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          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          HINAPIA have finally made their debut and held their very first media showcase! Check out Kpopmap's cover of the showcase and what they had to say about the disbandment of PRISTIN!

          Rohan, Kpopmap Member
          3 min to read  ·  Published : Nov 5, 2019 · Updated : Mar 9, 2020
          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          After releasing their debut album “New Start” and the music video for the title song, ‘DRIP’ on the 3rd of November, OSR Entertainment’s new group HINAPIA  has held its first-ever media showcase today (Nov. 4, 2019).

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          OSR Entertainment

          The group was heavily spotlighted by the media even before the official debut as the group consists of 4 former PRISTIN  members including GyeongWon (Yuha), Kim MinKyeung (Roa), YaeBin  (Rena), EunWoo  and added a newly debuting member Bada .

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          This May, PLEDIS announced the disbandment of the girl group, PRISTIN. Soon after, 4 members relocated to a new company OSR(recently changed from Al Seul Bit Ent.) and prepared their “New start” to come back to their fans with new music and a new identity.

          When asked about the group name’s origin, the leader MinKyung answered, “The group “HINAPIA” is an abbreviation of “High, New, Amazing, Utopia”, depicting a group’s desire to seeking for a Utopia through their music.” And our title, “DRIP” is a piece of electronic pop music with an ethnic melody, a hint of modern R&B chord progression.

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          Along with the song, their stage performance was also organized with a heavy, girl crush-esque choreography. The powerful energy burst out from the stage and shared their whole new side as HINAPIA and not as a former member of PRISTIN.

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          GyeongWon commented, “ I couldn’t believe that we were debuting but now that I performed in front of the press, it feels very real now.”

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          “The disbandment of PRISTIN was unexpected and it was announced out of the blue. It was a bit of a tough road for us but we all wanted to do music and perform in front of our fans and that’s why we decided to re-debut." EunWoo added.

          Exclusive Review: HINAPIA's Pursuit of a New Utopia - 1st Debut Mini Album "New Start" Showcase

          Kpopmap

          HINAPIA's debut album, "New Start" was released on November 3rd, 2019 and in case you haven't checked out their song, "DRIP" check out below and tell us what you think!

           

          Read More : Exclusive Photos : HINAPIA 1st Digital Single “DRIP” Media Showcase

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