Xylø (stylised in all caps) is the alias of American singer-songwriter Paige Duddy . From 2015 to 2018, Xylø was a musical duo that consisted of Duddy and her brother Chase. Since 2018, Duddy has embarked on a solo career and has continued to release her new music under the Xylø moniker.
38-687: As a duo, Xylø was best known for the debut single, "America", which was self-released in February 2015 and saw commercial success online through digital outlets such as NoiseTrade . The single's success resulted in Xylø securing a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment . Following the departure of Chase in 2018, Paige continued to release new music under the moniker. The releases included four EPs : Pretty Sad , Yes and No , The Ganglands of My Heart and Outsiders Club . All were released under independent label Pretty Records. The title track from Yes & No
76-482: A cappella cover of Michael Jackson 's song " Beat It ". The performance gained attention online, and was broadcast on the American Fox News Channel . It was also written about by other foreign media. "Ah-Choo" had maintained its position on most major Korean music charts throughout 2015 and early-2016, making it Lovelyz's biggest hit. On November 26, Lovelyz received their first-ever award at
114-519: A music video for the album's lead single, "For You", on the same day. In January 2016, It was announced that the group's first reality show Lovelyz in Wonderland would begin airing February 2 on SBS MTV for eight episodes. Their song "Ah-Choo" continued to remain in digital Korean music charts, long after its release on September 14, 2015. Lovelyz released their second EP, A New Trilogy on April 25, 2016, which contains seven tracks including
152-465: A week. Their digital single "Wag-Zak", complemented by a music video, was officially released on July 1, which marked the group's first summer release. Lovelyz released their first compilation album , Muse on Music , on September 11. The album contains the instrumental version of 33 tracks selected from their eight released records. It is also the first time a K-pop girl group released such album. Lovelyz released their fifth EP, Sanctuary , with
190-515: A year since its original release. On June 10, 2016, they released the America (The Remixes) EP, which includes remixes from Young Bombs and Win & Woo. The group was slated to headline a North American tour with 26 dates across the US and Canada, but the tour was cancelled on August 29, 2017, "due to unforeseen circumstances". The duo released a new single "Fool's Paradise" on August 5, 2016. The duo
228-429: Is her most successful song on Spotify to date, garnering almost 30 million streams as of December 2021. Paige Duddy is the granddaughter of late jazz drummer Joe Porcaro , and niece of three members of Toto . In February 2015, XYLØ released their debut single, "America", which received attention on YouTube . The self-released song was promoted through Hype Machine and NoiseTrade . The song eventually made it onto
266-404: The 23rd Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards for the "K-pop Top 10 Artists" category. Lovelyz held their first fan-meeting and mini-concert, Lovely Day , on December 5 at Ax Korea. The tickets were sold out in the first five minutes after they went on sale. On December 7, Lovelyz released a three-track single album titled Lovelinus , named after their official fan club. They also released
304-636: The Blue Square Samsung Card Hall from January 13–15, 2017. Woollim Entertainment announced that Lovelyz was set to release their second studio album R U Ready? on February 26, with "WoW!" as the lead single. However, in the early morning hours of February 27, the song was removed from Melon 's real-time chart due to a technical glitch. Melon later admitted to the glitch and apologized. Woollim Entertainment revealed that Yein had injured her ankle during practice for comeback, and later confirmed that Yein would not be participating in
342-450: The EP's release. Music videos were also released for the latter two singles. During 2021, Xylø teased via social media that her debut album was in the works. On December 13, Xylø posted on various social medias a photo of her and the phone number "(310)-564-7089". By calling the number, Xylø reads the listener a monologue. Two days later, Xylø uploaded an official trailer for the album, revealing
380-661: The album's title to be Unamerican Beauty and that it would be released in 2022. Xylø then also announced via Twitter that the album's first single would be released in January. The album was finally released in June 9. In order to promote the album, Xylo embarked on the 10 date Unamerican Beauty Tour through North America in October. In January 2024, she was featured in Lovelyz 's Ryu Su-jeong 's second album 2ROX, "Fallen Angel" which
418-407: The artist. The media can be shared using various social media or pay artists via a tip-jar . The site takes a 20% cut of the proceeds. It added features, many of which are common on other music streaming and music download websites, and supports books and other written media as well. Noisetrade was acquired by PledgeMusic in 2016 and is currently owned by Paste Media Group . In 2019,
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#1732800987004456-682: The comeback due to her injury on March 2. Few weeks later, on March 23, Yein re-joined the promotions by performing at music program M Countdown for first time since recovering from the injury. Their repackaged album titled Now, We was released on May 2, with the lead single of the same name. The album topped the Gaon Album Chart upon its release. They also won their first-ever music program win since debut on May 16, through SBS M 's The Show . Lovelyz held their second solo concert, Lovelyz 2017 Summer Concert [Alwayz] , at Olympic Park, Olympic Hall on July 29 and 30. The tickets for
