5th generation · SM Entertainment

Hearts2Hearts

ハーツトゥハーツ / 하츠투하츠

Hearts2Hearts are the girl group SM Entertainment built after aespa, and the debut leads with quiet tension rather than volume.

  • 2025DebutFeb 24, 2025
  • 8Members
  • 5thGeneration
  • S2UFandom
The Chase / Official MV
The Chase / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: Hearts2Hearts

STYLE opens the sound out, Pretty Please turns warm, the mini album FOCUS collects six songs, and the 2026 material adds a Japanese route.

Start here for the current house sound at SM Entertainment, with the group dance kept front and centre.

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Key facts

Group name
Hearts2Hearts
Reading / Hangul
ハーツトゥハーツ / 하츠투하츠
Company
SM Entertainment
Debut date
February 24, 2025
Days active
614 days (1 year, 8 months)
Debut song
The Chase
Generation
5th generation
Fandom name
S2U(エストゥユー)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
カルメン2006-03-2820168cmOINFPIndonesia
ジウ2006-09-0720169cmAISTJSouth Korea
ユハ2007-04-1219164cmBINTJSouth Korea
ステラ2007-06-1819167cmOENFPSouth Korea
ジュウン2008-12-0317166cmAISFJSouth Korea
エイナ2008-12-2017171cmAESFPSouth Korea
イアン2009-10-0917164cmBENFPSouth Korea
イェオン2010-04-1916166cmAINTJSouth 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.

Next Chapter artwork

October 16, 2026 · Digital Single

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From debut to now

  • 2025
    They debuted with The Chase, then added STYLE, Pretty Please and FOCUS as songs to start with. Music videos, Dance Practice and STUDIO CHOOM footage have been available since their early days.
  • 2026
    RUDE! pushed out a stronger pop form of self-assertion, and RUDE! (Japanese Ver.) opened a route into Japanese-language work.
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Achievements

Key milestones

Rookie awardsFrom the debut year onward several rookie-award milestones arrived, drawing attention to a new-generation girl group from SM.
Music showsA first music show trophy around the time of The Chase showed the momentum right after the debut.
Song of 2026RUDE! drew a strong response on Korean streaming charts and in the official videos, and stands as the entry song as of 2026.
Early salesThe debut release and the first mini album form the axis of the early catalogue and reward being followed in order.

Music show wins

Records

7 recordsMost recent broadcast first

Checked

Some episodes unverified

Period 2023-09-01 – 2026-10-26

Show ChampionLemon TangMBC PLUS
M CountdownLemon TangCJ ENM / Mnet
M CountdownRUDE!CJ ENM / Mnet
Show! Music CoreRUDE!MBC
M CountdownRUDE!CJ ENM / Mnet
The ShowSBS Medianet
The ShowSBS Medianet

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 Hearts2Hearts note

Hearts2Hearts run on a span from quiet tension to bright pop, and on a body of work that thickens fast. SM Entertainment debuted the eight-piece girl group in 2025: The Chase set an early picture full of quiet tension, STYLE brought a bright pop feel, and Pretty Please widened it toward a soft, approachable warmth.

In 2025 FOCUS gathered six songs as the first mini album, and in 2026 RUDE! and its Japanese version added a stronger form of self-expression along with a route toward Japan.

Watching the videos means taking in Dance Practice, Performance Video and the STUDIO CHOOM family as well as the music videos. To learn eight faces and the formations they make, the shortest path is to move back and forth between the world of a music video and the footage shot closer to a fixed camera. The Chase, then STYLE, then Pretty Please covers the tension, the brightness and the warmth.

Editors' take The Chase / STYLE / Pretty Please — an eight-piece from SM whose range from quiet tension to bright pop fits into three songs.

Trivia worth knowing

The S2 inside Hearts2Hearts can be read as a heart shape, and it carries over into the fandom name as well.

As the SM girl group arriving after aespa, they invite direct comparison on visual polish and ensemble choreography.

FOCUS, the first mini album, gathers the early catalogue into one place, STYLE and Pretty Please included.

Pretty Please carries a collaboration tie to Pokémon Legends: Z-A, so the colour and character work in the music video is an entry point of its own.

RUDE! (Japanese Ver.) was an early route into the Japanese market, and the difference shows when it runs next to the Korean original.

With so many members, checking formations in Dance Practice and STUDIO CHOOM footage, not just the music videos, makes faces stick faster.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 146/ 241 groups

No. 146 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 61%)

  • 2Japanese releases
  • 4Japan-related tracks
  • 0Members from Japan
  • 0Official 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 Japanese

Frequently asked questions

What defines Hearts2Hearts?
STYLE opens the sound out, Pretty Please turns warm, the mini album FOCUS collects six songs, and the 2026 material adds a Japanese route.
Why should a new listener start with Hearts2Hearts?
Start here for the current house sound at SM Entertainment, with the group dance kept front and centre.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with The Chase, STYLE, Pretty Please, then continue to the official video index.