Kim Yeon-ji
| Kim Yeonji | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 30, 1986 Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Maroo Entertainment |
| Associated acts | SeeYa |
| Kim Yeon-ji | |
| Hangul | 김연지 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeonji |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yeonji |
Kim Yeonji (Hangul: 김연지; born October 30, 1986)[1] is a South Korean singer. She was the lead vocalist of South Korean vocal group, SeeYa.[2] Kim became a solo artist following SeeYa's disbandment in 2011. During her tenure with the group, Kim was noted for her dynamic vocal style and wide vocal range.[3][2]
Biography
Kim Yeonji was raised in Anyang, Gyeonggi in South Korea, where she attended Pyeongchon Management High School.
Yeonji entered the Postmodern Music Department at Kyung Hee University in 2008. Yeonji returned to Kyung Hee University's Postmodern Music Department as a full-time student in 2011, focusing on absorbing the department's orientation toward jazz, blues, and cross-cultural music.[4]
In 2013, Yeonji was graduating from Kyung Hee University with an unusually high GPA for an entertainment figure and having submitted a portfolio of musical arrangements and a thesis on the songs that she had participated in.[5]
Career
Predebut
Yeonji won awards in various singing and dancing talent contests[6] and was eventually scouted by the record label and management company GM (currently MBK Entertainment).[7] After more than a year of training under the label's auspices,[7] Yeonji debuting as part of the K-pop Pop group SeeYa in 2006.
SeeYa (2006-2011)
Yeonji debuted as lead vocalist of the group SeeYa in 2006. The group officially disbanded on January 30, 2011 after the group final performance on Inkigayo.
Solo career
At the end of 2011, Yeonji appeared during the 2011 SBS Drama Awards as actor Lee Jaeyoon's duet partner for a performance of the Lee So-ra song "Proposal."[8] In early 2012, Yeonji contributed the song "Run" to the vocal music series M/Project, and the song "Love is Right" to the original soundtrack of the jTBC miniseries Padam Padam. In May 2012, the Modern K Music Academy, a prominent K-Pop "incubating" school,[9] announced that Yeonji would be participating as an invited vocal instructor for its summer K-Pop training program in Vancouver, Canada.[10] In March 2013, Lee Jinsung of Monday Kiz announced through Twitter that he had collaborated on a duet song with Yeonji, which he described as "memorable because it was work with a pure person who loves music so much."[11] The song, "Hurting but Happy," was written and produced by Lee and released in March as a preview track from Monday Kiz's fifth LP album.[12] Yeonji contributed the song "In My Eyes" to the SBS miniseries I Can Hear Your Voice (Hangul: 너의 목소리가 들려; RR: Neoui Moksoriga Deulrye) in July 2013.[13]
Discography
Single
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (digital download) |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "Sad Day" | 2014 | — | Non single-album | |
| "Forgot" | 2015 | — | Non single-album | |
| "How Much" | — | Non single-album | ||
| "On A Spring Day" (feat. Huh Gak) | 2016 | "Kim Yeonji With Friends" | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Soundtrack appearances and solo performances
| Year | Album | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Brown Eyed Girls & SeeYa Project Single Album | To My Lover | with Brown Eyed Girls' JeA |
| 2007 | The Colorful Voices | Love Song | with M to M |
| 2008 | MBC East of Eden OST | Crazy Woman | with Lee Haeri and Lee Jungmin |
| 2010 | All Star: Composer Jo Young Soo Project Album | Let's Meet Again | |
| Difference | I Have a Favor to Ask of Time | with Zia | |
| 2012 | M/Project Vol.1 | Run Away | |
| jTBC Padam Padam OST | Love is Right | ||
| 2013 | N/A | Hurting but Happy | with Monday Kiz's Lee Jin-sung |
| SBS I Can Hear Your Voice OST | In My Eyes | ||
| 2014 | KBS2 Big Man OST | Trembling Heart | |
| 2015 | jTBC The Awl OST | My Person | |
| 2016 | MBC Monster OST | Once More |
Awards
References
- ↑ "김연지 – Daum 통합 검색". Search.daum.net. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- 1 2 "씨야 김연지 첫 솔로곡 ‘우리 다시 만나요’ 폭발 가창력 재발견 - 손에 잡히는 뉴스 눈에 보이는 뉴스 - 뉴스엔". Newsen.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ "<"대학생활도 성실히" 슈주 규현·씨야 김연지 졸업> | 연합뉴스". Yonhapnews.co.kr. 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑
- 1 2 "Daum - 원하시는 페이지를 찾을 수가 없습니다". Media.daum.net (in (in Korean)). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑ "IT는 아이뉴스24, 연예스포츠는 조이뉴스24". Joynews.inews24.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑
- ↑ "씨앟 Ꚁ연지, ë˛¤ěż ë˛„ě„œ KíŒ? ě•ŒëŚ°ë‹¤..íŠ¸ë ˆě?´ë„ˆ ě˛Ťě§„ěśœ- ěŠ¤íƒ€ë‰´ěŠ¤". Star.mt.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑ "이진성 on Twitter: "오늘 '씨야'의 메인보컬이었던 연지양과의 싱글이 나왔습니다. 제목은'아파도 행복해'이구요~음악을 너무 사랑하는 순수한 친구와의 작업이라 굉장히 인상 깊었습니다~연지 최고!^^많이 들어주세요 여러분~5집 화이팅 "". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑ "마이데일리". Mydaily.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ↑ ⓒ 함께 만들고 함께 즐기는 엔터테인먼트 포털, ‘이데일리 스타IN’ - 무단전재&재배포 금지. "`너목들` 세번재 OST 발매..시청률에 차트까지 돌풍 - ▒종합 경제정보 미디어 - 이데일리▒". Starin.edaily.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
External links
- Kim Yeonji on Maroo Entertainment (in Korean)