A Pink to conclude debut promotions this week

A Pink has arguably become one of the hottest rookies of the year, and the girls will finally be concluding three months of promotions for both “I Don’t Know” and “It Girl” this week.

Representatives of A Cube confirmed, “They’ll be concluding ‘It Girl’ performances with this week’s music programs, and go on a period of break.”

The girls debuted back in April with a sweet concept that brought back the nostalgia of innocent ‘elf’ styles, which were made popular by earlier generations of girl groups like S.E.S. and Fin.K.L. With two consecutive hits already under their belt, they’re conquering not only the hearts of male fans, but the CF world as well.

The girls will be jumping back into preparations for their next album after their break.



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A Pink drives soldiers wild at a performance on a military base

Salute! The ladies of A Pink have successfully rocked the hearts of Korean soldiers through a special performance.

On July 7th, a video of A Pink’s performance at a military base was revealed through a fan cafe. The video shows A Pink preparing themselves for their first ever performance for a military unit. While the girls definitely rocked the show, the hot responses from the soldiers drew greater attention.

As soon as A Pink appeared on the stage, soldiers screamed, “We love you, A Pink“, “Don’t leave us“, “Daebak!!” and other loud expressions of love.

Netizens said, “A Pink’s military take-over“, “Ah, so jealous“, “Does this mean they’re army fairies now?“.

A representative of A Cube Entertainment said on the 8th, “Since their debut, they haven’t done any external performances so the unfathomable positive feedback made the members extremely happy. We ask everyone to continue their interest in A Pink“.




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A Pink members face stress due to their final exams

The time of suffering has come for idol group members, as it is now every school’s final exam period in Korea.

Many of the active girl group members now are high school students, and there used to be some leniency to students with a celebrity status, but things are different now. Excusing a student merely for their celebrity status has been reduced significantly due to recent backlash and criticisms, and it has also been a long while since they stopped letting students take all their tests in one day. Students must now attend school every day and take their tests, especially since the public is keeping a watchful eye.


Aside from A Pink’s leader, Chorong, the remaining six members are students. Even though they are busy promoting their new follow-up single, most of the members can be seen walking around with a book in one hand. Also, their dorm has reference books lying around everywhere, and older, studious members can be seen busily teaching math to their younger members.

Member Na Eun, who attends a contemporary arts high school, was able to complete her exams early compared to her other members because she took practical exams. Na Eun recently stated during an interview, “In our waiting room, in our dorm, whenever I had time, I prepared for my tests.”



Possibly due to her lack of sleep, Na Eun continued to say with her eyes half closed, “After our debut, there wasn’t enough time to practice everything for our follow up promotions and study at the same time. Honestly, I was scared because I didn’t get to study that much. This made me think that I really had to study. I asked my parents for reference books and now I am studying in our dorm. It was really difficult but once I made up my mind to do well, I was able to push through it.”

The group’s maknae and middle school student, Ha Young, is receiving much help from her older members, particularly in math. Ha Young said, “There are a lot of members that like math so when I don’t know a problem I’ll always ask“. Recently, Ha Young was gifted a set of reference books with the writing “work hard and become an admirable person” from an older uncle fan.



A Pink isn’t the only group stressing out because of school. Whenever final exams come around, management officials that foster groups let out a deep sigh because it isn’t easy to organize their schedules, and during this time, school has to be their priority.

One management official stated, “Even about 5-6 years ago it seemed that they were more lenient to celebrities, but it isn’t like that at all anymore. In life, academics are a very important aspect as well. There are some broadcasts that we are disappointed in having to miss out on, but we are trying very hard to make school a priority.”

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A Pink is the “It Girl” on Inkigayo + Traffic Safety Song

Having made a fairy-like debut with “I Don’t Know“, the A Pink girls are right back at it with “It Girl” for their follow-up promotions on today’s MBC Music Core.

With just a week’s rest (doubt they had much), the girls are coming back with their their innocent, fairy-like image intact but with a more approachable and outgoing kick to their style.

