Rookie idol group B1A4 was nicknamed as 'Paper-dols' at their fan sign.

After B1A4's debut, netizens who were wondering, thought more about them 'Copied from a paper group' and 'paper-dol' were some nicknames given to them. They were also given the nickname 'Paper boys'.

In addition, B1A4 was nicknamed 'paper-dol' on one community site because when they upload data or request,'paper' were made used for such situation for B1A4 in creating a situation of newly coined words.

From the unique group name, netizens's interest for B1A4 as they were surprised with a simple reason. The members' blood types were one blood type B and four blood type A which is how they got their name. Beside that, their name also meant 'Be the one, all for one' which means 'We(B1A4) will always try our best when we hope for our dreams'.

To know the group name's true meaning, netizens said,"At first, I thought that their name was really hard to understand but after finding out what it meant, it because something fun and easy", "the meaning seems like it is really fun to remember".

In addition to this 'paper-dol' nickname, they also have a blood type nickname 'blood-dol'. It is a nickname given to make up for the fact that their group name is about 'blood types'.

Their agency stated,"We created that name, trying to create something different with a nice meaning of fun. The name might be hard to remember but just think of 1 bloodtype b and 4 bloodtype A."

Meanwhile, netizens are talking about B1A4 who has many interesting nicknames, they will be making another appearance on the 13th on KBS 2TV 'Music Bank' and also on the 15th on 'Inkigayo'. They will also have a fan signing event on 14th at Kyobo Hot Tracks Store and 15th at Synnara Central Point.


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