Black Rose

Black Rose (블랙로즈) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment and consists of seven members: Bitna, Hime, Sera, Aejung, Yewon, Yuna and Juliet. Originally an eight-piece group, members Jangmi and Lyra left the group in November 2017 and were replaced with Yuna. They debuted on July 31, 2016 with the EP Rose Dawn.

2008–2016: Formation and early years
Black Rose began forming in 2008 when Jangmi was street cast as a trainee for SM Entertainment. A few of the girls had already been announced as SM Rookies before debuting, Jangmi in 2013, Lyra in 2014 and Juliet in 2015. Before joining SM in 2012, Hime was a member of Jpop group AKB48 from 2009 to 2010. Hyebin and Sera joined the company through SM Global Auditions in 2013 and 2014 and Yewon had joined the company in 2014 after spending a year training at her aunt's company HJK Entertainment.

On July 31, 2016, Black Rose officially debuted with their first extended play (EP) Rose Dawn and the title track "Rise" and made their official debut stage on music programme M Countdown on August 4. The album was praised by critics for being a refreshing debut with its darker, girl crush sounds that was uncommon at the time, the group later went on to win rookie of the year at several award shows at the end of the year.

2017: Daylight, Sweet Twilight, breakthrough and member departures
The group released their second EP Daylight on February 15, 2017.

Members

 * Bitna (빛나) - Lead Vocalist, Rapper, Visual
 * Hime (히메) - Leader, Main Dancer, Vocalist
 * Sera (세라) - Main Vocalist
 * Aejung (애정) - Main Vocalist
 * Yewon (예원) - Lead Vocalist
 * Yuna (유나) - Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist
 * Juliet (줄리엣) - Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper, Vocalist

Past Members

 * Jangmi (장미) - Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer
 * Lyra (라이라) - Lead Vocalist

Studio albums

 * Sweet Twilight (2017)
 * I've Got Love On My Mind (2018)
 * Secret Code (2020)

Album repackages

 * Secret Nights (2020)

Mini albums

 * Rose Dawn (2016)
 * Daylight (2017)
 * Blue Moon (2018)
 * Story of the Rose (2019)
 * Otherworld (2020)

Digital singles

 * Feel Special (2019)

Trivia

 * Black Rose is the revamped version of Genie, which was derived from an older version which had seven members (Jaehee, Meixing, Aera, Youngmi, Juliet, Nancy and an unnamed member).