NU'EST
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NU'EST in Love Paint Showcase 2016 (From Left to Right: Baekho, Aron, Ren, JR, Minhyun)
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | nuest |
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NU'EST (Hangul: 뉴이스트; acronym for New Establish Style Tempo) is a South Korean boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2012. The group consists of JR, Aron, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren.
Prior to debut, NU'EST made numerous appearances in their labelmates' music releases. NU'EST were backup dances for After School Blue's Wonder Boy, and appeared in their label's Christmas release Love Letter, along with releasing their own music video for the song.
JR also appeared in Orange Caramel's Bangkok City music video, and was also featured in Uee's solo song Sok Sok Sok. Baekho appeared in After School's Play Ur Love music video, and Minhyun starred in Orange Caramel's Shanghai Romance music video.
JR, Aron, Minhyun, and Ren were featured, along with After School's Lizzy, in a commercial for New Balance.
NU'EST made their debut with their first single Face on March 15, with their debut stage on M! Countdown that same day. NU'EST began airing their first reality show, Making of a Star: NU'EST Landing Operation, during their promotional period.
NU'EST returned with their first mini album, Action on July 11, and became ambassadors for Korea's Scout Association. During their promotional period and the rest of the year, NU'EST began to expand to the global market, having events in Japan, Australia, other parts of Asia, and America, including KCON. During December NU'EST began endorsements with McDonald’s.
Baekho and Ren began acting with appearances in labelmate Uee's drama Jeon Woo-chi during January. NU'EST returned with the second mini album Hello, on February 13. During the promotional period NU'EST were cast for SBS MTV Diary, along with their now former label mates Hello Venus. On April 8, Aron became a DJ for Arirang's Music Access.
NU'EST returned on August 22 with their third mini album Sleep Talking. NU'EST began to enter the Chinese market in November with the addition of a new member Jason, exclusively for Chinese promotions, undertaking the name NU'EST-M for the project. NU'EST-M recorded Chinese versions of Face and Sleep Talking and promoted them throughout China. During December Minhyun began acting and was made a regular for the sitcom Reckless Family 3.
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