큐더블유이알
QWER
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Fandom
Bawige
A YouTuber-born girl band that turned skeptics into believers with real pop-rock chops.
- Band-format
- Pop-rock
- Underdog
- Energetic
- Crossover
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
"My Name Is Malguem" — number one on Billboard's South Korea Songs
Number two on the Circle Digital Chart, 2024.
"T.B.H" reached number four on the Circle Digital Chart
2024.
First world tour, Rockation
Opened in Seoul, October 2025; a second tour began in September 2026.
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
The name comes from QWERTY — and Q, W, E and R are the main skill keys in games like League of Legends.
The fandom name Bawige (바위게, Rift Scuttler) is also a League of Legends reference.
Chodan and Magenta were Twitch streamers, Hina a TikTok cosplayer with four million followers, and Siyeon a former NMB48 member.
The band cites Oshi no Ko, Bocchi the Rock! and Yoasobi as inspirations.
Their Japanese debut single "Show Down" is the opening theme of the anime Tomb Raider King.
DISCOGRAPHY
Signature tracks
TIMELINE
The journey
ORIGIN
The QWER Project
2023 — 2023
QWER started as a YouTube series from Tamago Production, the company of creator Kim Gye-ran, that built a band out of female online personalities. Magenta and Hina began formally learning bass and guitar on camera at the July 2023 launch.
DEBUT
Discord & Manito
2023 — 2024
The debut single album Harmony from Discord came in October 2023, and "Discord" stayed on YouTube Music's Korea chart for 21 weeks. The first EP Manito followed with "T.B.H", a number four on the Circle Digital Chart.
Anchor track: Discord
BREAKTHROUGH
Algorithm's Blossom
2024 — 2024
"My Name Is Malguem" peaked at number two on the Circle Digital Chart, topped Billboard's South Korea Songs and won the band's first music show trophy in October 2024.
Anchor track: My Name Is Malguem
GLOBAL
Rockation & Ceremony
2025
The EP led by "Dear", a first world tour from October 2025 and a YB cover, "Blue Whale", carried the band into 2026. Ceremony arrived in April, and the Japanese debut "Show Down" opened an anime that July.
Anchor track: Ceremony
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Cover photo: David Lee from Redmond, WA, USA · CC BY 4.0