KPOP 5th generation · YG Entertainment
BABYMONSTER
ベイビーモンスター / 베이비몬스터
BABYMONSTER is YG Entertainment's girl group known for rap, vocal power, and performance-focused official videos.
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- 2024DebutApril 1, 2024
- 7Members
- 5thGeneration
- MONSTIEZFandom
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In 30 seconds: BABYMONSTER
The group combines hip-hop-driven production, multilingual members, strong rap sections, and a vocal-forward performance style.
Choose BABYMONSTER for a newer group with prominent rap, live-vocal appeal, and choreography-led videos.
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Key facts
- Group name
- BABYMONSTER
- Reading / Hangul
- ベイビーモンスター / 베이비몬스터
- Company
- YG Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 1, 2024
- Days active
- 951 days (2 years, 7 months)
- Debut song
- SHEESH
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Fandom name
- MONSTIEZ(モンスティーズ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ルカ | 2002-03-20ⓘ | 24 | 165cm | O | ISTJ | Japanⓘ |
| パリタ | 2005-08-26ⓘ | 21 | 171cm | A | INTP | Thailandⓘ |
| アサ | 2006-04-17ⓘ | 20 | 165cm | O | ENTP | Japanⓘ |
| アヒョン | 2007-04-11ⓘ | 19 | 163cm | A | ISTJ | South Koreaⓘ |
| ラミ | 2007-10-17ⓘ | 19 | 172cm | O | INFJ | South Koreaⓘ |
| ローラ | 2008-08-14ⓘ | 18 | 170cm | A | INTP | South Koreaⓘ |
| チキータ | 2009-02-17ⓘ | 17 | 168cm | O | ISTP | Thailandⓘ |
Ages are as of 2026-11-08.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
SHEESH MVBegin with the seven-member lineup and a title track built around heavy beats, rap, and a large-scale video.
DRIP MVUse DRIP for the group's full-album era and a direct dose of its hip-hop-centered sound.
CHOOM MVStart with CHOOM to see the dance-focused direction of BABYMONSTER's 2026 work.MV View in JapaneseDance Practice View in JapanesePerformance View in JapaneseLive View in JapaneseStage View in JapaneseAudio View in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2023YG NEXT MOVEMENT and Last Evaluation introduced the seven candidates, and in November the six members available while Ahyeon was on hiatus released BATTER UP.
- 2024The 1st EP BABYMONS7ER and SHEESH began the seven-member line-up's activities, followed by FOREVER and the 1st full-length album DRIP. The album era offered more ways to get to know the group.
- 2025They expanded their live activities with the 1st WORLD TOUR <HELLO MONSTERS> and released the Japanese songs Ghost and HOT SAUCE. They then entered the era of their 2nd EP WE GO UP.
- 2026The 3rd mini album CHOOM presented their current direction with dance at its centre. MOON, I LIKE IT and LOCKED IN show their latest emphasis on performance.
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Achievements
4Wins
2Music show wins4 awards (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of November 8, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2025
Golden Disc Awards GDA
- Rookie Artist of the Year
- 2025
Seoul Music Awards SMA
- K-Pop World Choice - Group
- 2024
Circle Chart Music Awards CCMA
- Rookie of the Year - Global Streaming“BATTER UP”
- 2024
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Fans' Choice Female Top 10
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- DRIPBillboard Global Excl. U.S.No. 16DigitalBillboard Global 200No. 30DigitalBillboard 200No. 149Album
Music show wins
Records
2 recordsMost recent broadcast first
| M Countdown | WE GO UP | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | SHEESH | CJ ENM / Mnet |
Sources and data (7)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
Circle Chart Music Awards official siteMnet Plus 2024 MAMA Awards39th Golden Disc Awards WinnersSeoul Music Awards official siteBillboard Global 200 chart history / DRIP reportingBillboard Global Excl. U.S. chart history / DRIP reportingBillboard 200 chart history / DRIP reporting
KPOP DISCOVER editorial policy and sources View in Japanese
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
yg-babymonster.comyg-babymonster.comygfamily.comygfamily.comyg-babymonster-official.jpyg-babymonster-official.jp
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's BABYMONSTER note
What holds BABYMONSTER together is the YG-bred weight of its singing and rapping, and a seven-member line-up drawn from South Korea, Japan and Thailand. As the first girl group YG had launched in roughly seven years since BLACKPINK, the debut song BATTER UP reached one hundred million YouTube views faster than almost any K-pop group debut video at the time. The hip-hop of SHEESH, the rapping of DRIP and CLIK CLAK, the R&B of Love, Maybe: hitting a different sound on every release is the design principle here.
The members chosen through the survival programme pair the rapping of Ruka and Asa with vocalists such as Ahyeon and Pharita. When Ahyeon, who had been left out of the debut single for health reasons, joined and completed the seven, the first mini album BABYMONS7ER declared it in the seven of its title. Its title track SHEESH posted one of the highest first-week sales ever for a girl group debut album and reached Billboard's main charts.
On the first full-length album DRIP, G-DRAGON of BIGBANG took part in writing the title track and the group set a personal best for first-day sales. The first world tour HELLO MONSTERS drew audiences on the order of three hundred thousand across about 32 shows, and the third mini album CHOOM extends that reach in 2026. Play SHEESH, then DRIP, then CHOOM, and the path from the debut records through the full-length expansion to the current unity takes only a few minutes.
Editors' take SHEESH / DRIP / CHOOM — three songs run the group from its debut records through the full-length expansion to where it stands now, a seven-piece built on YG singing and rapping.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
The short form is BAEMON, and pairing it with the Latin spelling BABYMONSTER and the Korean spelling 베이비몬스터 makes official sources easier to find.
Member line-up
Three members come from South Korea, two from Japan and two from Thailand, a seven-member design that was multinational from the very beginning by the standards of YG Entertainment girl groups.
Debut
BATTER UP arrived in November 2023 with a six-member line-up, while SHEESH followed in April 2024 with the seven-member line-up that Ahyeon rejoined.
Singing route
THE FIRST TAKE versions of SHEESH, DRIP and WE GO UP work as an entry point where the singing and rap tones come through more plainly than in the music videos.
Japan route
BATTER UP -JP Ver.- and the film theme song Ghost, together with the Japanese official site and live albums, keep the Japanese side of the work traceable.
Rap line
Ruka and Asa form the Japanese-born rap line, and Woke Up In Tokyo on DRIP gives each of them a separate moment to watch.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 20/ 241 groups
No. 20 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 8%)
- 5Japanese releases
- 50Japan-related tracks
- 2Members from Japan
- 1Official 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 2026-11-08).
How this score is calculated → View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines BABYMONSTER?
The group combines hip-hop-driven production, multilingual members, strong rap sections, and a vocal-forward performance style.
Why should a new listener start with BABYMONSTER?
Choose BABYMONSTER for a newer group with prominent rap, live-vocal appeal, and choreography-led videos.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with SHEESH, DRIP, CHOOM, then continue to the official video index.