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NOVELLA’s Discography

IN THE BEGINNING-ERA

On the 31st of October 2018, NOVELLA debuted with a very average title track named FLY. At the time the song made no waves; the schoolgirl concept was unoriginal and outdated, but in hindsight, FLY was the start of NOVELLA’s lore and is now well-loved by many fans.

EUNOIA (19 March 2019) and Peekaboo (11 Sept 2019) had similar fates and did little to build the group's fame.

A FRESH START-ERA

After three flops that damaged SBE’s finances more than they’d like to imagine, NOVELLA went on a five-month-long hiatus. Zero Instagram posts, busking clips or Twitter updates from the girls have been recorded from this time- their 3 loyal fans really did think that NOVELLA had died.

Luckily though, in early Feb 2020, NOVELLA’s Instagram account was revived with a mysterious uncaptioned post. A simple black square with a QR code pasted on top led fans to a new YouTube account called User71311018. At the time the channel only had one video- Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작*; this marks the point where NOVELLA’s lore *really* begins. Unfortunately, the video was not the dramatic serve SBE thought it would be and had very few views until the lore started gaining traction in the following year. Nevertheless, ‘Dear Diary’ videos would continue to be uploaded before every future NOVELLA comeback.

Their subsequent release HWAA (A Fire Flower) (2 March 2020) was NOVELLA’s first ‘hit’. I use the word ‘hit’ very lightly, as it just performed better relative to their other songs, which wasn’t really that high of a bar to beat. They gained a very small fanbase and for the first time, they actually had a crowd of fans that would attend their sidewalk fan meets and cheer for them on music shows.

Even though the fandom was small, SBE had big plans, and were already planning small tours. If they just had one more successful comeba-

COVID ALMOST WON-ERA

Once again, NOVELLA had to go on hiatus, this time for nearly seven months. However, NOVELLA actually managed to attract more fans during lockdown because the girls were always online. They were live on every platform (largely because they were teetering on the edge of disbandment and were trying to make the most of it while they could), and even did long-distance duo live streams using their JPN socials.

Against all odds, NOVELLA had another comeback on Oct 12th, 2020. They continued with the previously successful theme and, thanks to the girls’ successful self-marketing, the comeback broke many new records for the group. HANN (Just One Girl) grew their fanbase even more.

ONLY UP FROM HERE-ERA

Sweet Juice (15 Feb 2021) was NOVELLA’s actual big hit. I’m talking TikTok traction, MV Trending on YouTube- the song even charted (barely) on the Korean Charts! NOVELLA is undoubtedly more famous in the West than in Korea, but Sweet Juice was definitely a converter for many K-Authors.

Then came GHOST (4 June 2021), NOVELLA’s ‘Party City Halloween’-core comeback. The silliness of the MV along with the slightly ‘lighter’ sound put some people off of the track, hence it didn’t perform as well as Sweet Juice. If you got it you got it, if you didn’t you just didn’t.

NOVELLA ended the year with one last comeback, Surrender (25 Nov 2021). Again, there were some mixed opinions on the song, both within the group and amongst fans. Despite it being debated, it was still a record-breaker, and the MV is regarded as one of NOVELLA’s best.

WE MADE IT-ERA

ADDICTED (13 April 2022) was the song to finally put an end to all the ‘nugu-stan’ claims being used to torture Authors for the past four years. NOVELLA hit a new peak on the charts and just barely managed to get their first win.

By this point, NOVELLA was more than ready to go on their first real World Tour. The ‘CHAPTER 1: The World Must Know’ tour took NOVELLA to; Asia; Australia; NA; Europe; and even Latam. Before the second leg of the tour (aka, Latam and NA dates), NOVELLA had their ninth comeback with SCREAM (16 August 2022). The title was so EDM that it was divisive at first, but no one could deny that it was a hit (it easily managed to get three wins). Needless to say, non-American fans were bitter about not seeing SCREAM live.

WHORE FOR LORE-ERA

Since HWAA era, NOVELLA has been much more focused on their lore compared to when they just debuted. However, in 2023 SBE took their concept to new heights. Firstly, Abnormality dropped on May 8th and the girls finally managed to get them another three wins. Shortly after, SBE dropped a short film titled ‘The Whispers’ which was basically a horror short on bullying**. It went viral for the members’ acting, and was (partially) one of the reasons why Sujin made her actress debut the following year.

After that, Every Rose (1 Nov 2023) also went viral (in a half bad half good way) for its ‘misandrist’ themes. Due to some boycotting and non-fans voting for the opposition, NOVELLA only got one win this era. All good though, it was about time for their first real fandom cleanse.

(Oh yeah, they also had another mini tour somewhere in the middle.)

PRESENT DAY-ERA

In 2024, NOVELLA has had one release so far and are currently on their second world tour, ‘Chapter 2: Six Tapes’. Girls (released May 1st) got them four wins and was very loved- by pretty much everyone, actually.

Although many Authors are content with NOVELLA's dark sound and concept, the lack of solo songs (osts don't count) and full-length albums have recently been the talk of the town. Hopefully, SBE takes the hint and drops another full length album soon...

NOTES (I used Google Translate for the translations so if it's wrong 🤷‍♀️):

*Dear Diary #1: 모든 것의 시작 = Dear Diary #1: The Start of It All

**I’m purposefully being vague here bc I might make a separate post for lore content / special videos

the things i did to get to get this vid under 500mb...

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