NeonPunch

NeonPunch (Korean: 네온펀치) is a South Korean girl group formed by A100 Entertainment. The group consists of 5 members: Dayeon, Dohee, Baekah, May, and Iaan. They debuted on June 27, 2018 with their 1st Mini Album "Moonlight". Former member Terry officially left the group on January 17, 2019.

NeonPunch
NeonPunch performing at the 4th Happy Festival of Urban Kids, November 2019
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2018 (2018)–present
LabelsA100 Entertainment
Websitehttps://neon-punch.com/
Members
  • Dayeon
  • Baekah
  • May
  • Iaan
  • Dohee
Past members
  • Terry

History

Pre-debut

On February 7, 2017, A100 Entertainment announced that they would be doing their first girl group project via their YouTube channel and started uploading covers of the group. There was a various number of members throughout the project that were always masked and kept their identities a secret while they did the covers. The number of members changed until only five members remained and they formed the final line-up. On October 2, A100 announced that their girl group will be named "NeonPunch" and introduced the members through a teaser for their pre-debut reality show. The members were Dayeon, Hajeong, Baekah, Arang, and Iaan.[1] NeonPunch auditioned for JTBC's reality show, Mix Nine,[2] but only Baekah passed the audition stage and made it onto the show.[3]

On April 13, 2018, A100 announced that NeonPunch would be the new model for Beauty brand DPC. The members of the group were Baekah, Dayeon, and Iaan with new members May and Terry. The group was stated to debut at the end of May.[4] On May 8, A100 announced that the debut was postponed to June, and the five members Baekah, Dayeon, Iaan, May and Terry were confirmed as the final members of NeonPunch.[5] NeonPunch performed in China and Korea.

2018: Debut with MoonLight
NeonPunch performing "Moonlight" in June 2018
From left: Terry, Iaan, Dayeon, May, Baekah

On June 27, 2018, NeonPunch released their first single album, MoonLight, along with the eponymous lead single.[6][7] On June 30, they made their official debut stage on the music program MBC's Show! Music Core.[8]

On October 4, A100 announced that Terry had taken a break for personal reasons and had not explained anything further.

2019-present: Terry's departure, Watch Out

On January 16, 2019, A100 had revealed that Terry would permanently leave the group for health reasons. In her stead, new member Dohee joined the group prior to the group's January comeback.[9]

On January 30, NeonPunch released their 2nd mini album "Watch Out" and its lead single "TicToc". [10]

Members

Current
  • Dayeon (다연) – leader
  • Baekah (백아)
  • May (메이)
  • Iaan (이안)
  • Dohee (도희)

Former
  • Terry (테리)

Discography
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[11]
MoonLight
Track listing
  1. MoonLight
  2. MoonLight (CHN Ver.)
  3. Moon Light (Inst.)
 37 N/A
Watch Out
  • Released: January 30, 2019
  • Label: A100 Entertainment, Genie Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Watch Out (Intro)
  2. Tic Toc
  3. Like it
  4. Goodbye
  5. My Friends
 45

Singles
Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Sales (DL) Album
KOR
[13]
"MoonLight" 2018 — N/A MoonLight
"Tic Toc" 2019 — Watch Out
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Music videos
Year Title Director(s)
2018 "MoonLight" N/A
2019 "Tic Toc" N/A

Awards

The 25th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards
Year Category Result
2019 "Female Rookie" Won

References
  1. "'新 걸그룹' 네온펀치, 웹 예능 리얼리티 '아이돌의 조건'으로 첫 인사". Next Daily. 2017-10-02. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. "A100 네온펀치X전예임, '믹스나인' 출연…센터 도전장 내민다". Next Daily. 2017-10-27. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  3. "A100 김수아는 누구? '믹스나인' 첫 순위 발표식서 62계단 '껑충'". Next Daily. 2017-11-20. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  4. "뷰티 브랜드 DPC, 광고모델로 신예 걸그룹 '네온펀치' 발탁". Joins News. 2018-04-13. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  5. "네온펀치, 최종멤버 5인 확정…데뷔 카운트다운 돌입". Xports News. 2018-05-08. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  6. "'신예' 네온펀치, '문라이트'로 기존 걸그룹과 차별화 꾀한다". Next Daily. 2018-06-15. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  7. "[팝업★]"양현석도 홀렸다"…'데뷔' 네온펀치, 가요계 강력 '한방' 날릴까". Herald POP. 2018-06-27. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  8. "'음악중심' 네온펀치, 펑키+발랄 '문라이트' 완벽한 무대". Biz Enter. 2018-06-30. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  9. "네온펀치, 새 멤버 도희 영입..1월 말 컴백 확정(공식)" (in Korean). 2019-01-17. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  10. "네온펀치, 당찬 컴백 출사표 #탄산돌 #새 멤버 #1000만뷰 [종합]". Xports News. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  11. "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  12. "2019년 01월 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
  13. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
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