Loona (band)
Loona | |||||||
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Loona in August 2018 From left to right: Hyunjin, Jinsoul, Yeojin, Chuu, Yves, Heejin, Kim Lip, Olivia Hye, Go Won, Choerry, Vivi, and Haseul | |||||||
Background information | |||||||
Origin | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||
Genres | K-pop | ||||||
Years active | 2016 | –present||||||
Labels | Blockberry Creative | ||||||
Website | http://loonatheworld.com/ | ||||||
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Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 이달의 소녀 | ||||||
Hanja | 이달의 少女 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Girl of the Month | ||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||
Kanji | 今月の少女 | ||||||
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Chinese | 本月少女 | ||||||
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Loona (stylized as LOOΠΔ) is a South Korean girl group formed by Blockberry Creative. Its twelve members were individually revealed in a periodic fashion, corresponding to their Korean name Idarui Sonyeo (이달의 소녀), which translates to "Girl of the Month".
Loona commenced their pre-debut project on August 31, 2016 with each member releasing a promotional solo single over the following eighteen months.[1] The group has formed three sub-units: Loona 1/3, Loona Odd Eye Circle and Loona yyxy, introduced through their respective extended plays.
Loona's debut extended play as a full group, ++, was released on August 20, 2018.
Name
Loona's English name is formed from the consonants ㅇ, ㄷ, ㅇ, ㅅ, and ㄴ in 이달의 소녀 (Idarui Sonyeo), which resemble O, N, A and L in the Latin alphabet.[2]
History
2016–2018: Pre-debut project, Mix Nine and debut
On October 2, 2016, Blockberry Creative announced through Naver that they would be debuting their first girl-group through an 18-month long pre-debut project.[3]
Between October 2016 and January 2017, four members: HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul, and YeoJin, were revealed each month, releasing a single album each.[4] The group's first sub-unit, Loona 1/3 was introduced, consisting of previously revealed members HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul and new member, ViVi.[5] The four members released the extended play Love & Live and accompanying single of the same name on March 13.[6] The sub-unit officially began promoting from March 12, with promotions beginning on SBS's Inkigayo.[7] They released a repackaged edition of the extended play, titled Love & Evil, on April 27.[8]
Between April 2017 and July 2017, members ViVi, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry released their solo single albums, continuing the same monthly pattern.[9]
In September 2017, three members, HeeJin, HyunJin and HaSeul, auditioned for JTBC's reality show Mix Nine; HeeJin and HyunJin passed the audition stage making it onto the show,[10] where HyunJin placed Top 18 and HeeJin placed fourth in the finale.[11]
The group's second sub-unit, Loona Odd Eye Circle, consisting of JinSoul, Kim Lip and Choerry, released the extended play Mix & Match on September 21, 2017, and began promotions on Mnet's M Countdown.[12] The English version of "Loonatic" was released on October 23.[13] On October 31, they released a repackaged edition of the extended play, titled Max & Match, which included three new songs.[14]
Between the months of November 2017 and January 2018, they released the solo single albums for new members Yves, Chuu, and Go Won, continuing the monthly pattern.[15] In March 2018, they released the solo single album for final member, Olivia Hye.[16] On May 30, 2018, the group's third sub-unit, Loona yyxy, made their debut with the extended play Beauty & the Beat. The single "love4eva" featuring Canadian musician Grimes was released the same day with an accompanying music video.[17]
On August 7, 2018, Loona released "Favorite" as the lead single from ++ (read as plus plus), their debut extended play as a full group.[18] The extended play was released on August 20, 2018 alongside the second single "Hi High".[19]
Members
Adapted from their Naver profile:[20]
- ViVi (비비)
- Yves (이브)
- JinSoul (진솔)
- HaSeul (하슬) – leader[21]
- Kim Lip (김립)
- Chuu (츄)
- HeeJin (희진)
- HyunJin (현진)
- Go Won (고원)
- Choerry (최리)
- Olivia Hye (올리비아 혜)
- YeoJin (여진)
Sub-units
Discography
Extended plays
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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KOR [27] |
FRA Dig. [28] |
US Heat. [29] |
US Ind. [30] |
US World [31] | |||
Pre-debut | |||||||
Love & Live (LOOΠΔ 1/3) |
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10 | — | — | — | — |
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26 | — | — | — | 12 | ||
Mix & Match (LOOΠΔ Odd Eye Circle) |
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16 | — | — | — | 10 |
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22 | — | — | — | 11 | ||
Beauty & the Beat (LOOΠΔ yyxy) |
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4 | — | — | — | 6 |
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Post-debut | |||||||
