Line #53 Music/Gugudan


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The original nine members, left to right: Soyee, Hyeyeon, Sally, Sejeong, Hana, Mimi, Mina, Haebin and Nayoung.]]
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4	gugudan (usually written as [[Letters2Numbers gu9udan]] or gx9) was a [[KoreanPopMusic South Korean]] GirlGroup under Jellyfish Entertainment that debuted in 2016 and disbanded in 2020. It was Jellyfish's first girl group.
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6	The group had eight members: Mimi, Hana, Haebin, Nayoung, Sejeong, Sally, Soyee and Mina. [[note]]The ninth, Hyeyeon, departed in 2018, citing health concerns and a desire to focus on school.[[/note]] Three members - Nayoung, Sejeong, and Mina - participated in the first season of Series/{{Produce101}}. Because they were in the final 11, Sejeong and Mina debuted in Music/{{IOI}}.
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8	gu9udan debuted on June 28, 2016 with the single 'Wonderland' and the mini-album 'Act. 1 The Little Mermaid'.
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10	Their first subunit 'gugudan 5959' or 'gugudan Ogu-ogu' - which consisted of their two youngest members - debuted August 10, 2017 with the single 'Ice Chu'.
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12	Another subunit 'SEMINA' - Sejeong, Nayoung, Mina - debuted July 10, 2018 with 'SAEMINA', the subunit name being made up of the first syllables of their names.
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14	The group went on hiatus in 2018, and following two years of inactivity, [[https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/12/30/gugudan-disband/ announced their disbandment]] in 2020. Fans were saddened but not surprised, as Sally (while appearing on a Chinese survival show) had revealed that [[https://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/293422/20200613/gugudans-sally-was-kicked-out-by-her-company-and-was-told-to-never-return.htm the girls had essentially been evicted from their dorms and told to not come back unless they were specifically requested to.]] She also mentioned that there had been a rather large popularity gap between two of the members[[note]]speculated to be Sejeong and Mina[[/note]], which many suspect lead to the group not succeeding (it's important to note, however, that all the girls seem to be on good terms with each other despite this).
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18	[[folder: Members]]
19	* Mimi (Jung Mimi, born January 1, 1993)
20	* Hana (Shin Bora, born April 30, 1993)
21	* Haebin (Han Haebin, born August 16, 1995)
22	* Nayoung (Kim Nayoung, born Novemver 23, 1995)
23	* Sejeong (Kim Sejeong, born August 28, 1996)
24	* Sally (Liu Xie Ning/Ryu Sajeo[[note]]Her Korean name[[/note]], born October 23, 1996)
25	* Soyee (Jang Sojin, born November 21, 1996)
26	* Mina (Kang Mina, born December 4, 1999)
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28	'''Former members:'''
29	* Hyeyeon (Cho Hyeyeon, born August 5, 2000)[[note]]Her departure was preceded by taking a break while Act 5 was in the works and she eventually left officially due to a combination of school and health concerns.[[/note]]
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31	'''Members in gugudan 5959''':
32	* Mina
33	* Hyeyeon
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35	'''Members in guguda SEMINA''':
36	* Sejeong
37	* Mina
38	* Nayoung
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40	[[/folder]]
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42	[[folder: Discography]]
43	'''Extended Plays/Single Albums:'''
44	* ''Act. 1 The Little Mermaid'' - Jun. 28, 2016
45	* ''Act. 2 Narcissus'' - Feb. 27, 2017
46	* ''Act. 3 Chococo Factory'' - Nov. 8, 2017
47	* ''Act. 4 Cait Sith'' - Feb. 1, 2018
48	* ''Act. 5 New Action'' - Nov. 6, 2018
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50	'''Singles'''
51	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-PBlE4ODQ Wonderland]]'' - Jun. 27, 2016
52	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxtwvLUByM A Girl Like Me]]'' - Feb 27, 2017
53	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6LAzgZi8N8 Ice Chu]]'' - Aug. 23, 2017 (as gugudan 5959)
54	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLVSf_yI_r8 Chococo]]'' - Nov. 8, 2017
55	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KSD5sI0OM The Boots]]'' - Feb. 1, 2018
56	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTZCB2Ujr8 Not That Type]]'' - Nov. 6, 2018
57	[[/folder]]
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59	!!Tropes Related to gu9udan:
60	* AerithAndBob: Mimi, Hana, Haebin, Nayoung, Sejeong, Soyee, Mina, Hyeyeon and '''Sally'''.
61	* AllLowercaseLetters: How 'gugudan' is usually written.
62	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: SEMINA has this with Nayoung, Sejeong and Mina respectively. In the main group, Nayoung is frequently blonde, Mina's hair has been consistently red since their debut and Haebin is usually redheaded while Sally's had blonde and red hair. Soyee's previously dyed hers with a red dark enough to be almost brown. Oddly, Sejeong and Mimi have stayed brunette but have lightened it significantly. Hana's the only exception thus far.
63	* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''Act. 1 The Little Mermaid'', ''Act. 2 Narcissus'', ''Act. 3 Chococo Factory'', ''Act. 4 Cait Sith'', ''Act. 5 New Action''.
64	* FanCommunityNickname: Dan-jjakn (Dear Friend).
65	* GirlGroup: A KoreanPopMusic example.
66	* TheLeader: Hana.
67	* Letters2Numbers: '9' to replace a 'g' in 'gu9udan'.
68	* NonUniformUniform: Their stage outfits for ''Act. 1'' through ''Act. 4''. ''Act. 5'' has a much looser approach but there's still hints of this.
69	* OneWordTitle:
70	** 'Diary' and 'Wonderland' in ''Act. 1 The Little Mermaid''.
71	** 'Rainbow' in ''Act. 2 Narcissus''.
72	** 'Chococo', 'Lucky', and 'Snowball' in ''Act. 3 Chococo Factory''.
73	** 'Silly' and 'Lovesick' in ''Act. 4 Cait Sith''.
74	** 'Dear' and 'Shotgun' in ''Act. 5 New Action''.
75	* {{Pun}}:
76	** The music video for "A Girl Like Me" features them doing multiplication on a chalkboard and a whiteboard and interviewers frequently quiz the girls on it. This is because the characters for gugudan directly translate to "multiplication table" in English.
77	** SEMINA's premiere song is ''Saemina'', which is pronounced the exact same way as the subunit's name.
78	* StageNames:
79	** Hana for Bo Ra
80	** Sally for Xiu Ning/Sa Jeo
81	** Soyee for So Jin
82	* TeamMom: Haebin is said to be the "mother of the group".

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