Girlkind (Korean: 걸카인드, stylized in all caps) was a four-member girl group under Nextlevel Entertainment that debuted as five with members Sun J, Xeheun, Jikang, Medic Jin, and Ellyn on January 17, 2018, releasing their first digital single "FANCI".
Xeheun competed as a Nextlevel Entertainment trainee in the South Korean reality television show Produce 101 but was eliminated in Episode 5.
[1] Girlkind members were slowly introduced through dance covers of popular Korean boy groups like BTS, Got7, Seventeen and Wanna One released on their YouTube channel.
On March 22, 2020, Nextlevel Entertainment announced Sun J temporary hiatus from Girlkind activities to concentrate on her studies at Gimpo University after her graduation from the School of Performing Arts Seoul.
[9] Later at the end of March, Girlkind had already been re-organized as a four-member group ready to come back with another digital single "Future (퓨쳐) ".The song and music video were released on April 14, 2020, on all streaming services.
[13] The youngest member Ellyn participated into prequel season '등교 전 망설임' (RR: Deunggyo Jeon Mangseolim; lit.