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3rd generation · Global H Media / Interpark Music Plus

LABOUM

ラブーム / 라붐

LABOUM were a bright pop group who kept drifting toward retro, and one of their singles found a much larger audience years after release.

  • 2014DebutAug 28, 2014
  • 4Members
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  • LatteFandom
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In 30 seconds: LABOUM

Sugar Sugar and AALOW AALOW hold the early years, Journey to Atlantis was rediscovered in time, and Hwi hwi won the group a music-show first place.

Come here if you like songs that were underrated at the time and got their due later.

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Key facts

Group name
LABOUM
Reading / Hangul
ラブーム / 라붐
Company
Global H Media / Interpark Music Plus
Debut date
August 28, 2014
Days active
2,683 days (7 years, 4 months)
Final activity date
2022
Debut song
Pit-A-Pat
Generation
3rd generation
Fandom name
Latte(ラテ)
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Member guide

ユジョン유정 · YujeongView in Japaneseソヨン소연 · SoyeonView in Japaneseジエン지엔 · ZNView in Japaneseヘイン해인 · HaeinView in Japaneseソルビン솔빈 · SolbinView in Japaneseユルヒ율희 · YulheeView in Japanese

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
ユジョン1992-02-1434162cmONot disclosedSouth Korea
ソヨン1994-05-0432162cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ジエン1994-06-0932169cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ヘイン1995-05-1931164cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
ソルビン1997-08-1929169cmANot disclosedSouth Korea
ユルヒ1997-11-2728166cmONot disclosedSouth 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.

White Love (스키장에서) [feat. Layone] artwork

December 17, 2021 · Single

White Love (스키장에서) [feat. Layone]

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Journey to Atlantis MVJourney to Atlantis MVIf you only try one, this is it: the melody and the sense of cool air explain the later reappraisal.Hwi hwi MVHwi hwi MVHwi hwi was the group's best shot and carries both the brightness and the stage momentum.Kiss Kiss MVKiss Kiss MVKiss Kiss is the calmer late single and the most adult-sounding thing they made.
MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
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From debut to now

  • 2014
    Debuting from Global H Media as a 6-piece, they set the early image of LABOUM on a bright pop line.
  • 2015
    Retro hooks and friendly melodies were layered over the prettiness of the early days.
  • 2016
    Journey to Atlantis, reappraisal in later years included, became the largest way in to LABOUM.
  • 2017
    Hwi hwi, from around Miss This Kiss, drew wide attention, overlapping with the lineup changes either side of Yulhee leaving.
  • 2018
    Hwi hwi -Japanese Ver.- opened a Japanese route, while in Korea the title tracks turned more grown-up.
  • 2019
    The 1st Album Two Of Us brings together the vocals and grown-up pop of later LABOUM.
  • 2021
    Television brought fresh attention to Journey to Atlantis, and Blossom, holding Kiss Kiss, left the finished quality of the later years.
  • 2022
    Solo work took the centre from here, and the releases and official videos of LABOUM came to matter as an archive.
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Achievements

Key milestones

2017Hwi hwi took a music show winHwi hwi reached number 1 on Music Bank around Miss This Kiss, one of the largest achievements for LABOUM.
2021Journey to Atlantis reappraised in later yearsA television programme drew fresh attention to Journey to Atlantis, leading to a return up the charts and renewed promotion.
2021The later work Blossom offers a matured way inBlossom, holding Kiss Kiss, works as the later signature release for seeing LABOUM on the 4-member side.

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KPOP DISCOVER's LABOUM note

LABOUM debuted from Global H Media in August 2014 as a 6-piece. The name comes from the French la boum, a party. The early stretch, led by Pit-A-Pat, built the face of the group on a bright, bursting pop line, and Sugar Sugar and AALOW AALOW polished that colour further. Working both the Korean and Japanese markets around cool freshness and pop hooks, they are known for a retro air unusual even within the 3rd generation.

The strongest way in is Journey to Atlantis (2016), also the signature song that was reappraised in later years. Its dreamy, floating sound conveys the cool freshness of LABOUM better than anything else. Hwi hwi is the song they went to war with, taking number 1 on a music show, marked by light footwork and a chorus that sticks. Go on to Kiss Kiss (2021) and the later face of a group turned towards a grown-up vocal pop comes into view.

Through lineup changes across 2017 and 2018, including Yulhee leaving, LABOUM moved to a 4-member shape. The 2019 album Two Of Us gathered up the music of the later years, and Blossom, released in 2021 and carrying Kiss Kiss, stands as the final work so far. Solo activity has held the centre since 2022, with no new group release. Journey to Atlantis, then Hwi hwi, then Kiss Kiss covers the cool pop, the song they went to war with and the grown-up vocal pop.

Editors' take Journey to Atlantis / Hwi hwi / Kiss Kiss — the change from cool freshness to a grown-up pop, across three songs from a Global H Media 4-piece.

KPOP DISCOVER editorial team

Trivia worth knowing

Name

LABOUM comes from la boum, a name that matched the bright, party-flavoured pop of the early years.

Reappraisal

Journey to Atlantis dates from 2016 but drew fresh attention in 2021, which turned it into a strong late entry point.

No. 1

Hwi hwi is the song that took LABOUM to the top of a music programme chart, and the Performance and Dance videos are worth seeing with it.

Line-up

With Yulhee and then Yujeong leaving, it helps to separate the early six-member period from the later four-member one.

Japanese releases

Hwi hwi -Japanese Ver.- served as the debut in Japan and is treated as a separate version of the Korean song.

Later years

Kiss Kiss shows the calmer pop of the later years and is the song that stops the picture ending at early brightness.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 207/ 241 groups

No. 207 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 86%)

  • 1Japanese releases
  • 1Japan-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 2026-10-24).

How this score is calculated →View in Japanese

Frequently asked questions

What defines LABOUM?
Sugar Sugar and AALOW AALOW hold the early years, Journey to Atlantis was rediscovered in time, and Hwi hwi won the group a music-show first place.
Why should a new listener start with LABOUM?
Come here if you like songs that were underrated at the time and got their due later.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Journey to Atlantis, Hwi hwi, Kiss Kiss, then continue to the official video index.