A K-pop girl group is currently drawing attention. Why? For having no Korean members. Keep on reading for all the details.
Current Stats of All-Foreigner K-Pop Girl Group Draws Attention
K-pop girl group BLACKSWAN's agency recently drew attention after they announced the addition of Gabi and Sriya, who were the first generation of the "Cygnus Project, to the group.
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At the same time, Youngheun and Judy, who were the only Korean members, left the group and the label.
Currently, BLACKSWAN consists of Belgian-Sengalese leader Fatou, Brazilian-Japanese Leia, Indian Sriya, and Brazilian-German Gabi. They are the first K-pop group to have Asian, white, and black members.
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BLACKSWAN's leader Fatou is from Senegal and is pure African. She is not mixed race.
Sriya, a new addition to the group, is the first K-pop idol to have Indian citizenship.
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BLACKSWAN is garnering significant interest among overseas K-pop fans, especially in Brazil. Brazilian K-pop fans are responding passionately to the fact that Leia is the first Brazilian to debut in a K-pop girl group.
Following the departure of the Korean members, many are wondering if BLACKSWAN is the first K-pop group in history to only have foreign members.
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BLACKSWAN may be the only active K-pop girl group with all foreign members, but they are not the first.
Though they were formed as a project group for a master's thesis, the four-member boy group EXP Edition was active from 2017 to 2020. At the time, they garnered backlash for being all-white and having no Korean members.
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Although they were unable to perform properly, Z-GIRLS and Z-BOYS, which consists of only foreign members from around the world, debuted under Zenith Media in 2018.
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BLACKSWAN Recent Activities
BLACKSWAN's last musical release was their first single album, "Close to Me," on October 14, 2021. The single album included a lead single of the same name.
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It is the group's last release with Judy and Youngheun before their departure from BLACKSWAN in July 2022.
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Written by Alexa Lewis
