70-516: Illit ( / ˈ aɪ l ɪ t / ; EYE-lit ; Korean : 아일릿 ; RR : aillit ; stylized in all caps ) is a South Korean girl group formed by Belift Lab, a sub-label of Hybe , through the JTBC 2023 survival competition show R U Next? . The group consists of five members – Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, and Iroha. The group debuted on March 25, 2024, with the extended play (EP) Super Real Me . The name I'll-It (previously)
140-641: A foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
210-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
280-480: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
350-520: A dinner party in the Chateau Marmont . Cirkut was also an acquaintance of her brother. Max sang " Happy Birthday " to him, which led both musicians to work together, writing hundreds of songs and releasing "Anyone but You" on SoundCloud in July 2016. The song gained traction and attracted the attention of various record labels that contacted Max through email, ultimately leading her to sign
420-545: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
490-417: A man jumped on stage and slapped Max while she was performing "The Motto". She later revealed that the inside of her eye was scratched. The incident occurred two days after Bebe Rexha was hit by a smartphone thrown by a concert-goer during her New York concert. She collaborated with Brazilian DJ Alok on " Car Keys (Ayla) ", which was released on June 30, 2023. Her song " Choose Your Fighter " appeared on
560-574: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
630-462: A record deal with Atlantic Records in 2016. Max acknowledged that working with Cirkut changed her life, as she considered leaving the music industry after being creatively stifled. After signing the deal at the age of 22, she began searching for a last name to use as her stage name, eventually deciding on Max. The name was chosen since it combined elements of being masculine and feminine. From 2016 to 2017, Max adopted her signature hairstyle titled
700-417: A single on August 19, 2019. On September 4, 2019, she entered a joint co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and Artist Publishing Group. On October 31, 2019, she released a music video for "Freaking Me Out" as a Halloween special. Max won Best Push Act at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards . On November 6, 2019, a duet called " Tabú " between Max and Pablo Alborán was released. Max performed at
770-403: A six-member girl group under Belift Lab , their first girl group, and the third girl group to debut under Hybe, after Le Sserafim and NewJeans . The final episode saw the formation of the group's six-member lineup, with two members being selected by the public, and four being selected by the company's producers. The final lineup of Wonhee, Youngseo, Minju, Iroha, Moka, and Yunah, was unveiled at
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#1732771938245840-950: A standalone single. On August 9, 2024, Max was featured on a remix of " Brought the Heat Back " by South Korean band Enhypen . On September 19, 2024, she released " Spot a Fake ". On November 20, 2024, Max performed at the 2024 ARIA Music Awards in Sydney, Australia. Max has been labeled as a pop and dance-pop singer, whose music often contains interpolations from previous songs. She has been compared to contemporary artists such as Sia , Lady Gaga , Bebe Rexha, Sigrid and Dua Lipa . Max grew up listening to artists including Alicia Keys , Norah Jones , Celine Dion , Aretha Franklin , Fugees , Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston . She also cited Beyoncé , Madonna , Gwen Stefani , Fergie , Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera and Gaga as some of her influences. Max stated that Carey
910-448: A week later on March 9, with "Magnetic" serving as the lead single. A total of four tracks, including " Magnetic ", would be released. The three other tracks on the album are "My World", "Midnight Fiction", and "Lucky Girl Syndrome". The teaser for the music video of their upcoming debut single "Magnetic", was officially released on March 22. Eight days after the debut of Illit, "Magnetic" entered four U.S. Billboard charts . Illit became
980-576: A year later, where she began writing songs about relationships she had observed, including those of her brother. She later stated that she was grateful for the move, as it allowed her to experience a normal childhood. During her time in South Carolina, Max attended Lexington High School for a year, after being previously homeschooled , and she recalled being constantly bullied there. After she turned 17, Max returned to Los Angeles with her brother, who acted as her manager. She acknowledged that
1050-641: Is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean
1120-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
1190-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
1260-616: Is from Qeparo and her mother, Andrea, is from Sarandë . In 1991, her parents fled Albania after the fall of communism in the country , and lived at a Red Cross supported church in Paris for a year. While in Paris, they met a woman from Wisconsin who helped them immigrate to the United States and reside in the state, where Max was later born. During her childhood, Max often saw her parents struggle to earn an income, as they each worked three jobs without speaking English. Her mother