++ |
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2 | 120 | 4 | 20 | 4 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Single albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [37] | |||
HeeJin |
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31 |
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HyunJin |
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28 |
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HaSeul |
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29 |
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YeoJin |
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21 |
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ViVi |
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14 |
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Kim Lip |
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14 |
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JinSoul |
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18 |
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Choerry |
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13 |
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Yves |
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18 |
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Chuu |
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11 |
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Go Won |
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13 |
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Olivia Hye |
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11 |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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KOR [49] |
US World [50] | |||
"Favorite" | 2018 | — | 4 | ++ |
"Hi High" | — | 11 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Recorded by | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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US World [50] | |||||||
Pre-debut | |||||||
"ViViD" | 2016 | HeeJin | — | HeeJin | |||
"Around You" (다녀가요) | HyunJin | — | HyunJin | ||||
"Let Me In" (소년, 소녀) | HaSeul | — | HaSeul | ||||
"Kiss Later" (키스는 다음에) | 2017 | YeoJin | — | YeoJin | |||
"Love&Live" (지금, 좋아해) | LOOΠΔ 1/3 (HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul, ViVi) | — | Love & Live | ||||
"Everyday I Love You" | ViVi (featuring HaSeul) | — | ViVi | ||||
"Sonatine" (알 수 없는 비밀) | LOOΠΔ 1/3 (HeeJin, HyunJin, HaSeul, ViVi) | — | Love & Evil | ||||
"Eclipse" | Kim Lip | — | Kim Lip | ||||
"Singing in the Rain" | JinSoul | — | JinSoul | ||||
"Love Cherry Motion" | Choerry | — | Choerry | ||||
"Girl Front" | LOOΠΔ Odd Eye Circle (Kim Lip, JinSoul, Choerry) | — | Mix & Match | ||||
"Loonatic" (English ver.)[lower-alpha 1] | — | Max & Match | |||||
"Sweet Crazy Love" | 15 | ||||||
"new" | Yves | — | Yves | ||||
"The Carol 2.0"[lower-alpha 2] | ViVi, Choerry, Yves | — | Non-album single | ||||
"Heart Attack" | Chuu | — | Chuu | ||||
"One&Only" | 2018 | Go Won | — | Go Won | |||
"Egoist" | Olivia Hye (featuring JinSoul) | 9 | Olivia Hye | ||||
"love4eva" | LOOΠΔ yyxy (Yves, Chuu, Go Won, Olivia Hye) (featuring Grimes) | — | Beauty & the Beat | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Videography
Year | Title | Director(s) |
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2016 | "ViViD"[53] | VM Project Architecture |
"ViViD (Acoustic Mix)"[54] | VAM JINS (VAM) | |
"Around You"[55] | Digipedi | |
"I'll Be There"[56] | ||
"Let Me in"[57] | ||
"The Carol"[58] | ||
2017 | "Kiss Later"[58] | |
"My Sunday"[59] | VAM JINS (VAM) | |
"My Melody"[60] | ||
"Love&Live"[61] | Digipedi | |
"Everyday I Love You"[62] | ||
"Sonatine"[63] | ||
"Everyday I Need You"[64] | VAM JINS (VAM) | |
"Eclipse"[65] | Digipedi | |
"Singing in the Rain"[66] | ||
"Rain 51db" | Unknown | |
"Love Cherry Motion"[67] | Digipedi | |
"Girl Front" | ||
"Loonatic" (Lyric ver.) | Unknown | |
"Sweet Crazy Love"[68] | Digipedi | |
"new"[69] | ||
"The Carol 2.0" (Lyric ver.) | Unknown | |
"Heart Attack" | Digipedi | |
2018 | "One&Only" | |
"Egoist"[70] | ||
"love4eva" (feat. Grimes)[71] | ||
"Favorite"[72] | ||
"Hi High"[73] | ||
Tours
Headlining
- LOOΠΔbirth – Debut Concert in Seoul (August 19th, 2018)
Awards and nominations
MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Artist of the Year | Loona | Pending | [74] |
Female Rookie Award | Pending | |||
Genie Music Popularity Award | Pending | |||
MTV Europe Music Awards
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Best Korean Act | Loona | Pending |
Notes
- ↑ "Loonatic" was originally recorded in Korean for the extended play Mix & Match. The English version was released separately as a digital single and is included in the physical edition of the reissue Max & Match.[51]
- ↑ "The Carol 2.0" recorded by ViVi, Choerry and Yves was released exclusively as a digital promotional single. The previous version of "The Carol" recorded by HeeJin, HyunJin and HaSeul is included in the HaSeul single album.[52]
References
- ↑ "'이달의 소녀' 앞으로 기대되는 이유" (in Korean). Oh My Star.
