Puretty

Puretty
퓨리티
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Years active 2012–2014
Labels DSP Media
Universal Music Japan
Associated acts
Website purettyweb.jp
Past members Yoo Hye-in
Cho Shi-yoon
Yoon Chae-kyung
Jeon So-min
Jeon Jae-eun
Puretty
Hangul 퓨리티
Revised Romanization Pyuriti
McCune–Reischauer P'yurit'i

Puretty (Korean: 퓨리티) was a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media. The group debuted in Japan in August 2012 with the song "Cheki Love", which was used as a soundtrack for the anime Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. Despite plans for them to make their Korean debut,[1] the group disbanded in January 2014, with DSP Media announcing the possibility of its members becoming part of other groups in the future.[2]

History

In January 2012, DSP Media announced that they would be debuting a sister group to Kara and Rainbow.[3] Temporarily nicknamed the DSP Girls, the group revealed plans to debut simultaneously in both Korea and Japan through an anime titled Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future,[3] with characters based on the members of Puretty. In the anime, they were rivals of the Japanese girl group Prizmmy. Puretty would sometimes feature alongside Prizmmy at the end of each episode of Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future in a segment called Pretty Rhythm Studios.

Puretty held their first official performance at the Tokyo Toy Show 2012 on 15 June, promoting their debut Japanese single "Cheki Love".[4]

In January 2013, the group released the single "Shuwa Shuwa Baby".

Disbandment

On 17 January 2014, DSP Media announced that the group had been disbanded with the possibility of its members debuting into other groups in the future.[2] Following this, Yoo Hye-in went on to become an actress under Starhaus Entertainment and Jeon Jae-eun returned to school to continue her studies.[5] Jeon So-min, Yoon Chae-kyung and Cho Shi-yoon participated in Kara Project, a show which aimed to find new members for DSP Media's previous girl group Kara, but ultimately none of them were selected.

Jeon So-min later became a member of DSP Media's girl group April but left the group in November 2015.[6] She then became a member of co-ed group K.A.R.D, also under DSP Media, debuting in 2017.[7]

In 2016, Yoon Chae-kyung and Cho Shi-yoon participated in the talent show Produce 101. However, they were both eliminated as the 16th and 41st ranked trainees respectively. Yoon Chae-kyung went on to become a member of project group C.I.V.A, and was introduced as a new member of April in 2016.[8]

Members

The members of Puretty were Yoo Hye-in (유혜인), Cho Shi-yoon (조시윤), Yoon Chae-kyung (윤채경), Jeon So-min (전소민), and Jeon Jae-un (전재은).[9]

Discography

Japanese discography

Singles

Year Information Track listing Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
Oricon Daily		 JPN
Oricon Weekly
2012

"チェキ☆ラブ (Cheki☆Love)"
Track list

CD Track list

  1. "チェキ☆ラブ (Cheki☆Love)"
  2. "チェキ☆ラブ (Cheki☆Love)" (Inst.)

DVD Track list

  1. "チェキ☆ラブ (Cheki☆Love)" (Lip Ver.)
  2. "チェキ☆ラブ (Cheki☆Love)" (Main Ver.)
 41 66
  • Japan: 1,399 (Weekly)
  • Japan: 1,802 (Total)
2013

"シュワシュワ BABY (Shwa Shwa BABY)"
Track list

CD track list

  1. "シュワシュワ BABY(Shwa Shwa BABY)"
  2. "ベリベリLike U (Very Very Like U)"
  3. "シュワシュワ BABY (Shwa Shwa BABY)" (inst.)
  4. "ベリベリLike U (Very Very Like U)" (inst.)

DVD Track list

  1. "シュワシュワ Baby(Shwa Shwa BABY)" (dance ver.)
  2. "シュワシュワ Baby(Shwa Shwa BABY)" (main ver.)
 62 116
  • JPN: 1,548 (Total)

References

  1. ↑ 카라 동생그룹 ‘프리티’, 8월 日서 먼저 데뷔. dongA (in Korean). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 "퓨리티 소식 이건 뭐임?". 17 January 2014. DC Inside. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "카라 소속사 'DSP 걸즈', '프리티 리듬'으로 韓-日 동시 데뷔!". The Star (in Korean). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "'DSP 걸그룹' 퓨리티, 日언론 관심 '차세대 카라'". MyDaily (in Korean). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "South Korean Group Kara Adds Youngji Heo After Nicole, Jiyoung Resign". Anime News Network. Anime News Network. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. ↑ G. Jeong (November 8, 2015). "April Member Somin Leaves Group". Soompi. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ E. Kang (December 12, 2016). "Watch: Co-Ed Group K.A.R.D Makes Fierce Debut With Funky "Oh NaNa" MV". Soompi. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ "DSP 측 "윤채경, 에이프릴 합류..새 음반 준비中"". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  9. ↑ "PURETTY JAPAN OFFICIAL FANCLUB" (in Japanese). DSP Media Japan. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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