1330-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
1400-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
1470-544: Is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during
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#17327719382451540-747: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
1610-527: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
1680-780: The Billboard 200 chart at number 93. Additionally, Illit also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart, and peaked at number two on the Emerging Artist chart. On June 28, Billboard named Illit as their first ever "K-Pop Rookie of the Month". On July 10, the music-themed Grammy Museum in Los Angeles , California announced that a special K-pop exhibit will take place in August 2024, displaying
1750-507: The Jingle Bell Ball on December 7, 2019. The previously released song "Salt" was sent to digital streaming platforms on December 12, 2019. She collaborated with British-Norwegian disc jockey and record producer Alan Walker on the song " Alone, Pt. II ", which was released on December 27, 2019. " On Somebody " was released as a promotional single on December 30, 2019. On March 12, 2020, Max released " Kings & Queens " as
1820-589: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
1890-568: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
1960-781: The Ubisoft dance game Just Dance 2023 Edition revealed that "Million Dollar Baby" would be featured in the game, with Max herself serving as the coach for the dance. She released the fourth single " Dancing's Done " on December 20, 2022. On January 12, 2023, Max released the fifth single " One of Us ". She performed at the WorldPride festival in Sydney , Australia, on March 5, 2023. Max then embarked on her first headlining concert tour , titled On Tour (Finally) , between April to September 2023, with shows across Europe and North America. During her Los Angeles concert on June 20, 2023,
2030-706: The United Kingdom , where it stayed at number one for four consecutive weeks. In January 2019, the song reached the top of the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, and later peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Max was also featured on the Vice and Jason Derulo song " Make Up " on October 23, 2018, and made an appearance on David Guetta 's 2018 studio album 7 on the track "Let It Be Me". On March 7, 2019, she released
2100-469: The fashion and cameras on the red carpet . Her self-cut "Max cut" hairstyle consists of her asymmetric peroxide blonde hair parted down the center, with the right side containing a chin-length bob cut , while the left side was longer and wavy. She explained that she did not feel authentic with her normal haircut, and that it was about embracing herself and being unique. While interviewed by Audacy in 2020, Max described her hair as "symbolic of having
2170-543: The soundtrack of the 2023 film Barbie , which was released on July 21, 2023. The song was later serviced to Italian radio as the fifth single of the soundtrack on July 28, 2023. On January 19, 2024, Max and Norwegian DJ Kygo released their collaboration " Whatever ", which peaked at number one in Norway and reached the top 10 in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Sweden. On April 4, 2024, Max released " My Oh My " as
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2240-595: The 'Max Cut', which is seen in her logo as a substitute for the 'A' in Max. On August 4, 2017, Max was featured on the Le Youth song "Clap Your Hands", where she sang two different melodies. Max released the song "My Way" on April 20, 2018, which peaked at number 38 on the Romanian Airplay 100 chart. On May 11, 2018, "Slippin", a collaboration with American musician Gashi , was released. On June 8, 2018, Max
2310-473: The 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as
2380-829: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
2450-730: The Australian ARIA Charts and US Billboard Hot 100 , respectively. In March 2020, Max released the song, " Kings & Queens ", which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart . It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, Heaven & Hell , in September 2020, which charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and at number 27 on
2520-592: The English version of "Tick-Tack", titled "Baby It's Both" featuring Ava Max . In March 2024, Illit was selected as the new face of Acne Studios ' SS24 global campaign. On March 28, the group was selected as the new Y brand model of KT Y . Wonhee was announced as a new model for Japanese sports drink Pocari Sweat in April 2024. On May 1, Illit became the new model for the French cosmetics brand Bioderma , and on May 28,
2590-632: The US Billboard 200 . In November 2020, the song " My Head & My Heart " was released, which peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Max released her second studio album, Diamonds & Dancefloors , on January 27, 2023. Amanda Ava Koci was born Amanda Koçi, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , on February 16, 1994. Max's parents are from Albania ; her father, Paul (anglicized from Pavllo),
