NU'EST

Pre-debut

Prior to debut, NU'EST made numerous appearances in their labelmates' music releases. NU'EST were backup dances for After School Blue's Wonder Boy, and appeared in their label's Christmas release Love Letter, along with releasing their own music video for the song.

JR also appeared in Orange Caramel's Bangkok City music video, and was also featured in Uee's solo song Sok Sok Sok. Baekho appeared in After School's Play Ur Love music video, and Minhyun starred in Orange Caramel's Shanghai Romance music video.

JR, Aron, Minhyun, and Ren were featured, along with After School's Lizzy, in a commercial for New Balance.

2012–2014: Face, Action, Hello, Sleep Talking, Re:BIRTH and Japanese debut

NU'EST made their debut with their first single Face on March 15, with their debut stage on M! Countdown that same day. NU'EST began airing their first reality show, Making of a Star: NU'EST Landing Operation, during their promotional period.

NU'EST returned with their first mini album, Action on July 11, and became ambassadors for Korea's Scout Association. During their promotional period and the rest of the year, NU'EST began to expand to the global market, having events in Japan, Australia, other parts of Asia, and America, including KCON. During December NU'EST began endorsements with McDonald’s.

Baekho and Ren began acting with appearances in labelmate Uee's drama Jeon Woo-chi during January. NU'EST returned with the second mini album Hello, on February 13. During the promotional period NU'EST were cast for SBS MTV Diary, along with their now former label mates Hello Venus. On April 8, Aron became a DJ for Arirang's Music Access.

NU'EST returned on August 22 with their third mini album Sleep Talking. NU'EST began to enter the Chinese market in November with the addition of a new member Jason, exclusively for Chinese promotions, undertaking the name NU'EST-M for the project. NU'EST-M recorded Chinese versions of Face and Sleep Talking and promoted them throughout China. During December Minhyun began acting and was made a regular for the sitcom Reckless Family 3.

To celebrate Music Core's 400th episode, Ren performed Girl's Day's Something along with BTOB's Minhyuk, A-JAX's Seungjin and VIXX's Hongbin.

NU'EST returned on 9 July with their first full album Re:BIRTH with Good Bye Bye as the title track. NU'EST debuted in Japan with their single Shalala Ring on November 5.

2015–2016: Japanese promotion, Q Is and Canvas

NU'EST released a digital single I'm Bad, on February 27, 2015, with a limited edition physical release on March 15, 2015 to celebrate their third anniversary. Baekho did not appear on the title track due to him still recovering from his vocal cord polyps surgery, but did appear on the B-side track. On April 19, 2015, Aron ended his position as a DJ at Arirang's Music Access. NU'EST released their second Japanese single Na.Na.Na on May 20.

On August 14, 2015, Aron took up a position as a DJ on SBS PopAsia with his own show Aron's Hangout. NU'EST released their first Japanese album on Bridge the World, on November 18, 2015, after pre-releasing tracks Bridge the World, Cherry, Access To You and Eternal Rain.

NU'EST returned on February 17, 2016, with their fourth mini album Q Is and the title track "Overcome". They began promotions for the album the following day.

They released their fifth mini album Canvas and the accompanying single "Love Paint (Every Afternoon)" on August 29, 2016. After four years of promotion, the group finally received their first music show nomination on The Show. As of September 20, they have been nominated for 1st place three times in a row. On October 6, 2016, the music video for the new duet track "Daybreak" from the group's extended play Canvas was released. The unit is made up of Minhyun and JR. They also released a choreography video for Look and said to have filmed a music video for R.L.T.L both from their Canvas album.

2017–present: Produce 101 season 2

On February 24, 2017, Pledis Entertainment officially announced that NU'EST will be one of the debuted groups to participate in the male version of Produce 101.

Members

Concerts/Tours