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April and September are trying

2025-01-07 23:23:15

April and September are trying
Aprilに試練の９月

APRIL joins the September comeback battle... new album release on the 20th

Girl group APRIL will enter the September comeback battle.

On the 6th, their agency DSP Media released a coming soon teaser on APRIL's official website and SNS channels, announcing their comeback.

The teaser contains the messages "eternity" and "2017.09.20".

It announces that they will be making a comeback on September 20th with their new album "eternity".

The background image of the surprise coming soon teaser shows an enlarged diamond, which symbolizes "eternity", stimulating curiosity.

DSP Media expressed their expectations, saying, "APRIL's new album "eternity" is an album filled with the members' prayers that APRIL's music will remain forever in people's memories."

APRIL has earned the nickname "pure idol" with songs like "Dream Candy," "Muah!," and "Tinker Bell," and has been performing upbeat music with a cute, lovable charm.

With "April Story," released in January, the girls were described as more mature, and with "MAYDAY," released in May, they were praised for broadening their musical spectrum, and they have shown their growth with each album.

(From K-POP News)

April's group name was confusing, but they were a group that took Apink as their role model.

I started watching "Dream Candy" on YouTube to see if that was really the case.

Their soft dance, gestures and singing that brought out their cuteness...Next, TWICE's "Like OOH-AHH" started playing, so I compared them.

Hmm...there is a big difference in the sense of dynamism.

Compared to TWICE's lively and energetic performances, April is too eager to look cute, and their choreography and gestures make for a weak performance.

Perhaps it's because they were so keen to be similar to Apink.

Above all, they don't have a singer who can sing well like Jihyo or Nayeon.

To go down the pure route of a six-member group, they need a main vocalist and visual member like Apink's Eunji and Naeun, or GFRIEND's Yuju and Yerin.

It's no wonder that April didn't make a strong impression with their debut.

The visuals of all six members were a hot topic and they sold a little, but it wasn't enough to make a breakthrough.

They also experienced some stagnation with member changes.

But Chaekyung and Rachel filled the gaps left by Somin and Hyunjoo, and after their comeback activities, the group's structure seems to have solidified.

☆　The girls were praised for becoming more mature with "April Story" released in January this year, and for widening their musical spectrum with "MAYDAY" released in May, and they have shown their growth with each album.

The market for pure girls continues to be saturated.

They will not be able to survive this comeback with half-hearted results or effort.

April's pure and cute style that they have practiced up until now has wasted time, and the members' dreams and goals have not come any closer.

They have been active for a long time, but do the members realize that they are still stuck at the starting line?

After all that has happened, the youth and freshness of their debut has faded considerably.

This may be April's last chance to soar as they head towards their comeback.