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sometimes things don't go as planned
that is what happened to go group ladies
code if you only know them for their
accident you're not alone
sadly ladies codes claim to fame hasn't
been through good news and as for their
claim to fame they probably haven't
reached their full potential today we're
gonna go over lay discos history the
incident and what happened to them but
before looking forward I was like to
look back prior to debut the girls of
ladies code were brought together from
different backgrounds by Polaris
entertainment Congress a was a Japanese
model of Korean descent Ries a became
known by the Korean public through her
participation in Miss Korea 2009 as a
Japanese representative then starting to
make her career in Korea by joining star
audition and we got married in 2011 and
B before joining ladies code was in the
original lineup for a away from fnc
entertainment but made a switch to
Polaris when she believes she wasn't
quite ready to debut so Chong was on the
show The Voice Korea and finished as a
finalist she has a really amazing voice
Ashley was a trainee under cube
Entertainment and juni was a trainee
under big hit these already established
girls were brought together to create
something special in March 2013
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as you could tell Polaris did have some
money to help make ladies cause
promotions work but I mean their quality
spoke for itself such so full belts they
didn't seem like rookies their debut
song bad girl and the mini-album did
respectfully well in Korea cracking the
top 50 but it took the next comeback for
Korea to wake up and smell the talent
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ladies code took a more sorrowful
approach in these genre but if you
notice there were some concepts that
would become a trend after latest code
released this song most similarly vixx
with voodoo doll that song in music
video came out months later but as I
mentioned before ladies code was able to
climb to the number one spot on the bugs
chart and top 10 across all others
quickly gaining traction ladies code
wanted to keep the momentum going by
making a comeback with their second
mini-album
code zero too pretty I can't stress how
incredible that this group has so much
soul to them sujin leading the way in
vocals but we say having a history in
Japan Ashley living in New York for some
time being extremely proficient in
English latest code and so so much
potential to tap into these
international markets but it would never
happen in 2014 ladies code went retro
with the release of so wonderful than a
single kiss kiss showcasing a more
quirky side ladies code was growing
confident in more versatile as a group
but only a month later things would take
a turn and make everyone title the year
2014 as the worst year in kpop I this
year
I hate this year for kpop we've had sex
scandals and drug scandals and abuse
scandals and of course we could have top
it all off with death on September 3rd
early in the morning ladies codes ban
that was being driven by their manager
on the way back from an activity to
Seoul crashed it was discovered that
their manager was speeding at 85 miles
an hour in a 62 miles an hour zone what
made matters worse is that it was
raining which caused the van to
hydroplane where you can lose full
control and grip on the road until they
hit a protective barricade the crash was
so severe that everyone involved had to
be treated and sadly members unbe and
Risa lost their lives their manager was
then charged and sentenced to one year
in two months in jail for
the accident after winning an appeal and
reaching an agreement with families of
the lost ones it was without a doubt one
of the moments we don't forget and
prayed would never happen again but
sadly it is common to see managers rush
their idols to the next event kpop idols
and companies create these strict and
very demanding schedules and still to
this day you do see accidents on the
road because of it but there was one
thing that happened that you could call
a blessing the fans of ladies Co started
a campaign to promote a song from the
last mini album that song was I'm fine
thank you and you know what I'm fine
thank you and kiss kiss rose two top
charts in Korea and for the first time
entered the Billboard world Digital
Songs chart this wasn't just out of the
kindness of people's hearts it was
actually to fulfill a wish a wish made
by Envy to one day ranked first on music
charts and as a sign of appreciation
polaris uploaded a behind-the-scenes cut
for i'm fine thank you
in tribute of areas in unbe ladies code
would then take six months to receive
treatment and counseling returning to
activities in 2015 there was no doubt
ladies code would never let what
happened to them define them as before
anything else and they went to Tokyo
Japan holding the concert I'm fine thank
you
Ria's a nun B memorial concert to
fulfill another dream Ria's dream to
perform with ladies code in her home
country nothing was left unfinished
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early 2016 Polaris entertainment
announced that latest code will be
returning with new music as a trio the
first time since the incident and they
were back with a whole new look and
sound the title galaxy was slower
smoother and much more mature than what
we have seen from the group before
dipping into jazz almost which is rare
in kpop but what was more striking is
the symbolism in the music video did you
notice all the items and hints to the
number-three the scenes with triangles
the album cover and the name ladies code
wanted to explain they are unshakable
the funny thing is do you know what the
strongest shape in nature is a triangle
with the release of the single the reign
ladies code rebranded and was able to
establish themselves in Korea once again
in 2017 Polaris had song have her own
solo debut with the song better than me
and you might notice someone familiar
yes that is eunjin from Luna because
Luna is under blah / creative which is a
sub-label under Polaris making Luna and
ladies code sister groups
Ashley would also get a solo debut with
her song here we are in 2018 aside from
a holiday release ladies code had two
comebacks in 2019 the first was feedback
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the girls were finally seen having fun
and feeling happy again and the second
was set me free
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this was the final act of the code
series started all the way back to when
ladies code debuted and it would also be
the final act for ladies code as only
days ago Polaris announced that their
exclusive contract with ladies code
expired with no news about resigning
this means an indefinite hiatus if not
disbandment each member will continue on
with their solo careers so you don't
have to worry about that if you're gonna
take a look at some of their music
videos after watching my video you're
gonna notice something the low amount of
views yes ladies code was very very
underrated they deserved much more in
fact Polaris could have done more to put
ladies code in the best possible
situation to succeed but we can't keep
talking about what could have been
we should celebrate this story of a
group who have been through the deepest
of valleys and still brought themselves
up to continue on and honor those who
aren't standing with them today you know
what they say pressure makes diamonds
well that's just what these five girls
of ladies code are
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thank you all so much for watching now
this is a touchy subject but it's sadly
it's nothing new on the channel kpop has
some really amazing stories but they
also have their sad ones as well but the
fact that ladies code was able to turn
around and make it much more than just a
headline story they were able to honor
them in their own ways
fulfill the dreams like I said ladies
code is very very underrated my favorite
and when I first heard about ladies code
was galaxies everything that happened to
them was way before I got into kpop so I
had to relearn about ladies code in
their history and with them kind of
disbanding now it's the end of the story
it felt like they could have been
appreciated more is the feeling I get
from people online and me personally
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