Tri.be

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Tri.be
Tri.be 2021.png
Tri.be in June 2021
L-R, top: Soeun, Kelly, Jinha, Mire
L-R, bottom: Songsun, Hyunbin, Jia
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2021 (2021)–present
Labels
Members
  • Songsun
  • Kelly
  • Jinha
  • Hyunbin
  • Jia
  • Soeun
  • Mire

Tri.be (Korean: 트라이비; stylized as TRI.BE, short for "Triangle Being"[2]), is a South Korean girl group formed in 2021 by TR Entertainment and Universal Music Group. The group consists of seven members: Songsun, Kelly, Jinha, Hyunbin, Jia, Soeun and Mire.

Tri.be debuted on February 17, 2021 with their first single album Tri.be Da Loca.

Name[]

Their official website states that the group's name, Tri.be, is a combination of 'Tri', an abbreviation of 'Triangle', which is a symbol of perfection, and 'Be', which means existence, leading to the meaning of 'perfect existence' or 'perfect being'.[2]

History[]

Pre-debut[]

TRI.BE's official logo

Songsun and Hyunbin were former trainees under Banana Culture Entertainment, involved in one of the company's projects titled "Banana Culture New Kid".[citation needed]

Kelly was a contestant on the Chinese competition show Youth With You 2 under TRI.BE's former pre-debut management company Lion Heart Entertainment. She was eliminated in the first round and ended up at 64th place.[3]

2021–present: Debut with Tri.be Da Loca, Conmigo and Veni Vedi Vici[]

On December 29, 2020, it was revealed that producer Shinsadong Tiger and Universal Music Group had intentions to debut a new girl group in early 2021.[4] On January 4, 2021, the group's official social media accounts released an official logo motion video, revealing the group's logo and their name to be Tri.be. The group released teaser and promotional videos in early February, later confirming that they will be debuting later that month.[2] Prior to their debut, they were featured in their first online reality show, Let's Try ! Be, on YouTube through Studio Lululala.[5]

They debuted with their first single album Tri.be Da Loca on February 17, 2021 with the lead single "Doom Doom Ta" and its B-side track "Loca".[6] Both songs in the album were produced by Shinsadong Tiger and member LE of EXID.[1]

On the same day as their debut, Tri.be was announced to be signed under Universal Music's subsidiary label Republic Records for promotions outside of Korea.[1]

On May 18, 2021, they released their second single album titled Conmigo with the lead single "Rub-A-Dum" and its B-side track "Loro".[7]

On October 12, 2021, Tri.be released their first extended play Veni Vidi Vici with the lead single "Would You Run".[8]

On November 25, 2021, Tri.be released a special winter single titled "Santa For You".[9]

In early December 2021, it was announced that Tri.be would be lending their voices to perform the theme song for the upcoming Cartoon Network series We Baby Bears. The song, titled "The Bha Bha Song", was released on December 17, 2021 along with a music video.[10] The song was released in English, along with Korean, Japanese and Chinese versions.

Members[]

Adapted from their Naver profile[11] and website profile.

  • Songsun (송선) — leader
  • Kelly (켈리)
  • Jinha (진하)
  • Hyunbin (현빈)
  • Jia (지아)
  • Soeun (소은)
  • Mire (미레)

Discography[]

Extended plays[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[12]
Veni Vidi Vici
Track listing
  1. "Would You Run" (우주로)
  2. "Lobo"
  3. "-18"
  4. "Got Your Back"
  5. "True"
  6. "Doom Doom Ta" (둠둠타)
  7. "Rub-A-Dum" (러버덤)
 14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Single albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[12]
Tri.be Da Loca
  • Released: February 17, 2021
  • Label: TR Entertainment, Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Loca
  2. Doom Doom Ta (둠둠타)
 57
Conmigo
  • Released: May 18, 2021
  • Label: TR Entertainment, Universal Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Rub-A-Dum (러버덤)
  2. Loro
 25
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles[]

Title Year Peak position Album
KOR
[16]
"Doom Doom Ta" (둠둠타) 2021 —[A] Tri.be Da Loca
"Rub-A-Dum" (러버덤) —[B] Conmigo
"Would You Run" (우주로) —[C] Veni Vidi Vici
"Santa For You" — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Promotional singles[]

