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This South Korean multinational girl group consists of five members - Soyeon, Minnie, Yuqi, Miyeon and Shuhua. Since making their debut in 2018 as six-member (G)-IDLE, the outfit has became one of K-pop’s biggest girl groups. Soojin left the line-up in 2021. The group changed their name to i-dle in May 2025.
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Minnie from G(I)-DLE.
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