Kei (singer)
| Kei | |
|---|---|
 Kei in 2017 | |
| Native name | 김지연 |
| Born |
Kim Ji-yeon March 20, 1995 Incheon, South Korea |
| Education | Incheon Youngsun High School |
| Occupation | |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Woollim Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Lovelyz |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김지연 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 金志姸 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Ji-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chi-yŏn |
Kim Ji-yeon (Hangul: 김지연; born March 20, 1995), commonly known by her stage name Kei, is a South Korean singer and actress. She made her debut as a main vocalist of South Korean girl group Lovelyz in 2014.[1] She made her acting debut as the female lead in the web drama Matching! Boys Archery in 2016.
Biography
Kei was born Kim Ji-yeon on March 20, 1995 in Incheon, South Korea.[2][3] Her family consists of her parents and her older sister, Kim Min-ji. She graduated from Incheon Youngsun High School. Her Ancestries are Sangmin(Common Class of Joseon Dynasty) Class ever since Seonjo of Joseon`s period.
Kei cited BoA as her main influences to become a singer, expressing "Because of BoA, I didn't give up my dream to become a singer"[4]
Career
On December 27, 2013, Kei, with fellow Lovelyz members Baby Soul, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, JIN, Sujeong and Yein, made an appearance at the 2013 KBS Gayo Daejun television broadcast, were become female dancers for Infinite's "Man in Love" performance.
In November 2014, Kei made her official debut as the main vocal of girl group Lovelyz. In December 2015, Kei was recorded song title Love Is Like That for Oh My Venus.[5] On May 13, 2016 Kei along with Lee Mi-joo was confirmed becoming the Special MC for Inkigayo.[6] In June 2016, she was confirmed to become a contestant for JTBC's main vocal competition Girls Spirit, were will aired in mid-July.[7] She was confirmed to cast in a lead role in web drama, Matching! Bos Archery Club.[8] On September 1, she was released collaboration song title Y with myunDo featuring Bumzu, were the song was cover from Freestyle's Y.[9] On October 26, she was released collaboration song with The Solutions titled Beautiful, as a part of HIGHGRND label project PLAYGRND.[10]
Discography
Songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [11] | |||||
| Collaboration | |||||
| "Y" (with MyunDo featuring Bumzu) |
2016 | 49 | Non album-singles | ||
| "Beautiful" (with The Solutions) |
— | N/A | |||
| "Wanna Date" (with Hong Dae Kwang) |
2017 | — | Story About: Some, One Month | ||
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "Love Is Like That" | 2015 | — | N/A | Oh My Venus OST / Part.6 | |
| "J-Rit J-Rit" | 2016 | — | Lucky Romance OST | ||
| "Star and Sun" | 2017 | 20 |
|
The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Filmography
Web drama
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matching! Boys Archery Club | 2016 | Hong Shi-ah | lead role |
Variety shows
| Title | Year | Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Counselor | 2015 | KBS2 | |
| My Little Television | MBC | with Sujeong | |
| "Weekly Idol" | MBC Every1 | Christmas special with Sujeong & Jisoo | |
| "Two Yoo Project: Sugar Man" | JTBC | with Sujeong, Jin, & Mijoo | |
| People of Full Capacity | 2016 | MBC | |
| Best Man | KBS2 | ||
| My Little Television | MBC | Episode 57 & 58 | |
| Girl Spirit | JTBC | Contestant | |
| King of Mask Singer | 2017 | MBC | Contestant as "Agiley Mouse Jerry" (Episodes 107–108)[14] |
References
- ↑ http://www.lvlz8.com
- ↑ "Kei Profile". www.lvlz8.com.
- ↑ https://www.nowkpop.com/2015/08/27/lovelyz-profile/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0002834790
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/12/lovelyz-kei-to-sing-solo-ost-for-popular-drama-oh-my-venus
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/05/bts-jin-rap-monster-lovelyz-kei-and-lee-mi-joo-to-host-inkigayo-this-week
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/06/12-lesser-known-girl-group-main-vocals-to-compete-among-one-another-in-jtbcs-girl-spirit
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/06/lovelyz-kei-cast-into-her-first-ever-acting-role-for-web-drama-matching-boys-archery-club
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/09/lovelyzs-kei-and-myundo-bring-us-a-cover-of-freestyles-y-featuring-bumzu
- ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/10/lovelyzs-kei-partners-up-with-highgrnds-the-solutions-for-new-mv
- ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ↑ Download Sales reference for Y:
- "Gaon Download Chart September, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ "2017 Gaon Download Chart – Week 21". Retrieved 2017-06-01.
- ↑ Jung Ahn-ji (April 23, 2017). "'복면가왕' 제리 정체는 러블리즈 케이 '깜짝 반전'". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved April 23, 2017.
External links
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