Puretty 퓨리티 |
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Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2012–2014 |
Labels | DSP Media |
Associated acts | |
Website | purettyweb |
Past members | Yoo Hye-in Cho Shi-yoon Yoon Chae-kyung Jeon So-min Jeon Jae-eun |
Puretty | |
Hangul | 퓨리티 |
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Revised Romanization | Pyuriti |
McCune–Reischauer | P'yurit'i |
Puretty (Korean: 퓨리티) was a South Korean girl group formed by DSP Media in 2012. The group debuted in August in Japan with the song "Cheki☆Love" which was used as a soundtrack for the anime titled Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. There were also plans for the group to make their Korean debut later on. On 14 January 2014, DSP Media announced that the group had been disbanded with the possibility of its members debuting into other new groups in the future.
In January 2012, DSP Media announced that they would be debuting a new sister group to Kara and Rainbow. Temporarily nicknamed as the DSP Girls, the group revealed plans to debut simultaneously in both Korea and Japan through an anime titled Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future, with characters based on the members of PURETTY themselves.
Puretty held their first official performance at the Tokyo Toy Show 2012 on 15 June, promoting their debut Japanese single "Cheki☆Love".
On 17 January 2014, DSP Media announced that the group had been disbanded with the possibility of its members debuting into other groups in the future. Hyein went on to become an actress under Starhaus Entertainment and Jaeeun went back to school to continue her studies. Somin, Chaekyung and Shiyoon participated in Kara Project, a show which aimed to find new members for girl group Kara, but none of them were selected.
Somin later redebuted in DSP Media's girl group April but then left the group in November 2015. She then redebuted as a member of co-ed group K.A.R.D, also under DSP Media, on December 13, 2016 with the debut single "Oh NaNa".
In 2016, Chaekyung and Shiyoon participated in the talent show Produce 101. However, they were both eliminated as the 16th and 41st ranked trainees, respectively. Chaekyung redebuted with the project group C.I.V.A with The Music Works's Kim Sohee, and LTE's Lee Soomin. On November 11, 2016, DSP Media introduced Chaekyung as a new member of April.