Girl group ILY:1 to officially debut on March 15

Girl group ILY:1 [FCENM ENTERTAINMENT]

Girl group ILY:1 will officially debut on March 15, announced its agency FCENM Entertainment on Monday.

Pronounced eye-lee-one, the group consists of six members: Hana, Rona, Ririka, Nayu, Ara and Elva.

Hana and Ririka are Japanese, Rona is Taiwanese, and the other three members are Korean.

Hana, Ririka, Rona and Ara were formerly contestants on Mnet’s idol audition program “Girls Planet 999” (2021) which aired last summer.

ILY:1 announced on Saturday that the title of its upcoming debut album is “Love in Bloom.” Preorders for the album start on Monday at 3 p.m., and the album will be released on music streaming websites at 6 p.m. on March 15.

The girl group has also been uploading its promotional pre-debut reality show “ILY:0” on YouTube since early February.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]