The four members met as contestants in the JTBC's singing competition Phantom Singer 2 of which goal was to find four finalists to form a crossover quartet. While doing the various duet, trio, and quartet stages in the show, members worked together in several stages. Cho and Ko performed and passed the duet stage together ("L'immensita") and later, Cho, Ko, and Bae performed and passed the trio stage ("Dell'Amore Non Si Sa") and the first quartet stage ("Radioactive") together.
Kang was later grouped together with Cho in the random quartet stage, the first time he worked together with a future Forestella member. Forestella was officially formed prior to the final stage. The quartet performed four songs in the final stage and won the competition.
Forestella officially debuted and released their first album, Evolution, on March 14, 2018, with the title song "You Are My Star. " The single "L'impossibile Vivere" made in collaboration with Forte Di Quattro was released on May 11, 2018. They held a series of joint concerts together in Seoul and Busan.
On May 10, 2019, Forestella released their first digital single, "Dear Moon", as a pre-release for their upcoming second album, Mystique, which was released on May 22, 2019. They renewed their group contract as they wanted to continue as a quartet, although Bae and Cho joined different agencies for their solo activities. Their second digital single, "Nella Fantasia", was released on April 9, 2020.
On July 1, 2020, their third digital single, "Together", was released. Their fourth digital single, "Words from the Wind", was released on August 3, 2020. On September 24, 2020, the group released their fifth digital single, "Ties".
Their third studio album, The Forestella, was released on April 19, 2021. It included the four digital singles released the year before. On June 30, 2021, Forestella's contract with Art & Artists expired and the group decided not to renew.
On August 2, Beat Interactive announced they had signed an exclusive contract with the group and would from here on out take care of the group's promotions. During their YouTube live stream on September 7, 2021, Forestella announced that their fandom name was "SoopByeol" (숲별). It is actually a transliteration of their name in Korean: 숲 means "forest" and 별 means "star".
On April 18, it was announced the group will make a comeback in May. On May 2, they released a teaser poster for their upcoming album, set to be released on May 30. The mini album's title was later revealed to be The Beginning : World Tree.
On December 7, they released a teaser poster for their single album "The Bloom : Utopia", set to be released on December 22. On June 27, they released a teaser poster for their digital single "White Night", set to be released on July 1. On August 28, they unveiled a comeback trailer for their eighth digital single, "Kool".
It was later announced to be released on September 6. On November 2, they released a teaser for their second mini album Unfinished, set to be released on November 8. On September 26, Beat Interactive announced that Kim Woo Rim will be enlisting on November 20.
On October 13, they released a teaser for their 11th digital single "Apocalypse", set to be released on October 26. On December 21, they released a teaser for their 12th digital single "And Spring", set to be released on December 25. On May 19, 2025, Ko Woo Rim was discharged from the military.
On July 9, Forestella announced the 13th digital single "Everything", scheduled for July 9. On December 8, Forestella announced their first English digital single "Still Here", scheduled for December 15. Through the release of "Still Here", it was revealed that Forestella is planning to release their fourth studio album.
On January 11, Forestella announced the second Italian digital "Nella Notte", scheduled for January 19. That same day, through the promotional material for "Nella Notte", the title for Forestella's fourth full-length ...
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