- ↑ Lee, Jiyoon. "LOONA: The Debut Project". Studio XXX. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ↑ "[기획]"사전 검증받겠다" 걸그룹의 이색 데뷔·컴백 '눈길'" (in Korean). Segye Ilbo.
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- "'이달의 소녀' 희진, 서울 이어 파리 티저 공개 '역대급 스케일'" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "걸그룹 '이달의 소녀' 현진, 몽환+청순 매력" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 하슬 공개.. 톰보이 매력" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 4번째 주인공 여진.. 15세 발랄 상큼소녀" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 5번째 멤버 '비비'+첫 유닛 티저 공개 '기대감UP'" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "'데뷔 임박' 이달의 소녀 1/3, 지상파 광고 돌입… "이례적"" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 1/3, 오늘(13일) 베일 벗는다" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "'이달의 소녀 1/3', 3월 10일 유닛 앨범 발표…비비 포함 4인조로 첫 활동" (in Korean). News Pim.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 1/3, 리패키지 앨범 'love&Evil' 오늘(27일) 발매" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑
- "이달의 소녀 비비, 5번째 솔로 앨범 주인공 낙점…MV 촬영지 '궁금증 UP'" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 여섯 번째 멤버 김립 공개 "NEW 빌드업 소녀"" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 7번째 멤버 진솔 공개…'男心홀릭' 여신 비주얼" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀, 8번째 멤버 최리 공개…우아한 걸크러시" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ Choi, Ji-ye. "양현석X한동철 '믹스나인' 첫 주자, 드디어 베일 벗었다". Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ↑ Choi, So-young. "'믹스나인' 女신류진·男우진영 1등, 데뷔는 소년팀". StarNews (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ↑ "'이달의 소녀 2nd 유닛' 오드아이써클, 21일 '믹스 앤 매치' 발매" (in Korean). Lunar Global Star.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 두 번째 유닛 오드아이써클, 'LOONATIC' 영어 버전 앨범 발매" (in Korean). SE Daily.
- ↑ "이달소 오드아이써클, 신곡 추가해 31일 리패키지 앨범 발매" (in Korean). My Daily.
- ↑
- "이달의 소녀 이브, 솔로 앨범 공개… "변화 이끌 것"" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀 열 번째 멤버 '츄', '하트 어택' 음원+뮤비 공개" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- "이달의 소녀 11번째 멤버 고원, 솔로 싱글 오늘(30일) 정오 공개" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 올리비아 혜, 솔로 싱글 티저 공개...자아를 말한다" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 yyxy, 30일 데뷔…내달 팬미팅서 신곡 무대" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ↑ "Highly Anticipated K-Pop Girl Group Loona Tease First Song 'favOriTe' After Year-and-a-Half Lead-Up". Billboard.
- ↑ "Loona Announces First Formal Single 'Hi High': Watch a Teaser". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
- ↑ "오드아이써클 "완전체 이달의 소녀 기대해주세요"" (in Korean). Zenith News.
- ↑ ""과즙美 팡팡"…이달의 소녀 최리의 착한 미모" (in Korean). MK News.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 1/3 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
- ↑ "오드아이써클 Max&Match 사인회 현장&선물처럼 찾아온 깜짝 소녀는?!" (in Korean). Naver.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 오드아이써클 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀 yyxy 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
- ↑ "Gaon Album Chart" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-08-27.
- "Love & Live". March 12–18, 2017.
- "Love & Evil". April 23–29, 2018.
- "Mix & Match". September 17–23, 2017.
- "Max & Match". October 29 – November 4, 2017.
- "Beauty & the Beat". May 27 – June 2, 2018.
- "++". August 19–25, 2018.
- ↑ France Digital Albums:
- "++". August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Loona Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Loona Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Loona Chart History: World Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- "Beauty & the Beat". June 9, 2018.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of Love & Live and Love & Evil:
- "2017년 03월 Album Chart" [March 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2017년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2017 Album Chart (see #65 & #78)]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of Mix & Match and Max & Match:
- "2017년 09월 Album Chart" [September 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2017년 10월 Album Chart" [October 2017 Album Chart (see #64 & #81)]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 03월 Album Chart" [March 2018 Album Chart (see #95 & #100)]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "2018년 06월 Album Chart" [June 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "2018년 09월 Album Chart" [September 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "LOONA's Long-Awaited Debut Scores Top 5 Entries on World Albums & Song Sales Charts". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Gaon Album Chart" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-08-27.
