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EXID were months from being forgotten when a fancam of Up & Down circulated and pushed the song up the charts long after release.
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Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwa carried the group through that reversal, with LE writing and rapping and Hani becoming a television fixture.
Start here for the most famous late chart climb in Korean pop and a group that earned the second chance.
ソルジ솔지 · SoljiSoljiHaniView in Japanese
エリー엘리 · LEView in Japanese
ハニ하니 · HaniSoljiHaniView in Japanese
ヘリン혜린 · HyelinView in Japanese
ジョンファ정화 · JeonghwaView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ソルジ | 1989-01-10 | 37 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| エリー | 1991-12-10 | 34 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ハニ | 1992-05-01 | 34 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ヘリン | 1993-08-23 | 33 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ジョンファ | 1995-05-08 | 31 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Up & Down MVUp & Down is the song that changed the group's fate, and nothing else makes sense before it.
Ah Yeah MVAh Yeah rode the momentum straight afterwards and has the sharpest hook.
DDD MVDDD is the cool, grown-up late single and the best of the later material.Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
What anchors EXID is the context of a late-breaking hit and a pop feel with some venom in it. The five-piece girl group debuted in 2012 and is widely known as the line-up of Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwa. LE's rapping and writing, the vocals of Solji and Hyelin, and the recognition Hani built through variety shows all made strong entrances.
Up & Down was reappraised after release through a fancam and is discussed as the signature late-breaking hit in Korean K-pop history. As the song that changed the fate of the group, it is worth watching first.
Moving on through Ah Yeah, Hot Pink, L.I.E, DDD and I Love You shows how EXID stacked up catchiness, a hard image of women and a pop feel with some venom in it. Up & Down, then Ah Yeah, then DDD covers the late-breaking hit, the image and the venom.
Editors' take Up & Down / Ah Yeah / DDD — three songs cover a late-breaking hit and a pop feel with venom in it, from a five-piece girl group.
No. 81 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 39%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 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 2026-09-17).
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