KPOP 3rd generation · Doo Republic
A.KOR
エイコア / 에이코어
A.KOR put rap at the front at a time when most of their contemporaries were selling innocence.
- 2014DebutSep 5, 2014
- 5Members
- 3thGeneration
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: A.KOR
Jiyoung, Minju and Kemy formed the core, with Daya and Taehee filling out a five-piece; a sub-unit under the name A.KOR Black also released How We Do.
Come here for a rough, rap-driven alternative to the polished girl groups of the same years.
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Key facts
- Group name
- A.KOR
- Reading / Hangul
- エイコア / 에이코어
- Company
- Doo Republic
- Debut date
- September 5, 2014
- Days active
- 4,439 days (12 years, 1 month)
- Debut song
- Payday
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- (未公表)
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Member guide
ケミ케미 · KemyView in Japanese
テヒ태희 · TaeheeView in JapaneseProfile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジヨン | 1991-04-14 | 35 | 166cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ミンジュ | 1992-01-17 | 34 | 168cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ケミ | 1997-09-24 | 29 | 165cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ダヤ | 1990-05-04 | 36 | 165cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| テヒ | 1994-11-23 | 31 | 162cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Payday MVPayday is the debut, and the roughness is not smoothed over.
But Go MVBut Go is the clearest look at the five-member line-up.05
From debut to now
- 2014A.KOR showed a hard rap colour as a three-piece on Payday, and after Daya and Taehee joined, But Go widened the stage to five.
- 2015Always kept the main group going, while How We Do by A.KOR Black, made up of Minju and Kemy, reinforced the rap and performance route.
- 2016Once Daya and Taehee had left, the lineup shrank to a final three, and the relation between the main group and the unit settled into place.
- 2017Taking the music videos together with broadcast stages from SBS, MBC, KBS and ARIRANG, the outline of the live work is visible despite the short run.
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Achievements
Key milestones
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's A.KOR note
A.KOR debuted from Doo Republic in September 2014 as a girl group. Jiyoung, Minju and Kemy fired off the debut song Payday as a trio, then moved to But Go once Daya and Taehee had joined and the lineup stood at five. In a third generation full of innocent concepts, a formation that put rap at the front stood out.
Three songs are worth holding on to as doors: Payday, But Go and Always. Payday carries the momentum and the roughness of the debut, But Go confirms the cohesion and the density of the choreography once the group had five, and Always arrives at the calmer face of the later period. How We Do, from the unit A.KOR Black of Minju and Kemy, matters too, since it shows the rap of Kemy and the performance of the pair from an angle the main group does not give.
In 2016 Daya and Taehee left, and A.KOR shrank at last to three before closing a short run. The broadcast stages kept by SBS, MBC, KBS and ARIRANG remain visible today as the record of the live work built up in that short time. Payday, then But Go, then How We Do covers the shock of the debut, the spread of the five-strong lineup and the move into the unit.
Editors' take Payday / But Go / How We Do — a Doo Republic five-piece whose hard rap colour and shifting lineup come across in three songs.
Trivia worth knowing
Entry point
Payday shows the rap leaning of A.KOR and the early picture of a three-member start.
Five-member line-up
By the time of But Go, Daya and Taehee had joined, and both the music video and broadcast stages feel fuller.
Unit
A.KOR Black is the Minju and Kemy offshoot, and How We Do leads back to the rap side of the main group.
Live performance
Slotting SBS, MBC, KBS and ARIRANG stages in between the music videos makes the force of the songs much plainer.
Comparison
Next to WA$$UP and Lip Service, the differences among mid-2010s hard-edged, rap-leaning girl groups come out.
Note
Unofficial re-uploads are common, so footage from the act's own channel and from broadcaster channels takes precedence.
Frequently asked questions
What defines A.KOR?
Jiyoung, Minju and Kemy formed the core, with Daya and Taehee filling out a five-piece; a sub-unit under the name A.KOR Black also released How We Do.
Why should a new listener start with A.KOR?
Come here for a rough, rap-driven alternative to the polished girl groups of the same years.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Payday, But Go, then continue to the official video index.