Loona 1/3
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Loona 1/3 | |
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_(cropped).jpg) From left to right: Hyunjin, Vivi, Heejin, and Haseul | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2017 |
| Label | Blockberry Creative |
| Spinoff of | Loona |
| Members | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이달의 소녀 1/3 |
| Hanja | 이달의 少女 1/3 |
| RR | Idarui sonyeo 1/3 |
| MR | Idarŭi sonyŏ 1/3 |
Loona 1/3 (commonly stylized in all caps or LOOΠΔ 1/3) is the first sub-unit of South Korean girl group Loona, formed through a pre-debut project titled "Girl of the Month". The unit consists of four members: Heejin, Hyunjin, Haseul, and Vivi. They debuted on March 13, 2017, with the extended play Love & Live.
Pre-debut: Revealing of the first three members
The first member to be revealed is Heejin on September 26, 2016.[1] She debuted with her single album HeeJin with the title track "ViViD" on October 5.[2] On October 28, Hyunjin was revealed to be the second member.[3] She debuted with her solo album titled HyunJin and the title track "Around You" on November 18.[4] A duet between her and Heejin, titled "I'll Be There", was also released, along with a music video.[5] The next member, Haseul, was revealed on December 8.[6] She debuted through her single album of the same name HaSeul with the title track "Let Me In", released on December 15.[7] Another track titled "The Carol" was released as well, with the three revealed members Heejin, Hyunjin, and Haseul.[8]
2017: Debut with Love & Live, ViVi solo album, and Love & Evil
On March 12, 2017, The sub-unit made their first live appearance on SBS's Inkigayo, performing both "You and Me Together" and "Love&Live".[9] A day later, on March 13, they officially debuted with the release of their extended play Love & Live, featuring Heejin, Hyunjin, Haseul, and Vivi.[10] On April 5, ViVi was officially revealed as the fifth member of Loona.[11] Then, she released a solo album named ViVi with the title track "Everyday I Love You", featuring Haseul, on April 17.[12] The sub-unit supposedly cost 4 million dollars to produce, with the music video for their title track being filmed in New Zealand and Hong Kong.[13]
A reissue of their extended play Love & Live, titled Love & Evil was released on April 27 with the addition of two tracks and the new lead single "Sonatine".[14]
