April (band)
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April during a fan-sign, on January 15, 2017. (From left to right; Chaewon, Yena, Rachel, Naeun, Chaekyung and Jinsol)
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | DSP Media |
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| Website | http://dspmedia.co.kr/april/ |
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April (Hangul: 에이프릴) also stylized as APRIL is a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media in 2015. They debuted on August 24, 2015, with the mini-album Dreaming and its title track "Dream Candy" (Hangul: 꿈사탕). The group is currently composed of six members: Chaekyung, Chaewon, Naeun, Yena, Rachel and Jinsol.
From 2012 to 2014, former member Somin and member Chaekyung were members of DSP Media's Japanese girl group Puretty. The group released the singles "Cheki☆Love" in 2012, "Shwa Shwa BABY" in 2013 and then disbanded in 2014 with plans for the members to re-debut into other groups.
In mid-2014, former member Somin and members Chaewon and Chaekyung participated in Kara Project, in which seven trainees competed to become the new members of label mates girl group, KARA. Chaekyung was eliminated, while Somin and Chaewon made it into the final round where they finished in second and fourth place respectively.
On October 18, 2014, former member Somin made a cameo appearance in EPIK HIGH's BORN HATER MV. On November 17, 2014, member Naeun made a cameo appearance in Got7's MV for "Stop Stop It". In December 2014, former member Somin and memberChaewon participated to DSP Media's special Christmas Album White Letter with the duet "You Are The One" as well as title track "White"
In early 2016, member Chaekyung, along with fellow trainee Cho Shiyoon, represented DSP Media in the reality girl group survival show, Produce 101, where she finished in 16th place. She also participated with other competitors of "Produce 101" to "The God of Music 2" and joined its project group C.I.V.A in July 2016. In August 2016, Chaekyung and the Produce 101 members of C.I.V.A joined LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I.
On February 9, DSP Media announced that they will debut a new girl group, April, in the first half of 2015. They would be labeled as sister group to Fin.K.L and Kara. The name April is a combination of "A" which means the best, and "Pril" stands for a lovely woman you can't help but love.
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