Collar (group)

Collar (commonly stylised as COLLAR) is a Hong Kong Cantopop girl group formed from a television channel ViuTV's reality talent show King Maker IV operated by the broadcaster HK Television Entertainment in 2021. The group consists of eight members: Sumling Li, Garie Shum (Gao), Natalie So (So Ching), Winka Chan, Ivy So, Rejena Simkhada (Day), Marife Yau (Marf) and Candy Wong.[1] They debuted on 12 January 2022, with the first single "Call My Name!".[2]

Collar
Collar in debut interview in 2022
Back Row Starting From Left: Candy, Ivy, So Ching, Sumling
Front Row Starting From Left: Winka, Marf, Gao, Day
Background information
OriginHong Kong
Genres
OccupationsSingers
Years active2022 (2022)–present
LabelsMusic Nation Records
HK Television Entertainment/
MakerVille
Members
  • Sumling Li
  • Garie Shum
  • Natalie So
  • Winka Chan
  • Ivy So
  • Rejena Simkhada
  • Marife Yau
  • Candy Wong

History

2021-22: Formation

In July 2018, ViuTV's reality talent competition Good Night Show - King Maker started scouting for potential artists, and after three seasons, three boy bands, namely Mirror, Error and P1X3L were formed, and some contestants debuted as solo singers. Nonetheless, since the first season of show had started, there was no any girl group which was formed. Hence, ViuTV created King Maker IV as a platform to scout for a brand new girl group in June 2021.[3]

On 25 December 2021, ViuTV announced the winner, first runner-up and second runner-up of King Maker IV, Marife Yau, Garie Shum, and Rejena Simkhada,[4] who were secured the spots of upcoming members of the group. On 12 January 2022, 8 contestants from King Maker IV were announced from the Top 20 of the season, formed the group through a press conference named "Hold Your Breath" which held in Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. In the press conference, the name of the group "Collar", along with five other members, Sumling Li, Natalie So, Winka Chan, Ivy So and Candy Wong, were announced in the lineup.[5]

The music video of Collar's debut "Call My Name!" was released a day after the formation of the group.[6] On 24 January 2022, Pocari Sweat, a Japanese sports drink brand, appointed Collar as endorsers of the brand's 40th anniversary in Harbour City, marking the group's first commercial endorsement.[7]

Collar gained their first peak chart in Metro Radio with their debut "Call My Name!" on 19 February 2022.[8]

Name

According to the group leader Garie Shum, the group's name "Collar" has two meanings: first, it refers to a collar of the shirt, which indicates a person can't breathe when the collar is fastened, means every performance can "hold your breath" and makes the audience hold their breath; second, it refers to a clavicle, which is the most attractive body part of women and defines Collar becomes the most attractive girl group.[9]

Members
English Name Traditional Chinese Name Member Alias Birthday Rank in King Maker IV
Sumling Li 李芯駖 Sumling (1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 4
Garie Shum
(Leader)		 沈貞巧 Gao (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 2
Natalie So 蘇芷晴 So Ching (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 6
Winka Chan 陳泳伽 Winka (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 7
Ivy So 蘇雅琳 Ivy (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 10
Rejena Simkhada 許軼 Day (2002-06-04) 4 June 2002 3
Marife Yau 邱彥筒 Marf (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 1
Candy Wong 王家晴 Candy (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 8

Discography

Single
Year Title Details Peak chart positions References
CRHK[10] RTHK Metro Radio[8] ViuTV
2022 "Call My Name!" 1 3[11] 1 3[12] [2]
"Never-never Land"
  • Release date: 18 March
  • Label: Music Nation Records
  • Format: digital download, streaming media
 2 — 3 7[13] [14]
"Gotta Go!"
  • Release date: 29 April
  • Label: Music Nation Records
  • Format: digital download, streaming media
 — — — — [15]
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart.

References
  1. "Collar". MakerVille. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. "「女版MIRROR」COLLAR正式出道 首唱《Call My Name!》". Mingpao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 12 January 2022.
  3. 叶萍 (2 November 2021). "《全民造星IV》开始！96位参赛者展命运之旅" (in Chinese (China)). New Tang Dynasty Television. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.
  4. Law, K. (25 December 2021). "《全民造星4》總決賽三甲賽果名單出爐！". HK U Lifestyle (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "【COLLAR出道】逾7萬人網上睇《造星IV》女團記招直播　COLLAR成軍即準備開音樂會【多圖】". hket (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). hket TOPick. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. "【COLLAR出道】《Call My Name!》MV一天破64萬點擊　COLLAR感謝幕後團隊". hket (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). hket TOPick. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. "COLLAR成為寶礦力水特最新代言人 唱埋廣告主題曲創紀錄" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Oriental Sunday. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. "勁爆本地榜". Metro Radio (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. 邱愛霖 (13 January 2022). "全民造星IV | COLLAR呢個名原來有雙重意思：代表衫領同埋鎖骨". hk01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. "排行榜". CRHK (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  11. "中文歌曲龍虎榜 5/3/2022 – 11/3/2022". RTHK (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  12. "Chill Club 推介榜 2022年第13周". Facebook. ViuTV. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. "Chill Club 推介榜 2022年第18周". Facebook. ViuTV. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  14. "COLLAR｜新歌明日推出 網民笑Day跑包尾" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). am730. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. "【COLLAR新歌】COLLAR即將推出寶礦力廣告歌　伴隨樂迷揮灑青春汗水". Topick. Hong Kong Economic Times. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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