Who Are Hearts2Hearts? SM's New Eight-Member Girl Group and Their Debut, "The Chase"
Hearts2Hearts is an eight-member girl group from SM Entertainment: Jiwoo, Carmen, Yuha, Stella, Juun, A-na, Ian and Ye-on. They debuted on February 24, 2025, with the single album "The Chase," and they are SM's first new girl group since aespa in 2020. The name stands for connecting hearts with fans through music.
Meet the Eight Members
Hearts2Hearts has eight members, introduced by SM Entertainment in this order: Jiwoo, Carmen, Yuha, Stella, Juun, A-na, Ian and Ye-on. In English, the group often shortens its own name to H2H, which is also how most fans tag it online.
The lineup was revealed in stages through January and February 2025. Each member got her own teaser images and a short "moving clip," and the clips share one setting: a parked yellow school bus at golden hour, every member framed alone in a window or a seat. Watched one after another, they work like a roll call. You learn eight faces and eight names before you hear a single bar of the song.
Carmen, who is from Indonesia, drew the most early attention abroad. She is the first idol from Indonesia to debut under SM. The rest of the group is introduced on equal footing, and SM has kept the spotlight on the eight as a unit rather than on any single face.
If you are starting from zero, the easiest way to put names to faces is to watch the eight moving clips on the group's official YouTube channel. Each one is titled with the member's stage name, and each runs well under a minute.
Why SM's New Girl Group Is a Big Deal
SM Entertainment is the agency behind Girls' Generation, Red Velvet and aespa, so a new girl group from SM carries a lot of expectation. Hearts2Hearts is the label's first new girl group since aespa debuted in November 2020, a gap of about four and a half years.
The size of the lineup matters too. With eight members, Hearts2Hearts is SM's largest girl group since Girls' Generation, and at the debut showcase the members named Girls' Generation as the group they grew up admiring. Ian summed up the ambition in one line: the members want to become "the future of SM."
There is also a business backdrop. Hearts2Hearts is the first girl group SM has launched since founder Lee Soo-man stepped down as the company's executive producer in March 2023. That makes its debut an early look at how SM shapes a girl group today.
None of this means the group is built to repeat its predecessors. aespa arrived with a virtual-world concept. Girls' Generation and Red Velvet each had their own signature sound. Hearts2Hearts starts with something lighter and more open: a storybook mood, and a song about running toward what you want.
"The Chase": The Debut Single, Explained
"The Chase" is both the title track and the name of the debut single album. It was released on music platforms at 6 p.m. Korea time on Monday, February 24, 2025, with the music video posted on SM's SMTOWN YouTube channel at the same hour. The album holds two songs: "The Chase" and the B-side "Butterflies," a warmer mid-tempo R&B track built on harmonies.
The members describe "The Chase" as a bright, confidence-boosting song with a dreamy, slightly mysterious edge, and they point to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland as an inspiration. You can see it in the teasers: the debut trailer is titled "Chase Your Choice," and the visuals keep returning to the idea of following something just out of reach. The choreography leans on flower-shaped formations and a sharp single-file walk down the stage, a move made for an eight-member line.
The credits connect SM to international songwriting. Kenzie, a veteran SM songwriter, wrote the Korean lyrics, and the British R&B trio FLO is among the song's writers. The result is a synth-pop track that sounds more airy than heavy, with room for eight voices to trade lines.
The rollout itself followed a clear path: the "Chase Your Choice" trailer on February 3, member clips and teaser images through mid-February, a mood sampler, then the music video teaser the day before release. On debut day the group held a media showcase in the afternoon and a fan showcase, "Chase Our Hearts," at 8 p.m. at YES24 Live Hall in Seoul's Gwangjin District.
What the Name Means, and How to Follow Them
The name Hearts2Hearts is meant literally. SM explains it as a group that connects hearts with fans around the world through its own mysterious, beautiful music, songs full of different emotions and sincere messages, and moves forward together as a bigger "us." The "2" stands in for "to," as in heart to heart.
The members return to that idea often. At the showcase, Jiwoo said the group's strength lies in connecting hearts through music. It is a soft mission statement for a debut, and it suits the warm, open look of the teasers.
Following them is simple. The group launched its official social accounts on February 3, 2025, the same day as the debut trailer, and you can find them by searching "Hearts2Hearts" on YouTube and the major social platforms. Music videos go up on SM's SMTOWN YouTube channel, while the group's own channel carries the member clips and behind-the-scenes content. "The Chase" is on the major streaming services worldwide.
For a visitor to Seoul, rookie groups are easiest to catch on Korea's weekly music shows, where new acts perform in their first weeks and studio audiences are often filled through fan applications. Check each show's official channels for audience notices before you plan a trip around one.
Sori's Note
Debut singles are usually built to make one loud first impression. "The Chase" does something quieter. Its school-bus clips, storybook trailer and flower formations ask you to learn eight people before you form an opinion about the sound, which is an unusual amount of patience for a K-pop launch.
That patience is worth matching. Watch the moving clips first, then the trailer, then the music video, in that order. By the third viewing the name stops sounding like a slogan and starts sounding like a plan.
