Blackswan

Blackswan (Korean: 블랙스완; stylized as BLACKSWAN) are a South Korea-based multinational girl group formed by DR Music, with an admission and graduation concept. As of October 2023, the group consists of Fatou, Gabi, Sriya and NVee. They originally debuted under the name Rania (라니아) in 2011 with the EP Teddy Riley, the First Expansion In Asia. In December 2016, the group rebranded as BP Rania (BP 라니아, acronym of Black Pearl Rania) and released two EPs, Start a Fire and Refresh 7th. The group returned to promoting as Rania in 2018 before rebranding as Blackswan in October 2020 with the album Goodbye Rania. Career Pre-debut and member changes The group was originally set to debut in mid-2010, as the third generation of Baby V.O.X. However, their record company DR Music; decided to rebrand them as a new group named Rania (short for “Regeneration Idol of Asia”) with eight members: Saem (later known as Yina), Lucy (later known as Jooyi), Sarah, Riko, Joy, Di, T-ae, and Xia. T-ae, Riko, and Yina were chosen to star alongside former 2PM member Jay Park in his movie Hype Nation, which caused DR Music to delay the group's debut. At the beginning of 2011, Sarah decided to leave the group. While the company attempted to debut another member named Yijo, an interview with member Yina in 2022 revealed that the label ultimately did not find her fit for debut.