I.B.I (band)
| I.B.I | |
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(From left to right: Kim So-hee, Han Hye-ri,
Lee Su-hyun, Yoon Chae-kyung, Lee Hae-in) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2016 |
| Labels | LOEN Entertainment |
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I.B.I (Hangul: 아이비아이; also known as IBI) is a South Korean special project girl group formed by LOEN Entertainment in 2016 consisting of 5 members who previously took part in Mnet's 2016 survival show Produce 101. The name I.B.I (pronounced as "Il-Ban-In") comes from the Korean word 일반인, meaning "normal people", but its meaning was later changed to "I Believe It" proving the earnest feelings and hopes of I.B.I's debut that both the fans and the members wanted had come true. The group will be promoting under LOEN Entertainment while the members of I.B.I are still under their respective companies.
The group officially debuted on August 18, 2016, with the single "MOLAE MOLAE (몰래몰래)".
In January 2016, Mnet aired the first episode of its new survival show, Produce 101, wherein 101 female trainees from various South Korean entertainment companies competed to debut in an 11-member girl group which would promote for a year under YMC Entertainment. The show ended in April, and I.O.I was formed.
Contestants Lee Hae-in (formerly SS Entertainment), Kim So-hee (Music Works), Yoon Chae-kyung (DSP Media), Lee Su-hyun (HYWY Entertainment, formerly SS Entertainment) and Han Hye-ri (Star Empire Entertainment) ranked 17th, 15th, 16th, 13th and 12th respectively in the final episode of Produce 101. These five girls got popular and gained many fans respectively during Produce 101. After Produce 101 ended, fans of these 5 girls imagined the debut of an imaginary girl group consisting of the 5 of them together. There were many fan-arts of these 5 girls as an imaginary group shared online through various websites that have garnered a lot of attention. LOEN Entertainment eventually decided to make this imaginary girl group of the fans a reality. LOEN Entertainment formed project girl group consists of these 5 girls named 'I.B.I'. The term was once used during 2nd episode of I.O.I's reality show LAN Cable Friend, where members of I.O.I's subunit played a series of games with Team I.B.I which consisted of a few former Produce 101 contestants including the I.B.I members with the exception of Yoon Chae-kyung.
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