Cravity (Korean: 크래비티) is a South Korean boy band under Starship Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung, and Seongmin. They debuted on April 14, 2020, with their extended play, Season 1. Hideout: Remember Who We Are.
The group was dubbed "Monster Rookies" in 2020, and described as "global artist that attract the attention of fans globally." In 2020, they were the first rookie artist to debut on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100, and they earned numerous awards at end-of-year award shows including: "New Artist of the Year" at the 12th Melon Music Awards, "Best of Next" at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, and "Rookie Award" in the 4th Soribada Awards.
In November 2024, the group placed first on the Mnet reality competition survival show Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace.
Pre-debut
In 2019, Jungmo, Wonjin, Minhee, and Hyeongjun participated in the k-pop reality show Produce X 101, representing Starship Entertainment (along with former Starship trainee Moon Hyunbin). In the show's finale, Jungmo and Wonjin placed at ranks 12 and 19 respectively, narrowly missing the show's debut-lineup. However, Hyeongjun placed 4th and Minhee placed 10th, and made it into the debut line-up of the group X1. Hyeongjun and Minhee debuted with X1 on August 27, 2019, and participated in promotions until the groups disbandment on January 6, 2020.
In March 2020, Starship began unveiling the debut-lineup for the agency's nine-member boy group. That same month the group name "Cravity" was revealed, and explained as an amalgamation of the words "Creativity" and "Gravity" which implies the boys will bring you into their universe with their unique charms. Additionally, Cravity also stands for "Center of Gravity", and encompasses the group's ambition to achieve the best performance and stage presence when all members gather together in perfect balance. It was also announced that Cravity would make their debut on April 14, 2020.
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 peaked atop of Gaon's Album Chart. On the day of the album release, Cravity held their first ever showcase through Naver V Live, which reached 1 million viewers. The music video for the album's lead single "Break All the Rules" surpassed 10 million views on Youtube within six days of its release. The song place in the top 100 in seven regions on iTunes (including the US and Japan), and the album placed in the top three most listened to albums in 12 regions, peaking at number four on the Worldwide iTunes Albums Chart. Physical album sales were reported at over 100,000 copies within the month of April 2020.
On April 29, Cravity appeared on a live broadcast through Naver entitled 'Cravity X LieV", reminiscing about their precious times with global fans, to which they recorded 370,000 live viewers despite the late hour of the broadcast. 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 Best K-Music 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.
On September 14, the group formally released their official light stick, which they called "Remembong".
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: Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice and The Awakening: Written in the Stars
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". The album features some of the songs written by members Serim, Allen and Wonjin. They subsequently began promoting their title track alongside their B-side track "Mammoth" on music shows. On January 25, Cravity appeared as a guest on the variety show "Super Junior's Idol vs. Idol", on KNTV. The members appeared in episodes 25–28 for a total of four episodes airing until the 28th of the month.
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 April 14, Cravity celebrated their first anniversary since their debut. The group held a V Live titled "Remember the four seasons we spent together" in commemoration of the event. In addition, the group released various behind-the-scenes contents to celebrate its first anniversary.
On April 15, Starship Entertainment reported that Cravity will be joining K-Pop entertainment platform Universe. In the video released through the Universe app and official social media that day, Cravity expressed that they would work hard and have fun filming contents that can only be seen in the platform. On June 6, Cravity held the Universe fan party 'Sunday Cravity' wherein they met fans around the world through online and offline.
On June 30, Cravity confirmed their upcoming comeback and is preparing for a new album on August. On July 26, Cravity started teasing the release of their first full-length album, The Awakening: Written in the Stars. It was confirmed that the album would be released on August 19.
On August 19, Cravity released the first part of their first studio album The Awakening: Written in the Stars, featuring the title track "Gas Pedal". They subsequently began promoting their title track alongside their B-side track "Veni Vidi Vici" on music shows. Within the first week after its release, over 100,000 copies were sold, making it the first of Cravity's works to have reached that milestone and the first to be eligible for Hanteo certification. On September 27, it was announced that Cravity would be releasing a special video for their B-side track "Veni Vidi Vici" on October 7. After its release, the group began a second round of promotions on music shows with the song.
On November 20–21, Cravity held the two-day fan meeting 'Cravity Collection: C-Delivery', marking their first performance in a year since their solo on:tact fan gathering in October 2020. On December 15, the group announce the launch of the soon to be released Cravity character dolls where each member personally participated in the design. The characters were first shown through the group's fan meeting 'Cravity Collection: C-Delivery'…