KPOP 3rd generation · Chrome Entertainment
Crayon Pop
クレヨンポップ / 크레용팝
Crayon Pop went comic rather than cute, and Geummi, Ellin, Choa, Way and Soyul are still the most immediately recognisable girl group of their year.
- 2012DebutJul 18, 2012
- 5Members
- 3thGeneration
- SketchbookFandom
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In 30 seconds: Crayon Pop
Helmets, a single-file jump and choreography anyone could copy made Bar Bar Bar travel a long way past the domestic audience.
Start here if you want proof that a K-pop concept could be genuinely funny and still work.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Crayon Pop
- Reading / Hangul
- クレヨンポップ / 크레용팝
- Company
- Chrome Entertainment
- Debut date
- July 18, 2012
- Days active
- 5,218 days (14 years, 3 months)
- Debut song
- Saturday Night
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- Sketchbook(スケッチブック)
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Member guide
チョア초아 · ChoaView in Japaneseウェイ웨이 · WayView in Japanese
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| グンミ | 1988-06-18 | 38 | 165cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| エリン | 1990-04-02 | 36 | 165cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| チョア | 1990-07-12 | 36 | 160cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ウェイ | 1990-07-12 | 36 | 160cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソユル | 1991-05-15 | 35 | 162cm | A | 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.
Evolution Pop Vol.1
Bar Bar Bar MVBar Bar Bar is the one to see: the helmets and the single-file jump stick after one viewing.
FM MVFM borrows from old special-effects television and shows how playful the group was willing to be.
Doo Doom Chit MVDoo Doom Chit turns disco and belongs to the later album period.05
From debut to now
- 2012Arriving from Chrome Entertainment, they started a comic pop line that stuck in the memory even on a small budget.
- 2013Helmet costumes and a jumping routine in a single line drew attention fast, and a music show win followed.
- 2014Uh-ee mixed in a Korean trot feel, and an opening slot on a Lady Gaga show made news of its own.
- 2015FM showed a squadron-style concept, and in Japan RaRiRuRe and Dancing All Night were left as official releases.
- 2016Evolution Pop Vol.1 tidied the late pop sensibility and became the release that closes the official catalogue.
- 2017Activity as a group quietened, and listeners now arrive by way of the twins Choa and Way or through news about Soyul.
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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 Crayon Pop note
Crayon Pop is the five-piece girl group Chrome Entertainment sent out in 2012. The line Geummi, Ellin, Choa, Way and Soyul chose was comic rather than cute, and legible rather than refined, built to lodge in the memory. Even with a small budget at the start, that character was already plain on the debut song Saturday Night.
What carried the name around the world was Bar Bar Bar. Helmets on, lined up across the front of the stage, jumping and jumping: easy to copy, impossible to forget once seen. From there, Dancing Queen, Uh-ee and FM swap retro feeling, trot-tinged comedy and squadron visuals in and out, and what stays constant underneath is a sense of play.
In 2014 Uh-ee folded a Korean sound into the pop, and an opening slot on a Lady Gaga show drew attention overseas. The Japanese official releases RaRiRuRe and Dancing All Night came in 2015, along with the squadron concept of FM. Evolution Pop Vol.1 in 2016 rounded off the catalogue, and from 2017 the group itself has been quiet. Bar Bar Bar, then FM, then Doo Doom Chit covers the shock of the helmet dance, the squadron concept and the choreographic sense of the late years.
Editors' take Bar Bar Bar / FM / Doo Doom Chit — the core of their comic pop in three songs, from a Chrome Entertainment five-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
Crayon Pop reads as a vividly colourful pop name, which suits how catchy the costumes and choreography are.
Symbol
The helmets and straight-line jumping of Bar Bar Bar became a sign recognised at a glance within K-pop.
Twins
Choa and Way are twins, carrying both the singing and the characters, which makes them an easy way in.
Japanese releases
RaRiRuRe and Dancing All Night have official Japanese clips, which keeps the run from stopping at the Korean songs.
Unusual direction
Uh-ee and FM push the comic side another way, so the fun is not limited to Bar Bar Bar.
Catching up
Once the videos have made their strong impression, the official KBS and Mnet stages carry how far a crowd gets pulled in.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 104/ 241 groups
No. 104 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 43%)
- 2Japanese releases
- 8Japan-related tracks
- 0Members 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 2026-10-26).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines Crayon Pop?
Helmets, a single-file jump and choreography anyone could copy made Bar Bar Bar travel a long way past the domestic audience.
Why should a new listener start with Crayon Pop?
Start here if you want proof that a K-pop concept could be genuinely funny and still work.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Bar Bar Bar, FM, Doo Doom Chit, then continue to the official video index.