Dreamcatcher is composed of seven members born between 1994 and 1999. Their names are JiU, SuA, Siyeon, Handong, Yoohyeon, Dami, and Gahyeon. The oldest member and also the leader of the group is JiU (born May 17, 1994). The youngest member (maknae) is Gahyeon (born Feb 3, 1999). Dreamcatcher has 6 Korean members and 1 Chinese member. Handong is of Chinese nationality.
Position(s)
Member
Position(s)
JiU
leader, lead vocalist, lead dancer, visual
SuA
main dancer, lead rapper, vocalist
Siyeon
main vocalist
Handong
vocalist
Yoohyeon
lead vocalist
Dami
main rapper, lead dancer
Gahyeon
vocalist, rapper, maknae
MBTI Personality Types
Member
MBTI
Personality Traits
JiU
ENFP
Extroverted, intuitive, feeling, prospecting
SuA
ENFJ
Extroverted, intuitive, feeling, judging
Siyeon
ENTP
Extroverted, intuitive, thinking, prospecting
Handong
ISFJ
Introverted, observant, feeling, judging
Yoohyeon
ENFJ
Extroverted, intuitive, feeling, judging
Dami
INFJ
Introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging
Gahyeon
ISTP
Introverted, observant, thinking, prospecting
Fun Facts and Trivia
The oldest member and also the leader of the group is JiU (born May 17, 1994).
The youngest member (maknae) is Gahyeon (born Feb 3, 1999).
The tallest member of Dreamcatcher is Yoohyeon with a height of 168 cm (5’6”).
The shortest member of Dreamcatcher is Gahyeon with a height of 160 cm (5’3”).
Most of the members were part of MINX. JiU, SuA, Siyeon, Yoohyeon, and Dami are former members of MINX. MINX disbanded on Nov 29 2016.
Handong and Gahyeon are the only members that were not part of MINX.
There is an age gap of 5 years between the oldest member, JiU (born May 17, 1994), and the youngest member, Gahyeon (born Feb 3, 1999).
Contract Expiry: Dreamcatcher’s contract is expected to expire in 2024.
English speakers: Yoohyeon is the most fluent English speaker. The rest of the members can speak basic English.
The main visual of Dreamcatcher is JiU. She has bright and big eyes and a very youthful, fresh yet also mature look. She is also one of the tallest members in the group.
Training time: Among the Dreamcatcher members, SuA is the member that trained the longest. She trained for 5 years prior to her debut. Handong and Gahyeon are the members that had the shortest training period since the other members had previously trained and later debuted as MINX.
Facts
Each member has a role in the nightmares:
Ji U (To dream that you are being chased by someone unknown to you)
Su-A (To dream that you are tied up)
Si Yeon (To dream that you are enclosed in a narrow space).
Handong (To dream of being watched)
Yoo Hyeon (Dreaming that you are lost in an unknown place)
Dami (To dream that you have scars all over your body)
Gahyeon (To dream that you are falling from a high place)
In his Re-debut song Chase Me and his second single ‘Good Night, the star of the video is actor Jo Dong Hyuk.
They covered the song ”Lucky Strike” by Maroon 5, adding their own backing vocals and harmonies, as well as a dance that fits perfectly with the rhythm of the song.
They performed a cover of the song ”Into The New World” by Girls’ Generation, which they first performed on ”The Show” and then released a special clip of it.
The title track of their second single, “Good Night”, is positioned in the first place in the K-pop charts in Chile on iTunes after three days of its release.
Many new fans were surprised with SuA’s rapping ability on Good night, as they didn’t know she was a rapper before MINX re-debuted on DreamCatcher.
His Mini-Album “Prequel” entered Billboard’s worldwide album chart, ranking No. 5, after its release on July 27.
“Prequel,” ranked #1 on the iTunes K-Pop Albums chart in the U.S. and their single “Fly High” managed to reach the 5th spot on the iTunes K-pop Songs chart.
