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Came through YG's YG Treasure Box in 2018 and debuted in Ciipher in 2021 before Boys Planet.
Their story
After Boys Planet
EVNNE began with a near miss. In 2023 seven trainees from different companies competed on Mnet's Boys Planet, and four of them reached the final 18, but none made ZEROBASEONE. Jellyfish Entertainment, which had not launched a boy group since VERIVERY in 2019, signed the seven as a project group. It was first announced as BLIT in August. Worried the name could be misread, the agency switched to EVNNE, short for Evening's Newest Etoiles.
Trouble, then a trophy
The preparation time was short, less than two full months. They debuted on 19 September 2023 with Target: ME and "TROUBLE", a song built on a Baltimore club beat, and the EP sold more than 240,000 copies in its first week. Four months later "UGLY" won Show Champion. For Keita, the leader, it came after YG Treasure Box in 2018 and a first debut with Ciipher in 2021.
Playful, then sleeker
The early title tracks lean on attitude: the rebellious "UGLY", the dazzling "Badder Love", the playful "HOT MESS". With LOVE ANECDOTE(S) in August 2025 the group went for a smoother hip-hop sound in "How Can I Do". For the October 2026 EP the members wrote lyrics for all five songs, and for "LOOK AT MA" they recorded about 50 versions of the chorus before picking one.
Where they are now
In December 2025 Jellyfish announced that Yoo Seung-eon and Ji Yun-seo would return to Yuehua when their contracts ended, and that the other five would stay as a permanent group. Keita, Park Han-bin, Lee Jeong-hyeon, Mun Jung-hyun and Park Ji-hoo came back as five with the single album Backtalk in April 2026. Their sixth EP, on: our noise, followed on 19 October, and fan concerts in Seoul on 21 and 22 November open a tour of 22 cities.
