On February 28, GIRL CRUSH officially opened a Makestar in order to gather funds for their debut. By the end of the project (on April 30), the group exceed their goal by 55%, gathering over $6,900 USD. The group made their official musical debut on April 8, with the digital single "Memories".
On December 2, 2020, DAM Entertainment announced, through a post made made on the group's official Instagram account, that they are holding auditions. Around the same time, member Yo-na was removed from their profile's description. On February 1, 2021, it was announced that GIRL CRUSH's contracts with DAM Entertainment, had ended and all the members decided not to renew them.
It was also confirmed that while Bomi, Zia and Taeri, had decided to stay in the group (still under the name GIRL CRUSH), Yo-na had decided to leave. On February 4, it was confirmed that the group is planning to introduce a new member soon. Shortly after an Instagram account with the handle of @girlcrush_Yuka and no photos was created and subsequently followed by all of the three GIRL CRUSH members, by the end of February the page was also followed by the groups official SNS, confirming that the new member's stage name is Yuka.
Sometime in early 2022, the group signed an exclusive contract with a new agency, HW Entertainment. On May 18, it was announced that Yuka had left the group due to personal reasons. On May 29, HW Entertainment released a statement regarding new member Hayun after controversy arose due to the addition of an underaged minor to a group with a sexy concept, with some accusations describing the situation as exploitation of a minor.
HW explained that Hayun is only a trainee and not an official member and that they will wait until she is of legal age before she joins the group. Shortly after posting the statement, the group's Instagram and Twitter were privated. In late June, Hayun started actively performing in Girl Crush, thus contradicting HW statement of waiting for her to come of age.
On January 4, 2023, the group announced their second digital single "Oppa, Do You Trust Me? ", to be released on February 5. For unknown reasons, Taeri silently left the group sometime between January and March 2024.
She was replaced by Sena, who had previously been a member under the stage name Yuka and had left the group in 2022. On July 6, they released their third digital single "Drive". In November 2024, they changed their group name to STRAW.
In December 2024, they silently disbanded.
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