2660-486: The accessories and performance gear worn by artists under HYBE, including Illit, Le Sserafim , BTS , etc. On September 23, Belift Lab confirmed that the group would release their second extended play I'll Like You on October 21. A comeback album showcase took place two days after the album's official release date. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart and ranked 94th on the list. On November 22, Illit released
2730-459: The agency announced the name of Illit's first extended play Super Real Me , with pre-orders opening on the same day as the announcement. On February 28, Illit made their first public appearance as a group at the Acne Studios show during Paris Fashion Week , making them the first K-pop artist to appear at the event prior to their official debut. The tracklist of Super Real Me was revealed
2800-557: The album. Heaven & Hell was released on September 18, 2020, alongside a music video for the song " Naked ". The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and at number 27 on the Billboard 200 . On November 13, 2020, Max was featured on " Stop Crying Your Heart Out " as part of the BBC Radio 2 Allstars Children in Need charity single, which peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart . " My Head & My Heart "
2870-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
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2940-453: The claims. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It
3010-593: The end of the broadcast. On January 5, 2024, Belift Lab announced Youngseo was leaving the group. Previously, Youngseo and Belift Lab had discussed the future activities of her and her group and had decided with mutual agreement to terminate her contract. On February 13, 2024, Belift Lab confirmed that Illit would be debuting in March. On February 21, it was confirmed again that Illit would debut on March 25 with their first extended play, with Hybe's chairman Bang Si-hyuk participating as producer of their album. On February 26,
3080-589: The fifth single from her then-unreleased debut studio album Heaven & Hell (2020). The song topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 on the chart dated December 12, 2020. She also appeared as a featured artist on the country song "On Me" with Thomas Rhett and Kane Brown . It was included on the soundtrack of the 2020 film Scoob! on May 15, 2020, accompanied with a music video. Max released " Who's Laughing Now " on July 30, 2020, and " OMG What's Happening " on September 3, 2020, as singles from
3150-550: The first K-pop group to enter the UK Official Singles with their debut single, which peaked at number 80. On April 16, Illit became the fastest K-pop act to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, when "Magnetic" debuted at number 91. "Magnetic" also became the first debut song by a K-pop act to appear on the Hot 100. The music video for the track "Lucky Girl Syndrome" was released on April 17. In May 2024, Super Real Me entered
3220-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
3290-571: The follow-up single " So Am I ", which reached the top 10 in Poland, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands. A remix of the song was released on July 3, 2019, which featured South Korean boy band NCT 127 . The songs " Blood, Sweat & Tears " and " Freaking Me Out " were released as promotional singles in July 2019. On August 7, 2019, Max was featured on the song "Slow Dance" by American singer-songwriter AJ Mitchell , and released " Torn " as
3360-406: The grain while making public appearances, often seeking designers who are overlooked, and wearing outlandish outfits, as she wants "to give people an experience". She stated that she was influenced by fashion in the 1990s , citing Gwen Stefani and Cindy Crawford as influences. However, Max preferred making music in the studio than appearing in public, stating that she did not like the attention of
3430-637: The group was announced as the new model for the American footwear company Crocs . In April 2024, Illit's management and producers were publicly accused of plagiarism by NewJeans ' executive producer Min Hee-jin . Illit's management refuted the allegations and filed a complaint for defamation. Later in October, Belift Lab CEO Kim Tae-ho appeared at the National Assembly where he further refuted
3500-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
3570-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
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#17327719382453640-639: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
3710-455: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
3780-448: The latter was also highly compared to Madonna. Max responded to the comparisons, stating that while Gaga was an "incredible" artist, people should not compare her to other people only for having the same hair color and releasing pop music. Although she described the comparisons as "lazy", she understood that it is "an easy thing to do" after being fascinated with pop artists since her childhood. Max acknowledged that she often goes against
3850-458: The moniker Amanda Kay, including a 2008 extended play . At the age of 13, Max came up with the middle name Ava and adopted it as her first name after stating that she did not like being called Amanda while growing up. Max adopted the stage name Ava at the age of 14, and moved to Los Angeles, California , to pursue a music career at the suggestion of her mother, but was constantly rejected for being underage. Max relocated to South Carolina
