After School (band)
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After School at the After School's Beauty Bible press conference in January 2014
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2009-present |
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| Website | pledis |
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After School (Hangul: 애프터스쿨, Katakana: アフタースクール, also stylized as AFTERSCHOOL) is a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment with an admissions and graduation concept.
After School officially debuted in January 2009 with "AH!". They then released "Diva" and "Because of You" later in the year, which was an instant hit and became a commercial and critical success for the group. Follow-up singles "Bang!", "Shampoo" and "Flashback" further consolidated their domestic and international popularity. Their latest release is the maxi-single First Love, with its pole-dancing routine garnering praise from Billboard, complementing the group as the "top performers in K-Pop".
The group debuted in Japan in 2011 under Avex Trax with a remake of their Korean hits "Bang!", "Diva", "Shampoo" and "Because of You". Their Japanese debut was successful, with the group entering the Oricon Weekly Chart at number seven. The group also released an original Japanese song, "Rambling Girls", in January 2012. The group's debut Japanese album, Playgirlz, debuted at number eight on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart.
The group currently consists of six members: Uee, Raina, Nana, Lizzy, E-Young and Kaeun.
After School was first formed following Kahi's departure from Korean-American girl group S-Blush, as Kahi began planning to produce a new group together with the current CEO of Pledis Entertainment. The first member other than Kahi was Bekah, who was a trainee while Kahi was in S-Blush. With Kahi's recommendation, Bekah was brought from Hawaii to South Korea. They were then introduced to Jungah, followed by Soyoung and Jooyeon, forming a five-member group.
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