelyz released their third EP, Fall in Lovelyz, with the lead single "Twinkle". The group promoted the song on various South Korean music programs, and received their first win for "Twinkle" on November 28 on The Show.
On April 10, Woollim Entertainment announced that Lovelyz would release their fourth EP titled Heal on April 23. The EP consists of six tracks, including the lead single "That Day", composed by Sweetune. Lovelyz held their comeback showcase at Blue Square iMarket Hall on the same day as the album's release, and was broadcast live through the Naver app V-Live. Lovelyz earned their first music show win for "That Day" on SBS MTV's The Show on May 1.
In June 2018, Lovelyz released their special digital single titled "Wag-Zak". Jin did not take part in the promotions due to health issues. Lovelyz performed "Wag-Zak" for the first time at Mnet's M Countdown on June 28, followed by promoting in the various music programs for a week. Their digital single "Wag-Zak", complemented by a music video, was officially released on July 1, which marked the group's first summer release.
Lovelyz released their first compilation album, Muse on Music, on September 11. The album contains the instrumental version of 33 tracks selected from their eight released records. It is also the first time a K-pop girl group released such album.
Lovelyz released their fifth EP, Sanctuary, with the lead single "Lost N Found", on November 26, 2018. In January 2019, they promoted the single "Rewind" as the follow-up single of the EP Sanctuary.
On May 20, 2019, they released their sixth EP Once Upon a Time with the lead single "When We Were Us (Beautiful Days)". In August 2019, the group joined the cast of the television program Queendom.
On November 1, 2021, Woollim Entertainment announced 7 of the members, except Baby Soul, had decided not to renew their contracts, which expired on November 16. However, Woollim Entertainment didn't mention in its press release sent to news agencies on whether the group would be disbanded. Later, Baby Soul confirmed that although the members are signed under different agencies, they still have desire to promote and release albums together as Lovelyz in the near future.
The group, except Jin, appeared together on March 30, 2024's episode of Hangout with Yoo. The group performed on Hangout with Yoo - Our Festival on June 13 the same year. On September 2, the group announced their solo concert Lovelyz in Winterland 4 to be held in November 2024, in commemoration of the group's 10th anniversary, and their first concert in four years. The group released a new digital single titled "November" on November 12, their first release in 4 years and 2 months. The group released another digital single titled "Dear" on November 23.
On December 19, 2025, the group members perform together at 2025 KBS Song Festival for the first time in 11 years.
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