Amber Liu (singer)

Amber Liu
劉逸雲
刘逸云

劉逸雲
Chinese name 劉逸雲
Chinese name 劉逸雲 (Traditional)
Chinese name 刘逸云 (Simplified)
Pinyin Liú Yìyún (Mandarin)
Jyutping Lau4 Jat6 Wan4 (Cantonese)
Birth name Amber Josephine Liu
Born September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) (age 19)
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Other name(s) 엠버 (Amber)
Occupation Singer, rapper, dancer
Genre(s) Pop, dance
Label(s) SM Entertainment
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts f(x), SM Town
Amber Liu
Traditional Chinese 劉逸雲
Simplified Chinese 刘逸云
Hanyu Pinyin Liú Yìyún

Amber Josephine Liu (traditional Chinese: 劉逸雲; simplified Chinese: 刘逸云; pinyin: Liú Yìyún; Cantonese Yale: Làuh Yahtwàhn; born September 18, 1992), better known mononymously as Amber, is a singer active in South Korea. She is of Taiwanese descent. Her parents are from Tainan City, Taiwan. She is a member of SM Entertainment's quintet pop girl group f(x). Aside from her rapping skills, she is also known as the girl with a boyish image, different from the usual sweet and girly image of other Korean girl groups.

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Career

f(x)

Amber was cast from SM Entertainment's Los Angeles global audition in 2007, where she and one male was selected to be a trainee for SM. After a year of training, she debuted under the new girl group f(x) in September 2009, labeled as "Asia's Pop Dance Group".[1] On September 1, 2009, f(x)'s first single "La Cha Ta"[2] (stylized as "LA chA TA") was digitally released. They debuted on September 2 at their very own showcase event held at the Samseong-dong Fashion Center.[3] The group's first broadcast performance of "La Cha Ta" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on September 5, 2009. Months after, they released their first single album Chu~♡, consisting of 3 songs. On May 4, 2010, they finally released their first mini album Nu ABO. She is fluent in English and somewhat fluent in Korean and Taiwanese.

Collaborations

Label mate Girls' Generation had their first concert Into The New World on December 19 and 20, 2009 in Seoul. One of its members, Yuri, performed a cover of Ciara's song "1, 2 step" and featured Amber as a rapper and dancer. On June 2010, SM Entertainment released Taiwanese singer and actor Danson Tang's new music video called "I'm Back",[4] which features Amber doing the rap part in both English and Korean, which was released in his third studio album The First Second.

Aside from featured songs, Amber also worked with fellow group mates Luna and Krystal for the OST of KBS drama God of Study, in a song called "Spread Its Wings".

Solo Work

Amber has been confirmed to be part of the new cast of the second season of Invincible Youth, a South Korean variety show, in which her fellow f(x) member, Victoria, was a part of during the said show's first season.[5]

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