Purple Kiss

Purple Kiss (Korean: 퍼플키스, commonly stylized as PURPLE K!SS) is a South Korean girl group formed by RBW, consisting of seven members: Park Ji-eun, Na Go-eun, Dosie, Ireh, Chaein, Yuki, and Swan.[1] They were officially formed on July 19, 2020, and their pre-debut was on November 26, 2020, with the release of their first digital single, "My Heart Skip a Beat".[2]

Purple Kiss
퍼플키스
Also known as
  • 365 Practice
  • RBW GIRLZ
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2020–present
Labels
RBW
WebsiteOfficial (Korea)
Members
  • Park Ji-eun
  • Na Go-eun
  • Jang Eun-seong
  • Cho Seo-young
  • Mori Koyuki
  • Lee Chae-young
  • Park Su-jin

RBW established a YouTube channel 365 Practice in late 2018 to upload performance videos and related content for the trainees. Over time, the trainee's lineup appeared to change as they started under the eponymous group.[3] After the final formation, social media announcements were made and their YouTube channel was later rebranded to simply PURPLE KISS.

Name

The group's name, PURPLE K!SS, is a portmanteau of "purple", which is the universal "musical color" of each member's diverse personalities, like purple made by mixing various colors, and when expressing the power of love in various different forms, and [a] "kiss", which is used to deliver love to many people through the various musical colors.[4]

History

2017–2020: 365 Practice and pre-debut activities

PURPLE KISS began its formation through a YouTube channel called 365 Practice in mid-March 2018 used by RBW to highlight their female trainees process daily lives, school, and practice. This YouTube channel was then changed to promote their upcoming girl group by a new name PURPLE KISS. Showcasing different lineups of trainees that changed consistently as some trainees left the Entertainment to pursue other career paths.

Lee Ye-sol was one of the only members out of those that were revealed through some of the promotional photos with the other members but had left before the reveal of the group name.

On June 15, 2018, Park Ji-eun became a contestant on Mnet's reality survival show Produce 48 as a contestant representing her agency RBW. However, she was eliminated in Episode 5 after ranking 80th place failing to debut through the program.[5] On October 29, 2017, Na Go-eun auditioned for "MIXNINE" to represent her agency RBW as a entertainment trainee, but failed to pass the audition; June 15, 2018, she also participated in "PRODUCE 48", and ranked 29th overall, she also failed to debut through the program.[5] From October 29, 2017 until early 2018, Dosie participated in "MIXNINE" as a RBW entertainment trainee, and finally ranked 146th failing to debut through the program. Overall final end ranking is 78th.[6] On October 29, 2017, Swan auditioned to participate in "MIXNINE" as a RBW Entertainment trainee, but failed to pass the audition.

Ireh stated that she used to be a trainee of YG Entertainment, along with Chaein.[7]

Purple Kiss appeared on ONEWE's "End of Spring" music video on May 26, 2020 as dancers alongside ONEUS.[8]

Purple Kiss also appeared in FIRST REVEAL! HWASA's Campus life | The Sims 4 CF (Commercial Film) with labelmate Hwasa as her classmates then graduating together.[9]

2020–present: Pre-debut singles "My Heart Skip A Beat" and "Can We Talk Again", and upcoming debut

On July 20, 2020, a series of debut trailers from individual solo shots, and a group teaser were all announced on their YouTube channel, solidifying the lineup for Purple Kiss.[10][11] The members were revealed individual from July 20 to August 1, as well as the name PURPLE K!SS, which logo consists of two hearts intertwining to become a lip shape, which is a play of words of the group name. A video trailer with all seven members was revealed on the final day on August 3, 2020.[12][11]

On September 30, 2020, RBW announced that member Swan would be entering a temporary hiatus due to health reasons.[13] On December 23, RBW reported that Swan would return to debut preparations after a successful recovery.

On November 19, 2020, RBW announced the new girl group aims to debut early in the next year, and will release two pre-debut digital singles. The first single "My Heart Skip a Beat" was released on November 26, 2020.[14] On February 3, 2021, the second single "Can We Talk Again" was released on various music platforms.[15][16][17]

Members
  • Jieun (Korean: 지은), born Park Ji-eun (Korean: 박지은)
  • Goeun (Korean: 고은), born Na Go-eun (Korean: 나고은)
  • Dosie (Korean: 도시), born Jang Eun-seong (Korean: 장은성)
  • Ireh (Korean: 이레), born Cho Seo-young (Korean: 조서영)
  • Yuki (Korean: 유키), born Mori Koyuki (Japanese: もうりこゆき)
  • Chaein (Korean: 채인), born Lee Chae-young (Korean: 이채영)
  • Swan (Korean: 수안), born Park Su-jin (Korean: 박수진)

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR KOR
Hot		 US
World
"My Heart Skip a Beat" 2020 — — — TBA
"Can We Talk Again" 2021 TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

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