- "HeeJin". October 2–8, 2016.
- "HyunJin". November 13–19, 2016.
- "HaSeul". April 1–7, 2018.
- "YeoJin". January 15–21, 2017.
- "ViVi". April 16–22, 2017.
- "Kim Lip". May 21–27, 2017.
- "JinSoul". June 25 – July 1, 2017.
- "Choerry". July 23–29, 2017.
- "Yves". November 26 – December 2, 2017.
- "Chuu". December 24–30, 2017.
- "Go Won". January 28 – February 3, 2018.
- "Olivia Hye". March 25–31, 2018.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of HeeJin:
- "2016년 10월 Album Chart" [October 2016 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of HyunJin:
- "2016년 11월 Album Chart" [November 2016 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 03월 Album Chart" [March 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of HaSeul:
- "2016년 12월 Album Chart" [December 2016 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of YeoJin:
- "2017년 2월 Album Chart" [February 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "2017년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of Kim Lip:
- "2017년 05월 Album Chart" [May 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 05월 Album Chart" [May 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of JinSoul:
- "2017년 06월 Album Chart" [June 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- 1 2 "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "2017년 11월 Album Chart" [November 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ Cumulative sales of Chuu:
- "2017년 12월 Album Chart" [December 2017 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- "2018년 04월 Album Chart" [April 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "2018년 02월 Album Chart" [February 2018 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart.
- ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- 1 2 "Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. (Subscription required (help)).
- "Sweet Crazy Love". November 18, 2017.
- "Egoist". April 14, 2018.
- "Favorite". August 18, 2018.
- "Hi High". September 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Loonatic (Eng. Ver.) - Single by LOOΠΔ / ODD EYE CIRCLE on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States: Apple Inc. October 23, 2017.
- ↑ "The Carol 2.0 (ViVi, Choerry, Yves) by LOOΠΔ on iTunes". iTunes Store. United States: Apple Inc. December 13, 2017.
- ↑ "LOONA 이달의 소녀 VIVID Musicvideo". Vimeo. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀/희진 (LOOΠΔ/HeeJin) "ViViD (Acoustic Mix)" Official MV". Vimeo. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀/현진 - 다녀가요 (Around You)". Youtube. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ "이달의 소녀/희진, 현진 - I'll Be There". Vimeo. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ "걸그룹 이달의 소녀 '하슬', 솔로곡 '소년,소녀' 베일 벗었다...'블록버스터 트랙'" (in Korean). Sedaily.
- 1 2 ARRICI CINEMATOGRAPHY (March 23, 2017). "이달의 소녀 희진, 현진, 하슬 - The Carol". Vimeo.
- ↑ VAM (January 29, 2017). "이달의 소녀/희진, 현진 (LOOΠΔ/HeeJin, HyunJin) "My Sunday" Official MV". Vimeo.
- ↑ VAM (January 29, 2017). "이달의 소녀/하슬, 여진 (LOOΠΔ/HaSeul, YeoJin) "My Melody" Official MV". Vimeo.
- ↑ Love & Live (photobook). LOOΠΔ 1/3. South Korea: CJ E&M. 2017. Credits.
- ↑ ARRICI CINEMATOGRAPHY (April 19, 2017). "이달의 소녀 ViVi - Everyday I Love You (Feat. HaSeul)". Vimeo.
- ↑ Love & Evil Repackage (photobook). LOOΠΔ 1/3. South Korea: CJ E&M. 2017. Credits.
- ↑ VAM (May 15, 2017). "이달의 소녀/ViVi (LOOΠΔ/비비) "Everyday I Need You (Feat. JinSoul)"". Vimeo.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOOΠΔ / Kim Lip - Eclipse / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA / JinSoul - Singing in the Rain / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ 이달의 소녀/Choerry (photobook). South Korea: Vlending Co.,Ltd. 2017. Credits.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA/ODD EYE CIRCLE - Sweet Crazy Love / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA/Yves - NEW / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA / Olivia Hye - Egoist (Feat. JinSoul) / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA yyxy - love4eva (feat. Grimes) / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA - favOriTe / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ↑ "[DOP] LOONA - Hi High / MusicVideo". Vimeo. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ↑ ""BTS·워너원·트와이스·볼빨간"…'2018 MGA' 후보 공개, 투표 시작". Naver (in Korean). October 1, 2018.