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1st generation · DR Music

Baby V.O.X

ベイビーボックス / 베이비복스

Baby V.O.X offered a harder, more hip-hop-inflected idea of a girl group than S.E.S. or Fin.K.L did, and they worked abroad early.

  • 1997DebutJul 3, 1997
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Coincidence / Official MV
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In 30 seconds: Baby V.O.X

Kim E-Z, Lee Hee-jin, Shim Eun-jin, Kan Mi-youn and Yoon Eun-hye are the line-up most people mean, and the later singles reach for a wider audience.

Start here if you want to see how much range first-generation girl groups actually had.

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Key facts

Group name
Baby V.O.X
Reading / Hangul
ベイビーボックス / 베이비복스
Company
DR Music
Debut date
July 3, 1997
Days active
10,712 days (29 years, 3 months)
Debut song
Hair Cut
Generation
1st generation
Fandom name
Baby Angels(ベイビーエンジェルズ)
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Member guide

キム・イージー김이지 · Kim E-ZView in Japaneseヒジン희진 · Hee-jinView in Japaneseウンジン은진 · Eun-jinView in Japaneseミヨン미연 · Mi-younView in Japaneseウネ은혜 · Eun-hyeView in Japanese

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
キム・イージー1979-02-0347172cmABNot disclosedSouth Korea
ヒジン1979-02-2147168cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
ウンジン1981-02-0645168cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ミヨン1982-02-0244170cmONot disclosedSouth Korea
ウネ1984-10-0342168cmONot disclosedSouth 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.

NEW BABY VOX 2025 : THE BEST OF BEST artwork

April 23, 2025 · Best Album

NEW BABY VOX 2025 : THE BEST OF BEST

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Killer MVKiller MVKiller is a first-generation dance record that later groups kept borrowing from.Coincidence MVCoincidence MVCoincidence is the most approachable of the late singles.
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From debut to now

  • 1997
    Debuting from DR Music, they went through early changes in the line-up while joining the contest among first-generation girl groups.
  • 1998
    The 2nd album period widened public recognition and laid the base for the five-member peak that followed.
  • 1999
    A strong image of womanhood and dance tracks spread the name Baby V.O.X and fixed the impression of the five-member line-up.
  • 2002
    Coincidence, tied to memories of the World Cup period, opened a route to a popular hit.
  • 2004
    Xcstasy and the work around it pushed further overseas, leaving a record of trial and error on the eve of K-pop going global.
  • 2025
    Releases in the NEW BABY VOX 2025 line came out digitally, letting the early signature songs be heard again through a modern door.
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Achievements

Key milestones

1999Get Up and Killer pushed them to the front of the first generationHard dance tracks and an image of womanhood made a way in unlike the mainstream girl groups of the same era.
2002A Special Album became a major workHolding Coincidence, it works almost as a best-of and lets the early and middle years be followed in one place.
2025Reassembly and re-recording brought a fresh lookThe re-recorded work of 2025 and the live context added routes that reach new listeners for a first-generation group.
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Official links

Official site

DR Musicdrmusic.co.kr

Official social accounts and platforms

DR MusicKan Mi-youn InstagramYoon Eun-hye InstagramApple MusicApple Music - Special Album

Shopping guide

Verified English shopping links are not yet available.

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KPOP DISCOVER's Baby V.O.X note

Baby V.O.X debuted from DR Music in July 1997 and threw themselves into the contest among first-generation girl groups with a strong image of womanhood and dance tracks that set them apart from S.E.S. and Fin.K.L. After changes in the line-up, the image locked into place once Kim E-Z, Lee Hee-jin, Shim Eun-jin, Kan Mi-youn and Yoon Eun-hye were all together. Among the groups of that era, putting an aggressive dance line at the centre is what lifted Baby V.O.X into a position of their own.

The first three to hear are Get Up, Killer and Coincidence. Get Up and Killer let you feel the core of that strong image and the dance tracks directly. Coincidence, tied to memories of the World Cup period in 2002, has a far wider popular reach and sounds so different that it is hard to believe it is the same group. Setting the three side by side makes the sheer width of what Baby V.O.X carried plain.

Ride West in 2004 stated the overseas ambition outright and stands as a record of trial and error on the eve of K-pop going global. NEW BABY VOX 2025 was released digitally in 2025, so the early signature songs can be heard again through a modern door. With that fresh regard now in the picture, following from the debut period in 1997 turns up plenty. Get Up, then Coincidence, then Ride West runs from the root of that strong image through the warmth of a popular hit to the first step abroad.

Editors' take Get Up / Coincidence / Ride West — from the root of a strong image of womanhood to the reach for a global audience, three songs from a DR Music five-piece.

KPOP DISCOVER editorial team

Trivia worth knowing

Name

Baby V.O.X is most often introduced as a shortening of Baby Voice of Xpression.

Signature line-up

The five-member formation of Kim E-Z, Hee-jin, Eun-jin, Mi-youn and Eun-hye is the one most widely known.

Signature song

Get Up, Killer and Coincidence separate force, mass appeal and period feel into three ways in.

Overseas focus

Ride West is read as an attempt at overseas expansion made before K-pop turned properly global.

Individual route

Yoon Eun-hye's acting career and Kan Mi-youn's solo work send plenty of listeners back to the group.

Reappraisal

Re-recording and reunion around 2025 made their standing as a first-generation act visible once more.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 191/ 241 groups

No. 191 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 79%)

  • 0Japanese releases
  • 0Japan-related tracks
  • 0Members from Japan
  • 2Official 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).

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Frequently asked questions

What defines Baby V.O.X?
Kim E-Z, Lee Hee-jin, Shim Eun-jin, Kan Mi-youn and Yoon Eun-hye are the line-up most people mean, and the later singles reach for a wider audience.
Why should a new listener start with Baby V.O.X?
Start here if you want to see how much range first-generation girl groups actually had.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Killer, Coincidence, then continue to the official video index.