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SM Entertainment to launch new K-pop girl group this February

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<p>South Korean entertainment agency SM Entertainment just announced they will be launching a new K-Pop girl group this February. This announcement came during the SM Town Live 2025 concert held at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome last Sunday, January 12.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEsJgV9S-Gt/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2102092.6999998093%2C%22ls%22%3A5116.699999809265%2C%22le%22%3A5805.599999904633%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEsJgV9S-Gt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-1" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEsJgV9S-Gt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEsJgV9S-Gt/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by SM Entertainment Group (@smtown)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Hearts2Hearts, the latest girl group of SM Entertainment, will make its debut five years after their senior group, aespa, who debuted during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/2023/11/17/sm-entertainment-set-to-launch-new-boy-group-with-british-company-2022"><strong>READ: SM Entertainment set to launch new boy group with British company<br/></strong></a></div><p>The upcoming girl group is composed of eight members to which SM Entertainment has yet to formally introduce. Fans, however, have already shared information such as the names and ages on social media.</p><p>Four of the members were born in 2006 while two were born in 2007 and the last two were born in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Fans added that three of the eight members weren’t born in South Korea with one of them actually being Southeast Asian–– the first Indonesian idol to debut at SM Entertainment.</p><p>Teasers and a snippet of their debut single have yet to be released by the South Korean agency as of writing but fans are already expecting it within the coming weeks.</p><p>Hearts2Hearts will follow the long list of successful girl groups that SM Entertainment has launched in recent years. Apart from aespa, the newly-formed girl group will have Red Velvet, f(x), Girls’ Generation, and S.E.S, as their senior girl groups from the same company.</p><p>Fans took it to social media to express how excited they are for Hearts2Hearts and what they’ll be showcasing for the whole world to see.</p><p>“Who else is excited!! Can’t wait to get to know the members,” a fan wrote.</p><p>“The hearts of the world are yours to win, and this is only the beginning,” another fan added.</p><p>SM Entertainment is known as part of the &quot;Big 3&quot; of the K-Pop industry alongside YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment for their invaluable contribution to the rise of K-Pop music globally. Apart from the girl groups, SM Entertainment has produced several successful boy groups such as EXO, Super Junior, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, SHINee, and NCT Wish, TVXQ, among others. </p>

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SM Entertainment to launch new K-pop girl group this February

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Published Jan 15, 2025 11:02 AM PHT

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