Puretty () was a South Korean
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring two or more women in music, female singers who generally vocal harmony, harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female p ...
formed by
DSP Media
DSP Media () is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1991 by Lee Ho-yeon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing hous ...
. The group debuted in Japan in 2012 through the anime series ''
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future'', where fictionalized versions of the members appeared as the secondary cast, and their songs, "Check it Love" and "Shuwa Shuwa Baby", were used as the series' ending theme songs. Despite plans for them to make their Korean debut, the group disbanded in January 2014, with DSP Media announcing the possibility of its members becoming part of other groups in the future.
History
In January 2012,
DSP Media
DSP Media () is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1991 by Lee Ho-yeon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing hous ...
announced that they would be debuting a sister group to
Kara and
Rainbow
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.
Temporarily nicknamed the DSP Girls, the group revealed plans to debut simultaneously in both Korea and Japan through the 2012 video game and anime ''
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future'',
with fictionalized versions of the members as the secondary cast. Puretty would sometimes feature alongside Prizmmy at the end of each episode of ''Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future'' in a segment called "Pretty Rhythm Studios." In the Korean dub of the series, the members of Puretty had their own live-action segment titled "Charming School at Prism Stone."
Puretty held their first official performance at the Tokyo Toy Show 2012 on 15 June, promoting their debut Japanese single "Check it Love". In August 2012, they performed at A-Nation. In January 2013, the group released their second single, "Shuwa Shuwa Baby."
Members
*Yoo Hye-in ()
*Cho Shi-yoon ()
* Yoon Chae-kyung ()
* Jeon So-min ()
*Jeon Jae-un ()
Discography
Japanese discography
Singles
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 2012
K-pop music groups
South Korean pop music groups
South Korean dance music groups
South Korean girl groups
Japanese-language singers of South Korea
2012 establishments in South Korea
Universal Music Japan artists
Musical groups disestablished in 2014
DSP Media artists
Pretty Rhythm