Their follow-up track, “It Girl”, from their debut album was composed by Kim Gun Woo. The song is characterized as a sweet synth pop track and is noted for its combination of an arpegio patterned synth and cute dance beat. Kim Gun Woo made sure to emphasize the girls’ innocent image with sweet lyrics about a love confession. The repetitive lyrics make for an addictive and powerful track.

Check it out below!



Meanwhile, A Pink has also received the baton for the “Traffic Safety Song,” a collaborative campaign between SBS’s “Inkigayo” and the Korean Transporation Safety Authority in promotion of safe driving and environment protection.

The girls showed much determination in delivering the meaningful message of the campaign by coming up with their own choreography for the song, so check out their music video below!



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A Pink is the “It Girl” on Music Core

Having made a fairy-like debut with “I Don’t Know“, the A Pink girls are right back at it with “It Girl” for their follow-up promotions on today’s MBC Music Core.

With just a week’s rest (doubt they had much), the girls are coming back with their their innocent, fairy-like image intact but with a more approachable and outgoing kick to their style.

Their follow-up track, “It Girl”, from their debut album was composed by Kim Gun Woo. The song is characterized as a sweet synth pop track and is noted for its combination of an arpegio patterned synth and cute dance beat. Kim Gun Woo made sure to emphasize the girls’ innocent image with sweet lyrics about a love confession. The repetitive lyrics make for an addictive and powerful track.

Check it out below!




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A Pink is the “It Girl” on Music Bank.

Having made a fairy-like debut with “I Don’t Know“, the A Pink girls are right back at it with “It Girl” for their follow-up promotions on today’s KBS Music Bank.

With just a week’s rest (doubt they had much), the girls are coming back with their their innocent, fairy-like image intact but with a more approachable and outgoing kick to their style.

Their follow-up track, “It Girl”, from their debut album was composed by Kim Gun Woo. The song is characterized as a sweet synth pop track and is noted for its combination of an arpegio patterned synth and cute dance beat. Kim Gun Woo made sure to emphasize the girls’ innocent image with sweet lyrics about a love confession. The repetitive lyrics make for an addictive and powerful track.

Check it out below!



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A Pink is the “It Girl” on M! Countdown

Having made a fairy-like debut with “I Don’t Know“, the A Pink girls are right back at it with “It Girl” for their follow-up promotions on today’s Mnet M! Countdown.

With just a week’s rest (doubt they had much), the girls are coming back with their their innocent, fairy-like image intact but with a more approachable and outgoing kick to their style.

Their follow-up track, “It Girl”, from their debut album was composed by Kim Gun Woo. The song is characterized as a sweet synth pop track and is noted for its combination of an arpegio patterned synth and cute dance beat. Kim Gun Woo made sure to emphasize the girls’ innocent image with sweet lyrics about a love confession. The repetitive lyrics make for an addictive and powerful track.

Check it out below!













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Block B & A Pink perform live on “Younha’s Starry Night”

On May 13th, Block B and A Pink guested on MBC FM’s “Younha’s Starry Night” for an hour-long special filled with amazing live performances.

Younha definitely had her hands full with having to host 14 rookie guests at once, but she managed to successfully pull it off all on her own. Since the two groups debuted in the same month just a week apart, Younha delved into some of the other similarities they also share.

With the most obvious being that both groups are comprised of seven members, Younha also mentioned that each groups had pre-debut experience as well. Namju was a child CF model and Na Eun starred in B2ST’s music videos prior to forming A Pink. Zico and Kyung promoted underground and released mixtapes, and Jaehyo was the star of an ulzzang cable program.

Another similarity they shared was that they were backed by strong labelmate seniors.

As a member of the Cube family, A Pink revealed that they received a lot of great advice and support from 4minute, B2ST, and Huh Gak. Block B, although labelmates with prominent figures in the hip hop and reggae scene like Verbal Jint, Skull, and Rhymer among others, explained that they only receive professional advice and are pretty much left to fend for themselves in the wild, both in terms of their music production and growth.




















