KPOP 3rd generation · DSP Media
APRIL
エイプリル / 에이프릴
APRIL opened with fairy-tale brightness in 2015 and ended up making some of the most polished pop DSP Media released that decade.
- 2015DebutAug 24, 2015
- 6Members
- 3thGeneration
- FineappleFandom
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: APRIL
Dream Candy, Muah!, Snowman and Tinker Bell hold the sweet early years, while Oh! my mistake and LALALILALA sound considerably more refined.
Start from the later singles; they are easier to like, and the early ones make more sense afterwards.
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Key facts
- Group name
- APRIL
- Reading / Hangul
- エイプリル / 에이프릴
- Company
- DSP Media
- Debut date
- August 24, 2015
- Days active
- 2,322 days (6 years, 4 months)
- Final activity date
- 2022
- Debut song
- Dream Candy
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- Fineapple(ファインアップル)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| チェギョン | 1996-07-07 | 30 | 161cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| チェウォン | 1997-11-08 | 28 | 162cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ナウン | 1999-05-05 | 27 | 167cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| イェナ | 2000-05-22 | 26 | 164cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| レイチェル | 2000-08-28 | 26 | 165cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジンソル | 2001-12-04 | 24 | 165cm | O | 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.
Oh! my mistake MVOh! my mistake is the song that earned the group a second look, balancing brightness against real polish.
LALALILALA MVLALALILALA comes from Da Capo and is the most dreamlike thing in the catalogue.
Dream Candy MVDream Candy is the debut and the sweetest self-introduction of the lot.05
From debut to now
- 2015Arriving from DSP Media, they set an early image with bright, pure-toned pop and imagery out of a storybook.
- 2016The official fandom name Fineapple was announced, and Tinker Bell kept up a cool line with a fairy-like feel.
- 2017With the lineup that followed the additions of Chaekyung and Rachel, they moved towards storytelling imagery and a slightly more adult direction.
- 2018Tinker Bell -Japanese ver.- opened a Japanese route, and Oh! my mistake left a city-pop-leaning signature song that late arrivals reach for.
- 2020LALALILALA and Now or Never showed the polished pop and stage presence of the later years.
- 2022With group activity over, the change from the pure early line to the later pop is looked back on through the official music videos and the Dance and Stage footage.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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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 APRIL note
DSP Media sent APRIL out in August 2015, a girl group that ended as a six-piece. The brightness and cool air drifting off the debut work Dream Candy is exactly the meaning packed into the name, the start of spring, and the early Tinker Bell, Snowman and Muah! kept delivering videos and songs built on a fairy-like prettiness.
Three songs to put through your ears first: Oh! my mistake, LALALILALA and Dream Candy. Oh! my mistake has a texture leaning slightly towards city pop, which makes it work as a way in for late arrivals. LALALILALA and Now or Never show the polished pop and stage presence of later APRIL in a single sheet, and starting there makes the change sharp when you go back to the early songs.
From the lineup formed when Chaekyung and Rachel joined in 2017 came a stretch that layered fairy-tale storytelling over aching melody, through Mayday, Take My Hand, The Blue Bird and the work they named for the month itself. In 2018 a Japanese version of Tinker Bell opened Japan, and after LALALILALA and Now or Never set out the finished later form in 2020, activity closed in 2022. Dream Candy, then Oh! my mistake, then LALALILALA covers the early purity, the city-pop-leaning signature song and how complete the later pop became.
Editors' take Dream Candy / Oh! my mistake / LALALILALA — the change from a pure spring to a polished pop, across three songs from a DSP Media six-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
APRIL evokes the brightness and charm of spring, which fits the fairy-tale concepts of the early years.
Fandom
Fineapple joins fine with apple, a light-sounding coinage that suits APRIL.
Line-up
Somin and Hyunjoo left while Chaekyung and Rachel joined, so the early and later years look quite different.
Japanese releases
Tinker Bell -Japanese ver.- is the official route into APRIL for listeners in Japan and sits separately from the Korean version.
Signature song
Oh! my mistake works strongly as a later entry point, and pairing the music video with the Choreography version brings the group's later image into focus.
Later years
LALALILALA and Now or Never are the key songs for hearing a polished pop side of APRIL that goes beyond pure innocence.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 136/ 241 groups
No. 136 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 56%)
- 2Japanese releases
- 5Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines APRIL?
Dream Candy, Muah!, Snowman and Tinker Bell hold the sweet early years, while Oh! my mistake and LALALILALA sound considerably more refined.
Why should a new listener start with APRIL?
Start from the later singles; they are easier to like, and the early ones make more sense afterwards.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Oh! my mistake, LALALILALA, Dream Candy, then continue to the official video index.