K-Pop is now sweeping the globe. In the last five to 10 years, K-pop has been extremely popular. Since then, most of the bands have been recognized by Billboard with nominations. Due to their popular songs and choreography, K-pop stars like BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, EXO, and MAMAMOO are already well-known worldwide.
On the other hand, up-and-coming acts like IVE, ITZY, NewJeans, and Enhypen also produce excellent music. The next K-pop star is one of the new faces that entertainment businesses seek. A five-member girl group will make its debut this year under the banner of GBK Entertainment. The corporation decided on MEP-C as the group’s name.
Their debut date is currently unknown. Fans can expect the announcement of their debut soon from the company’s side. Roa and Esha joined the group after Chiu, Aria, and Nova were formally introduced as the first three on November 29, 2022. A Korean term that means “to dress stylishly, to appear nice, to be chic” is the source of their group name, MEP-C.
Chiu
South Korean singer Chiu, popularly known by her single stage as J-DAY, is a trainee with GBK Entertainment. Chiu’s birth name is Lee Jae-Yi (이재이). She is 24 years old as she was born on 16 August 1998. She is a part of the up-and-coming female group MEP-C, which was created using the training system Universe.
She made her solo debut on November 2, 2021, with the release of “I Want To Love,” her first and only digital single. Friends J-DAY and Shin Young Min, the keyboardist for the indie band 95z, collaborated on the song, which was then published. We’ll see her as a singer and dancer in the coming future.
Nova
Nova is a trainee at GBK Entertainment who is Russian. She is a part of the up-and-coming female group MEP-C, which was created using the training system Universe. Nova’s birth name is Maria Pavlovna Emelyanova (Мария Павловна Емельянова). She was born on 10 October 2002 in Russia. Currently, she is 20 years old.
Around the beginning of 2022, GBK Entertainment, then known just as Maria, hired her as a trainee for their online training program Universe, which tries to find ladies who could join a future girl group. On November 29, 2022, Nova—as she is now known—was unveiled as one of the five chosen members of the GBK girl group MEP-C.
She played Anais Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball’s Russian version, as well as Zoe Lawton in Suicide Squad and Agnes in Despicable Me 2, among many other roles.
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Aria
Aria is a trainee at GBK Entertainment who is Indian. Aria’s birth name is Baby Gauthami (കുഞ്ഞ് ഗൗതമി). She was born on 12 March 2003 in India. She is 19 years old right now. She is a part of the up-and-coming female group MEP-C, which was created using the training system Universe.
Around the beginning of 2022, GBK Entertainment, then known just as Ami, hired her as a trainee for their online training program Universe, which tries to find ladies who could join a future girl group. On November 29, 2022, the identity of the now-known as Aria, one of the five chosen members of GBK’s future girl group MEP-C, was made public.
Even before becoming a trainee at GBK Entertainment, she was in the 2011 movie Melvilasom as Ammu. She can speak more than two languages that are English, Korean, Malayalam, and Hindi.
Esha
Esha, previously ChaeE and Kwon Jiyu, is a trainee of GBK Entertainment who is South Korean and Australian. Esha’s birth name is Kwon Ji-yu (권지유). She was born on 29 December 1998 in Sydney, Australia. She is a part of the up-and-coming female group MEP-C, which was created using the training system Universe. She was formerly a part of the Rusty girl group. G-(i)Kon, LAONZENA, and G.
At the end of 2021, Jiyu transferred to FYMM Records along with two other former G-(i)Kon members, and they had the chance to make their comeback as a trio. With the release of their lone digital single, “Stargaze,” on May 31, 2021, she made her formal comeback as ChaeE of LAONZENA. However, a month later, LAONZENA stopped providing updates, and it is suspected that they left the organization for unspecified reasons and disbanded as a result.
She joined GBK Entertainment sometime in early 2022 and started working on their online training program Universe, which attempts to choose ladies who might be future members of a girl group. She was chosen as one of the five members of GBK’s forthcoming girl group, MEP-C, on November 29, 2022, and is now known as Esha.
Roa
Formerly known as Jieun.K, Roa is a South Korean singer and songwriter who is a trainee with GBK Entertainment. Roa’s birth name is Kwak Ji-Eun (곽지은). She is the oldest of the group as she was born on 6 October 1994. Her name may also be written ROA or RoA. she was a pre-debut member of the girl group Daily. On April 24, 2017, she released the digital song “Red Lips,” which served as her solo debut.
Around the beginning of 2022, Roa joined GBK Entertainment and enrolled in their online training program Universe, which aims to choose ladies who could join a future girl group. She was unveiled as one of the five chosen members of GBK’s new girl group, MEP-C, on November 29, 2022.
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