CRAVITY

"CRAVITY" (Hangul: 크래비티) is a K-pop boy group under Starship Entertainment. The group consist of nine members: Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung and Seongmin. They made their debut on April 14, 2020.

Pre-debut
Prior to the group's debut, Jungmo, Wonjin, Minhee, and Hyeongjun participated in the show Produce X 101 in 2019, representing Starship Entertainment, along with Moon Hyunbin. In the finale, Jungmo and Wonjin placed at ranks 12 and 19 respectively (without taking into consideration the 'X'-position), missing the cut-off for the show's debut-lineup. However, Minhee and Hyeongjun placed at ranks 10 and 4 respectively, thereby making them members of the debut line-up and members of the group X1. They promoted with the group until their disbandment on January 6, 2020.

In March 2020, Starship began unveiling the new nine-member boy group that the agency would debut, revealing the group's name to be "CRAVITY". CRAVITY's name is an amalgamation of the words "Creativity" and "Gravity" that implies bringing you into their universe with their unique charm. CRAVITY, which also stands for "Center of Gravity," contains the ambition of achieving the best performance and best stage presence when all members gather together in perfect balance.

2020: Debut with Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are and Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into
CRAVITY debuted with the extended play Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are on April 14, 2020, which debuted and peaked atop of Gaon's Album Chart. The album is reported to have shipped over 100,000 copies in the month of April 2020, making them the best-selling South Korean rookie artist in 2020, as of August 2020.

CRAVITY entered and peaked on the Billboard Social 50 Chart at number 12. They are the fifth fastest South Korean group to enter Social 50, as well as being the only South Korean rookie artist to chart on Billboard's Social 50 in 2020 at the time of their debut.

On June 17, CRAVITY released a music video for their song "Cloud 9", a track previously included in their debut extended play. They subsequently began music show promotions for this song.

On August 5, CRAVITY announced they would be making their first comeback with their second extended play Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into on August 24, 2020, with the title track "Flame". This album will feature lyrics written by members Serim and Allen.

On August 13, at the 2020 Soribada Awards, CRAVITY won the "New Artist Award", their first award since debut. On August 24, CRAVITY released their second album, Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into. The EP contains seven tracks, including the lead single "Flame". The album has topped the Japanese Tower Records' album chart and ranked first on seven regions on iTunes.

On September 1, CRAVITY had their first music show win on SBS MTV's The Show with "Flame" with the song also debuting at number 97 on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100 chart on the chart issue dated week of September 26.

CRAVITY on October 9 held an exclusive on-tact fan meeting 'CRAVITY COLLECTION: C-EXPRESS' through Naver V Live wherein they greeted their fans in 126 regions. The fanmeeting was organized with a theme of an "amusement park" as a way of the group to greet their fans brightly.

On October 21, CRAVITY released a performance video for their song "Ohh Ahh", a B-side track on Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into. They subsequently began music show promotions with the song.

2021–present: Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice and albums
On January 19, CRAVITY released the third installment of the Hideout series with their third extended play Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice, along with the music video of the lead single, "My Turn". They subsequently began promoting their title track alongside their B-side track "Mammoth" on music shows. On March 2, it was announced that CRAVITY would release a performance video for their B-side track "Bad Habits" on March 11. They began promotions for the song on music shows following the video's release.

On June 30, it was announced that CRAVITY would be making their comeback in August.

CRAVITY will be releasing the second part of their first album on February 22, 2022.

Name
The name is a combination the words "Creativity" and "Gravity"; which means to bring the fans to CRAVITY universe (parallel world) with unique charm. It is also an abbreviation of 'Center of Gravity'.

Endorsements
In October 2020, CRAVITY has been chosen as the models for the cosmetic brand BLACKROUGE. The group's passion, powerful energy, health and vitality as a new male idol group fit well with the lively image of BLACKROUGE leading to them being selected as the models of the cosmetic brand. The group is to promote the product not just in Korea but also in China and other countries in Southeast Asia.

Ambassadorship
In the tourism sector, CRAVITY has been appointed as tourism ambassadors for "K-pop Star Street" in Gwangju, the group will be doing numerous activities that will publicly promote tourist destinations of the city for one year.

Discography

 * Main Article: ENHYPEN/Discography

Mini Albums

 * 1) HIDEOUT: REMEMBER WHO WE ARE - SEASON1. (2020)
 * 2) HIDEOUT: THE NEW DAY WE STEP INTO - SEASON 2. (2020)
 * 3) HIDEOUT: BE OUR VOICE - SEASON 3. (2021)

Studio Albums

 * 1) THE AWAKENING : WRITTEN IN THE STARS (2021)
 * 2) LIBERTY : IN OUR COSMOS (2022)

Videography/Filmography

 * Main Article: Videography

Reality shows

 * C-Real
 * C-Record
 * Before CRAVITY
 * CRAVITY Park

Official Accounts
'''*CRAVITY on Starship Website
 * CRAVITY on Daum Cafe
 * CRAVITY on YouTube
 * CRAVITY on V-Live
 * CRAVITY (Official- Members) on Twitter
 * CRAVITY on Instagram
 * CRAVITY on Facebook
 * CRAVITY on Weibo'''