Girl group Dreamcatcher [DREAMCATCHER COMPANY]

Every group is unique, but there truly is no K-pop girl group quite like Dreamcatcher.

While K-pop girl groups are typically more popular among domestic listeners than boy bands, which tend to have a larger fan base overseas than in Korea, Dreamcatcher is one of the rare female acts with a steady fandom all around the globe.

“VillainS,” the first in the new sequence, has five tracks: “Intro: This My Fashion,” lead track “OOTD,” “Rising,” “Shatter” and “We Are Young.” The lead track, “OOTD,” is a pop punk track whose name derives from the popular hashtag “outfit of the day” and centers on being “destructive and extraordinary” by being confident.

Its success didn’t come easily, however.

In April 2022, the girl group won its first trophy from a weekly music show on channel MBC, 1,924 days after its debut, for “Maison” (2022). Having debuted in 2017, when major girl groups such as Red Velvet, Blackpink and Twice were already thriving, Dreamcatcher struggled to gain a foothold in the oversaturated domestic market.

Girl group Dreamcatcher at the ″29th Dream Concert″ held on May 27 at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium [NEWS1]

Before Dreamcatcher’s beginnings, five of its members — Dami, Yoohyeon, JiU, Siyeon and SuA — had already debuted as part of girl group Minx in 2014. That group came back in 2017 with two additional members on the roster. Now in their seventh year performing together, all members have renewed their contracts with agency Dreamcatcher Company and have promised to continue their story as one.

Putting the question aside, the girl group is already preparing for its next album and the year to come.

“If this album was about expressing one’s strong aspirations, the next album will be about how a person reacts when they stand before temptation,” Gahyeon said.

“This year was a happy one that we spent with InSomnia,” JiU said. “It was a year where we tried the hardest so that Dreamcatcher could move one step forward. We hope that next year is also a fruitful year where we reap what we sow.”

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]