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A Pink debuts on Music Core

Cube Entertainment’s new family member, ‘A Pink’, finally made their debut on today’s episode of MBC’s “Music Core“!

Comprised of seven members, the girls utilized their innocent and sweet looks to recreate the elf-like image their seniors S.E.S. and Fin.K.L. were famous for back in the 90s. Although their concept may seem simple upon first glance, the girls make up for it in talent.


Their title track, “I Don’t Know“, was composed by hitmaker Super Changddai and features a classic melody unlike other idol music in the market. With their smooth vocals and cute choreography points, the girls are definitely rushing into the spring season with this sweet track.

Check out their outdoor debut stage below!




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A Pink talks about their strict diets and intense daily schedules

Girl group diets have always been a hot topic ever since the daily calorie intakes for SNSD, KARA, and many others began circulating on the internet.

Maintaining the much-coveted ‘S-line’ has practically become a duty for girl groups, especially with the speed at which pictures spread on the internet. Netizens are especially brutal when it comes to spotting a bit of weight gain, which inevitably leads to girl groups exclaiming, “The pain of starving is less than that of the pain of receiving a negative response from netizens.”

A Pink is under the same scrutiny, and so they’re tied to a strict diet regimen. Sports Seoul caught up with the girls mid-rehearsal at 5:00 PM, right when their manager turned off their practice music and brought in their dinner.

The menu consists of a salad (lettuce, three baby tomatoes) and canned chicken breast. They were able to mix their chicken breast into their salad only after their manager stripped the chicken of all the oil in the can.

The girls chowed it down in the blink of an eye, and when asked if they didn’t think the chicken was too dry, the girls replied with a laugh, “It’s still better that it’s there, since it’s meat at least…”

Still, the girls eat three meals a day. Chorong revealed, “We’re all at the age of growing, so we all have a big appetite. If we don’t eat three meals a day, we get hungry and tire easily during rehearsals. Even if it’s three meals, they’re still controlled…”

For breakfast, they eat radish stock soup or brown rice, and 40g of sugarless cereal. The girls shyly added as a secret, “We grab a handful more when the manager isn’t looking. Even after we eat all of that, we still get hungry after two hours.”

For lunch, they eat corn or sweet potatoes and two bananas. “It’s still the meal that we feel the most full from out of the day.” If they’re still unbearably hungry, the members are allowed to eat buckwheat noodle soup.

At 5 PM, like mentioned above, the girls end conclude with a dinner of salad. Inevitably, they’re still hungry after a day of intense rehearsals, so they’ll still snack on bananas or nuts like almonds throughout their practice.

After rehearsal ends, they quiet their hunger pangs by going straight to sleep when they return to their dorms. When asked what they wanted to eat the most, they revealed, “Chicken, pizza, coke. We want soondae-soup as well.”


With their impending debut drawing near, what’s a regular day like for them? Literally, their day consists of eating, sleeping, and rehearsing.

Park Chorong and Son Na Eun receive two hours of acting lessons from 9 AM to 11 AM, while the remaining five head to school for their morning lessons. They all group together at 12 PM and eat lunch together till 1 before going straight into an intense rehearsal schedule. Until 5 PM, they take lessons in vocal training and choreography rehearsal.

In order to prepare for future variety show appearances, they also don’t forget to come up with a few personal talents to show off.



After eating dinner from 5 to 6, the girls rehearse nonstop until 3 AM the next day. This is the most intense period for the girls, as they’re trained specifically for live performances like it’s the real deal.

Bomi stated, “Because our stage outfits consist of short skirts and high heels, we have to practice with them on to prevent mistakes.”

Concluding their busy day back at their dorms at 3 AM, the girls still take the time to reflect. Na Eun expressed, “Mainly, we discuss what went good and what went bad during the day. We try to exchange opinions and make a list of what we need to concentrate on for the next day. We’re all extremely happy that we’re able to achieve our dreams right now, even though our rehearsals are tiring.”


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