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Member Spotlight - Moonbyul

Who is Moonbyul?

Moon Byul-yi, better known by her stage name Moonbyul, is the second oldest member and is in charge of rapping and performance of Mamamoo, a K-pop Vocal Powerhouse Girl Group that debuted back on June 19, 2014.

She has two younger sisters, Moon Seul-gi and Moon Ye-sol. She also has four dogs (three corgis: Daebak, Haengwoon, and Keongang. and a mixed named Janggu that she adopted a day before her birthday December 21, 2020.) she opened an instagram for all four of them.

Social Media:

Personal Instagram: @mo_onbyul

BakWoonGangGu Instagram: @bakwo_onganggu

Personal Tiktok: @moonbyul_2da

How was she discovered?

Prior to becoming an RBW Trainee, Moonbyul has a long history of music training having to trained in vocals first and later switched to rap because Solar suggested that might do well in that field. She also auditioned for multiple agencies and even ran into her future fellow member Wheein where they almost debuted in the same group where she was the leader and Wheein was the maknae. The group only lasted a week before they all went their separate ways.

Debut with Mamamoo

On June 19, 2014, Solar successfully debuted as a member of Mamamoo along with the other members Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa. Their debut was considered one of the best debut in 2014 and even up to now.

Solo Debut

On May 23, 2018, she made her solo debut with the single “Selfish” featuring Kang Seulgi of Red Velvet. Formats: Kihno, Digital Download, and Streaming.

On February 14, 2020, She released her EP, Dark Side of the Moon on CD, Digital Download and Streaming.

“門OON: Repackaged” on Kihno, Digital Download, and Streaming on May 29, 2020.

Discography:

Selfish - (May 23, 2018)

Dark Side of the Moon - (February 14, 2020)

門OON: Repackaged - (May 29, 2020)

Fun Facts:

She created the choreography for Mr. Ambiguous and also wrote her own rap part as she does with almost all their songs and during Immortal Songs.

She is the 34th most copyrighted artist in KOMCA with 71 credits under her belt. This also makes her the most credited 3rd Gen Female Artist and the 2nd highest credited Female Artist of All Time.

She is part of the 92-Liners aling with EXID’s Hani, BTS’ Jin, B1A4′s Sandeul, and VIXX’ Ken. They often hangout together when they get time and has a group chat.

She is part of Girls Next Door, a 7-member girl group that debuted on July 14, 2017. The group was formed in the variety show  “Idol Drama Operation Team”. This group consists of Moonbyul, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, I.B.I, C.I.V.A’s Kim So-hee, Sonamoo’s D.ana, Oh My Girl’s YooA, Lovelyz’ Sujeong, I.O.I’s Jeon Somi. With Deep Blue Eyes as their debut song.

During pre-debut up to the Um Oh Ah Yeh era, Moonbyul were roommates with Wheein.

She may look really cool and a badass on stage, but off-cam she’s really a softy and this is one of the reasons why I love her. Let’s take a look:

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Let’s do that again:

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What about “I’m going to steal your girl” vs “I can also steal your man” Moonbyul. Let’s take a look:

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Another One:

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Shall we take another look?

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Member Spotlight - Solar

Who is Solar?

Kim Yong-sun, better known by her stage name Solar, is the oldest member and leader of Mamamoo signed under RBW. She has an older sister, Kim Yong-hee, and a dog named Yongkeey. In January 20, 2021, RBW announced that Solar & Moonbyul have renewed their contracts with the company.  

Social Media:

YouTube Channel: Solarsido 

Instagram:@solarkeem

How was she discovered? 

Prior to becoming a singer, she was initially training to become a flight attendant. She was scouted accidentally by a representative of the agency while she was out shopping one day; she had stopped to sign up for a free gift, but in order to get the gift, she had to sing for it. The representative then asked her to audition for RBW Entertainment (formerly known as WA Entertainment). In 2011, she became a trainee.

