On June 14, 2012, BIKINY made their debut with the digital single "Dance Party", with the lineup consisting of Jaein, Yoa, Haei and Mizi. On August 14, they had their debut stage on Show Champion. In September, the group began holding showcase previews in Singapore from the 22nd to the 25th, under the project name Girlfriend, as a part of their expansion efforts into the Southeast Asia music market.
In addition, they announced plans for their second single "Fiesta" in mid-October and a large-scale showcase in Singapore on November 3. However, these plans fell though due to unspecified reasons. In October, the group appeared to have underwent a lineup change, with Mizi's departure, Yoa's hiatus and Lala's addition.
The following month, Yoa also presumably left the group and they became active as a trio. On January 2, 2013, BIKINY made their first comeback with the digital single "The Start of the Festival (Fiesta)". Despite having a new lineup, the single featured the original lineup instead.
On April 1, they released their third digital single "Beautiful Boy" as a special track for fans. On July 5, the group returned with their fourth digital single "Summer Time". A music video for the title track "Take On Me" was later released on July 8.
On November 20, they released with their fifth digital single "Winter Winter" as a surprise gift for fans and revealed two new members, Youji and Dami. With this release, it was revealed that Haei had left the group to focus on her studies. For the entirety of 2014, the group was inactive.
During this period, all the members left the group. In January 2015, BIKINY returned with an entirely new lineup, consisting of UZ, Shin. B, Lee.
I and Bonny. With this, the group planned to make their comeback in April with an album produced by their labelmate Fri. D.
However, they ended up being inactive then presumably disbanded the same year. Following BIKINY's disbandment, the members went their separate ways: - Jaein re-debuted as a member of the project co-ed group Active on October 2, 2014. - Jaein and Shin.
B re-debuted in Sol-T on May 3, 2016 with "Curveball", under the stage names Gyeo Wool and Edo. - Jaein participated in MIXNINE in 2017 but was eliminated at the 155th place. - Haei became active as a model and an in-stadium announcer, under her birth name Chae Ga Hye.
- Mizi re-debuted as a member of Alice White in 2014 then We Girls in 2018. She later became active as an actress.
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