ENCORE AF XPLORE MEMBERS FORM

➤  GROUP NAME: XPLORE
➤ COMPANY: YNB
➤ PARTICIPATING MEMBERS:

CHOI MOONBYUL/MOON:
@milkycum
Main Rapper, Sub-Dancer,
“Fake” leader, hyper virus
& Center of the group

SOPHIA PARK/PARK SOOYUN:
@TheButterflySlave
Main dancer, sub vocalist,
Visual of the group, Quiet maknae,

GO SUNAE/SUNSUN:
@SNOWYEOL
Oldest, "Sunshine" Leader,
Main Vocal, Lead Dancer

➤ DEBUT DATE: JANUARY 21th, 2014

➤ TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS:

Original Five members:
- lost two, members because one was badly injured on stage. The other had to leave due to personal issues
- YUN HAEJIN (HAE): EX-Leader, Ex-main dancer, Ex-center. Left due to personal issues
- KIM SOOKYUNG (SOOKIE): Main Ex-Rapper, Ex-Visual. Left due to injuries

Now Three Members:
- MOON, SUN, & SOPHIA

➤ DEBUT SONG:

MR.CHU BY APINK
(BABY KISS ME BY XPLORE)

OTHER SONGS:
WONDERFUL BY MOMOLAND
SUMMER KISS BY CLC
NOW WE BY LOVELYZ
ON THE ROAD BY DIA
A GIRL LIKE ME BY GUGUDAN
HAPPY BY WJSN
LONELY BY WONDER GIRLS
RING MY BELL BY GIRL’S DAY
GOODBYE BABY BY MISS A
FINGERTIP BY GFRIEND
NONONO BY APINK
COME BACK HOME BY 2NE1
DONT CRY BY 2NE1
I LIKE YOU TOO MUCH BY SONAMOO
DONT BELIEVE BY BERRY GOOD
ANGLE BY BERRY GOOD
LIAR LIAR AING BY OH MY GIRL
SOMEONE LIKE YOU BY DALSHEBET
PICK ME UP BY SUS4
STRAWBERRY BY A.DE
BLINK BLINK BY UNICORN
WE LIKE BY PRISTIN
STAY BY BLACKPINK

➤ ERAS:

JANUARY 21ST, 2014
UNIVERSE era
(XPLORE’s 1st mini album)

- sold 40,500 CD albums
- Sold about 22,000 sign photo books, fan books & Merch
- Preformed at the Music Banks(February 6th), and SBS Inkigayo (March 29th)

APRIL 12ST, 2014
BEAUTIFUL LIFE era

- sold 54,000 CD albums
- because of low budget, didn’t sell much on Sign photo books, Fan books & Merch. Sold 11,350
- Performed at MU:CON two times (September 10th & October 24th)
- Had their first fan signing October 26th

JULY 3RD, 2014
고맙습니다. FLOWER
Thank you. FLOWER era

- earned their first win at the MELON MUSIC AWARDS
- Sold at least 160,000 CD albums
- Sold at least 240,360 sign photo books & fan books.
- Although this was their biggest win, they had a great loss when a member left due to a injury
- Still continued the group with four members
- even with nominated for the MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS

SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2014
나는 네가 그리워 할거야. 안녕
I’LL MISS YOU. GOODBYE era.

- Second & third win at SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS
- they lost their second member, due to personal unmentioned issues and as a final goodbye the three remaining members, sing a goodbye album to both of the members they lost.
- Although the song was beautiful and memorable it didn’t sell well, due to the loss of members and fans.
- Sold at least 45,231 CDS albums
- Sold at least 21,000 sign photo books & fan books
- This was their last comeback in a while

NOVEMBER 9TH 2015
XCITED era

- their comeback era after a long period of time.
- Nominated at JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARDS
- finally appeared on their first show on WEEKLY IDOL, but didn’t get enough exposure on the show. They were never invited again because of little fame.
- Perform on small stages to earn their name and fame back.
- Had a few fan signings but not many showed up like their ones before.

JANUARY 21ST 2016
HOLA-HOLIDAY era

- celebrating two years together as XPLORE and with their stans/fans
- Having small events for fans and more
- Sold at least 68,980 CD albums
- Sold at least 81,262 sign photo books & fan books
- Perform at SBS INKIGAYO STAGE at least 2 times
- Perform all on small stages all the way until February

➤ GROUP INTRODUCTION:

“Let’s go on an adventure!!
We’re XPLORE imnida!!”

