Fifty Fifty
They experienced a commercial breakthrough with their viral hit single "Cupid". The single, which was released in February 2023, made Fifty Fifty the fastest K-pop group to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart, within four months of debut.[1] Furthermore, it made them the first K-pop girl group to enter the top ten of the UK charts.[2] In 2023, they signed to Warner Music Korea.[2]
History[edit]
Pre-debut[edit]
In 2019, Attrakt CEO Jeon Hong-joon and the CEO of performance production company KAMP met in Singapore during a festival and decided to work together to produce a global K-pop girl group, with KAMP in charge of the overseas marketing.[4] The two companies were joined by one of KAMP employees and producer, Ahn Sung-il (Siahn). Twelve trainees were recruited by Jeon for a year starting in December 2019 and were finally reduced to four through monthly evaluations.[4]
In January 2021, KAMP left the project due to differing views over the global strategy. The following May, Ahn and two other KAMP employees who had been involved in the project resigned and established The Givers: while Jeon was in charge of raising money, Ahn chose the music direction and trained the members in music theory, singing, dancing, rapping, acting and English.[4] More than ₩20–30 million a month were spent on the group, and more than a billion was invested in the production of four music videos.[4]
Prior to the group's debut, Saena participated as a contestant on KBS' dancing competition show Dancing High.[5]
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