3920-730: The other side. I run downstairs, and then I'm like, 'Oh my God, [the cookies] almost burnt.' As I'm going [back] upstairs, I see in the mirror my reflection and the haircut, and...I literally tilted my head, like, why does this feel like me? It felt like me, like I had found myself. — Max on the formation of the "Max cut" Max has often been compared to Lady Gaga for her music and "ostentatious presentation", which includes her platinum blonde hair, persona, and stage name. Chris DeVille of Stereogum criticized Max's music for being too similar to Gaga, stating that it "falls short in terms of lyrics, production, melody, dynamics, personality, and every other conceivable metric", despite recognizing that
3990-777: The partnership "did not work out" due to differences and receiving orders from her brother and because neither knew anyone in the area. Max's difficulty in searching for producers and songwriters alone caused her to spiral "down a really bad path", which led her to drink at an early age and survive on 20 dollars a week. Max released "Take Away the Pain" in 2013, which was remixed by the Canadian duo Project 46 in July 2015. For several years, her demos were rejected and not returned by record producers and songwriters. She also faced several incidents of sexual harassment . In 2014, Max had her first meeting with Canadian record producer Cirkut at
4060-515: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
4130-669: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
4200-421: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Ava Max Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koçi ; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava Max ( / ˈ eɪ v ə / AY -və ), is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of her breakthrough single " Sweet but Psycho ". The song peaked at number one in 22 countries and reached number two and number 10 on
4270-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
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#17327719382454340-541: The top 10 in several countries, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. In February 2022, Max hinted at a new project by replacing her 'Max Cut' hairstyle with cherry-red shoulder-length hair and emphasizing a red and pink appearance on her social media accounts. While interviewed at the Billboard Women in Music event in March 2022, she acknowledged that her second studio album
4410-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
4480-885: Was a classically trained opera singer, while her father was a pianist. Max moved with her family to Virginia when she was 8 years old, where she was raised in Hampton Roads . While living in Virginia, she competed in numerous Radio Disney singing competitions at Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake and debuted at the NorVa in Norfolk when she was 10 years old as an opening act, where she performed Whitney Houston 's 1987 song " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) ". Max often traveled to Florida in order to perform in singing competitions, and began releasing music under
4550-441: Was featured on the song "Into Your Arms" by American rapper Witt Lowry. A month later, " Salt " was sent to SoundCloud. On August 13, 2018, she released "Not Your Barbie Girl" as a promotional single . " Sweet but Psycho " was released on August 17, 2018. The song became Max's commercial breakthrough, reaching number one in more than 22 countries including Germany , Switzerland , Austria , Norway , Sweden , New Zealand , and
4620-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
4690-411: Was introduced during the live broadcast of the final episode of R U Next? . In the episode, it was explained that the name "represents choosing your own verb to put between I'll and It ", conveying the ability of the members to act and make decisions independently. The JTBC series R U Next? aired for ten episodes from June 30, through September 1, 2023, in which 22 contestants competed to debut in
4760-507: Was released on November 19, 2020, which served as a bonus track from the digital re-issue of Heaven & Hell . On June 8, 2021, Max released " EveryTime I Cry ", which she stated was a "continuation" of her aforementioned studio album. She appeared on the R3hab and Jonas Blue song "Sad Boy" as a featured artist with Kylie Cantrall on September 10, 2021, in addition to Tiësto 's song " The Motto " on November 4, 2021. The latter reached
4830-485: Was the biggest influence on Heaven & Hell and recalled how she grew up listening to her music on loop, such as " Vision of Love ". It was funny, 'cause I was actually experimenting with different haircuts and colors, pink hair, blue hair, all that kind of stuff. Nothing felt like me. One day I cut my hair, my actual hair, cut it on the right side, and I remember I had something in the oven; I think they were chocolate-chip cookies. And I run downstairs without cutting
4900-496: Was written the previous year during a personally difficult time. The album's lead single " Maybe You're the Problem " was released on April 28, 2022. Max announced her second studio album Diamonds & Dancefloors on June 1, 2022, which later released on January 27, 2023. She released " Million Dollar Baby " on September 1, 2022. The album's third single " Weapons " was released on November 10, 2022. On November 16, 2022,
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