Spica is a South Korean girl group formed under B2M Entertainment.
The group released "Potently"(독하게) as a prologue single, on January 31, 2012 and
officially debuted on February 9, 2012 with their mini album "Russian Roulette".
The group consists of Kim Boa, Park Sihyun, Park Narae, Yang Jiwon and Kim Bohyung.
History Pre-debut
At the beginning of 2012 B2M Entertainment formally announced that they would be releasing
a girl group and would release photos and profiles of its members.
Their name is a reference to Spica, the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo.
Yang Jiwon was originally a member of Five Girls, a girl group also including After School's
Uee, Secret's Hyoseong, Wonder Girls' Yubin and G.NA.
She was also a member of T-ara and released a song called "Good Person" as a soundtrack
for the Korean drama Cinderella Man.
However, before the group could debut, she left due to creative differences.
She starred in Boyfriend's music video "I'll Be There" in December 2011, and with Kim Kyu-jong
in the "Yesterday" music video from his Turn Me On album.
Park Sihyun also had several previous musical ventures and was featured in label mate Heo
Young Saeng's music video Let It Go.
She also performed as a guest rapper on the live performances of the song.
In addition, Kim Boa was Kara, Rainbow and Infinite's vocal trainer under Sweetune, Kim
Bo Hyung was originally set to debut in 2NE1, and Park Narae was a contestant on the first
season of Superstar K. 2012: "Potently", Russian Roulette, Painkiller,
and Lonely
On January 10, 2012, the group released their first digital single "Potently".
The music video sparked high interest, as their fellow label-mate Lee Hyori made an
appearance.
On January 31, B2M Entertainment officially announced that the group would have their
formal debut with a mini-album, titled Russian Roulette.
A music video teaser for "Russian Roulette" was released the following day.
The full-length music video was released on February 7.
Promotions for "Russian Roulette" began two days later on M!
Countdown.
The lyrics of the song were later modified in order to meet MBC's broadcasting standards.
The group released a repackaged extended play entitled Painkiller, on March 29, promoting
with a title track of the same name.
On July 14's MBC Radio "Younha's Starry Night", Bohyung revealed that the group "had a meeting
today, we are going to prepare it [the new album] in late July and make comeback in August".
Spica returned with their second EP titled Lonely, on November 21, promoting the title
track of the same name.
They worked again with Sweetune(ko:스윗튠) who also produced "Russian Roulette".
The group held their first comeback stage on November 23 on Music Bank.
They held the "goodbye stage" on January 6 on Inkigayo.
2013: "Tonight" and mentorship from Lee Hyori Member Yang Jiwon appeared on Korean hip hop
duo Baechigi(ko:배치기)'s music video for "Shower of Tears" featuring singer Ailee.
Jiwon later filled in for Ailee in promotions for the song on music programs with Baechigi.
The song eventually went to number one on Korean music charts and won a K-Chart award
from M!
Countdown on January 31.
On their official YouTube channel, a video with member Jiwon was uploaded in which she
stated that the group are planning to releases a new album in spring 2013.
Member Si Hyun also starred in the music video for Lee Hyori's single "Bad Girls" from her
album Monochrome.
In the summer of 2013, Spica was the subject of OnStyle's TV show Lee Hyori X Unnie in
which they sought and received guidance from the former Fin.K.L member, Lee Hyori.
The show was shot following Lee Hyori's promotion period for Monochrome and culminated in the
band's comeback in August.
On August 27, B2M Entertainment released a digital single, "Tonight", along with a music
video which Lee Hyori and her husband, Lee Sangsun, collaborated and produced.
Tonight's lyrics are written by Boa and Lee Hyori, and the original song was written by
Dsign Music.
On August 30 Spica had their comeback stage at Music Bank and made Lee Hyori cry for them.
With this single, the group was able to reach the top 10 in the Gaon Music Chart for the
week of August 25-31, ranking tenth overall and eighth on the Downloads Chart with 102,297
downloads.
Bohyung released the group's first solo single with "Crazy Girl", composed by Lee Hyori.
Park Narae featured in Mando & Chigi's song titled "He Says, She Says".
Although she didn't appear in the music video, she joined them to promote their song on 'M!
Countdown' on November 7 and 'Music Bank' on November 29.
2014: "You Don't Love Me", "I Did It", KCON, Spica.S, "Ghost"
Kim Boa and Eric Nam recorded a cover of the song "Say Something" on January 8, 2014.
On January 26, Spica released "You Don't Love Me", a single heavily musically and visually
influenced by soul music of the 1960s.
The song is a continuation of their relationship with the Lee Hyori and her production team,
with the lyrics being co-written between Kim Boa and Lee Hyori.
Spica released a song for the original soundtrack of the Korean drama "Witch's Romance" called
"Witch's Diary."
On May 3, it was revealed that Spica will be making their comeback with a new digital
single aimed for June but was delayed.
On July, Misha Janette posted Spica's "I Did It" photo teaser on Instagram.
It was also revealed that Spica's 1st full album is currently aimed to be out sometime
in the fall.
The group is set to make a U.S. debut performance at KCON, America's premiere K-pop festival
on August with their English single "I Did It".
In August, B2M Entertainment announced that SPICA have teamed up with Billboard for their
activities in the U.S.
The music video and single for "I Did It" were released on August 6th
In September 2014, B2M announced to debut Spica's first sub-unit group "Spica.S", consisting
of 4 members: Park Sihyun, Park Narae, Yang Jiwon, and Kim Bohyung.
Also, Kim Boa to debut as a solo artist.
October 2014, it was revealed that the group will comeback as whole with a digital single
Ghost.
Members Sub-Unit Group
Spica.S Spica.S is the first sub-unit group of Spica
consisting of 4 members: Park Sihyun, Park Narae, Yang Jiwon, and Kim Bohyung.
The unit officially debut on September 11, 2014 with their digital single "Give Your
Love".
Fan Club B2M Entertainment announced the official fan
club name through the group's fan cafe.
It stands for "Guardians of Spica" because Mercury is the guardian planet of Virgo, while
the group's name is a reference to Spica, the brightest star in the constellation of
Virgo.
A poll had been created to determine the name of the fan club, using various suggestions
from the fans.
Official Fan Club Name: Mercury Date of Establishment: July 16, 2012
Discography
Awards and Nominations Mnet Asian Music Awards
Eatyourkimchi Awards References
External links Official Korean Website