KPOP 5th generation · MYSTIC STORY
ARrC
アーク / 아크
ARrC play light hip-hop with a lot of people moving at once, and every release gets stacked with video, choreography and performance cuts.
- 2024DebutAug 19, 2024
- 8Members
- 5thGeneration
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In 30 seconds: ARrC
The pre-release dummy leads into the debut, and later records pair songs — nu kidz with loop.dll, awesome with dawns — so the different faces can be compared directly.
Pick this if you like watching one record from several angles instead of one video per single.
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Key facts
- Group name
- ARrC
- Reading / Hangul
- アーク / 아크
- Company
- MYSTIC STORY
- Debut date
- August 19, 2024
- Days active
- 803 days (2 years, 2 months)
- Debut song
- S&S (sour and sweet)
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Fandom name
- ARrCer(アーサー)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ヒョンミン | 2005-04-11 | 21 | 179cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジビン | 2008-08-08 | 18 | 178cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| キエン | 2004-12-19 | 21 | 178cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Vietnam |
| チェハン | 2007-02-20 | 19 | 181cm | Not disclosed | INTP | South Korea |
| リオト | 2007-08-25 | 19 | 178cm | Not disclosed | ISTP | Japan |
| ドハ | 2008-02-10 | 18 | 180cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジウ | 2006-11-05 | 19 | 未公表 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| アンディ | 2006-10-06 | 20 | 未公表 | 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.
S&S (sour and sweet) MVThe debut title track shows the playful side and how eight people move together; follow it with the practice cut.
nu kidz MVnu kidz is where the rapping and the group dance hit hardest, and three video versions exist for it.
awesome MVawesome is the open, expansive one, and the performance cut carries the colour of the HOPE record.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2024The pre-release dummy arrived in July, and on August 19 the official debut came with the five-track EP AR^C and S&S (sour and sweet).
- 2025nu kidz: out the box, HOPE and CTRL+ALT+SKIID followed, with Dance Practice and Performance Video clips kept up for both title tracks and album cuts.
- 2026The official channel put up a Golden Disc Awards version of dummy + awesome and Dance Practice footage of cover songs, recasting released material in new arrangements.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
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Official links
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
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KPOP DISCOVER's ARrC note
The outline of ARrC does not come clear from a single music video. Put nu kidz next to loop.dll, and awesome next to dawns, release by release, and a video plan starts to show that gives album cuts their own choreography and camera rather than riding on the momentum of the title track alone.
Start with the fixed-camera Dance Practice to watch movement that uses the full head count, then move on to the Performance Video. The same song reads differently in a wide shot and in close framing, which makes it obvious whether the strength sits in the rapping, the faces or the formations.
Editors' take Compare two or more songs from each release on video and the ensemble dancing and playfulness of ARrC land hardest.
Trivia worth knowing
Debut
The first proper EP in the streaming catalogue is AR^C, a five-track release issued on August 19, 2024.
Activity
The official YouTube channel had 233 videos on record when the inventory was taken.
Activity
"nu kidz" and "loop.dll" come from the same EP and each runs out to a music video, a Dance Practice and a Performance Video.
Members
Broadcaster fancam titles carry the stage names of all eight registered members, so every one of them can be cross-checked.
Activity
In the HOPE era, official choreography and stage footage exists for "dawns" and "vitamin I" as well as "awesome".
Activity
CTRL+ALT+SKIID is a two-track single carrying "SKIID" and "WoW (Way of Winning)".
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 212/ 241 groups
No. 212 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 88%)
- 0Japanese releases
- 0Japan-related tracks
- 1Members 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 2026-10-28).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines ARrC?
The pre-release dummy leads into the debut, and later records pair songs — nu kidz with loop.dll, awesome with dawns — so the different faces can be compared directly.
Why should a new listener start with ARrC?
Pick this if you like watching one record from several angles instead of one video per single.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with S&S (sour and sweet), nu kidz, awesome, then continue to the official video index.