WJSN/Cosmic Girls reveal first unit: Wonder Unit

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

first, a general silhouette teaser (with rollerskates??):



@WJSN_Cosmic: #STARSHIP #YUEHUA NEW! GIRLS 🌟우주소녀🌟 Here comes SILHOUETTE TEASER of 12 members! COMING SOON #WJSN #COSMICGIRLS #宇宙少女

next, if it weren't already obvious:



The first member confirmed for Starship Entertainment‘s newest girl group Cosmic Girls is none other than EXY.

EXY made her first public appearance as a contestant on “Unpretty Rapstar 2,” despite only being a trainee at the time. According to a statement from an industry insider on December 4, EXY solidified her spot in the group as the main rapper.

Cosmic Girls will be promoting in Korea as well as in China as part of a collaboration project with Chinese media management label Yuehwa Entertainment. The new group will have 12 members, making them one of the biggest girl groups in K-pop. Meanwhile, Starship Entertainment is the mastermind behind other hugely popular stars, such as K.Will, SISTAR, Mad Clown, Junggigo, Boyfriend, and MONSTA X.

now for the new members/unit:



(translations by girlgroupzone and wjsndaily)


Name: Cheng Xiao
Hangul: 성소
Chinese: 程潇
Blood Type: B
Zodiac: Cancer
Birth Flower: Rose
Meaning of Flower: Lovely
School: Martial Arts School in Shenzhen, China & Studying Traditional Dance
💫 She has majored in traditional dancing and is very flexible and good at flashy tumbling.
💫 An innocent girl who is as innocent as her doll-like features.


Name: Bona
Hangul: 보나
Chinese: 苞娜
DOB: August 19th
Hometown: Daegu
Blood Type: A
Zodiac: Leo
Birth Flower: Rose Campion
Meaning of Flower: Sincerity
💫 Diligent in contrast to her prim looks.
💫 Her refreshing Daegu dialect shows unexpected charms.
💫 Charming girl who captures people's attention with her charms on stage.
charming charms charms c͉̞̫̱͕͘h͈͙͙͙͉͈͟A̷̞ͅR͉̺̰̝̮̗M̨̛̘̬S̢̗͙̕ ̺̦̻͖̙̩̫C̶̗̤̮̳̟̘̞̞͟H̻͙̖̀A̛̤̤̹̦̣̗̲͠͡ͅR̳̹̙̜͡M͏̧̛̰̝̟̮S̷̝͈̣ C̛҉͓̹̟͔̬̣͔͍̙̪̝͉̥̩̥̪H̶̶̫̗͕̼̱̙̼̀͢͞A̢̛̖͖̮̻͈̱̹̼͙͞Ŗ̱͚̟̭̼͉̹͙̦͝M̷̫͎̪͝͠Ş͞҉̼̟̻̕

bonus:
- she was known as "kim jiyeon" to people who follow starship's trainees
- appeared in a performance of k.will's day 1 (watch here)
- her father is yeom kyung-yup, coach of nexen heroes baseball team
- Yeom Kyungyup (Jiyeon’s father) stated, “My daughter, an only child, is now in her last year of high school and was accepted into Dongduk University as an acting/movie major. She is also a trainee at STARSHIP Entertainment. I told her to experience many things, I don’t even expect her to become a celebrity (shows a picture of her from his phone) She looks very innocent. Out of one year, she is barely at home for 6 of those months so it’s no different from a dorm life. But when there is no baseball games on Monday, she comes home after school and eats dinner with me.”


Name: Dayoung
Hangul: 다영
Chinese: 多榮
DOB: May 14th
Hometown: Jeju
Zodiac: Taurus
Birth Flower: Columbine
Meaning of Flower: Pledge of Victory
Position: Youngest (Maknae)
Speciality: Singing
💫 A motherly maknae who takes care of the other members.
💫 She gets the team going with her cuteness. Passionate girl who is more passionate than anybody else.

bonus:
- appeared on kpop star at age 13 (watch here)
- youngest member in the group at 16 years old


WJSN_Cosmic 1, 2, Girlgroupzone 1, naver via wjsndaily, wjsndaily 1, 2, 3, soompi



bona is so gorgeous!
im guessing there will be 4 units of 3 members each, and the next 3 will be J/S/N units?
i think wonder unit will be the cutesy/innocent unit because of the styling (and dayoung's age)

Comments

[921227.livejournal.com]

They look cute, but the profiles are a little generic
I'm really hoping that, even with 12 members, there's not a giant wall between the talent divisions.

