─── ⠀ ✿ ˒ ⠀ ❪ SOLARIA GARDENS is a fictional entertainment company, founded by KANG SEONHEE in 2007. solaria was the latter of the two subsidiaries of GEMINI INC., which was a conglomerate founded by APRICUS CULTURE’s ceos, JEONG KARIN and kang seonhee, in 2000.
after her experience as an idol in the first-generation group, INOIR, seonhee aimed to make a company that protected their idols from toxic fan culture as well as toxic company environments. despite it being her most vocal passion since leaving inoir in 1998 and through the founding of gemini inc., seonhee wouldn’t go on to establish her own company until 2007. even in 2007, after the establishment of solaria, the company mainly focused on buying contracts from pre-existing groups and revamping their public images and freedom as artists. girl group RIVETING, which debuted in 1998, had their contract bought out by solaria garden in 2007 and became the first artists under the company. because of the standard solaria gardens exhibited, they started to be known as “the group savior." a few months later, they acquired the contracts of the once-boy group MUNDANE, who originally debuted in 2005. solaria gardens went on to reunite the full group for a one-off album and individually signed all the previous members of maturity.
the company's first group was ET/DEUX, which was a female duo, both of whom trained with gemini for three years before being signed specifically to solaria. this began the elusive solaria training program, which has often been labeled as elitist by the press. in 2009, solaria only had 3 original groups, and with the help of ENTVISS ceo WILLIAM KIM, solaria gardens launched a trainee program called PROJECT: SOLEIL, which included an instagram page for trainees to show fans their progress and a tv program that showed the inside of the solaria training program. even now, their training is focused on refining the skills of trainees from gemini that suit the solaria gardens image, which includes perfecting vocal and dance skills as well as fitting each trainee into the solaria gardens space concept. as of now, the company has gone on to debut every solaria-specific trainee. after many years of william kim’s involvement in solaria gardens, in 2011 it was announced that he and kang seonhee had been married for over a year and that he’d be going from an investor in the company to a co-owner while also being gemini’s head of pr. it is rumoured by any news outlets and business insiders that william has always been the brain of the operations, while seonhee is the heart, which is evident by the couple's close-knit relationship with all of their artists.
other than the obvious gemini-level talent from all of the solaria artists, solaria gardens is mostly known for their in-depth company lore, which intertwines all of their artists into a bigger picture story about space and stars, which all of their artists promote. quoted by seonhee, " the storytelling isn’t because we want to confuse fans; it’s because we value family at solaria, and the story really brings our talent together. " for seonhee, the family dynamic of solaria is the goal, and the ceo is known for forcing groups to go on hiatus when their chemistry dwindles.
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SERVICES ⠀;⠀⠀music production, publishing, entertainment, nightlife, travel, talent agency, licensing, distribution, merch manufacturing
PARENT COMPANY⠀;⠀gemini incorporated.
FOUNDER⠀;⠀february 14, 2007
HEADQUARTERS⠀;⠀garosu-gil, seoul, south korea ; midtown, new york city, usa ; soho, london, united kingdom
KEY PEOPLE⠀;⠀kang seonhee ❪ founder, ceo ❫ , william kim ❪ owner, coo ❫ , jeong dabin ❪ training manager ❫ , joey claire mills ❪ vp of neptune sounds ❫ , bronte guan ❪ vp of sundown visions ❫ , chanel iitoyo ❪ vp of lunar modelling ❫ , damla gürel ❪ vp of lumos pictures ❫ , kang sarang ❪ chief creative director ❫ , son young-ae ❪ cfo ❫
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NEPTUNE SOUNDS ; based in london and new york city, neptune sounds is a subsidary founded in 2010. neptune is ran by joey claire mills, and currently has 7 acts under the company, including the solo career of their head producer, rev. neptune also owns a chain nightclub called the emerald which is home to solaria highest profile scandals.
LUNAR VISION ; founded in 2009, sundown visions started as the subsidary meant to manage the international promotons of artists under solaria gardens. it eventually had debuted a chinese girl group, now based in la, and a japanese soloist, suzu. sundown visions still manages the international promotion of all of solaria gardens artists, and are known for their tour venue negotiations.
LUMOS PICTURES ; in charge of the many acting talents under solaria, including idolos turned actors and famously very privately managed. they also correspond with the solaria and gemini pr people about interview appearances. basically the private backup publicists
LUNAR MODELLING ; lunar modelling and chanel iitoyo heads all of the management of the group managers, stylists and any modelling gigs, including haruna’s famous prada deal. they also manage the backup dancers of the company.
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RIVETING (1998–2004, 2007–2010) ; a first gen three-member girl group
MUNDANE (2005–) ; once a five-member boy group, now a duo
ET/DEUX (2007–) ; a female duo
W.O.W (2008–haitus since 2020) ; a four-member boy group
FATED (2009–) ; a four-member girl group
JUNG HAESOL (2011–) ; a female krnb soloist
OPERATIC (2012–) ; a six-member boy group
NO VARIETY (2013–) ; a ten-member girl group
CHAOS THEORY (signed 2014–) ; a five-member rock band
VALERIE YEON (signed 2014–) ; a bubble pop female soloist
RYEO (2015–) ; a male krnb soloist
CYCLONIQUE (2016–2019) ; a co-ed trio
NEW AXIS (2017–) ; an eleven-memeber boy group
THE FUSION GIRLS (2018) ; a multi-unit girl group, co-managed by ukiyo sounds
TEMPORA (2023–) ; the newest five-member girl group
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THE REV (2002–???) ; a rap artist, turned producer
SLEEPWALKERS (2011–) ; a five-member boy band
VELVET COUTURE (2013–) ; a three-member nyc girl group
ZOE (2014–) ; an english pop singer
FIONA BALFE (2019–) ; an irish pop-punk singer
MOXIE LIME (2021–) ; a london-based
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LLADY (2019–) ; a 9-member c-pop girl group
SUZU AOI (2023–) ; a japanese pop soloist
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