494-575: The concert were sold-out within five minutes of its release. On November 14, 2017, Lovelyz released their third EP, Fall in Lovelyz , with the lead single "Twinkle". The group promoted the song on various South Korean music programs , and received their first win for "Twinkle" on November 28 on The Show . Lovelyz held their third solo concert, Lovelyz in Winterland 2 , at the Blue Square Samsung Card Hall from February 2–4, 2018. The concert
532-418: The extended play's release, they announced their sixth and final single to be released through the EP, entitled "BLK CLD", released February 26, 2016. The EP was released on February 27, 2016, through Sony Music Entertainment . During the release, the duo launched their official VEVO channel on YouTube with the music video for their debut single "America", which sparked the single's official release, to celebrate
570-411: The festival's segment Strong Babies , featuring newly debuted K-pop groups Red Velvet , Winner , and Got7 , where they performed Maroon 5 's " Moves like Jagger ". Lovelyz also performed their debut lead single "Candy Jelly Love". Lovelyz released a repackage edition of Girls' Invasion titled Hi~ on March 3. It contains all nine tracks from the debut album, along with two new singles including
608-672: The group performed at the Dream Concert, which was held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium . On August 27, Lovelyz performed at the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo in Shanghai, along with labelmate Infinite . On the same day, Woollim Entertainment announced that Jisoo would be rejoining the group following the end of her scandal and revealed the title of their first extended play (EP), Lovelyz8 , through
646-470: The group would be disbanded. Later, Baby Soul confirmed that although the members are signed under different agencies, they still have desire to promote and release albums together as Lovelyz in the near future. After leaving Woollim Entertainment in November 2021, the group went on hiatus to focus on individual activities with each of the members under different management. On November 17, 2022, Lovelyz
684-551: The group's 10th anniversary, and their first concert in four years. The group released a new digital single titled "November" on November 12, their first release in 4 years and 2 months. The group released another digital single titled "Dear" on November 23. In August 2016, members of Lovelyz were appointed by the Ministry of National Defense to become anti-smoking ambassadors for the South Korean military . The arrangement
722-461: The group's official Twitter page. A pre-release single titled "Shooting Star" was released on September 14. The EP was officially released on October 1, 2015. It contains seven tracks including the pre-release single "Shooting Star" and the lead single "Ah-Choo". The latter's music video was released on the same day, with a cameo appearance by Infinite's Hoya . On October 31, Lovelyz was a guest on You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook where they performed an
760-511: The lead single "Lost N Found", on November 26, 2018. In January 2019, they promoted the single "Rewind" as the follow-up single of the EP Sanctuary . On May 20, 2019, they released their sixth EP Once Upon a Time with the lead single "When We Were Us (Beautiful Days)". In August 2019, the group joined the cast of the television program Queendom . Lovelyz released their seventh EP Unforgettable on September 1, 2020, along with
798-456: The lead single "Obliviate". The group clinched their first win for "Obliviate" on the September 8 episode of SBS MTV's The Show . On November 1, 2021, Woollim Entertainment announced 7 of the members, except Baby Soul, had decided not to renew their contracts, which expired on November 16. However, Woollim Entertainment didn't mention in its press release sent to news agencies on whether
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#1732800987004836-468: The lead single titled "Destiny". The song debuted at number seven on the Gaon Digital Chart , making it their highest-charting song thus far. "Destiny" also received attention from American producer Brent Fischer who praised the lead single for its "world-class grooves and current arrangements". In November 2016, Lovelyz announced their first solo concert titled Lovelyz in Winterland at
874-458: The single "I Still Wait For You" which become arguably their most successful single to date. They also released the singles "Alive" and "What We're Looking For" as a two-part series in music video form. On June 1, 2018 "Heaven Only Knows" was released. Paige announced via Twitter that Chase had left the group to focus on other projects, leaving her as the sole member. "Don't Panic" was released on June 29, 2018, and "I Don't Want To See You Anymore"
912-505: The title track "Hi~". They made a comeback stage on March 5, performing "Hi~" and "Amusement Park" on music program M Countdown . On April 17, Lovelyz extansion their promotion with another song from their repackaged album, "Amusement Park", on music programs. They continued the promotions until April 30. On April 22, Lovelyz participated in the KCON 2015 Japan M Countdown show for 15,000 attendees, their first overseas activity. On May 23,
950-645: The top 10 of the Hype Machine chart and was debuted on American radio through KCRW . On June 4, XYLØ released their second song, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". Through Apple Music , the duo released their third song, "Afterlife", on July 22, 2015. In September 2015, they were featured as special guests on Oh Wonder 's live show in Los Angeles. Their fourth song, entitled "L.A. Love Song",
