BiLinGual

BiLinGual, also paraphrased as BLG (Hangul: 넥스트? ) is an 8-member South Korean-Chinese girl group based in Seoul. The group was officially formed by Monarchy Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The band has been gaining rising popularity since their hit single, "I Am The Best" in 2013, and have been continuously promoting as one group since their debut.

2005-2012: Formation
In 2011, Monarchy Entertainment CEO Park Mona revealed plans to debut a sister group to Next Gen that, like Next Gen,  would also follow the strategy of being divided into two sub-units to promote in both Korea and China. Jiaho was the first member to audition for a spot in Monarchy Entertainment in 2005, but failed 5 auditions before finally signing with her brother, Junmoney of Next Gen, in 2007. Luhana auditioned with her brother, Baeksoo, in 2008, and they were both signed. In 2009, Ryan and her sister, KaiLi, were scouted and signed, and in the same year, Harley and Maia went for auditions in China and passed. Weiyi and Tae-soo were the last BiLinGual members to be signed into Monarchy Entertainment in 2010. Weiyi, the youngest of the group, was 11 at the time and was 13 when the group debuted, and has countlessly spoken in interviews, despite having a passion for music since she was young, how stressful it was to be a trainee so young. The group debuted with their first album, "Fire", in February 2012. Cheong Se-young took over the handlings for the group after he became the Co-CEO of Monarchy Entertainment in 2012.