Rania (band)
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| Origin | South Korea |
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| Website | http://cafe.daum.net/1248./ |
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BP Rania (Hangul: BP 라니아, formerly known as Rania, shortened from Black Pearl Regeneration Idol of Asia; stylized as BP RaNia or BP RANIA) is a South Korean girl group formed by DR Music in 2011, created by American Teddy Riley. They debuted as RANIA with their debut mini album Teddy Riley, The First Expansion In Asia with title track DR Feel Good released in April 2011. The group's current line-up is composed of Alex, Yina, Zi.U, Hyeme, Jieun, Ttabo & Yumin.
RANIA was originally set to debut in mid 2010 as the third generation of Baby V.O.X. However their record company DR Music decided to rebrand them as a new group named RANIA with 8 members: Saem (later known as Yina), Lucy (later known as Jooyi), Riko, Joy, Di, T-ae, Xia and Sarah. T-ae, Riko and Yina were chosen to star alongside former 2PM member Jay Park in his movie Hype Nation, causing DR Music to push back the group's debut. At the beginning of 2011, Sarah Wang made her decision to leave the group and was replaced by Chinese trainee Yijo. Before the addition of Yijo, Thai Korean trainee Data (Song Daeun) and Canadian Korean trainee Minhee (Moon Minhee) were set to take Sarah's place. However, Minhee left due to parental disapproval due to her age (at the time she was 15), and Data left due to homesickness (her family resided in Thailand).
RANIA made their debut in April 2011 as an eight-member group, consisting of Saem, Jooyi, Riko, Joy, Di, T-ae, Xia and Yijo. However, upon their debut mini album's release, Yijo was not included and she left RANIA. They performed on 6 April on KBS's Music Bank, with the title track "DR Feel Good", composed by producer Teddy Riley. The song was originally given to Lady Gaga. However, since their music video and live performances caused controversy in Korea as some viewers felt that their image and concept were too provocative, RANIA were forced to change their choreography and make minor changes to the outfits. After the conclusion of "DR Feel Good" promotions, the group returned in June with their 1st digital single "Masquerade" (also composed by Riley). Despite having planned an American debut, the group made no advancements. Shortly afterwards Riley announced that he would have nothing more to do with the group after falling out with their record label, releasing a statement saying "I wish them the best. It's not the girls I dislike, I love Rania, they would be better with me at SM Entertaiment. Their manager does shady business, used me for my music. I love Rania, I just don't like their company business. That's why they are not getting bigger. They don't do business upfront. They used my name every where then back door me on the group. It's ok if they will regret it. If they leave that company, I will sign them up quickly. Please know the facts before attacking me. Attack their company. Such great talent will be wasted if they don't get better support."
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