I. Introduction
Ndear (앤디어), also stylized as N:DEAR and formerly known as Lively (라이블리), was a pre-debut four-member independent girl group.
II. History
III. Pre-debut
On May 21, 2022, Byeoljji and Danbi were officially revealed as the first two members of the group, followed by Shana, Hayoon and Dami on May 22 as the last three members revealed.
Prior to debut, they made their first ever public appearance by performing at the 36th Anyang Danoje Festival on May 28, 2022, which was hosted in Pyeongchon Central Park, Dongan-gu, Anyang.
While pre-debut, on June 19, 2022, the group changed their name from Lively to Ndear across their SNS. Danbi and Dami also presumably left the group around this time, after the group removed their member reveal posts and unfollowed them on Instagram. Sometime within the same week, the group changed their group logo, opened other SNS accounts, and removed their remaining member reveal posts while still following them on Instagram. The group also started following Do Hayoon around this time, indicating that she has joined the group. Hayoon also presumably left the group on June 27 after they unfollowed her on Instagram. On June 30, they started following Sowon, hinting at her addition to the group.
On July 19, 2022, Ndear revealed that they are going to be a self-producing group. Sometime in late July 2022, the group's label deleted most of their SNS accounts except their official Twitter.
On October 12, 2022, the Instagram account of the dance team ZERO was repurposed as Ndear's new account, indicating that the group had returned to be active again. The account also started following Ara and Jihae, who were assumed to be their new members. On October 14, 2022, the group officially introduced yet another new lineup.
It is presumed that Ndear had disbanded sometime in early 2023 following the inactivity of their official SNS accounts.
IIII. Aftermath
On May 16, 2023, Ara and Byeoljji were introduced as members of the upcoming girl group Berryz. However the group would disband shortly after and they would relocate to Astell, who would "disband" on December 20th, 2024 as an result of the group refusing to renew contracts with their company. The group would all relocate to Midas Entertainment together, and have voiced they plan to stay together as an group.