19 Facts About Crayon Pop

1.

Crayon Pop is a South Korean girl group formed under Chrome Entertainment in 2012.

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2.

Crayon Pop gained a huge increase in popularity following the release of their single album "Bar Bar Bar" in June 2013.

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3.

Crayon Pop was able to earn numerous awards, including the New Rising Star Award at the Golden Disk Awards, the Hot Trend Award at the MelOn Music Awards, and Best New Female Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.

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4.

Crayon Pop performed for it in 12 cities around the United States and Canada.

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5.

In March 2015, Crayon Pop released their second mini album FM, for which they used Super Sentai inspired costumes.

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6.

Group was initially named Hurricane Crayon Pop, and consisted of members Serang, Geummi, Ellin, Choa, and Soyul.

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7.

Crayon Pop began their promotions in Japan in May 2012, using their time there to film music videos for "Bing Bing".

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8.

Crayon Pop's debut did not receive much attention and their album was not commercially successful.

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9.

Crayon Pop released a digital single album, "Dancing Queen", on 24 October 2012.

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10.

Crayon Pop was only invited to perform on music shows three times, and they were not able to have a typical promotion cycle.

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11.

Crayon Pop returned to Japan and held a mini-concert on 6 January 2013 in Shibuya, Tokyo.

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12.

That same day, it was announced that Crayon Pop had signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment, who were inspired by the groups' creativity and uniqueness and saw their global market potential.

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13.

Crayon Pop stated that Way's phrase was an example of aegyo and she was not even aware of the website.

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14.

The controversy resurfaced in January 2014 after Ellin allegedly used the Ilbe hand sign, but Chrome Entertainment explained that Ellin was forming the letter "E" with her hand, and all the Crayon Pop members have alphabet hand signs that signify their names.

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15.

Crayon Pop received their first major award, Best New Female Artist, while Ylvis won the International Favorite Artist award.

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16.

Crayon Pop received many other awards throughout the awards season, including the Hot Trend Award at the MelOn Music Awards, Artist of the Year on KBS Song Festival, New Rising Star at the Golden Disk Awards, the New Artist Award at the Seoul Music Awards, and the Hot Trend Award at the Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards.

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17.

On 1 February 2017, Chrome Entertainment released a statement discussing Crayon Pop's impending contract expirations, announcing their contracts would expire in March and they had previously not discussed the issue of re-signing with the company.

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18.

Crayon Pop's music is often described as electropop and disco-pop dance music with addictive and repetitive lyrics and melodies.

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19.

Crayon Pop's sixth single, "Uh-ee", is a mix of electronic sounds and trot.

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