[forsureyoudo.livejournal.com]

12 members???

[921227.livejournal.com]

Are you asking if they have 12 members? Because, yes

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

idk why but I find it a litte weird that they don't put their birth year, as if they're trying to hide sth.

lol im so cynical.. but anyway, I'm curious!

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

same tbh. i noticed dia's agency did it too. i think they do it when theyre trying to hide that a group has a higher average age lol

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

so silly, it's worse to make 20 year olds dress like 16 years old to make the group's average age look younger or sth -___-

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

same. the first thing that I noticed when I read their profiles.
it's silly because netizens can find out really easily if they want to.

[gingasaur.livejournal.com]

dude nobody ever shares my birthday but dayoung does!!! does that mean my birth flower is a pledge of victory too?

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

SAME I think this is like the third or fourth person in kpop who shares our birthday then but they're all pretty much nugus lol

and I find the concept of a birth flower so interesting, I've never heard of it

[gingasaur.livejournal.com]

UWAA my sister of the stars

i wonder if there's a different birth flower structure for korea? because i always thought it went by month and may was a different flower.

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

yeah I can't find anything about columbine being the flower of May so I'm guessing they have a different set of birth flowers.

[pippopippo.livejournal.com]

Very pretty! I'm intrigued by this group already, hoping they won't debut with something super cutesy.

[kjesta.livejournal.com]

This might be the first time I'll be stanning for a rookie group before they debut. I'm just really really really into space ok.

(Also, Cheng Xiao might already be my bias. Martial arts, dance, fellow Cancer? Hmmmmm.)

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

omg right. im a total space nerd and i think the name and theme of this group is adorable, i really hope they commit to it *___*

[kjesta.livejournal.com]

ngl, the first thing that popped into my head was Jamiroquai:



if any girl group ever did a hard sci-fi or especially a "2001: Space Odyssey" concept, I'm gonna die a happy woman.

edit: oh gosh just noticed the rollerskates (?) in the teaser. Could we be blessed with Space Roller Derby Girl Power (TM)? oh rocket boost skates *____*

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

omg yesss. i would love funky sci fi influenced tracks. im always waiting for a good sci fi concept from girl groups but the closest we've ever gotten is sonamoo's cushion and day by day :((

i think a grrrl power roller derby concept would be AMAZING but i doubt it would translate well to stage but i can dream anyway haha

[kjesta.livejournal.com]

I'm still bitter that after the teaser vid with lightsabers and planets and shit I didn't get my 2NE1 space MV. I mean, they go in for futuristic, but I want spaaace.

SPEED did a choreo on heelies, so I wanna believe in a skate stage heh.

edit: this is the 2NE1 vid I'm talking about

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

oh shit i cant believe i forgot about 2ne1. yeah, i LOVE how tacky and campy the lightsabres and special effects were (even though im pretty sure omona complained about it)

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Cheng Xiao is super pretty and I'm hft a martial artist girl.
I wonder if Starship is planning on doing dual Chinese/Korean promos with them a la Uniq

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about them.

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I'm curious. Wonder how they'll manage the 12 of them and the different units, since it seems that they'll be separated with concepts rather than nationalities
Anyway there's potential to be something really cool so I'll watch out their debut!

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

And I'm here for this...lol

[milkmp3.livejournal.com]

i'm ready to stan!

[goldenrosalie.livejournal.com]

i really like exy so she was the reason for me to pay attention to this group but everything looks kinda really nice so far? idk i'm very interested. i actually like that they have 12 members and all those units. and space theme/concept!!! that's the main draw lmao
but i kind of really hated the profiles they released. no proper hq pics, just those... cropped... something. and the fact that they didn't add year of birth... i'm actually more interested in year than day & month.