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Welcome EQSOL: The Sparks of Summer

WinterEssence00 | April 4th, 2014

Now it's time to reveal the second group in the EQSOL Sorority - Spark! These girls are that classic YG girl group that follow in the footsteps of their sunbaes 2NE1 and Big Bang. They have their strong charisma and an amazing level of stage presence that makes them a force to be reckoned with. Covering the genres of techno, EDM, and dance pop, they not only share the love with South Korea but they will also be the first YG group to promote in Thailand. First up is...Zhang Yilin, the Hunan Tiger cub and EQSOL's reigning MV queen!

Birth Name: Zhang Yilin
Stage Name: Yilin
Birthdate: January 15th, 1994
Height: 165cm
Weight: 49kg
Position: Smooth Main Vocalist
Birthplace: Loudi, Hunan Province, China
Hometown: Loudi, Hunan Province, China
Ethnicity: Chinese
Nationality: Chinese
Specialties: Piano, Star Gazing, English (basic), Japanese (basic), Mandarin (Native), Korean (semi-fluent), Thai (conversational), Spicy food
✹ She is really close to the Kpop Chinaline. 
✹ If she wasn't an idol, she would be a music teacher
✹ Appeared in a lot of music videos, such as Tasty's "Day and Night" , Natthew's "She's Bad", Henry's "1-4-3" and "Fantastic" and GDragon's "That xx", 
✹ She composed a few songs, such as Shinee's "Sleepless Night" and Super Junior's "Evanesce", 
✹ She was the girl in Exo's live MAMA performance last year
✹ Sang "Time Boils the Rain" for Tiny Times back in China 

Yilin is said to have an average range but doesn't sound different even when she's performing, which shows her stamina and the lengths of her abilities and has a really unique tone. Her voice is really lovely, check it out!

Next up is Rozalina Volkov, the Russian ballerina turned dancing seductress and Spark-ling Leader!

Birth Name: Rozalina Volkov
Stage Name: Roza
Birthdate: December 1, 1993
Height: 168kg
Weight: 50kg
Positions: y Main Dancer, Spark Leader, Face of the Group #2
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Ethnicity: 1/2 Russian, 1/2 Korean
Nationality: Russian
Specialties: Russian (fluent), Korean (intermediate), English (conversational), Japanese (basic), Thai (basic), Doting on people   

✹ Helped choreograph 2NE1's "I Am The Best" and "Can't Nobody"
✹ Has 2 younger twin sisters
✹ Is a big fan of Japanese group Arashi
✹ Featured in an issue of Vogue Italia and did modeling for clothing brands
✹ Looks to Taeyang as a mentor
✹ Loves macaroons 

Aside from being every YG artists' biggest cheerleader, Roza is super skilled as a dancer, knowing how to use grace when dancing, given her ballet background, but can take it up a million notches to make her performance become Rated19, Rated18, Rated M or Rated R, whichever you prefer to call it. But the girl has talent, no one can deny that! You can see it in her videos below, one where she showed a self-made choreography to beginner level trainees while the other featured Gigi and the Elegant Lead and Emotional Main Vocalist (who'll be revealed soon) as back up. Check it out!

And the last Spark is...Elize Zhang, the sassiest maknae and the baby Zhang!

Birth Name: Elise Zhang 
Stage Name: Elize
Birthdate: February 18, 1996
Height: 167cm
Weight: 50kg
Position: Sassy Main Rapper, Vocalist, Spark Maknae
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Hometown: Paris, France
Ethnicity: 1/3 French-Chinese, 2/3 Korean
Nationality: French-Chinese (dual nationality)
Specialties: English (conversational), French (fluent), Chinese (native), Korean (conversational), Thai (basic), Being Sassy, archery
✹ She's a clean freak
✹ She likes exercising and doing yoga 
✹ Has her license
✹ Is a former Cube trainee
✹ She was a back up dancer for 2NE1's All or Nothing tour
✹ Looks up to Tablo as her inspiration

Elize is a sassy piece of work but girl has a flow. Her rhymes are quick and witty and exude a great confidence that is very befitting for the Sassy Main Rapper. Check out her debut work, one of which features Eunkyung!

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen! The official fanclub name is Fireflies, too! Even though I'm not a bug person, fireflies are the creatures that give a radiant spark in the darkest night, like stars you can see on the ground, so I think it works. So I'm gonna need you Fireflies to light up and show some love for the lovely ladies of Spark. I now leave you with a special dance video to Little Mix's "Boy" featuring all the girls. Enjoy!

Next up is the duo, Dusk. Stay tuned!

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Picklestatus                                                                                                     23 seconds ago

Ahh, Roza, my Russian goddess! I'm so happy we got to see her choreographing skills, she is so cool. Ah, I can't! Bring on the Dusk squad! X3

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GlitterRainbows                                                                                                   6 minutes ago

Elize, my sassy princess! You are so incredibly talented and I love your flow and rap style, ugh! So wonderful! <3 <3

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Xingxing-unicorn                                                                                                  8 minutes ago

I'm shocked that Yilin has done so much work for SM but has never been an SM trainee but anyways she sang my favorite song from Personal Taste, ahh! And I love her singing voice in Mandarin. I hope EQSOL will have a special promotion in China!

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FirefliesSPK                                                                                                        9 minutes ago

Yes, my queens have arrived! The perfect trifecta though I am shocked by their appearance. Aside from Roza being y and ethreal, the Zhang siblings are like super cute but then I heard their talent and I was like dayummmm~! Spark ftw!!!

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