KPOP 4th generation · CUBE Entertainment
i-dle
PAK ×44 songs with a PAK (iChart)Fate64 timesQueencard89 timesNxde129 timesTOMBOY167 times
アイドゥル / 아이들
i-dle is led from inside by Soyeon, who writes and shapes the concepts, so the themes shift as deliberately as the sound does.
- 2018DebutMay 2, 2018
- 5Members
- 4thGeneration
- NeverlandFandom
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: i-dle
TOMBOY restarted the group as five, Nxde answered the way women are looked at, Queencard chose self-assertion, and Super Lady went for scale.
Start here if you want big pop hooks attached to arguments the group is making about itself.
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Key facts
- Group name
- i-dle
- Reading / Hangul
- アイドゥル / 아이들
- Company
- CUBE Entertainment
- Debut date
- May 2, 2018
- Days active
- 3,104 days (8 years, 5 months)
- Debut song
- LATATA
- Generation
- 4th generation
- Fandom name
- Neverland(ネバーランド)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ミヨン | 1997-01-31ⓘ | 29 | 161cm | B | ENFP | South Korea |
| ミンニ | 1997-10-23ⓘ | 29 | 167cm | O | INFJ | Thailand |
| ソヨン | 1998-08-26ⓘ | 28 | 157cm | B | INTJ | South Korea |
| ウギ | 1999-09-23ⓘ | 27 | 162cm | O | ENFJ | China |
| シュファ | 2000-01-06ⓘ | 26 | 161cm | A | INFP | Taiwan |
| スジン | 1998-03-09 | 28 | Not disclosed | 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.
LATATA MVLATATA is the debut, foreign-sounding and tense in a way nothing else that year was.
TOMBOY MVTOMBOY is the restart, and the loudest the group has ever been about what it wants.
Queencard MVQueencard is the most quotable, and the self-assertion is meant to be taken at face value.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
View all official videos →05
From debut to now
- 2018LATATA was the debut, showing Soyeon's writing and the characters of a multinational line-up strongly.
- 2020From Oh my god in 2020 to HWAA in January 2021 the concept work and the world grew denser, and the self-producing colour widened.
- 2022TOMBOY made the restart as five land hard, updating the message and the wide appeal at once.
- 2023I feel, carrying Queencard, turned self-affirmation and humour into a large hit.
- 2024Super Lady and Fate showed both a large-stage feel and hits on the streaming charts.
- 2026The stage now is to follow the group work alongside the solo routes of Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon and Yuqi.
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Achievements
3 awards · 1 chart No. 1 (compiled by KPOP DISCOVER, as of October 29, 2026)
Awards
Major wins
- 2023
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Favorite Global Performer Female Group
- 2022
Melon Music Awards MMA
- Music Video of the Year“TOMBOY”
- 2018
MAMA Awards MAMA
- Best New Female Artist
Sourced award records (3)
Daesang (grand prizes)
3 recordsMost recent ceremony first, then by category
Program / edition
| 34th Seoul Music Awards | 2 | Grand Prize | www.sportsseoul.com | |
| MMA2024 (16th) | Record of the Year | www.xportsnews.com | ||
| 1st Korea Grand Music Awards | Grand Record | kgma-is.com |
Charts and PAK
Peak chart positions
- QueencardCircleNo. 1Digital
Perfect All-Kill (PAK)
4 recordsNewest release first (iChart does not publish achievement dates)
Provider record list at the time of retrieval. Changes before the first observation are unknown. (some episodes unverified)
Music show wins
Records
6 recordsMost recent broadcast first
Program / edition
| Inkigayo | Mono (Feat. skaiwater) | SBS | |
| Music Bank | Mono (Feat. skaiwater) | KBS | |
| M Countdown | Mono (Feat. skaiwater) | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | Super Lady | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | Super Lady | CJ ENM / Mnet | |
| M Countdown | Super Lady | CJ ENM / Mnet |
Sources and data (3)
Source: announcements by each award ceremony and official chart
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
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's i-dle note
What anchors i-dle is authorship in the self-producing sense and a willingness to repaint what an idol group is. CUBE Entertainment debuted the group as (G)I-DLE in May 2018, and around Soyeon they are deeply involved in the writing and the concept design. Soojin left in 2021, and from TOMBOY in 2022 onward they restarted as five.
The characters of the multinational line-up on LATATA, the dense worlds of Oh my god and HWAA, the message and wide appeal of TOMBOY, the self-affirmation and humour of Queencard: while keeping hooks with wide appeal, they have kept repainting what a woman and an idol can be.
In May 2025, at the seventh anniversary of the debut, they dropped the G and the brackets and renamed to i-dle, moving towards a wider self-definition. Looking at the large-stage feel of Super Lady and the work after the renaming shows that the writing and the self-definition at the core survive the frame coming off. LATATA, then TOMBOY, then Queencard covers the origin, the restart and the hit.
Editors' take LATATA / TOMBOY / Queencard — three songs cover self-producing authorship and the repainting of an idol image, from a CUBE five-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Production
Soyeon leads a group that writes and produces deeply, which keeps the theme of each release tied to the personalities behind it.
Nationalities
Members with roots in South Korea, Thailand, China and Taiwan bring differences of timbre and language that become part of the appeal.
Turning point
From TOMBOY onward the message of the five-member line-up sharpened, and the outline of the group became legible at first glance.
Solo
Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon and Yuqi all run solo careers alongside the group.
Video
The theme lives in the music videos, expression in the dance takes, and the singing in the live clips — together they give the self-produced character of i-dle real depth.
Fandom
Neverland names the place where fans stay inside the story world of i-dle, and the impression fits the name exactly.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 77/ 241 groups
No. 77 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 32%)
- 3Japanese releases
- 15Japan-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 2026-10-29).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines i-dle?
TOMBOY restarted the group as five, Nxde answered the way women are looked at, Queencard chose self-assertion, and Super Lady went for scale.
Why should a new listener start with i-dle?
Start here if you want big pop hooks attached to arguments the group is making about itself.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with LATATA, TOMBOY, Queencard, then continue to the official video index.