SWEET REVENGE is an international dance and vocal girl group formed by LDH and produced by Jonathan Yip (The Stereotypes).
The members were selected from the LDH EUROPE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITIONS ~THE GLOBAL STAR SEARCH~ held in eight cities around the world.
Members[]
Current[]
Former[]
History[]

Group logo
2018[]
In the summer of 2018, LDH EUROPE held the LDH EUROPE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITIONS ~THE GLOBAL STAR SEARCH~ in 8 cities across 5 countries (London, Amsterdram, Rotterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Osaka and Taipei) to search for young, unsigned vocalists and rappers with the final round taking place in Tokyo in August of the same year.[1][2] The winners were selected from a total of about 10,000 applicants of the audition, with LDH EUROPE CEO and music producer AFROJACK also serving as one of the judges.[3]
2019[]
In the late summer of 2019, the winners of the LDH EUROPE auditon participated in a training camp of LDH in Tokyo. Additionally, Takebe Yuzuna travelled to Amsterdam for training sessions with the winners.
On December 22, it was officially announced that Takebe would join a new unit formed with the successful candidates of the LDH EUROPE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITIONS ~THE GLOBAL STAR SEARCH~ after E-girls' disbandment at the end of 2020.[4]
2020[]
On December 28, during E-girls' last live concert, it was announced that the name of LDH's first international girl group would be "SWEET REVENGE" and that the debut line-up would be composed of YUZUNA, ASAMI, LARISSA, AGNES and ESMEE.[5][6][2]
2021[]
On February 18, it was announced that Jonathan Yip, Grammy-award winning producer and member of the famous American production team "The Stereotypes", would be the music supervisor of the group. Additionally, all members would be scheduled to move to Los Angeles, USA, in June of the same year as the group would be affiliated with LDH USA.[7][8] In an interview with YUZUNA in the same month, it was revealed that the group had not yet started full-fledged operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that they were currently in the preparation period for their future activities with a view to global expansion. Furthermore, the members would communicate under lockdown regulations by having a remote meeting once a week, connecting from three different countries, including the Netherlands, Japan, and staff in LA.[8]
In autumn 2021, it seemed as if YUZUNA had left the group and returned to Japan as her name was not included in SNS accounts of the group. She officially left LDH on December 31 of the same year.[9]
2022[]
In late summer of 2022, it seemed as if ESMEE had left the group as the official SNS accounts of the group stopped mentioning her and ASAMI, LARISSA and AGNES had travelled to Japan together as three.
2023[]
On September 12, it was announced that the group would start their activities in the same month by performing at "The 20th Tokyo International Music Market (20thTIMM)/MATSURI~ in TOKYO", and appear on stage at Izakaya EXILE. Additionally, it was revealed that Jonathan Yip (The Stereotypes) would act as their producer, and that the group would prepare to take advantage of the latest technology and plan to expand their activities by moving between the digital and physical worlds.[10][11]
At TIMM, they performed the original song "Get it Right", a track reminiscent of 2000's R&B/pop music with provocative lyrics, an original remix of Takeuchi Mariya's "Plastic Love", and the original song "Might Just", which was produced by The Stereotypes and would serve as their debut single in the future. Additionally, a part of the music video for "Might Just" was shown during the live performance, unveiling the members' "avatar" designs based on the celluloid animation of the 80s and 90s and created by animation artist and illustrator director Ohira Ayaka.[12]
On November 18 and 19, SWEET REVENGE performed as the opening act of GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE's Ariake Arena concerts of their tour GENERATIONS LIVE TOUR 2023 "THE BEST".
2024[]
On June 5, SWEET REVENGE announced on their SNS accounts that they would release their first single "Might Just" on June 20.
On June 20, the group debuted with the release of their first digital single "Might Just" under the American record label Groundwerk.[13][3]
Discography[]
- Digital Singles
- [2024.06.20] Might Just
Concerts/Tours[]
- Tours Featured In
- [2023.11.18-2023.11.19] GENERATIONS LIVE TOUR 2023 "THE BEST" (Opening act)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- All members of SWEET REVENGE are bilingual, speaking English and Japanese.[12]
- The name of the group was decided by the members themselves after spending about three weeks coming up with keywords and EXILE HIRO giving them the basic idea.[8]
- Besides ASAMI (and YUZUNA), the members did not have any dancing experience prior to the group's formation.[8]
- The logo of the group was designed by Japanese illustrator Sorayama Hajime, famous for his superrealistic portrayals of feminine robots.
- There were several more winners of the LDH EUROPE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITIONS ~THE GLOBAL STAR SEARCH~, such as dutch contestant Anouk Cicak for example, however only ASAMI, LARISSA, AGNES and ESMEE made it to the final line-up of SWEET REVENGE.
- "SWEET REVENGE" was also the name of the robot representing E-girls during EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR 2014.[14]
References[]
- ↑ Afrojack has launched a global search for new, unsigned vocal talent
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 E-girls武部柚那が始動!新ユニット名決定
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.tokyoheadline.com/757173/
- ↑ https://egfc.jp/news-detail/3959
- ↑ 武部柚那、5人組の新グループSWEET REVENGEでYUZUNAとして活動
- ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2180730/full/
- ↑ https://realsound.jp/2021/02/post-708898_2.html
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://realsound.jp/2021/02/post-711900.html
- ↑ https://m.ldhgirls-m.jp/news/detail?news_id=36425
- ↑ https://realsound.jp/2023/09/post-1430838.html
- ↑ https://www.tokyoheadline.com/713581/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.lvtimes.net/music/52114/
- ↑ https://realsound.jp/2024/06/post-1697162.html
- ↑ https://avexnet.jp/column/detail.php?id=1000016