988-534: The website was merged into Paste's website, and in 2023 all of the available downloads were removed from the website. This article about a music website is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lovelyz Lovelyz ( Korean : 러블리즈 ) is a South Korean girl group formed in 2014 by Woollim Entertainment and is the company's first girl group. The group consists of eight members: Baby Soul , Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo , Kei , Jin, Sujeong , and Yein. Their debut album, Girls' Invasion ,
1026-454: Was also held in Tokyo and Osaka on February 10 and February 12 respectively. On April 10, Woollim Entertainment announced that Lovelyz would release their fourth EP titled Heal on April 23. The EP consists of six tracks, including the lead single "That Day", composed by Sweetune . Lovelyz held their comeback showcase at Blue Square iMarket Hall on the same day as the album's release, and
1064-480: Was broadcast live through the Naver app V-Live . Lovelyz earned their first music show win for "That Day" on SBS MTV's The Show on May 1. In June 2018, Lovelyz released their special digital single titled " Wag-Zak ". Jin did not take part in the promotions due to health issues. Lovelyz performed "Wag-Zak" for the first time at Mnet's M Countdown on June 28, followed by promoting in the various music programs for
1102-629: Was established by Derek Webb and artists he knew after he became one of the first major label artist to give his digital album away. Over 80,000 free copies were downloaded. He used those mailing addresses to book shows. After attendance at his shows had increased dramatically he decided other artists could benefit from the same idea. He decided that the data would be more valuable than money made selling digital albums. Artists upload music with their free account, and then anyone can download ZIP files of mp3 and album art, only requiring an e-mail address and zip-code or country code for an opt-in newsletter from
1140-601: Was featured on " Setting Fires " by the Chainsmokers , released as part of the Collage EP on November 4, 2016. "Gossip" was released on September 7, 2016. The instrumental of the song was used by Apple in their commercial for the Apple Keynote . They went on to release two more singles, "Dead End Love" and "Get Closer" before 2017 ended. Both of which gained accompanying music videos. In 2017, they released
1178-400: Was officially released on November 17, along with its lead single titled "Candy Jelly Love". The album ranked ninth on Taiwan's Five Music Korea-Japan weekly chart and first on Japan's Tower Records albums chart. Prior to debut, member Jisoo withdrew from the group's debut promotions for personal reasons. On December 21, the group took part in the annual music festival SBS Gayo Daejeon for
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1216-474: Was preceded by the singles "Tongue in the Bag" and "American Sadness". On March 27, 2020, a compilation album including all the instrumentals from her three previous releases was released. Later that year, Xylø released her fifth EP, Outsiders Club , for which she launched an official website for. The EP was released on November 20, 2020, with "Apple Pie", "Chlorine", and "Lefty" being released as singles prior to
1254-428: Was released on August 3, 2018. Xylø went on to release "Tears & Tantrums" and "Freak" later in the year, both of which had music videos. Sometime at the end of 2018, Paige cut ties with Disruptor Records, and started releasing her music under the independent label Pretty Records. On February 12, 2019, it was announced that an EP titled Pretty Sad would be released March 1, 2019. The lead single "Nothing Left To Say"
1292-474: Was released on January 10, 2024 and "SHXT" which was released on January 24, 2024. NoiseTrade NoiseTrade was a global online audio and book direct-to-fan distribution platform. It was based in Nashville, Tennessee . It enables its users to upload original music and books and give away for free without digital rights management to anyone who provides at least an e-mail address and zip code. It
1330-532: Was released on November 17, 2014. Lovelyz's debut was first announced on November 5, 2014, by Woollim Entertainment. Lovelyz released a pre-release digital single, "Good Night Like Yesterday", on the same day. Their debut showcase was held on November 12 at the K-ART Hall in Olympic Park, and their debut stage was on the next day on Mnet M Countdown . The group's debut studio album Girls' Invasion
1368-434: Was released on October 7, 2015. The following month, the group announced they were taking a break to focus on producing more material. Shortly afterward, they announced as signees to Sony Music Entertainment . In 2016, the duo had embarked on a number of their own live shows and released their debut EP, America . On February 19, 2016, they announced their fifth single "Bang Bang", released through Apple Music. Two days before
1406-546: Was released two days later. It was announced via social media on May 3, 2019, that Xylø's new EP, Yes & No , would be released on May 31, 2019, with the lead single "Ride or Die" being released on May 17. On May 21, 2019, a second single "The End" was announced to be released on May 24, 2019. In June 2019, Xylø announced she would be embarking on the Yes & No Tour , which concluded in September 2019. She released her fourth EP, The Ganglands of My Heart on February 14, 2020, which
1444-426: Was scheduled to appear on Naver Now 's Music To You and meet fans, but the schedule was changed to November 23. The group, except Jin, appeared together on March 30, 2024's episode of Hangout with Yoo . The group performed on Hangout with Yoo - Our Festival on June 13 the same year. On September 2, the group announced their solo concert Lovelyz in Winterland 4 to be held in November 2024, in commemoration of
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