40 Fun Facts About Momoland

How did Momoland pay for the production of their 2016 debut EP, Welcome to Momoland?

A crowdfunding campaign raised about 10 million won, well past its goal of seven million. Backers came from across Asia and as far away as England.

How did Momoland's members first respond to the demo of Bboom Bboom, their 2018 breakthrough hit?

They disliked it and cried, and some phoned their mothers in tears. The unfinished demo was reworked to suit the group before its January 2018 release.

Which Momoland member was born in Daegu to an American father and spent her early childhood in Ohio?

Nancy was born in Daegu in 2000, and a year later her family moved to her father's hometown of Columbus. She went on to finish first on the survival show Finding Momoland.

Momoland's music video for Bboom Bboom is staged as a parody of which kind of television broadcast?

A TV shopping channel is the setting the video sends up, and the clip went viral. It passed 500 million YouTube views in April 2021.

Momoland announced their split in 2023 on which occasion, weeks after their contracts expired?

Valentine's Day 2023 saw all six members post identical handwritten letters to their fans, weeks after their contracts expired. They reunited under a new agency two years later.

Momoland's official fan club, announced in April 2017, is named after which amusement park ride?

Merry-go-round was chosen because a carousel is the ride that even people who avoid rides will board. Fans are known as Merries for short.

Which solo star helped write the lyrics of Ready or Not, Momoland's fourth-anniversary single?

Psy liked the demo so much that he offered to help write the lyrics himself. He said Momoland's exciting, energetic style resembled his own.

Momoland's 2016 debut was postponed when the group missed a survival-show target of 3,000 what?

Spectators were the final mission: the winners had to draw 3,000 people to a concert and attracted just over 2,000. The debut finally came that November.

In which language did Momoland re-record Bboom Bboom for a single released in June 2018?

Japanese was the language, and the new version entered the Oricon singles chart at number four. The group had held its first promotional events in Tokyo and Osaka earlier that year.

Which Latin pop singer joined Momoland on the 2022 English-language single Yummy Yummy Love?

Natti Natasha joins the six members at a roller-skating rink in the video. The single marked the Dominican star's return to singing in English, a decade after her debut record.

Which Russian girl group accused Momoland of copying its song Mi Mi Mi with Bboom Bboom in 2018?

Serebro raised the claim weeks after the single came out. The song's producer replied that its bass line and chords are common to retro house and electro swing.

Ex-Momoland singer Yeonwoo won Best New Actress at the 2022 MBC Drama Awards for which series?

The Golden Spoon cast her as Oh Yeo-jin, a bold girl from a wealthy family, alongside Yook Sung-jae. Its hero swaps fates with a rich friend by means of a magic spoon.

Which Momoland rapper told KBS in January 2020 that the group's formation show had been rigged?

Daisy said she was invited to join even after being eliminated at the show's last stage. The agency denied manipulating any votes and announced legal action against her.

Which hitmaker composed and produced Momoland's Bboom Bboom, then denied it copied a Russian song?

Shinsadong Tiger had earlier sat on the judging panel of Finding Momoland. He went on to produce the group's next two Korean title tracks as well.

Momoland's 2019 single Banana Chacha was a character song for which Korean children's cartoon?

Pororo, the animated little penguin, got a second song from the group in 2020, when they recorded Tiki Taka for the same series.

Which music show hosted Momoland's debut stage in 2016 and gave the group its first trophy in 2018?

M Countdown named Bboom Bboom its number one on January 11, 2018, the group's first music-show win, 14 months after they debuted on the same stage.

Which 2017 single, later remade as an EDM version, was Momoland's first release with nine members?

Wonderful Love was the group's first single album, issued weeks after two new members joined. The EDM version followed that June and was added to the EP Freeze!

Which 2019 tvN comedy, adapted from a webtoon, cast Yeonwoo while she was still in Momoland?

Pegasus Market cast her as Kwon Ji-na in a story about a boss who tries to ruin his own store, only to see every scheme lift sales. She left the group a week before its finale.

Which main vocalist, once a Produce 101 contestant, left Momoland alongside Yeonwoo in 2019?

Taeha chose to end her contract when Yeonwoo departed, having joined the line-up only in 2017. Before that she had competed on Produce 101 as a Starship trainee.

Momoland's agency Duble Kick Company rebranded itself in 2018 under which new name?

MLD Entertainment became the name in the year Bboom Bboom broke through. The label had been set up by the hit songwriting duo Duble Sidekick.

