Artms

Artms (/ˈɑɹtəmɪs/; Korean: 아르테미스; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by Modhaus.^[1][2] The group consists of five former Loona members: Heejin, Haseul, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry.^[2] They debuted on May 31, 2024, with the single "Virtual Angel" from their debut album DALL.

Artms
Artms in May 2024 L—R: Heejin, Haseul, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, Choerry
Background information
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop pop
Years active	2023–present
Labels	Modhaus
Spinoffs	Odd Eye Circle
Spinoff of	Loona
Members	Heejin Haseul Kim Lip Jinsoul Choerry
Website	artms-strategy.com

Name

The name Artms was inspired by Ancient Greek's goddess of the moon named Artemis, as well as the NASA's project Artemis program, intended to return to the Moon and send the first woman and the first person of color to land on the Moon.^[3][4]

The group's name originally formed as a project by Modhaus in 2023 prior to debut as a permanent group in May 2024.^[5]

Career

2022–2023: Signing with Modhaus and Artms project

See also: Loona § 2023–present: Remaining members' departure from Blockberry Creative

In November 2022, nine members of Loona, including the quintet, applied for a provisional injunction to suspend their exclusive contracts due to Chuu's removal from the group.^[6] On January 13, 2023, the members' exclusive contracts were successfully terminated from Blockberry Creative.^[7] On March 17, Loona members Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry signed exclusive contracts with Modhaus after their contracts with Blockberry Creative were terminated.^[1] On June 21, Haseul, another member of Loona, signed with Modhaus after her contract with Blockberry Creative was terminated.^[8]

On June 19, 2023, Modhaus announced that the trio Odd Eye Circle would return with their second extended play Version Up on July 12, as a part of the first project of Artms.^[9] On October 26, the solo single "Plastic Candy" by member Haseul was released.^[10] Her first small theatre concert entitled Music Studio 81.8Hz dated from October 26 to October 29.^[11] On October 31, member Heejin released her first EP K as a part of the Artms project.^[12] On December 1, Artms released the single "The Carol 3.0", a continuation of The Carol series from their Loona days and their first release as a five-member group.^[13] An English version of "The Carol 3.0" was released on December 11.

2024–present: Debut with DALL

On February 28, 2024, Artms announced their debut studio album DALL, which would be released on May 31 and preceded by four pre-release singles. The title of the album stands for "Devine All Love & Live", with devine a key phrase on the album, intended as a twist on the word divine.^[2] On March 29, the first pre-release single "Birth" was released.^[14] On April 1, Modhaus announced that Artms would be holding their world tour titled Moonshot.^[15][16] The remaining three pre-release singles "Flower Rhythm", "Candy Crush", and "Air" for DALL were released on April 11, April 25, and May 10 respectively.^[17][18][19] The lead single "Virtual Angel" was released together with the album on May 31, marking the group's official debut.^[20][21]

On June 20, HeeJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul and Choerry won their case against Blockberry Creative over the non-existence of their exclusive contracts. ^[22]

Members

• Heejin (희진)
• Haseul (하슬)
• Kim Lip (김립)
• Jinsoul (진솔)
• Choerry (최리)

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		KOR [23]	US World [24]
DALL	Released: May 31, 2024 Label: Modhaus,The Orchard Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	7	7	KOR: 102,412[25]

Single albums

List of single albums, showing selected details

Title	Details
The Carol 3.0	Released: December 1, 2023 Label: Modhaus Formats: Digital download, streaming Track listing "The Carol 3.0" "The Carol 3.0" (English version)

Singles

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		KOR DL [26]	US World [27]
"The Carol 3.0"	2023	—	—	The Carol 3.0
"Birth"	2024	157	—	DALL
"Flower Rhythm"		158	—
"Candy Crush"		138	—
"Air"		164	—
"Virtual Angel"		73	9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Videography

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released, and name of the director(s)

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"Birth"	2024	Digipedi	[28]
"Virtual Angel"			[29]
"Virtual Angel" (Human Eye Ver.)			[30]
"Unf/Air"		Artms	[31]

Other videos

List of other videos, showing year released, and name of the director(s)

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"'Flower Rhythm' Track Video"	2024	Un­known	[32]
"'Candy Crush' Track Video"			[33]
"'Air' Track Video"			[34]

Concert and tours

Headlining tours

2024: Artms World Tour <Moonshot>

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia
July 20, 2024	Seoul	South Korea	Ewha Woman’s University Samsung Hall
July 21, 2024
July 27, 2024	Yokohama	Japan	KT Zepp Yokohama
North America
August 16, 2024	New York	United States	Kings Theatre
August 19, 2024	Atlanta		Tabernacle
August 21, 2024	Fort Lauderdale		Broward Center for the Performing Arts
August 23, 2024	Orlando		Walt Disney Theater
August 25, 2024	Houston		Bayou Music Center
August 27, 2024	Dallas		Music Hall at Fair Park
August 29, 2024	Phoenix		The Van Buren
August 31, 2024	Los Angeles		The Orpheum Theatre
September 3, 2024	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
September 5, 2024	Tacoma		Pantages Theater
September 8, 2024	Minneapolis		Uptown Theater
September 10, 2024	Chicago		Copernicus Center
South America
September 14, 2024	Santiago	Chile	Teatro Teletón
September 17, 2024	São Paulo	Brazil	Terra SP
September 20, 2024	Bogotá	Colombia	Royal Center
North America
September 22, 2024	Mexico City	Mexico	Auditorio BB
Europe
October 11, 2024	Helsinki	Finland	Kulttuuritalo
October 13, 2024	Warsaw	Poland	Progresja
October 15, 2024	Cologne	Germany	Carlswerk Victoria
October 17, 2024	Berlin		Huxley's Neue Welt
October 20, 2024	Paris	France	Salle Pleyel
October 23, 2024	London	United Kingdom	Indigo at The O2
October 26, 2024	Barcelona	Spain	Sala Razzmatazz
Australia
November 12, 2024	Brisbane	Australia	The Tivoli
November 14, 2024	Melbourne		170 Russell
November 17, 2024	Sydney		Liberty Hall
Asia
November 24, 2024	Macau	China	Macau Fisherman's Wharf Convention And Exhibition Center

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