Music / Craxy

Clockwise from left: Hyejin, Swan, Woo-Ah, KaRin, ChaeY

Craxy in the hall! Hello, we are Craxy!

Craxy (formerly known as "WishGirls") is a Girl Group consisting of four members - Woo-Ah, KaRin, Hyejin, and Swan that was formed by SA Itainment. The group was originally supposed to be a group of seven, but two members (Hana & Yujin) left the group before their official debut, and member ChaeY left the group in 2023. Each girl released a solo song before the full group debuted with Aria in March of 2020.

Members

• Current Members:
• Woo-Ah: Leader, main rapper, vocalist, visual
• KaRin: Main dancer, rapper, vocalist
• Hyejin: Lead rapper, lead dancer, lead vocalist
• Swan: Main vocalist, maknae^note following Chae Y's departure
• Former Member:
• ChaeY: Lead vocalist, lead dancer, maknae

Discography

Albums

• My Universe - 2020
• CRAXY Universe - 2022

Single Albums

• My Universe - 2020
• Gaia - 2021

Singles

• Wish For You - 2018^note As "WishGirls"
• Yours Is Mine - 2019^note As "WishGirls"
• WishXMas - 2019^note As "WishGirls"
• My Universe- 2020^note First single released as Craxy
• Aria - 2020^note Official debut single
• To Dante - 2020^note Special single, made as a tribute to the then newborn son of the group's producer and his wife
• Gaia - 2021

Individual Pre-Debut Singles

• Issue - Woo-Ah
• Sixteen - ChaeY^note feat. Woo-Ah, Swan and KaRin
• Ka Ka Ka - KaRin^note feat. Hyejin
• My Soul - Swan
• Boyfriend - Hyejin^note feat. Woo-Ah

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Tropes that apply to Craxy:

• All There in the Manual: The music video for "Aria" draws on Korean history and culture, with each girl representing a different part, while the backup dancers wear outfits inspired by hanboks and masks inspired by Hahoetal masks. "Aria" is also short for "Arirang", a Korean folk song that is often considered to be the anthem of Korea. The "Arirang" song usually features a refrain similar to "Arirang, arirang, arariyo", which can be heard in the chorus for "Aria" ("Ariari Ariri").
  • Swan - Candlelight vigils, best seen when she is surrounded by candles.
  • KaRin - Admiral Yi Sun-shin, she is seated in the middle of a battlefield, wears a military-inspired outfit and shoots an arrow at the end of her final solo shot.
  • Hyejin - Ryu Gwansun. Her scenes have her behind bars, as Gwansun was a Korean activist who was imprisoned for her role in the March 1st Movement.
  • ChaeY - Heaven Lake. She dances in water and is dressed like a queen or goddess (the lake is seen as the spiritual home of the Korean people).
  • Woo-Ah - Empress Myeongseong. All her solo scenes have her dancing in front of a Korean palace while women bow to her.
• The Baby of the Bunch: ChaeY, the other members are at least three years older than her.
• Bifauxnen: Both Hyejin and KaRin qualify to different extents.
• Color Motif: For now it seems to be pink for ChaeY, red for Woo-Ah and black for KaRin, with the other two members not having a "set" colour.
• Dancing Is Serious Business: The final dance break in "Aria" takes place in front of the backdrop of a solar eclipse.
• Darker and Edgier: Quite a few of the girls became this as the group transformed from WishGirls to Craxy. KaRin went from having long blonde hair in her pre-debut single to having dyed black hair with silver ends and a silver undercut for their debut.
  • Hyejin started out with long brown hair that was cut to a shoulder-length bob and dyed a much ashier shade, while Swan had long red hair that was dyed dark brown, cut into an asymmetrical bob and given red streaks.
• Even the Girls Want Her: The girls have a lot of female fans.
• Fish out of Water: ChaeY, who dropped out of school to focus on being a trainee and talks about feeling out of place compared to the others.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Woo-Ah wears both a leather jacket and leather pants in "Aria".
• Team Dad: Woo-Ah.