On December 8, 2016, KARD official channel revealed that the first hidden member was Hur Young Ji. All 5 members including hidden member Youngji made a live broadcast on V app that same day. On December 9, Oh NaNa's music video teaser was released.
On December 13, 2016, they released their first project single titled "Oh NaNa" featuring Hur Young Ji as a "hidden card". They planned to release three project singles before their official debut. On January 19, 2017, Billboard selected KARD as one of the Top 5 K-Pop artists to watch in 2017.
Their follow-up project single "Don't Recall" was released on February 16, 2017, followed by its English version on March 1. On April 21, LG Electronics selected them as their global ambassador for the G6 smartphone. All content for their third project "Rumor", released on April 24, will be collaborated with LG Electronics G6.
The group held their first tour, 2017 The 1st Tour "Wild K. A. R.
D" , in the United States between May–June 2017. On July 19, 2017, they released their debut EP Hola Hola. The six-track EP contained their previous project singles, as well as the title track "Hola Hola".
They made their official televised performance on M Countdown on July 19. Their Wild Kard Tour was held in September 2017, with five European dates in London, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, and Rotterdam, and five North American dates in Minneapolis; Washington, D. C.
; New York City; Miami; and San Francisco. The group released their second EP, You & Me, on November 21. The female members of the group, Somin and Jiwoo, featured in a special version of the song "Lo Siento", the lead single of Super Junior's album Replay, which was released on April 12, 2018.
Somin and Jiwoo joined Super Junior to perform on Korean music programs. KARD had a tour held in four countries: Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. KARD performed at the South By Southwest (SXSW) 2018.
They were the only K pop group on the '2018 year expectation team' selected by FUSE TV. FUSE TV selected 16 teams expected to be in 2018 among the teams participating in the "SXSW" music festival, the largest music market in the United States. On April 14, they met local fans through their 2018 Wild Kard Tour in the Kasablanka Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Two meetings were held in Melbourne, Australia on April 26 and Sydney in Australia on the 29th. On July 25, 2018, they made their comeback with their third EP, Ride On The Wind. They made a comeback through M Countdown on July 26.
On August 19, 2019, they held their first solo concert after their debut in South Korea. On March 27, they made their comeback with their first digital single "Bomb Bomb". On September 21, they made another comeback with "Dumb Litty".
On February 12, 2020, KARD released their fourth EP, Red Moon. On August 26, 2020, KARD released their first single album Way With Words and their title track "Gunshot". On October 5, 2020, J.
Seph quietly enlisted for his mandatory military service as an active duty soldier. On April 4, 2022, it was confirmed that J. Seph has been discharged from his military service.
On May 28, 2022, DSP Media announced that Kard will release a new album in June and resume all activities, marking their first full group release in 22 months. Their fifth EP, Re:, was released on June 22 with the title track "Ring The Alarm". On July 7, 2022, DSP Media announced that Kard has renewed their contracts with them for three more years.
On May 3, a teaser was released for their sixth mini album, Icky which was released on May 23. On June 6, it was announced the group will hold a world tour, titled 2023 KARD World Tour , from July 6 to September 8. On November 2, DSP Media announced that the group had signed with UTA to handle international activities.
On July 25, it was reported that the group would be releasing their seventh mini album on August 13. On August 1, KARD announced the mini album Where To Now? (Part.
1 : Yellow Light). On Decembe...
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