➤ CONCEPT:

JANUARY 21ST 2014-APRIL 12TH 2014:
cute, lovely, youthful and fresh concept

JULY 3RD 2014-SEPTEMBER 19TH 2014:
Soft, sad, and serious, like a broken heart concept

NOVEMBER 9TH 2015-JANUARY 21ST 2016:
Happy, cute, overly hyper and excited concept.

NOW:
Still sticking with the happy, cute, overly hyper and excited concept.

➤ ANY SCANDALS:

- lost of Members: Yun Haejin (better know as HAE) & Kim Sookyung (better know as SOOKIE)
- Many rumors going around that the Member of XPORE Sophia was Dating one of the members of KNK. Sophia won’t reveal who it is. Nor any of the members of KNK is getting involved or speaking a word.
- MOON has been accused of flirting along to many popular boy groups for more exposure and popularity for their group. MOON has been denying answering all follow up questions about the incident. Leaving many, even her group mates if it’s true or not.
- XPLORE has been accused of stealing many popular girl group concepts and dance moves. Making them loss more fans

➤ GROUP COLORS:

OLIVE GREEN AND DAFFODIL YELLOW

➤ COMMON LINE DISTRIBUTION:

MOON’S LINE/CENTER:
- although MOON is the main rapper, she didn’t get enough rap lines. Until the other rappers in the group left. Most of her rap lines are 45% while the other rappers gets the rest. Her vocal lines were around 33%.
- Got most of the Spot light even though it wasn’t her line. Due to her being the new center of the group she gets more spotlight to gain more attention. which caused plenty of drama between her members, especially the one who left due to personal issues.
- Although she misses her fellow members she is happy the rappers left, because you bumped up to being the main rapper. (She was sub-rapper before)

SUNSUN’S LINES/CENTER:
- SUNSUN gets most of the vocal lines, she used to get around 60% but with the loss of their ex-leader HAE she started getting around 75%;
- used to be third in dance, is now second after HAE's departure;

SOPHIA’S LINES/CENTER:
- She sadly gets the least amount of lines, she usually gets sadly around 15-25% percent of lines or even lower.
- was bumped up to being the visual of the group after the loss of their ex-visual SOOKIE
- Although she is very introvert she tries her best as the maknae to be more out their despite the little lines and spotlight she receives.

➤ GROUP DYNAMIC:

- Hyper and joyful mood when making song lyrics, but becomes tense and dark when distributing the lines because everybody wanted equal lines or more.
- Full of energy, laughter and exhaustion during dance practices, performing & MV
- MOON is very close to SUNSUN, her favorite hobby is to bother and tease her with the maknae
- MOON does everything with SUNSUN, sometimes leaving Sophia out
- Sophia often surrounds herself by SUNSUN even if she gets lefted out
- SUNSUN is the middle, she likes hanging out with both MOON and Sophia. Doesn’t picks sides.
- Overall they love each other equally despite everything they been through.
- Will always take care and cherish each other even if the odds are against them.
- Keeps their hopes high

➤ SUCCESSES:

- Preformed at the Music Banks(February 6th), and SBS Inkigayo (March 29th)
- Performed at MU:CON two times (September 10th & October 24th)
- Had their first fan signing (October 26th)
- earned their first win at the MELON MUSIC AWARDS
- even with nominated for the MNET ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS
- Second & third win at SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS
- Nominated at JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARDS
- finally was appeared on their first show on WEEKLY IDOL, but didn’t get enough exposure on the show. They never was invited again because of little fame.
- Perform on small stages to earn their name and fame back.
- celebrating two years together as XPLORE and with their stans/fans
- Having small events for fans and more
- Perform at SBS INKIGAYO STAGE at least 2 times
- Due to Sophia’s visual and good looks, she’s been recruited and auditioning for many dramas. Many fans hope for her spotlight and chance of shining more.
- SOOKIE & HAE were scouted to join another company
- MOON & SUN together recorded a duet while Sophia was away gaining more exposure for them. Many fans hope for them to leave the group and become a duet group.
- Collab with KNK plenty of times even appeared on their VLIVES with them to gain more exposure
- Overall sold at least 368,711 CDS
- Overall sold 375,974 MERCH