Pentagon
Boy groupActiveDance-popHip-hopRock / bandPowerfulSelf-produced
Ten guys born from a survival show, now seven strong, and nicknamed "King Kongdol" thanks to a gorilla dance you cannot unsee. Their sleeper hit "Shine" proves slow burns win. Press play and bring snacks.
- Members
- 7
- Debut
- 2016 (10 years)
- Generation
- 3rd gen (2012 to 2017)
- Label
- Independent
Start with: Shine
Achievements
- Debut EP Pentagon peaked at number 7 on the Gaon chart (2016)
- Ranked 9th on Billboard's 10 Best New K-Pop Groups of 2016
- "Shine" (2018) slowly climbed to number 27 on the Gaon Digital Chart and entered Billboard's World Digital Song Sales
- Prism World Tour (2019) covered twenty-three cities worldwide
- Third place overall on Mnet's Road to Kingdom (2020)
Timeline
- 2016Formed by Cube Entertainment through Pentagon Maker; debut on October 10 with the EP Pentagon and "Gorilla"
- 2017Fourth EP Demo_01 is their first made entirely of self-composed songs
- 2018"Shine" becomes a sleeper hit from the EP Positive
- 2019Prism World Tour and the EP Sum(me:r) with "Humph!"
- 2020First full album Universe: The Black Hall; third place on Road to Kingdom
- 2023Several members do not renew with Cube; the group says it is not disbanding and releases "With Universe"
- 2026Continues as a seven-member group and releases the 10th anniversary single "Coward" in September
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