On September 12, 2017, they sold out every seat at their signing event with fans in Brazil in just 10 minutes.
They were official ambassadors of Gangwon Province for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
DREAMCATCHER members and ‘MIXNINE’ contestants JiU (Kim Min Ji), Yoohyeon, Siyeon and Dami (Lee Yoo Bin) will not participate in the second mission. The reason was due to their concerts in Brazil, which started in Recife on December 1 and then continued in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and ended in São Paulo on December 8. As a result, they will not receive mission points, which they recently revealed in a preview of “MIXNINE. There will also be no additional penalties. The Brazil concerts were scheduled before DreamCatcher joined “MIXNINE” and the scheduling conflict was communicated in advance to the show’s production staff, who had no problem with it.
They entered DAZED Magazine’s The 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2017 with their song “Chase Me”, thus managing to rank #15.
He appears on Billboard’s “The Best K-pop Songs of 2017: Critics’ Picks” list, ranking #19 with his song, “Chase Me” (Nightmare).
It made Billboard’s “10 Best New K-pop Acts in 2017” list, ranking #3. “In an industry where many acts conceptually reinvent themselves with each release, Dreamcatcher took it a step further: formerly known as MINX, a quintet that started in 2014, the now seven-member act recreated its identity earlier this year, and became a fan favorite.”
Tickets for their 1st Anniversary Fan Meeting sold out in less than 1 minute.
Within hours of being released, the single “Full Moon” charted on the iTunes Kpop Song Chart in different countries; it also charted #5 on Naver Music for people in their 20s, ranked #78 on Bugs and #1 on MelOn Rock/Metal.
On (MY MUSIC TASTE) website, it is in the top 5 of the most requested kpop female groups.
In the list of “Girl Group Cumulative Album Sales” of 2017, they appear selling more than 21,628, thus managing to occupy the 17th position out of 20 in that list.
At their first concert in Seoul, both local and overseas fandom groups displayed their dedications with rice altars in honor of them.
Their mini album “악몽・Escape the ERA”, ranked on the iTunes Kpop Album Chart in several countries and enter Korean Charts, #2 Mnet Rock Charts, #21 on Bugs and #7 on Melon Daily Rock/Metal.
They are the first k-pop girl group to have toured Europe.
At the end of their Latin American tour they did their first Fansing in LA and then participated in the KCON in LA.
They managed to create their first photobook with the partnership of the My Music Taste page, where the goal was 20k dollars and they managed to reach that amount in just 1 hour. They reached a funding of more than 100k usd.
On September 27, they released a Special Clip that was recorded on their Latin American tour where they performed the song ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’ by Shawn Mendes.
For the second consecutive year, they entered DAZED Magazine’s The 20 Best K-pop Songs of 2018 with their song “What”, managing to rank #19.
On the 2018 “Girl Group Cumulative Album Sales” list, they appear selling over 58,983, managing to occupy the #15 position.
My music taste, as collaborating for the 2019 Asian tour, held the “Signing Event” in Jakarta, Singapore and twice in Manila.
On September 01 they stated from their twitter account that “170 Russell (the venue) informed us that due to massive damage caused by a fire tonight, the show can no longer take place”.
His min album “Raid of Dream” reached #1 on the iTunes album charts in, Argentina, Peru, Finland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
On the day of their comeback, the hashtags (#DejaVu and #Dreamcatcher) trended worldwide on Twitter.
The song Deja Vu managed to enter several Korean charts: #12 on Bugs, #47 on Genie and #63 on Soribada in addition to entering the Top K-pop Hot 100 ranking for the first time at #96.
It entered Billboard’s “25 Best K-pop Albums of 2019: Critics Picks” list for the first time, ranking #9, with the special mini album Raid of Dream.
On the “Top 10 Best-Selling Girl Groups in 2019” list, they appear selling over 68,490 copies, ranking #9.
