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Bestie
BESTie performing "Thank U Very Much" in Seoul, 2014. From left to right: Uji, Dahye, Hyeyeon, Haeryung.
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Years active2013–present
LabelsYNB Entertainment
Members
Websiteynbent.com

Bestie (Korean: 베스티, stylized as BESTie) is a four-member South Korean girl group under YNB Entertainment. They made their official debut with "Pitapat" on July 11, 2013.

History

Pre-debut

Hyeyeon, UJi and Haeryung originally debuted in AB Entertainment's girl group EXID. With EXID, they released their debut single "Holla" ("Whoz That Girl"). The three members promoted with the group for about two months, then ultimately took their leave for personal reasons.[1][2] Member Haeryung started acting at a young age: her first roles were in the television series Sharp and Magic Kid Masuri at age 10.[3] In spring 2013, she played the role of Park Hyung-sik's girlfriend in the tvN drama Nine: Nine Time Travels.[4]

2013-present: Debut and Excuse Me

Bestie debuted on July 11, 2013, with the release of "Pitapat". The song's accompanying music video starred Jo Kwon and Yoo Se-yoon. The group held their debut live performance on KBS Music Bank on July 12.[5] On October 16, Bestie returned with their second single album "Love Options" (연애의 조건), with a music video;[6] their comeback stage was held the same day on Mnet's M! Countdown.[7]

On December 12, it was announced that Bestie would be releasing "Zzang Christmas", a Christmas themed digital single, on December 17.[8]

On February 28, 2014, Bestie's fourth single album, "Thank U Very Much", was digitally released, along with an accompanying music video.[9][10]

On June 27, Bestie, together with AOA's Jimin, Choa, Chanmi and Hyejeong, and Girl's Day, covered a special performance of Girls' Generation's "Mr.Mr." on Music Bank.[11] On July 11, Bestie released a fifth digital single entitled "Like a Star", as a celebration for their one-year anniversary.[12]

Their first mini album Hot Baby was released on July 28.[13] Three days later, the official music video was released. On August 29, the group released a digital repackaged mini album with a new track "I Need You" produced by Duble Sidekick and HomeBoy. Thanking fans for the success of Hot Baby, Bestie performed "I Need You" on M! Countdown a day before the song's digital release.[14][15]

On December 19, Bestie covered Super Junior's "Mamacita" on Music Bank as a year end performance.[16]

On May 8, 2015, Bestie released their 2nd mini-album "Love Emotion" and released a music video for their title track "Excuse Me". In just over 1 Month after its release, their Music Video, "Excuse Me" reached 2 Million views, being their most viewed Music Video in comparison to how long the Music Video was released for. Their Music Video for "Excuse Me" ranked 4th on the Billboard's "Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in America" for the month of May, and ranked 6th on the Billboard's "Most Viewed K-Pop Videos around the World" for the month of may. On June 2, Bestie received 4th Place on Music Program, "The Show".

On August 29th 2015, BESTie was a part of the 2015 Feel Korea in New Delhi tour in India, performing at New Delhi's Sirifort Auditorium.[17]

Members

  • Hyeyeon (혜연, born Kang Hyeyeon (강혜연) on December 8, 1990[18]) was a former member of EXID, under the name of Dami. She left the group EXID to finish her studies.
  • UJi (유지, born Jung Yuji (정유지) on January 2, 1991[18]) was a former JYP Entertainment trainee[3] who was formally planned to be in a quartet girl group with EXID's Hani, Secret's Jieun and Sistar's Hyorin. However, the group was never formed, making UJi leave JYP Entertainment. She was a former member of EXID, she left to finish her studies.
  • Dahye (다헤, born Song Dahye (송다헤) on June 12, 1993[18]) was a former S.M. Entertainment trainee.
  • Haeryung (해령, born Na Hae-ryung (나해령) on November 11, 1994[18]) was a former JYP Entertainment trainee and former member of EXID. She left EXID to pursue a career in acting.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album Details Peak chart
Positions 		Sales
KOR
[19]
Hot Baby 7
Love Emotion
  • Released: May 8, 2015
  • Label: YNB Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
 8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[22] 		KOR
Hot 100
[23]
2013 "Pitapat" 84 90 Pitapat (single)
"Love Options" 113 — Hot Baby
"Zzang Christmas"
(feat. Yoo Se-yoon) 		130 — Zzang Christmas (single)
2014 "Thank U Very Much" 53 74 Hot Baby
"Like A Star" — —
"Hot Baby" 53 —
"I Need You" 74 —
2015 "Excuse Me" 74 — Love Emotion
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations

