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This article is about the girl group. For other uses, see Cosmic Girl (disambiguation).
Cosmic Girls
File:160819 뮤뱅 출근길 직찍 우주소녀 '비밀이야~ 07.jpg
(top left to right) Mei Qi, Eunseo, Exy, SeolA, Xuan Yi, Yeonjung, and Dawon (bottom right to left) Luda, Dayoung, Bona, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, and Soobin
Background information
Also known asWJSN
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Years active2016–present
LabelsStarship Entertainment
Yuehua Entertainment
Members
  • SeolA
  • Xuan Yi
  • Bona
  • Exy
  • Soobin
  • Luda
  • Dawon
  • Eunseo
  • Cheng Xiao
  • Mei Qi
  • Yeoreum
  • Dayoung
  • Yeonjung
Websitestarship-ent.com/cosmicgirls/

Cosmic Girls (Korean: 우주소녀 Wu Ju So Nyeo; Chinese: 宇宙少女; pinyin: Yǔzhòushàonǚ), also known as WJSN, is a South Korean-Chinese girl group formed by Starship Entertainment and Yuehua Entertainment which debuted in 2016. The group is composed of thirteen members: SeolA, Xuan Yi, Bona, Exy, Soobin, Luda, Dawon, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Mei Qi, Yeoreum, Dayoung and Yeonjung. The members are separated into four subgroups for each letter in "WJSN": Wonder, Joy, Sweet, and Natural. The group debuted with the release of their first extended play Would You Like? on February 25, 2016.

History

Pre-debut and formation

The first member of Cosmic Girls that was revealed to the public was SeolA, who had made a cameo in Boyfriend's "Janus" music video in 2012. The second member who was shown to the public was Dayoung, a former contestant on the music audition television show K-Pop Star 1. The third member revealed to the public was Dawon who was also a former contestant on the survival audition K-pop Star 2 and is known to be 15&'s Park Ji-Min's friend. The fourth member who was revealed to the public was Exy as a contestant on the South Korean female rap competition Unpretty Rapstar 2. The fifth member revealed to the public was Eunseo who had made a cameo in Monsta X's "Rush" music video prior to debut.[1]

On December 1, 2015, Starship Entertainment started to release information about the new girl group through several social media platforms — like Twitter and Instagram — with images of a planet, heart sign and an image of a combined orbit and heart. On December 2, Starship Entertainment continued teasing by posting another teaser photo of a silhouette gazing at an orbited heart sign – this image became WJSN's official logo. The first unit, the "Wonder Unit" was revealed on December 10, consisting of members Cheng Xiao, Bona, and Dayoung.[2] The second unit called the "Joy Unit" was revealed with members Yeoreum, Eunseo, and Xuan Yi.[3] The third unit called the "Sweet Unit" was revealed on December 24 with members SeolA, Exy, and Soobin. And the final unit, the "Natural Unit" was released on December 31, consisting of members Mei Qi, Luda, and Dawon – revealing them as a group to the public for the first time.

On December 21, Cosmic Girls released a Christmas cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey through JuseTV's YouTube Channel.[4]

2016: Debut with Would You Like? and The Secret

On January 2, 2016, Dawon, Cheng Xiao, Xuan Yi, Exy, and Eunseo made cameos in UNIQ's New Year music video.On January 10, 2016, Starship Entertainment started releasing "Play-File" teasers, with a different member's teaser released every day. On January 20, 2016, SeolA, Exy, Bona, Eunseo, Xuan Yi, and Cheng Xiao were featured in Cosmopolitan Korea's February issue in an article entitled "Next Body Icon, Cosmic Girls!".[5]

On February 1, 2016 Eunseo made cameo in Yoo Seung-woo's "Whatever" music video along with label mate Boyfriend's Jeongmin and Monsta X's Kihyun.[6]