Which Momoland rapper entered Queendom Puzzle in 2023 as its only contestant without an agency?

JooE described being both the artist and her own manager, even driving herself to the studio. Five years earlier she had sung on King of Mask Singer disguised as Helicopter.

Which Momoland video opens on a plane and dresses the members in outfits from many countries?

Baam's video flies viewers into a place called Momoland and asks them to spot hidden jewellery. Its backdrops take in France, Mexico and Egypt.

In which JTBC drama, set in the Joseon era, did Momoland alumna Yeonwoo star alongside Lim Ji-yeon?

The Tale of Lady Ok cast her as Cha Mi-ryeong, an eager apprentice who is secretly plotting revenge on the heroine. The lead is a runaway slave living as a noblewoman under a borrowed name.

Bboom Bboom was the lead single of which January 2018 EP, Momoland's third?

Great! climbed to number three on the Gaon Album Chart a month after its release, as the lead single turned into a slow-burning hit.

In 2019 Momoland's agency signed a co-management agreement with a broadcaster from which country?

Philippines-based ABS-CBN was the partner in the October deal. That same month the group gave the earnings of a Manila concert to children in need in Antipolo.

A future Momoland member reached which TV contest's 2011 semi-finals with hip-hop crew Cutie Pies?

Korea's Got Talent showed the crew's eleven-year-old dancer on national TV, five years before she finished first on Finding Momoland.

Momoland's Yeonwoo co-hosted which K-pop programme in 2017 with Block B's P.O and EXID's Jeonghwa?

The Show had her as an MC from May to August 2017. Months later the group collected a trophy of its own there with Bboom Bboom.

Which Momoland single, the lead track of the EP Show Me, has a video set partly in fitting rooms?

I'm So Hot was promoted by seven of the nine members, with two sitting out for health and personal reasons. Its sound mixes jazzy brass with Eurodance-inspired beats.

Momoland filmed a 2018 reality series, named after its setting, on which island?

Saipan lent its name to the series, Momoland's Saipan Land, which followed the members as they shot a music video on the island.

Yeonwoo, who debuted with Momoland in 2016 and later turned to acting, was born with which name?

Lee Da-bin has used the stage name Yeonwoo since the 2016 survival contest that formed the group, where she finished fifth.

Which Momoland member, the eldest of the group, serves as its leader?

Hyebin was born in January 1996, a few months before Yeonwoo, the next eldest of the nine women who have been members.

Ex-Momoland singer Yeonwoo won an Excellence Award at the 2024 KBS Drama Awards for which series?

Dog Knows Everything cast her as Hong Cho-won on Geoje island, where a veteran actor solves mysteries with a retired police dog he can talk to.

Which December 2019 single was Momoland's first Korean release as a six-member group?

Thumbs Up arrived a month after two members left, with a retro sound and a video that casts the six as delivery workers and showgirls.

As Plan Korea ambassadors, Momoland visited volunteers building a kindergarten in which country?

Vietnam was the destination: the group travelled to Phuc Luong village in Thai Nguyen province, cheered on the student builders and sang songs from their debut EP for the villagers.

Momoland's name borrows from Momo, a children's novel about stolen time by which German author?

Michael Ende, who also wrote The Neverending Story, supplied the heroine: a girl who heals people worn down by a hurried world. The 'land' adds the feel of a theme park.

Why did Yeonwoo miss Momoland's set at SBS Gayo Daejeon in December 2016, weeks after their debut?

Lower back pain had forced her to stop working soon after the debut, so only six members took the stage. She rejoined for the group's next comeback in April 2017.

In Love Phobia, ex-Momoland singer Yeonwoo plays the chief executive of what kind of business?

An AI dating app called It's You is run by her character, Yoon Bi-a, whose trauma limits any meeting to under an hour. Then a best-selling novelist signs up.

Ex-Momoland singer Yeonwoo competed at a 2025 open tournament in Paris for which Riot Games title?

Teamfight Tactics drew 768 players to the main event of its Paris Open, and she entered as a celebrity guest alongside a model and an influencer.

Which September 2025 single was Momoland's first new song after reuniting under a new agency?

Rodeo ended a gap of roughly three years and eight months since the group's previous comeback. A remix album of older hits, Festivaland, had come out that June.

Which Momoland main vocalist sang on Okay!, a 2021 single by DJ Soda and Lost Chameleon?

Ahin sang on the EDM track in August 2021, between the group's cover of Wrap Me in Plastic and its English single the following January.