WoniLeader
정원이- Name
- Jeong Won-i
- Born
- 25 May 2004
From Geoje; her channel "Hello I am Woni Nice To Meet You" started the 2026 revival.
Their story
A group built on scent
RESCENE was the first girl group from The Muze Entertainment, a small agency. The name joins re and scene, with a nod to scent, and the idea is that a fragrance can bring a moment back. Two members arrived with some screen time already: Minami had reached the final of My Teenage Girl, Zena had been on Stars Awakening. Their debut in March 2024 came with brass-heavy "UhUh" and a burning flower concept.
The song that came back
"Love Attack" was released that August and did modestly at first. Critics liked it more than the charts did; Grammy.com put it among the K-pop songs of the year. Then, in the spring of 2026, a cheerful "Geoje yaho" from a video on Woni's own YouTube channel spread across short-form feeds. Her channel overtook the group's official one. By July the song had climbed to No. 1 on Melon's Top 100, a reverse run that Melon itself singled out.
Grass, soap and berries
Every release gets its own scent. Glow Up was meant to smell soap-fresh, Dearest like summer grass, and on lip bomb each of the five songs has its own berry. Woni described that album as music that wraps around you like a berry lip balm. The sound shifts with the theme, from the Swedish-pop chorus of "Love Attack" to the dreamy R&B of "Pinball". Minami put the idea simply: music and fragrance both bring memories back instantly.
Where they are now
The timing of the revival was lucky. RESCENE released a remake of KARA's "Pretty Girl" on the very day "Love Attack" hit No. 1, and KARA's Nicole joined them on M Countdown. "Pretty Girl" gave them their first music show win, on The Show. Later that month "Love Attack" won on Inkigayo, and the members cried on stage. Their fourth EP, PULSE, is announced for early November.