Title Year Peak position Album
KOR
"The Bha Bha Song"
(Theme song for We Baby Bears) 		2021 TBA Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Videography[]

Music videos[]

Title Notes Year Director(s) Ref.
"Doom Doom Ta" Debut Music Video 2021 Oroshi (@Desert Beagle) [20]
"Rub-A-Dum" 1st Comeback Music Video Hong Jae-hwan (@Desert Beagle) [21]
"Would You Run" Oroshi (@Desert Beagle) [22]
"The Bha Bha Song" Special OST Release for "We Baby Bears" Unknown

Filmography[]

Reality shows[]

Year Title Network Note(s) Ref.
2021 Let's Try ! Be Studio Lulu Lala, YouTube Debut Reality Show [5]

Awards and nominations[]

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2021 Female Idol Group Popularity Award Tri.be Nominated [23]
Brand of the Year Awards Female Rookie Idol Award Nominated [24]
Hanteo Music Awards 2021 Rookie Award – Female Group Pending [25]
Seoul Music Awards 2022 Rookie of the Year Pending [26]
K-wave Popularity Award Pending

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Doom Doom Ta" did not enter the Gaon Digital chart, but debuted and peaked at #70 on the component Download chart.[17]
  2. ^ "Rub-A-Dum" did not enter the Gaon Digital chart, but debuted and peaked at #107 on the component Download chart.[18]
  3. ^ "Would You Run" did not enter the Gaon Digital chart, but debuted and peaked at #86 on the component Download chart.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Benjamin, Jeff (February 17, 2021). "Tri.be Debut As Universal Music Korea's First K-Pop Group, Super Producer S.Tiger and Republic Records Onboard". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Ham, Na-yan (January 4, 2021). "'신사동 호랭이 걸그룹' 트라이비, 2월 데뷔 확정 [공식]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "青春有你2官宣109位训练生，蔡徐坤公布考核标准_组合". www.sohu.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Jeon, Hyo-jin (December 29, 2020). "신사동호랭이, 걸그룹 제작…내년 초 데뷔 [공식]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Ham, Na-yan (February 4, 2021). "스튜디오 룰루랄라, '렛츠 트라이비' 론칭 [공식]". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Jeong, Hee-yeon (February 17, 2021). "[DA:투데이] 트라이비 데뷔, 신사동호랭이 론칭 걸그룹 (종합)". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  7. ^ Lee, Min-ji (May 3, 2021). "'신사동호랭이 걸그룹' 트라이비, 18일 2nd 싱글로 초고속 컴백(공식)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Lee, Min-ji (September 27, 2021). "트라이비, 10월 12일 컴백 확정". Edaily (in Korean). Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  9. ^ Kim, Ye-na (November 24, 2021). "트라이비, 윈터송 '산타 포 유' 25일 발표…따뜻한 캐럴". Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  10. ^ Yeo, Amanda (December 16, 2021). "'We Baby Bears' K-pop opening theme has a cute pizza-themed music video". Mashable. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  11. ^ "TRI.BE : 네이버 통합검색". search.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Gaon Album Chart". Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  13. ^ 2021년 10월 Album Chart [October 2021 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  14. ^ Cumulative sales of TRI.BE Da Loca: 1,742 (2021)
  15. ^ Cumulative sales of Conmigo: 4,989 (2021)
  16. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  19. ^ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  20. ^ Tri.be - Doom Doom Ta. YouTube. TR Entertainment. November 17, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  21. ^ Tri.be - Rub-A-Dum. YouTube. TR Entertainment. November 17, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  22. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC81SgWh86U
  23. ^ "2021 Asia Artist Awards Vote". Asia Artist Awards. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  24. ^ "✨2021년을 빛낸✨ 올해의 <신인 여자아이돌>". abk.kcforum.co.kr. June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ "BTS부터 엔시티드림까지... 한터뮤직어워즈 아티스트상 수상!" [From BTS to NCT Dream... Hanteo Music Awards Artist Award!]. Naver (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  26. ^ "31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – 모바일 투표 현황" [31st High1 Seoul Music Awards – Mobile Voting Status]. Seoul Music Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

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