KPOP 3rd generation · Banana Culture / Sony Music Korea
EXID
イーエックスアイディー / 이엑스아이디
EXID were months from being forgotten when a fancam of Up & Down circulated and pushed the song up the charts long after release.
- 2012DebutFeb 16, 2012
- 5Members
- 3thGeneration
- LEGGOFandom
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In 30 seconds: EXID
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.
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Key facts
- Group name
- EXID
- Reading / Hangul
- イーエックスアイディー / 이엑스아이디
- Company
- Banana Culture / Sony Music Korea
- Debut date
- February 16, 2012
- Days active
- 5,371 days (14 years, 8 months)
- Debut song
- Whoz That Girl
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- LEGGO(レゴ)
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Member guide
ソルジ솔지 · SoljiSoljiHaniView in Japanese
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ソルジ | 1989-01-10 | 37 | O | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| エリー | 1991-12-10 | 34 | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ハニ | 1992-05-01 | 34 | 168cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヘリン | 1993-08-23 | 33 | 165cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジョンファ | 1995-05-08 | 31 | 168cm | 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.
FIRE (CHN Version)
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.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
View all official videos →05
From debut to now
- 2012Through a rebuild from the early line-up they laid the ground for the five-member line-up people know later.
- 2014A fancam sent a song climbing the charts and made EXID the symbol of the third generation's best-known late-breaking hit.
- 2015Rather than letting the attention after Up & Down pass, they widened a model for songs with wide appeal built on hard hooks and expression.
- 2016The full album Street turned the catalogue into something where the vocal songs and the members' colours can be followed as well as the title track.
- 2017Night Rather Than Day and DDD showed a cool, grown-up EXID, and the context around Solji's return stayed in the releases.
- 2018The retro-leaning Lady and I Love You as five made the later EXID readable in the round.
- 2019Putting the Korean EP We beside the Japanese releases shows that the work widened even as the contracts ran out.
- 2022The tenth-anniversary single album X brought Fire, IDK and LEGGO, carrying the EXID fan context into the present.
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Achievements
Key milestones
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Solo and unit activities
Unit activities
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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 EXID note
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.
Trivia worth knowing
Most people came to EXID through a song that was rediscovered long after release rather than at the debut.
Any account of how Up & Down spread has to include the stage footage of Hani.
One member worked on the writing as well as the rap, and that is where the slightly barbed hooks of EXID come from.
The singing of Solji and Hyelin gives EXID a weight the harder dance tracks alone would not carry.
Japanese releases such as Trouble sit alongside the Korean singles, and taking both lines gives a fuller picture.
Fire and LEGGO are the releases that bring the bond with the fandom back into the present.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 84/ 241 groups
No. 84 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 35%)
- 2Japanese releases
- 14Japan-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 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines EXID?
Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin and Jeonghwa carried the group through that reversal, with LE writing and rapping and Hani becoming a television fixture.
Why should a new listener start with EXID?
Start here for the most famous late chart climb in Korean pop and a group that earned the second chance.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Up & Down, Ah Yeah, DDD, then continue to the official video index.