Cosmic Girls debuted on February 25, 2016 with the release of their debut mini album Would You Like?, including the title tracks "Mo Mo Mo" and "Catch Me".[7][8] The music video for "Mo Mo Mo", which features Lee Kwangsoo, was released on February 24, and the music video for "Catch Me" was released on March 9.[9][10][11] The group held their debut stage on the February 25th episode of M! Countdown with "Catch Me" and "Mo Mo Mo".[12]

On July 11, 2016, Starship Entertainment confirmed that I.O.I's Yeonjung would be joining the group. Yeonjung started promoting with the group in August.[13]

In August 2016, Exy, Cheng Xiao, SeolA, Soobin, Eunseo, Yeoreum, and Dayoung teamed up with label mate Monsta X to form the unit "Y-Teen." Y-teen is a project unit group that will be promoting as CF models for KT’s phone fare service, and will release EPs, music videos, and various entertainment content.[14]

On August 17, 2016, Cosmic Girls released their second mini-album The Secret with all 13 members.[15] The group promoted the title track "Secret",[16][17] along with the track "BeBe".

2017-present: From. WJSN

On January 4, the group releases its third extended play titled From. WJSN, along with a music video for the lead single, "I Wish".

Members

Unit Stage name Birth name Birthplace Birth date Group Position(s)
Wonder[18] Bona (보나 , 苞娜) Kim Ji-yeon (김지연) South Korea (1995-08-19) August 19, 1995 (age 29) Lead Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Rapper, Visual
Cheng Xiao (程潇 , 성소) Cheng Xiao (程潇) China (1998-07-15) July 15, 1998 (age 26) Main Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Visual, Center
Dayoung (다영 , 多榮) Im Da-young (임다영) South Korea (1999-05-14) May 14, 1999 (age 25) Lead Vocalist
Joy[19] Xuan Yi (宣仪 , 선의) Wu Xuan Yi (吴宣仪) China (1995-01-26) January 26, 1995 (age 29) Lead Dancer, Sub Vocalist
Eunseo (은서 , 恩熙) Son Ju-yeon (손주연) South Korea (1998-05-27) May 27, 1998 (age 26) Sub Vocalist, Visual
Yeoreum (여름 , 夏天) Lee Jin-sook (이진숙) South Korea (1999-01-10) January 10, 1999 (age 25) Sub Vocalist, Lead Rapper
Sweet[20] SeolA (설아 , 雪娥) Kim Hyun-jung (김현정) South Korea (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994 (age 29) Lead Vocalist
Exy (엑시) Chu So-jung (추소정) South Korea (1995-11-06) November 6, 1995 (age 29) Leader, Main Rapper
Soobin (수빈, 秀斌) Park Soo-bin (박수빈) South Korea (1996-09-14) September 14, 1996 (age 28) Main Vocalist
Natural[21] Luda (루다) Lee Lu-da (이루다) South Korea (1997-03-06) March 6, 1997 (age 27) Sub Vocalist
Dawon (다원 , 多願) Nam Da-won (남다원) South Korea (1997-04-16) April 16, 1997 (age 27) Main Vocalist
Mei Qi (美岐 , 미기) Meng Mei Qi (孟美岐) China (1998-10-15) October 15, 1998 (age 26) Main Dancer, Vocalist
- Yeonjung (연정 , 璉靜) Yu Yeon-jung (유연정) South Korea (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999 (age 25) Main Vocalist, Maknae, Center

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[22]
Would You Like? 7
The Secret 6
From. WJSN
  • KOR:

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[25]
"Mo Mo Mo" (모모모) 2016 206 Would You Like?
"Catch Me" (캐치미) — —
"Secret" (비밀이야) 49 The Secret
"I Wish" (너에게 닿기를) 2017 — — From. WJSN
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

