Wings (; often stylized as WINGS) was a South Korean female duo formed by

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in 2014. The duo consists of leader Yeseul and Nayoung. The duo's debut single "Hair Short" was released on March 12, 2014 and their follow-up single "Blossom" on July 3, 2014.

Career

Pre-debut

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's single, "

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." After watching the performance, the label like the idea for the two singers to team up which led to the formation of the duo.

2014: Debut with "Hair Short", "Blossom"

Wings released their debut song "Hair Short" digitally, along with its instrumental on

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and multiple South Korean digital music stores on March 12, 2014. The music video was released on the same day and features actor

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. The duo's second single, "Blossom", was announced on June 16, 2014 along with a teaser picture of Yeseul and Nayoung in floral dresses walking in a field of flowers. The single was released digitally on iTunes and South Korean digital music stores, as well physically on July 3, 2014. The single includes the instrumental to "Blossom" as well as their first single "Hair Short" and its instrumental. The duo appeared in Kim Woo Joo's music video for "The City of Summer Night", released on August 1, 2014. The duo also appeared in Yang Song E's music video for "Smiling Goodbye", released on October 10.

2017: Idolmaster, The Unit & departure from Sony

The duo appeared in SBS Plus's drama, '' The Idolmaster KR'' and KBS's '' The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project''. In July, it was revealed that Wings had left their label,

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Members

* Kang Yeseul * Jin Nayoung

Discography

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

* * {{Authority control South Korean musical duos K-pop music groups Musical groups established in 2014 2014 establishments in South Korea Chugye University for the Arts alumni South Korean girl groups