EXID LE has made a significant contribution in the debut of the new girl group formed by hitmaker Shinsadong Tiger and Universal Music Group.
On Thursday, Jan. 21, TR Entertainment shared that EXID LE, along with Shinsadong Tiger, has taken part in co-producing TRI.BE's debut album. Because of her solid and long relationship with the producer who had managed the girl group before, LE is said to be willing to join in the debut preparation of the upcoming team.
Recently, EXID LE co-hosted the "TRI.BE Manual" with Shinsadong Tiger, showing her support to the new girl group. TRI.BE members also has special relations with LE. Songsun, who is a cousin of Girls' Generation's Yuri, was in charge of recording most of EXID's songs that LE composed, while HyunBin is said to have started rapping after the encouragement of LE. The girls even made a dance cover of EXID's songs.
With Shinsadong Tiger, EXID LE also made herself known as a producer as she is credited for co-producing numerous hit songs. In particular, she co-wrote and co-composed some of her group's songs such as "Up&Down," "DDD," "Ah Yeah," and "HOT PINK," as well as "Trouble Maker," the debut extended play of duo Trouble Maker that is made up of HyunA and Highlight's Hyunseung. Considering that these two were able to create great songs together in the past, many are anticipating how TRI.BE's debut album will come out.
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Meanwhile, LE and her fellow EXID members are currently on a break from promoting as a group in the K-pop scene and are focusing on individual activities. The group's most recent release is its second Japanese album titled, "B.L.E.S.S.E.D" in August 2020. This is EXID's very first release after all five members left Banana Culture, with LE being the last one to part ways with the record label in March 2020.
EXID's latest Korean release is their fifth extended play titled "We," which features the title track "Me & You." This EP debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard World Albums Chart, becoming their fourth entry on the chart to be in the top 10.
TRI.BE (pronounced as "try-bee") is a seven-member girl group co-created by Shinsadong Tiger, a popular music industry's hitmaker, and the world's largest record label, Universal Music. Recently, the band went viral on China's TikTok also called Douyin following their debut news. The main reason is that Kelly, who is a former participant in the Chinese audition program "Youth With You" where BLACKPINK's Lisa is the dance mentor, will be making her debut as a TRI.BE member.
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The news video about TRI.BE's debut gained thousands of views, likes, and comments. It even ranked No. 4 overall in China's TikTok and No. 1 on the "variety" section. This shows that TRI.BE's Kelly might have left a huge impression on the viewers of "Youth With You."
People also await the debut of TRI.BE's Songsun since her cousin is part of Girls' Generation who is one of the legendary K-pop girl groups. Recently, she along with her bandmate Mire released a duet cover of Heize's "You, Clouds, Rain."
TRI.BE is set to make its official debut in February!
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