Music
K/DA is a virtual pop girl group under the Stone Label and Riot Games Label whose members are from the game League of Legends
by Kirsten Orlanda
Miyeon
as Ahri
Miyeon is a South Korean singer and actress who first voiced Ahri. She is the main vocalist of South Korean girl group (G)I-dle and the K/DA aswell. Miyeon once said that in order to understand Ahri’s character more, she played the game using Ahri’s skin. On the later part of the K/DA music, Ahri is voiced by , Nayeon, Sana and Jihyo of Twice.
Soyeon
as Akali
Soyeon is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer signed to Cube Entertainment who first voiced Akali. She is the leader, main rapper, vocalist and center of South Korean girl group (G)I-DLE. and K/DA . She is the rapper of the group and is a member of another virtual group of characters the same game called True Damage. According to Soyeon, she made herself move and feel like Akali while filming the motion capture of Pop/Stars.
Jaira Burns
as Evelynn
Evelynn is voiced by Madison Beer, Bea Miller, Kim Petras, Aluna and Annika Wells. Just like Ahri, she serves as the main vocalist of the group
Madison Beer
as Kai'sa
Kai’sa, the main dancer of K/DA, is voiced by Jaira Burns, Wolftyla, and Bekuh Boom
The group was first introduced to the world during the opening ceremony of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship followed by the release of their first single entitled Pop/Stars on November 3, 2018 in from there, K/DA sparked conversations among the gamer community (specifically among the League community) and even beyond it. Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, Soyeon and Miyeon performed the song live and on-stage during the ceremony together with the virtual characters
Pop / stars
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Their first single, Pop/Stars, garnered massive support and attention. As a matter of fact, it reached number 1 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales Chart in the same month it was released. This event makes K/DA the fourth K-Pop girl group to do this and overall, the fifth female act. According to Nielsen Music, the single sold 9,000 units in its release week.
The music video of their first single went viral on YouTube and received 5 million views in 24 hours and broke the record for the most viewed K-Pop debut group music video in 24 hours at the time.
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The highest chart position of the album is 5th on the Billboard charts.Pop/Stars, performed by Miyeon, Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, and Soyeon, was released back in 2018 that peaked number 1 on the Billboard charts. It sold 9,000 copies.
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Villain, performed by Madison Beer and Kim Petras, charted number 5 on the Billboard charts in 2020. It is also from All Out.
Drum Go Dum was performed by Wolftyla, Rebecca Johnson and Aluna and reached the 6th spot on the Billboard charts.
I’ll Show You, ranked 10th on the Billboard charts, was performed by Nayeon, Sana, Jihyo, bekuh Boom and Annika Wells.
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All Out
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On the 4th of December 2020, K/DA revealed the total number of streams they’ve got this year which is 101.5 million streams, having 8.5 million listeners from 92 countries and 4.8 million of hours their music is being streamed. Through a tweet, they expressed their gratitude towards their fans
All Out was released on November 6, 2020 and became available to all known streaming platforms.