┊ ˚☠︎︎ ｡˚ THE PIRATES
HIGH SEAS is a fictional seven member boy group under aurora labels, consisting of members sieun, hajoon, kaoru, xinxi, jude, jitae, and emery. high seas have become known for their pirate concept & lore, talents, and messy public affairs. high seas debuted on january 12, 2021, with their self titled mini album and title track crush, that, in all retrospect, did very poorly. coming from a rather small company and debuting with a stereotypical noisy boy group song, high seas garnered very little popularity in the first few months of their career. it wasn't until their first comeback that they actually began to make some noise.
it's still a hot topic amongst fans today— what exactly brought high seas out of nugudom? many credit the group as a whole and the company, as their first comeback, deja vu, was met much more positively and the company began to properly promote them. others believe that the members individually are to thank, specifically hajoon, who had began going viral in korea for his visuals and talents, and xinxi, who was gaining popularity in china. nonetheless, high seas were finally beginning to get a taste of popularity and aurora was quick to ride off it, pushing out comeback after comeback to keep them relevant.
high seas have seen their fair share of controversy and scandals in the few years they've been active. netizens have pointed out their lack of group cohesiveness, cliqueness, and how certain members seem isolated from the rest. they're also often accused of wasting their labelmates money, considering how many comebacks they get compared to the others in their company who are arguably more popular. however, none of this compared to the controversy they faced when member taeyang announced his departure from the group in late 2023. aurora never offered explanations on why he left, and so fingers were pointed every which way, with people blaming the company, the company, the fans. still, it seemed his departure only heightened their group popularity, and as of 2024, high seas have solidified themselves as a messy icon of the 4th gen.
┊ ˚☠︎︎ ｡˚ BASICS.
COMPANY aurora labels
DEBUT DATE january 12, 2022
DEBUT SONG crush
LINEUP sieun, hajoon, kaoru, xinxi, jude, jitae, emery, taeyang
FANDOM NAME sailors
CONCEPT pirates, historical, noise music
┊ ˚☠︎︎ ｡˚ LINEUP.
kim sieun (e. 1999), yu hajoon (e. 2000), ishii kaoru (e. 2000), liu xinxi (e. 2000), jude cho (e. 2001)
park jitae (e. 2001), kim "emery" junghwa (e. 2002), na taeyang (e. 1999)
