에이핑크

에이핑크 (A Pink, Apink) is a seven-member South Korean girl group under A Cube Entertainment; a sister company of Cube Entertainment. The group consists of Park Chorong (박초롱), Yoon Bomi (윤보미), Jung Eunji (정은지), Son Naeun (손나은), Hong Yookyung (홍유경), Kim Namjoo (김남주) and Oh Hayoung (오하영).

They debuted on April 19, 2011 with the EP Seven Springs of A Pink, and performed for the first time on April 21, 2011 on M! Countdown. They were named “A Pink” because “A” stands for the girls always showing an amazing performance while “Pink” is known to be the group’s favorite color.

Pre-debut

The documentary A Pink News (aired on TrendE) first introduced A Pink to the public. The show chronicled the debut process of the members of A Pink. The first member revealed was Son Naeun who used to be a trainee of A Cube Entertainment; she was then featured in B2ST’s “Beautiful” and “Soom” music videos. The second member revealed was the group’s leader, Park Chorong; she was revealed through B2ST’s “Shock” Japanese PV. On the morning of February 21st, A Cube Entertainment set up their own Twitter account and welcomed the maknae, Oh Ha Young as the third member of A Pink. Jung Eunji was the fourth member revealed through A Cube’s Twitter singing “I Love You I Do” and was said to be the main vocalist of the group. The next was Hong Yookyung wherein they revealed her playing the piano. And the last two were Yoon Bomi and Kim Namjoo which were revealed through A Cube’s Official Twitter account.