PIXY – KARMA
They are still in the nuguzone but they toured in Europe and are starting another tour in the US. They just added a new member (Rinji, who is now the maknae), let’s see how they grow in 2023.
More information about the group, from this comment posted on this video :
First off members. There are 7 women who have been members of Pixy. The original line up was Ella (Former Leader and Main Vocalist; “She got the look in her eyes”; 3:37 and 20:41), Satbyeol (Lead Rapper; 3:16, 14:17, 21:45), Lola (Main Rapper, Visual; 5:59, 11:05, 19:51, 28:40), Dia (Current Leader, Main vocalist, and former rapper; “Her. HER. HER!”; 5:51, 11:28, 19:45, 28:00), Sua (Sub-Vocalist; 3:47, 11:37, 23:34, and 28:44), and Dajeong (Main Vocalist and former Maknae; “Okay, like vocals but don’t kill me”; 3:00, 14:40, 22:50, 31:31). With Rinji (Main Dancer, Sub vocalist, Maknae; 29:57) being added to the group in October 2022.
The group debuted with Wings, followed by Let Me Know, Addicted and Bewitched (The latter two being dual title tracks). They then released a light and fun song called Call Me as a single and as a gift to fans. After Call Me, Ella went on hiatus due to “health concerns and personal stress”. Ella is a wildly talented idol, and was previously a member of Cherry Bullet (with the name Mirae) before joining Pixy. Villain featured the remaining members and the mysterious silhouette at the end (more on that in a second). During live concerts a masked dancer stepped into Ella’s parts. Following promotions of Villain, it was announced that both Ella and Satbyeol were sadly leaving the group. It was later revealed that a new member would be added, who turned out to be Rinji who had been the masked dancer during those live performances and the silhouette at the end of Villain; thus her lyrics in Karma “Carved in your memory, my silhouette, They all wonder who I am”. This is where I speculate a little: based on rumors I had heard, Rinji was planned to be a member of the group for some time but was considered to be too young to debut with the group (she is 17 now). I think the plan was originally to debut her when she turned 18, but after Ella and Satybeol left, they moved up the time table to officially debut her with Karma.
After Karma’s release, Pixy had a successful US tour, which was run by a then new-to-kpop tour group Leo Presents, who have now become a fan favorite US tour group, and have worked with Tri . be, IKON, and are about to start Purple Kiss’s US tour. Pixy is about to start their first European tour, and just released a new digital-only mini-album “The Voice” with title track “Truth or Dare” (but no MV so far).
You asked who is composing their songs (23:52), and up through Bewitched it was one of my all time favorite producers D Answer/ Kevin D. He produced for ini, JO1, TIOT, and ORβIT, but for my personal highlights he produced Beautiful Lie for TAN, and several of CRAXY’s latest albums, having moved from PIXY to CRAXY. CRAXY’s Nugudom, Poison Rose, and Undercover are all well worth checking out, with Poison Rose in particular being extremely PIXY coded.
Getting back to Pixy though, they have an immaculate discography, which is admittedly small but every single B-side is great. Not asking for a massive deep dive from you, but they are well worth it if you want to check them out further in your own time. If you do want to check them out on your channel, Let Me Know, The Moon, Moonlight, Still With Me, Call Me, and Trick Or Treat are the only videos that I don’t think you have seen, but absolutely no pressure, just sharing my love of the group. If you read all of this, I appreciate it and apologize for the wall of text.