Debut with Mamamoo

On June 19, 2014, Solar successfully debuted as a member of Mamamoo along with the other members Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa. Their debut was considered one of the best debut in 2014 and even up to now.

Solo Debut

On April 23, 2020, Solar made her official solo debut with her single, “Spit it Out,”. On April 28, 2020, she won her first-ever music show award as a solo artist on SBS MTV’s The Show. 

Discography:

EP - Solar Emotion (April 24, 2018)

Single Album - Spit It Out (April 23, 2020)

Fun Facts:

She can play the piano

She is the only in the group with no tattoos (does her eyebrows count though?)

She releases two videos a week on her YouTube Channel Solarsido.

She is considered to be the Main Vocalist of Mamamoo but prefers not to be referred to that as she thinks everyone in her group have the same talent,

She was the one that urged Moonbyul to become a rapper instead as she thinks Moonbyul will be good at it. (Thank goodness for this one as Moonbyul is considered one of the best female rapper in K-pop right now due to her unique deep voice and growls)

She used to be roommates with Hwasa during their dorm days. (The all moved to their own places after Um Oh Ah Yeh era)

Moonbyul has given her the nickname Yeba (Pretty Fool) as she is really gullible and gets teased and pranked a lot by her other members also knows as the Loser Club.

She’s usually really shy around people that she doesn’t know, but her beagleness comes out when all the four members are around.

Her duality is insane:

Official Fan Song for Moomoos - I Love Too (Never Letting Go)

Solar created the official fan song for Moomoos, “I Love Too (Never Letting Go),” as a response to the moomoos that held up the banners during their first ever fanmeeting that had the phrase “Never Letting Go.” The phrase stayed with her so when she then wrote the song on her birthday (February 21, 2016) as a gift in return of the birthday event that fans held for her. Hwasa wrote her rap verses aftertheir first ever win with “You’re the Best,” on March 6, 2016. Moonbyul’s rap verses were revealed on July 4, 2016.

What does the song mean? According to https://onehallyu.com/topic/629874-whats-the-story-behind-your-idol-groups-fan-song/. 

“The song is written in their perspective and talking directly to Moomoos. to paraphrase,  "You make me feel safe, you give me confidence, and help me overcome my hardships. Please smile brightly and don't get sick. The first time you made me cry was when you said you'd never let us go. We will do the same. I'm sorry that we receive more than we give. Thank you and i promise you, for always, I love you too."

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Who is MAMAMOO?

(Moonbyul, Hwasa, Solar, Wheein)

  A 4-member K-pop girl group that debuted back in 2014. (June 19, 2014) under Rainbow Bridge World or RBW. 

 Members:

Solar - Leader, Vocalist

Moonbyul - Rapper, Performer

Wheein - Vocalist, Performer

Hwasa - Maknae, Vocalist, Rapper

They don’t really like putting “Main Rapper, Main Vocalist, or Main Dancer” in their positions as they all feel like they are all evenly talented, but if they really have to: 

Solar is the Leader & Main Vocalist. 

Moonbyul is the Main Rapper & Main Dancer 

Wheein is the Lead Vocalist & Lead Dancer

Hwasa is the Maknae, Lead Rapper, & Lead Vocalist

 They are recognized for their strong vocal performances. Almost always singing live with only a handful of lip-sync performances (two to be exact?) They are also recognized for their retro, jazz, and R&B concepts.

 Their debut is considered one of the best K-pop debuts of 2014 with their single Mr. Ambiguous. It is also known that Moonbyul created the choreography for Mr. Ambiguous and also wrote her own rap part as she does with almost all their songs being the 34th most copyrighted artist in KOMCA with 71 credits under her belt. This makes her the most credit 3rd Gen female artist and 2nd highest credited female artist of all time.

Debut Stage:

Official MV:

Fun Fact: They will almost always going to be standing in this position as this also affects their introduction greetings.

(Moonbyul, Solar, Wheein, and Hwasa)

As of March 30, 2021, Mamamoo currently have 3 Full Albums (2 KOR; 1 JP) and 10 EP albums.