Drippin (, stylized as DRIPPIN) is a South Korean

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formed by

Woollim Entertainment Woollim Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2003 by Lee Jung-yeop. The label is home to artists such as Golden Child, Rocket Punch, Drippin, and Kwon Eun-bi. It has previously handled artists Epik High, Infin ...

in 2020. The group made their debut on October 28, 2020, with the EP ''Boyager''.

Career

Pre-debut

Prior to debut, all of the members except for Alex competed in the competition reality show ''

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'', with Cha Jun-ho finishing ninth in the program and thus becoming a member of the project group X1. The remaining members with an additional trainee named Lee Sung-jun (now a part of the group

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) released the single "1M1S" under the name W Project 4. The single charted at number 81 on ''

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2020–2021: Debut and subsequent releases

In September 2020,

announced the debut of a new boy group that would be composed of seven members called Drippin. They participated in a reality program, released through KT's Seezn, ''We are Drippin'', documenting the process leading up to their debut. The group debuted on October 28 with the extended play ''Boyager'', a combination of the word "boy" and "voyager", after the

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. On March 16, 2021, the group released their second EP, ''A Better Tomorrow'', and it's title track "Young Blood". On June 29, 2021, the group released their first single album, ''Free Pass'', and it's title track of the same name. On November 11, 2021, Drippin released the

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"Vertigo" through Universe Music for the mobile application,

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2022–present: ''Villain'', Japanese debut and ''Villain: Zero''

On January 17, 2022, Drippin released their third EP, ''Villain'', and it's title track of the same name. On May 18, 2022, Drippin made their Japanese debut with the single "So Good". On June 15, 2022, Drippin released their second single album, ''Villain: Zero'', and it's title track "Zero". Drippin were originally scheduled to release their first studio album ''Villain: The End'' on November 1, but on October 30, Woollim Entertainment announced the postponement of the album due to the national mourning period following the

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incident on the 29th.

Members

Adapted from the official website: *Yunseong (윤성) – leader, vocal, main dancer *Hyeop (협) – main vocal *Changuk (창욱) – vocal *Dongyun (동윤) – main rapper *Minseo (민서) – vocal *Junho (준호) – vocal *Alex (알렉스) – vocal, rapper

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Single albums

Singles

Videography

Music videos

Filmography

Reality shows

Radio shows

Variety shows

Awards and nominations

Listicles

Notes

References

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