Promo for [[Season of Glass]] In September 2014, Source Music announced the upcoming debut of their first girl group, named GFRIEND. In October, pre-debut pictures featuring SinB, Umji, Yerin, Yuju, Eunha and Sowon were released. It was also revealed that the group would debut in mid-November.
However no new updates were provided until December 24, in which their debut was announced for January 2015. On January 5, 2015 the whole group was unveiled in multiple social media platforms, announcing their debut with a date. On January 15, the group finally released their first mini album, Season of Glass, with title song, "Glass Bead", with an accompanying music video.
The song is described as a bubblegum pop dance song, with a magnificent string sound, powerful beat, and emotional and flowing melody. The lyrics are from the perspective of a teenage girl, who says she will not easily break despite seeming fragile like a glass bead, and will shine for the one she loves. Their debut is reminiscent to their senior girl group, Girls' Generation's "Into the New World".
"Glass Bead" is the first song in the group's "school series" and represents the start of school semester and enjoying time with friends. On January 16, the group made their debut stage on Music Bank. The song was a success on multiple charts.
Promo for [[Flower Bud (GFRIEND)|Flower Bud]] On July 13, 2015 it was announced that the group will be making a comeback with their second mini album. On July 23, the album Flower Bud was released with title song, "Me Gustas Tu", with accompanying music video. "Me Gustas Tu" means "I Like You" in Spanish, and the lyrics are about a girl's shy confession of love.
The song was written to emphasize the members' "bright and youthful" qualities, and features "funky" synths, guitar, and Moog bass sounds. "Me Gustas Tu" is the second song in the group's "school series" and represents a trip during summer vacation. On July 23, the group made their comeback stage on M!
Countdown. The title song "Me Gustas Tu" took first place on the on some of some of major music charts. and entered other music charts in high positions.
On September 5, they performed the song at an SBS Radio event in Inje, Gangwon Province, the group garnered international attention after a fan-taken video showed the group continuing performing the song even when stage floor was wet due to the rain, with members Yuju slipping and fell eight times, while SinB fell once. On September 17, the group made headlines again as the only girl group to be nominated in the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards for the "Best Korean Act" category alongside boy groups B1A4, BTS, GOT7, and VIXX. Promo for [[Snowflake (GFRIEND)|Snowflake]] On January 13, 2016 a series of photos were uploaded onto the group’s official Instagram account, announcing their comeback with a caption announcing third mini album.
The group's mini album was much-anticipated after the group won multiple Rookie awards. The track list was released the next day. On January 25, they released the album Snowflake with title song, "Rough", with the music video.
The album was noted for its similarity in style to K-pop from the late 1990s and 2000s. The title song, "Rough", is a dance song described as lyrical, catchy, and melodic with "powerful beats and emotional lyrics". Its Korean title literally translates to "Running Through Time", and the lyrics are about a girl's desire to run through time and grow up so she can be with the one she loves.
"Rough", is the final song in the group's "school series" and represents the end of a school year. The accompanying music video for "Rough" was inspired by the anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The group managed to grab people's attention when they went to Weekly Idol and sped up their song “Rough” twice as fast, and managed to keep up with the pace.
Despite the rapid formation changes and complicated arm movements, the girls did no...
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