In the Ji-U Studio Album, Yoohyeon, Si Yeon and Dami are the lyricists of the songs (Black or White & Jazz Bar).
His first album Dystopia: The Tree of Language topped the iTunes album charts in eight countries: Argentina, Ecuador, Latvia, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Singapore and Vietnam. In addition to ranking #4 in the U.S., DreamCatcher made the top 10 on the iTunes album charts in 25 regions.
“Scream” entered the national music charts in real time, achieving #6 on Bugs, #30 on Genie and #38 on Soribada. Notably, 11 of the 14 songs on the DreamCatcher album ranked in the top 100 on Bugs.
His “Scream” mv broke his personal record by having 1.3 million views in 24 hours.
Dystopia:The Tree of Language set a new personal record by selling over 24,942 copies in its first week.
Together with AleXa and IN2IT, they participated in “Millenasia Project”, a project where with the desire to overcome the worldwide pain and despair caused by COVID-19, “Be the Future” would be released, an instructional song for children that teaches things like washing hands, and respecting not to leave home, as an additional fact, the proceeds will be donated to UNESCO to share with many suffering people around the world.
Dreamcatcher ranked 10th on the “Highest Grossing Girl Group Tour of 2019” list.
“Boca “entered the national charts, achieving position 8 on Bugs, 12 on Genie, 19 Melon Rock/Metal, 45 on Soribada and its entire b-side entered the bugs top 100.
Dystopia: Lose Myself, set a new personal record, selling 37,565 copies in its first week and 22,707 on its first day.
On the “Top 10 Best-Selling Girl Groups in 2020” list, they appear selling over 170,445 copies, ranking #10.
“Dystopia: Lose Myself”, is his first musical work to sell more than 100 thousand physical copies.
TIME magazine, included Dreamcatcher in its list “The Songs and Albums That Defined K-Pop’s Monumental Year in 2020”; in the album category, with their work of Dystopia: The Tree of Language, highlighting their combinations of rock sounds and songs with different musical influences.
On their fourth anniversary, they unveiled their official light stick and toga.
The official Dreamcatcher application will go live on November 13, 2020.
On November 9, 2020, Dreamcatcher entered Big Hit Entertainment’s fan app (weverse).
Dystopia: Road to Utopia, reached No.1 on the iTunes album chart in 16 countries and the top 10 in more than 35.
The title track entered the Genie chart at #6, and the album tracks swept the top 5 spots on Bugs. This makes this the most successful comeback since the group’s debut.
Odd Eye, became his first song to reach No.1 in a national chart (Bugs).
In the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart, Dystopia: Road to Utopia, becomes the second musical work to occupy the first position.
They set a new personal record with their 6th mini album, selling 45,563 on its first day and 64,596 in its first week.
Dystopia: Road to Utopia is his first musical work to occupy the No.1 position on Gaon Chart – Week
Dystopia: Road to Utopia became the second musical work to reach 100,000 physical copies.
Hanteo Chart’s ranking of the top 50 K-Pop artists in 2021 in global album authenticity, where the group ranked No.8.
All songs from “Summer Holiday” debuted on the Bugs chart; Intro #37, BEcause #2, Airplane #6, Whistle #4, Alldaylong #5 & A Heart of Sunflower #7.
Dreamcatcher became the fifth K-Pop female group in history to reach No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes Top Albums Chart; it also debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes World Albums Chart, making it the band’s third album to reach the top after “Raid of Dream” and “Dystopia: Road to Utopia”. It also ranked No. 1 on iTunes’ European albums chart. It also ranked No. 1 in 19 other countries, including Canada, Malaysia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Brazil, Romania, Turkey, Moldova, Bahrain, Latvia and more.
The group achieved its First Win in the Show Champion program, with their song MAISON. Becoming one of the groups that took the longest time to win a music show award.
The album Apocalypse : Save Us, broke his previous record on Hanteo with his work Summer Holiday selling over 54,000 on its first day and 85,000 in its first week.
