I-EXID yibhendi yaseNingizimu Korea. Amantombazane akwazile ukuzazisa ngo-2012 ngenxa ye-Banana Culture Entertainment. Iqembu belinamalungu ayi-5:
- USolji;
- Ellie;
- Uju;
- I-Hyorin;
- Jeonghwa.
Okokuqala, iqembu lavela esiteji inani labantu abangu-6, lethula ingoma yokuqala ethi Whoz That Girl emphakathini.
Iqembu lasebenza kwelinye lezinhlobo zomculo ezaziwa kakhulu zesikhathi sethu - K-pop (pop yaseKorea). Lolu hlobo lwaluhlanganisa izici zezinhlobo ezifana ne-electropop, i-hip-hop, umculo womdanso, kanye nenguqulo ethuthukisiwe yesigqi ne-blues.
I-EXID: umlando wokudalwa kwephrojekthi yomculo
Konke kwaqala emuva ngo-2011. Yabe i-JYP Entertainment yanquma ukudala iqembu elisha. Izinhlelo "zobaba" be-EXID zazihlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwephrojekthi yabesifazane. Ngokushesha, intombazane ebukekayo okuthiwa u-Yuzhi yajoyina iqembu elisha. Umeme izintombi zakhe uHani, uHaeryeong noJunghwa ekulingiseni. U-Ellie noDami baba ngabokugcina ukujoyina leli qembu.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi iphrojekthi entsha ekuqaleni yayibizwa nge-WT. Leli gama alifanelanga wonke umuntu. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa okusemthethweni kwephrojekthi entsha yaseNingizimu Korea, umphathi washintsha igama laba yi-EXID.
Ngempela ngemva konyaka, kwethulwa eyokuqala. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Whoz That Girl. Bekuyisango elikhulu lokungena esiteji. Intsha yamukelwa ngokufudumele kakhulu abathandi bomculo nabagxeki bomculo abanegunya.
Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-debut single, izinguquko zokuqala zenzeka eqenjini. Bathinte okubhaliwe kuphela. Amalungu amabili ashiye iqembu ngesikhathi esisodwa: u-Yuji noDami. Abaculi bachaze ukuhamba kwabo ngesifiso sokunikela isikhathi esengeziwe sokufunda. UHaeryeong walandela amantombazane. Wanquma ukuzinikela emsebenzini wokulingisa. Abaculi bathathelwe indawo nguSolji, owayesenolwazi lwasesiteji, noHyerin. Ngendlela, lo wokugcina kwakufanele afakwe eqenjini. Kodwa imininingwane yakhe yephimbo ibonakale ibuthakathaka kubaphathi kunezwi labanye ababambiqhaza.
Indlela yokudala yeqembu
Ohlwini olubuyekeziwe, iqembu lethule ingoma ethi I Feel Good kubalandeli, kanye ne-Hippity Hop EP. Ngeke kushiwo ukuthi udumo lwehlile eqenjini. Nobuhle noma amakhono okuphimisa akuzange kuzithakasele izilaleli. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho abaphathi bakhe khona iyunithi ye-Dasoni enamalungu aqinile u-Hani no-Solji. Ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi Goodbye yakhululwa ngo-2013.
Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, amantombazane agcwalisa kabusha ingoma yeqembu ngengoma entsha. Imayelana nokuqamba Phezulu & Phansi. Ithrekhi ifinyelele kunombolo 94 ku-Gaon Chart Top 100. Isimo seqembu sashintsha lapho uHani ecula ingoma efakiwe ngesikhathi esakaza bukhoma nabalandeli. Ukuqanjwa kwaphinde kwavela emashadini ahlonishwayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uthathe isikhundla esihloniphekile soku-1 eshadini le-Gaon. Amantombazane athatha uhambo olukhulu.
Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, leli qembu lasayina inkontileka enemali eningi nenkampani yezokuzijabulisa iBanana Project. Lapho amantombazane ethola imali yawo yokuqala, abalandeli bawo bajabula kakhulu. “Abalandeli” baphakamise ukuthi leli qembu selizosebenzela iChina. Bephendula izinsolo ezenziwe ngabalandeli baleli qembu, abamele inkampani bamemezele ukuthi i-albhamu yokuqala yaleli qembu izophuma eChina naseSouth Korea.
Unyaka wokuqala eqenjini
Ngo-2016, kwethulwa i-LP ekade ilindelwe. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi Street. Inhlanganisela ibiholwa ingoma ethi LIE Inhlanganisela ibihlanganisa amathrekhi angaphezu kuka-10. Iningi lezingoma eziku-albhamu zibhalwe ngu-Ellie.
Ngonyaka ofanayo, ukwethulwa kweCream eyodwa yaseShayina kwenzeka. Ingoma yamukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo. Udlulele eshadini leBillboard China V. Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwengoma, kwaziwa ukuthi uSolji uphethwe isifo se-thyroid. Intombazane, ngenxa yezizathu ezicacile, ayizange ihambe esiteji kuze kube ngu-2017. Yize engekho omunye wabaculi abacula yedwa, leli qembu liqhubekile nokujabulisa abalandeli ngamakhonsathi.
Ngaphandle kuka-Solji, ibhendi iqophe i-albhamu yabo encane yesithathu. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Eclipse. Iqoqo lamukelwa ngesasasa emphakathini. Wathatha indawo yesi-4 eshadini, okubhekwa njengenkomba engcono kakhulu yeqembu kumashadi. Ilungu lesihlanu lijoyine ibhendi ukuze kwethulwe i-EP Full Moon yesine. Wadlala esiteji, waba nenkanyezi kumavidiyo omculo, amathrekhi aqoshiwe futhi wabamba iqhaza ngenkuthalo ekunyusweni.
Ngemva konyaka, kwaziwa ukuthi iqembu lathatha isiqondiso eJapane. Ithimba lethule inguqulo yesithathu ye-Up & Down kubalandeli, laphinde lamemezela izinkambo ezimbalwa ezincane. Amalungu aleli qembu athembise ukuthi uSolji ophinde waphoqeleka ukuthi ashiye inkundla ngenxa yokuhlunyeleliswa ngemuva kokuhlinzwa, uzobuyela unomphela eqenjini. Ngokokuqala ngqa ngemuva kokuphola, intombazane yaphumela obala ngoSepthemba 7, 2018. Amantombazane anqume ukubungaza ukululama komculi ohamba yedwa ngokwethula i-EP I Love You.
EXID namuhla
Ngalesi sikhathi, abaculi beqembu babenomgomo - ukunqoba abathandi bomculo baseJapane. NgoFebhuwari 2019, iqembu laya eJapan, lapho labamba khona amakhonsathi amaningi agqamile. Emidlalweni, umculi wethula iculo elisha. Sikhuluma ngendaba yokuqamba. Ingoma ethulwayo ifakiwe ku-albhamu entsha.
I-albhamu ethi Trouble ikhishwe ngo-2019. Iqoqo lamukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli. Ithathe indawo ye-12 ehloniphekile eshadini lama-albhamu e-Oricon.
Ekusekeleni i-albhamu entsha, amantombazane aya kolunye uhambo lwaseJapan. Ngemva kohambo olukhulu, amalungu ebhendi ayelungiselela abalandeli i-albhamu entsha endaweni yokuqopha.
U-2020 unezindaba ezibuhlungu kubalandeli. Sekuvele ukuthi uHyorin useshiyile iBanana Culture. Futhi ngokushesha uSolji walishiya iqembu.