Title Year Artist Member(s) Album
"Do Better" 2016 Y Teen (Cosmic Girls and Monsta X) SeolA, EXY, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, Dayoung Do Better - Single
"I Will Be On Your Side" (내가 니편이 되어줄게) Yoo Seung-woo, Yu Yeon-jung Yeonjung 빈티지박스 Vintage Box, Vol. 2 -
내가 니편이 되어줄게 I Will Be On Your Side - Single
"TAXI" Sunny Girls (Eunha, YooA, Cheng Xiao, Nayoung and Nancy) Cheng Xiao Inkigayo Music Crush Part.2

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Member(s) Peak chart
positions 		Sales
(DL) 		Album
KOR
Gaon
[28]
"Slowly, Little By Little" (소소하게 조금씩) 2016 Dawon (with Junggigo) — — Sweet Stranger and Me OST
"Syalala Romance" (샤랄라 로맨스) Dawon — — Lucky Romance OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Mixtape

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Network Member Notes
2015 The Flatterer Se-rim Naver TVCast Exy Supporting Role [30]
High End Crush Soo-bin Sohu Soobin Supporting Role

Reality/Variety shows

Year Title Network Member Notes
2015 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Mnet Exy Contestant (Episode 6-8)
2016 After School Club Arirang TV All (except Yeonjung) Episode 203 (March 15, 2016)[31]
MV Bank Stardust 2 KBS All (except Yeonjung)
Fan Heart Attack YinYueTai All (except Yeonjung)
Knowing Bros JTBC All (except Yeonjung) Guest (Episode 16)
King of Mask Singer MBC Exy Panelist (Episode 51-52), Contestant (Episode 65)
Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 All (except Yeonjung) Episode 243
Hello Counselor KBS Dayoung Guest (Episode 269)
Running Man SBS Eunseo Guest (Episode 297)
How to Eat and Live Well SBS Soobin Guest (Episode 108)
Would You Like Girls: My Cosmic Diary Mnet All (except Yeonjung [ep 1-7]) (with Yeonjung [ep 8])
Produce 101 Mnet Yeonjung Contestant/Winner/IOI's Member
Happy Together KBS Cheng Xiao Guest (Episodes 457 and 469)
Girl Spirit JTBC Dawon Contestant
Pitch King SBS Cheng Xiao Cheng Xiao won
Idol Star Athletics Championships XII MBC Xuanyi, Bona, Exy, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao & Dayoung Cheng Xiao won a gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics event

Eunseo won a bronze medal in the Women's 60m relay event

Idol Cooking Special MBC Eunseo & Dayoung Dayoung won 2nd place with Soyou
Hello Friends KBS Soobin, Eunseo & Dayoung Guests (Episode 1)
My Little Television MBC Eunseo (Episode 69 & 70) & Cheng Xiao Guest (Episodes 69-72)
Immortal Song 2 KBS All (except Mei Qi & Xuan Yi) Contestant (Episode 275)
2016–2017 King of Mask Singer MBC Yeonjung Contestant as "Snow Cornice, Our Town" (Episodes 91–92)
2017 Law of the Jungle in Kota Manado SBS Cheng Xiao Guest (Episodes 247–)

Awards and nominations

M Countdown in China

Template:South Korean awards table |- | 2016 | Rookie of the Year | WJSN (Cosmic Girls) | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- |}

Asia Artist Awards

Template:South Korean awards table |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 | Most Popular Artists (Singer) - Top 50[32] | rowspan="2"| WJSN (Cosmic Girls) | style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="included table-included"|48th |- | Rising Star Award | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |}

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Template:South Korean awards table |- | rowspan="2"|2016 | align="center"|Best New Artist (Female Group) | rowspan="2"|WJSN (Cosmic Girls) | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | HotelsCombined Artist of the Year | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- |}

MelOn Music Awards (MMA)

Template:South Korean awards table |- | 2016 | Best New Artist | WJSN (Cosmic Girls) | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- |}

Seoul Success Awards

Template:South Korean awards table |- | 2016 | Rookie Of The Year | WJSN (Cosmic Girls) | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- |}

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