3rd generation · SOURCE MUSIC

GFRIEND

ジーフレンド / 여자친구

GFRIEND matched wistful, adolescent melodies with group dance so precise that even the arm angles line up.

  • 2015DebutJan 16, 2015
  • 6Members
  • 3thGeneration
  • BUDDYFandom
Me Gustas Tu / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: GFRIEND

Glass Bead through Navillera holds the school-uniform years, Time for the Moon Night and Sunrise turn narrative, and Apple and MAGO are fully grown-up.

Start here if synchronised dancing is what you watch for; nobody in the third generation did it more exactly.

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Key facts

Group name
GFRIEND
Reading / Hangul
ジーフレンド / 여자친구
Company
SOURCE MUSIC
Debut date
January 16, 2015
Days active
4,262 days (11 years, 8 months)
Debut song
Glass Bead
Generation
3rd generation
Fandom name
BUDDY(バディ)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
ソウォン1995-12-0730173cmAINFPSouth Korea
イェリン1996-08-1930168cmOENFJSouth Korea
ウナ1997-05-3029163cmOISTPSouth Korea
ユジュ1997-10-0428170cmBENFJSouth Korea
シンビ1998-06-0328166cmABISFPSouth Korea
オムジ1998-08-1928165cmOINFJSouth Korea

Ages are as of 2026-09-17.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

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From debut to now

  • 2015
    Glass Bead and Me Gustas Tu widened the sense of youth and the precise group choreography particular to GFRIEND.
  • 2016
    Rough won support as a lyrical signature song, and Navillera widened a bright sense of speed.
  • 2017
    The harder Fingertip and the cool, clear Love Whisper widened the range of the group.
  • 2018
    They deepened a lyrical world while building the route through releases aimed at the Japanese market.
  • 2019
    Running a Korean comeback and Japanese releases in parallel, they strengthened a mood beyond the cool clarity.
  • 2020
    The album series of that period pushed storytelling and matured visuals forward, and MAGO left a hard entrance to the final stretch.
  • 2021
    The contract with SOURCE MUSIC ended, group activity reached a close, and the members moved into individual work.
  • 2025
    Ahead of the tenth anniversary a context of regrouping appeared, opening a route back from the older work to the present.
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Key achievements

Key milestones

The rookie periodThey drew rookie-award attention from the debut year and moved up to a leading cool, clear girl group.
Recognition with a wide audienceAs the signature song of 2016 it lifted GFRIEND on the music shows and with a wide audience alike.
Standing for the choreographyGroup choreography in tight unison is a large reason to follow GFRIEND through video.
A signature milestoneA song referred to for a long time as an entrance through streaming, the music shows and video.

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Official links

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KPOP DISCOVER's GFRIEND note

What anchors GFRIEND is a cool clarity with a sense of youth in it and precise group choreography. The six-piece girl group debuted from SOURCE MUSIC in 2015, and Me Gustas Tu and Rough became important entrances to third-generation girl groups.

Following the releases in order shows the change, from the sense of youth running from Glass Bead to Navillera, through the storytelling of Time for the Moon Night and Sunrise, to the matured concepts of Apple and MAGO. The strength is that the fine formations and the sense of a single body can be checked on screen as well as in the melodies, which makes the dance practices more important than the music videos.

The contract with the company ended in 2021, group activity reached a close, and the members moved into individual work. Me Gustas Tu, then Time for the Moon Night, then MAGO covers the sense of youth, the storytelling and the maturity.

Editors' take Me Gustas Tu / Time for the Moon Night / MAGO — a SOURCE MUSIC six-piece that came to stand for the third generation through cool clarity and precise group choreography.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 89/ 210 groups

No. 89 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 42%)

  • 4Japanese releases
  • 8Japan-related tracks
  • 0Members from Japan
  • 0Official Japanese accounts

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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Frequently asked questions

What defines GFRIEND?
Glass Bead through Navillera holds the school-uniform years, Time for the Moon Night and Sunrise turn narrative, and Apple and MAGO are fully grown-up.
Why should a new listener start with GFRIEND?
Start here if synchronised dancing is what you watch for; nobody in the third generation did it more exactly.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Me Gustas Tu, Rough, MAGO, then continue to the official video index.