5 Facts about Brave Girls' Career Journey Full of Struggles, Almost Disbanded - Popularity Soared After Going Viral

Kapanlagi.com - Brave Girls can be said to be one of the most shining idol groups in 2021. After 10 years in the K-Pop industry, Brave Girls can finally start climbing the ladder of popularity. Brave Girls gained attention after a compilation video of them singing the song Rollin went viral in February 2021.

To reach this point, it turns out Brave Girls had to go through a difficult path. In fact, various sources mentioned that due to frequent failures, Brave Girls were almost disbanded. But after the viral Rollin video, Brave Girls' career seemed to change in an instant. Now, Lady Luck seems to follow the footsteps of this four-member idol group.

As a result, it's not just their works that are admired. Their career journey full of struggles has also garnered much praise. So curious, what interesting facts are there in Brave Girls' career journey? Let's find out, KLovers, check out the interesting facts below.

1. Hard Struggles Since the Beginning of Career

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Brave Girls is a second-generation K-pop idol group, along with Girls Generation, Wonder Girls, 2NE1, f(X), and others. Brave Girls debuted under the management of Brave Brothers Entertainment in 2011 with the single titled Do You Know? At debut, Brave Girls had five members, namely Minyoung, Yujeong, Eunji, Yuna, and Hayun.

However, unfortunately in terms of popularity, Brave Girls couldn't match up with those groups. This certainly became a challenge for Brave Girls to continue to exist and pursue their career. Nevertheless, Brave Girls have a solid fan base. The fandom, known as Fearless, seems to be a source of strength for Brave Girls to keep going.

2. Member Changes at Some Point

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Another challenge that Brave Girls experienced was losing members. The process of changing the formation of Brave Girls members happened during their long hiatus from 2014-2016.

During their comeback, Hayun decided to leave Brave Girls due to health reasons. After that, Brave Girls went through several lineup changes, until finally leaving four members as they are now.

3. Almost Disbanded

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Years of pursuing a career without achieving success, made the Brave Girls members lose hope. The peak of it, Brave Girls was reportedly on the verge of disbanding. This surprising fact came directly from Brave Girls member, Yujeong.

She revealed this while being a guest on the Youtube show K-pop Idol Olympic. Yujeong mentioned that age was also a consideration why they almost decided to disband.

"Our members are not young. I am the second oldest member and I am 31 years old. Among the members, we said, 'We can't do this any longer. It would be better if it ends quickly'," Yujeong expressed at that time.

4. Great Success After Going Viral

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The viral song Rollin that went viral in February 2021 is actually an old song by Brave Girls that was released in 2017. However, miraculously, the song only exploded after going viral four years later.

A compilation video of Brave Girls performing Rollin at a military event received positive responses from netizens. This made netizens even more curious about Brave Girls.

As a result, in an instant, the popularity of Brave Girls, which had been in decline, skyrocketed. After going viral, Brave Girls achieved great success. They became more popular and were invited to many television shows.

The popularity of Brave Girls also led to the individual members' success. For example, Yujeong immediately received offers for advertising contracts.

5. Successfully Defeat Soloists and Famous Idol Groups

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After going viral, Brave Girls not only achieved material success. More than that, Brave Girls also achieved something very proud, which is an achievement. The suddenly viral and explosive song Rollin has led Brave Girls to successfully win their victory trophy in the music program Inkigayo.

In addition, after the song Rollin went viral, it also managed to top the charts in South Korea. Therefore, Brave Girls achieved the status of Perfect All-Kill. For this extraordinary achievement, Brave Girls have surpassed a series of soloist and big idol group names such as IU, SHInee, and even Rose from Blackpink. Really cool, KLovers!

Those are some interesting facts behind the journey of Brave Girls' career full of struggles. How about it, KLovers? Very inspiring, right? Wishing continued success for Brave Girls!

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