Be.A initially debuted on January 4, 2014 as K-Much (가물치 in Korean, meaning Snakehead) with their 1st mini-album, “Beyond the Ocean”. The group was formed under Chrome Entertainment – home to Crayon Pop. On January 2017, funding site Makestar launched the ‘Renewal Project’ for K-Much’s re-debut. The funding collected until March 21st. Makestar also announced that K-Much will be changing their group name through a fan poll. After a successful polling, the new name was decided as Be.A, meaning “Be Artists”.