Heo Ga-yoon

Ga-yoon
Background information
Birth name	허가윤
Born	(1990-05-18) May 18, 1990 Seoul, South Korea
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Pop, dance, R&B
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Cube Entertainment
Associated acts	4Minute, 2YOON
Website	4min.co.kr Ga-yoon's Signature

Heo Ga-yoon (born May 18, 1990) is a South Korean idol singer for the girl group 4Minute and its associated duo 2Yoon, formed by Cube Entertainment in 2009.

Biography

Ga-yoon was born on May 18, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Dongduk Girl's High School and is currently attending Dongguk University, Theater Major. Ga-yoon received second place at SM 9th "Best Singer Contest".

Career

4Minute

Cube Entertainment announced Ga Yoon as a member of the girl group 4Minute under Cube Entertainment in May 2009 together with Jeon Ji-yoon, Kwon So-hyun, Kim Hyun-a and Nam Ji-hyun. Cube Entertainment released a teaser for their first single "Hot Issue" on June 10 while the single debuted on June 18. The group promoted the song from its release until mid-August.

At the end of August, 4Minute released a mini-album called "For Muzik" alongside their second single "Muzik". 4Minute won a mutizen award and a Mnet award for their second single "Muzik". Their third single "What A Girl Wants" was released shortly after the release of their EP.

After a successful promotion period, the group released a new mini-album entitled HuH (Hit Your Heart) for their comeback on May 19, 2010. And after almost a year of hiatus, the group then released their first full length Korean album titled 4MINUTES LEFT. The album and their two lead promotional singles maintained their positions in the top 10 of many Korean REAL TIME Charts. After the promotion of their first full length album, the group focused on their Japanese activities.

After more than a year of hiatus, the group made a highly anticipated comeback last April 9 with their third mini album ‘Volume Up’, which topped music charts. 4Minute achieved #1 status three times on music shows; two times on Show Champion and one time on M! Countdown.

Solo activities

Ga Yoon appeared in Mario's music video "I'm Yours" on November 4, 2008 with Seulong from 2AM.

On February 11, 2010 Ga Yoon was featured on the soundtrack for The Woman Who Still Wants To Marry, singing a duet with Han Ye-ji in the song "One Two Three".^[1]

On September 3, 2010, Ga Yoon was a featured artist in Sunny Side's album, "Bad Guy Good Girl" with the song "Bad Guy Good Girl".^[2]

On October 2010, Heo Ga Yoon was one of twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Yong Jun-hyung and G.NA.^[3]

Ga Yoon recorded "Wind Blow" for the soundtrack of MBC's My Princess. The song was released on January 5, 2011.^[4]

She also recorded "Shameless Lie" for the soundtrack of SBS's Lie To Me, which was composed by Jadu and E-Tribe. The song was released on May 17, 2011.^[5]

Ga Yoon made her acting debut through a "I’m a Flower Too" cameo. On October 18, a source revealed that Gayoon finished filming her cameo, as a high school student who was a childhood friend of Cha Bong Sun (played by Lee Ji Ah), on October 16.^[6]

On October 24, 2011 she released her OST song "I Think It Was a Dream" for KBS's Poseidon.

Ga Yoon was also featured on Mario's song "Message" and promoted alongside him for that song.

In May 2012, it was revealed that Ga Yoon will be playing the role of Hyun Kyung, the leader of the 1980s’ most popular group "Purple Sisters" on MBC's "Light and Shadow" drama.

Ga Yoon made an appearance along with group mate Hyuna on Top Gear Korea in May 2013.^[7] She became the fastest female celebrity (as of 2013) on the Star Lap Time segment, recording a lap time of 02:00.15 on the show.^[8]

On November 13 was revealed that Gayoon will be releasing a solo single on November 16. The song is called "My Love By My Side" and is a duet with BtoB's Ilhoon.^[9]

On October 21, the episode of Inkigayo, the live music show revealed a teaser video hinting that ten of the most-wanted K-pop stars are going to transform into four new project groups in the yearly event. Gayoon will be part of the girl group Mystic White with Sistar’s Bora, Secret’s Sunhwa, After School’s Lizzy and KARA’s Jiyoung. Kim Do Hoon is set to produce the group’s new title song. Slated to air on December 29, the group will perform the tunes only one time on stage and the profits from online streaming and downloading of the songs would be donated to people in need.^[10] The song "Mermaid Princess" was released on December 26, 2012.^[11]

After Cube Entertainment's sub-unit Trouble Maker, there were plans for another sub-unit, this time composing of 4Minute's Ga-yoon and Ji-yoon.^[12] The sub-unit's name was later announced to be 2YOON. 2YOON released their debut EP and lead single, 24/7 on 17 January 2013.^[13]

On January 19, 2014 was revealed that 4Minute have lent their voice for Brave Brothers‘ tenth anniversary album. According to Brave Entertainment, track titled “Only Gained Weight” will be released on January 20 at midnight, and it features 4Minute members HyunA, Gayoon, and Sohyun. “Only Gained Weight” song is described as a medium-tempo pop song, and is both composed and written by the hit producer. With their husky and attractive voices, the girls express the feelings of a female, who longs after her previous lover.^[14]

Discography

As lead artist

As artist collaboration

Filmography

Television drama

Music video appearances

References

http://www.allkpop.com/2012/05/4minutes-gayoon-to-make-her-acting-debut-in-light-and-shadow

External links

• 4minute International Forum (Korean)