Pre-debut The members
Nayoung, Roa, Yuha, Eunwoo, Rena,
Kyulkyung and
Xiyeon competed together on
Mnet's survival television show
Produce 101, which aired from January 22 to April 1, 2016. While five of the members
were eliminated, Nayoung and Kyulkyung became part of the final line-up for the project girl group
I.O.I, which made its debut on May 4 with the single "
Dream Girls". Pledis Girlz held concerts from May 14 to September 10, 2016, in which the members performed weekly, with the exception of Nayoung and Kyulkyung, who were promoting with I.O.I at the time. On June 27, they released the promotional single "
We", which was written by Roa, Eunwoo, Sungyeon and Xiyeon. The music video for the song was used to introduce the members' profiles. They held their last concert as Pledis Girlz, entitled
Bye & Hi, on January 6, 2017, and then renamed to Pristin, a
portmanteau of the words "
prismatic" (bright and clear) and "
elastin" (flawless strength).
2017–2018: Debut, moderate success and Pristin V debut On March 2, 2017, Pledis Entertainment announced the group's debut through a teaser image. On March 21, Pristin debuted and released their first mini album
Hi! Pristin, accompanied by the title track "
Wee Woo". Pristin was also part of the line-up for the
KCON festival held in Japan on May 19. On the same day, a remixed version of "
Black Widow" was released as the album's second and final single, which was performed on a few music shows in order to conclude
Hi Pristin's promotions. On June 3, they performed at the 2017 Dream Concert at the
Seoul World Cup Stadium. Their second mini album
Schxxl Out was released on August 23, along with the single "
We Like". On October 12, it was announced that the youngest member Kyla would take a break from the group's activities due to health issues. She returned temporarily to the United States to focus on her recovery. On May 8, 2018, it was announced that Pristin would be debuting a sub-unit called
Pristin V, consisting of members Nayoung, Roa, Eunwoo, Rena and Kyulkyung. Pristin V made their debut on May 28, 2018 with single album
Like A V.
2019: Disbandment On May 24, 2019 after a year with very little group activities, Pristin was officially disbanded. Pledis Entertainment announced that while Kyulkyung, Yehana, and Sungyeon would stay with the company, the remaining seven (Xiyeon, Rena, Roa, Kyla, Nayoung, Yuha, and Eunwoo) would be departing. ==Members==