Year Song Member(s) Artist Album
2013 "Stick With You"[31] Hyeyeon Quattro Code Quattro Code Project
2014 "Lovers' Song"[32] Hyeyeon Yoo Seung-woo Yoo Seung-woo
2015 "Love Letter"[33] UJi The Channels Non-album releases
"We Fought" [34] Dahye Yoo Se-yoon feat. Hae-yong of Almeng
"Perfect Chemistry" Hyeyeon Just Cricket
"So Good" UJi Chad Future 2nd Mini Album

Music videos

Year Title Director(s) Notes
2013 "Pitapat" Joo Hee-sun[35]
"Love Options" Un­known
"Zzang Christmas"
2014 "Thank U Very Much" Hong Won-ki[36]
"Like a Star" Un­known
"Hot Baby"
2015 "Love Letter" UJi feat. The Channels
"Excuse Me" Hong Won-ki[37]

Guest appearances

Year Song Artist(s) Member(s)
2013 "Talk to My Face"[38] D-Unit Haeryung
"Sing the Spring" 40 (Forty)
"Like a Movie" 40 (Forty) and Lim Jeong-hee
2014 "Go and Come Back" Son Heun-soo Hyeyeon and Haeryung
"YAHAGE" New Champ UJi
"Still in Love"[39] Baek Ji-young Haeryung
"Headache"[40] High4
2015 "Your Voice"[41] Noel
"Spring Rain" Ha Yang-soo Hyeyeon
"Autumn Leaves" UJi Haeryung

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Member(s) Role
2003 Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield Haeryung[42] Kaebaek's older daughter (Supporting role)
2004 Sisil-li 2 kilometer Childcare graduate student (Supporting role)
2010 Nice Shorts (segment "Girl") Girl

Television

Dramas

Year Title Member(s) Role Network
2001 Dancing Girl Wawa Haeryung[3] EBS
2002 School Story EBS
Magic Kid Masuri KBS2
2003 Sharp KBS2
2004 April Kiss SBS
2013 Nine: Nine Time Travels[4] Han So-ra (Supporting role) tvN
2014 Drama Special: Oh Man-bok is Pretty Oh Soon-bok (Supporting role) KBS2
Love and War 2: My Wife is the Boss Chae-hee (Supporting role) KBS2
Hi! School – Love On Lee Ye-na (Supporting role) KBS2
My Lovely Girl Yoo Ra-eum (Supporting role) SBS
2015 The Lover Cameo Mnet
The Producers Yoo-na (Special appearance) KBS2
Love Ward No. 25 (Web series) Na Sa-rang (Lead role) Naver TVCast
9 Seconds - Eternal Time (Web series) Yoo So-ra (Lead role) Naver TVCast
Mom Joo-hee (Supporting role) MBC

Variety shows

Year Title Member(s) Network Note
2013 Comedy Big League All tvN
Immortal Songs 2 UJi KBS
Comedy Big League Haeryung tvN MC
2014 Haeryung tvN MC
Hello Counselor Haeryung KBS Episode 171
Weekly Idol Hyeyeon, Dahye and Haeryung MBC Every1 Episode 145 (with 100%)
Star Beauty Show All SBS funE
Immortal Songs 2 UJi KBS
Idol School All MBC Music Episode 1, 3 and 4
Concert Feel All KBS
After School Club All Arirang TV Episode 115 (with B.I.G)
2014-2015 Let's Go! Dream Team
Season 2 		All KBS (Recurring)
2015 A Song For You Season 3 All KBS Episode 22 (with Boys Republic)
Comedy Big League All tvN
Catch Music If You Can All MBC Music with Almeng
Her Secret Weapon Dahye MBC Every1
Running Man Haeryung SBS Episode 253
King of Mask Singer UJi MBC Episode 23 and 24
Haeryung MBC Episode 27 and 28
Cool Kiz on The Block Haeryung KBS Episode 130
Law of the Jungle - Samoa Haeryung SBS Cast member

Musical theatre

Year Musical theatre Member(s) Role
2014 Full House[43][44] UJi Jung Hye-won (Supporting role)
2015 Dreamgirls (Korean version)[45] Deena Jones (Lead role)

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Result
2015 Golden Disk Awards Next Generation Award[46] Bestie Won

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