Prior to their debut, the members had previous experience in the industry. Chaeryeong was a contestant on the SBS competition show K-pop Star 3 in 2013. She then went to compete in JYP survival show SIXTEEN in 2015, however, she failed to become a member of the winning girl group, TWICE.
Ryujin was a contestant on JTBC's survival show MIXNINE from 2017 to 2018 and she placed first for girls but lost in the final competition to the boys team. Yeji was a contestant on SBS' The Fan but was eliminated in episode 5. All of the members, with the exception of Lia, appeared in Mnet's reality show Stray Kids as a project group against the boy group Stray Kids in 2017.
On January 20, JYP Entertainment released a prologue film introducing their next girl group, ITZY. The group consists of five members: Yuna, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, Lia, and Yeji. The group promoting "[[IT'z Different"]] On January 24, JYPE revealed the group would debut with the single "IT'z Different".
On February 11, a music video teaser for the single's title track, "Dalla Dalla", was released. The music video was released on February 11 and the single on the 12th. The group held their live premiere the same day as the single's release.
The music video for "Dalla Dalla" counted 13,933,725 views (manually, Youtube confirmed it to be 17. 1 million views) in its first day, breaking the record for most viewed music videos in the first 24 hours by a K-pop group in its debut, which previously was of IZ*ONE with the song "La Vie En Rose". The group performing at SBS's Gayo Daejeon 2019 on December 25, 2019 On July 7, ITZY's fans gained a name: MIDZY.
The name was revealed by the group's social medias, almost 5 months after their debut. On July 10, ITZY released the first teaser images for their first mini album, IT'z Icy, which was released on July 29. On July 29 at 12AM KST, the group released the music video for their comeback title track "Icy".
The music video was seen 18 million times within its first day. On September 22, JYPE announced ITZY's showcase tour titled ITZY Premiere Showcase Tour "ITZY? ITZY!
". A showcase tour kicked off in Jakarta on November 2 which would then go on to different cities in Asia throughout the end of 2019 before heading to the United States for five shows in January 2020. Concept photo for [[IT'z Me]] On January 28, it was reported that Itzy had finished filming their music video for a new song and are in the final stages of comeback preparations.
On February 19, the first teaser for IT'z ME the group's second mini album was revealed through social media, with "Wannabe" serving as the title track the mini album was released on March 9. The title song ‘"Wannabe" delivers the message of “One and only ME”, which is about showing their unique colors that do not live up to others standards. The group at SBS's Inkigayo backstage on August 23, 2020 On July 30, an opening trailer was revealed through the official JYPE channel on YouTube revealing the name of the group's third mini album Not Shy which was released on August 17.
The title song "Not Shy" is an up tempo R&B dance song with quick beats and intense saxophone, and candid vocals about the emotions of being deeply in love and not caring about how things will end. The group released their first English digital single album "Not Shy (English Ver. )" on January 22.
The single contains English versions of every title track of their previous releases. The group at MTV's Friday Livestream on March 26, 2021 On March 13, it was revealed that the group would release a special single as a gift for their fans with Korean and English versions. The single "Trust Me (MIDZY)" was released on March 20.
On March 22, a teaser posted via the group's social medias announced they will make a comeback on April 30 with their fourth mini album called Guess Who. On April 12, it was revealed that t...
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