Kei (singer)
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Kei | |
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| 김지연 | |
.jpg) Kei in June 2018 | |
| Born | Kim Ji-yeon March 20, 1995 Incheon, South Korea |
| Education | Incheon Youngsun High School |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Woollim Entertainment |
| Korean name | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Ji-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chiyŏn |
Kim Ji-yeon (Korean: 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.[citation needed]
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 named Kim Min-ji. She graduated from Incheon Youngsun High School.[citation needed] Her ancestries are Sangmin class (common class of Joseon Dynasty) ever since Seonjo of Joseon's period.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
In November 2014, Kei made her official debut as the main vocal of girl group Lovelyz.[citation needed] In December 2015, Kei was recorded song title Love Is Like That for Oh My Venus.[citation needed] On May 13, 2016 Kei along with Lee Mi-joo was confirmed becoming the Special MC for Inkigayo.[4] In June 2016, she was confirmed to become a contestant for JTBC's main vocal competition Girls Spirit, were will aired in mid-July.[citation needed] She was confirmed to cast in a lead role in web drama, Matching! Bos Archery Club.[citation needed] On September 1, she was released collaboration song title Y with myunDo featuring Bumzu, were the song was cover from Freestyle's Y.[citation needed] On October 26, she was released collaboration song with The Solutions titled Beautiful, as a part of HIGHGRND label project PLAYGRND.[citation needed]
On June 8, 2018, it was announced that Kei will be the new MC for Music Bank alongside actor Choi Won-myung, starting from June 15.[5]
Influences
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."[6]
Discography
Songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon [7] | |||||
| Collaboration | |||||
| "Y" (with MyunDo featuring Bumzu) |
2016 | 49 | Non album-singles | ||
| "Beautiful" (with The Solutions) |
— | — | |||
| "Wanna Date" (with Hong Dae Kwang) |
2017 | — | Story About: Some, One Month | ||
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "Love Moves On" | 2015 | — | — | Oh My Venus OST / Part.6 | |
| "Tingle" | 2016 | — | Lucky Romance OST | ||
| "Star and Sun" | 2017 | 20 |
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The Emperor: Owner of the Mask OST | |
| "These Days You & I" | 2018 | TBA | TBA | Queen of Mystery 2 OST | |
| "Let's Pray" | TBA | TBA | Rich Man OST | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Filmography
Television series
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matching! Boys Archery Club | 2016 | Hong Shi-ah | Lead role; web drama |
Musical Theatre
| Title | Year | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| At The Age of Thirty | 2017 | Okhee | Lead Role |
Television shows
| Title | Year | Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl Spirit | 2016 | JTBC | Contestant |
| King of Mask Singer | 2017 | MBC | Contestant as "Agiley Mouse Jerry" (Episodes 107–108)[10] |
| Music Bank | 2018 | KBS2 | Host with Choi Won-myung |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Seoul International Web Festival | Korean Best Actress[citation needed] | Matching! Boys Archery Club | 3rd |
References
- ^ "러블리즈". www.lvlz8.com.
- ^ "Kei Profile". www.lvlz8.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Lovelyz Profile - NowKPop". 2015-08-27.
- ^ "BTS' Jin & Rap Monster, Lovelyz' Kei and Lee Mi Joo to host 'Inkigayo' this week - allkpop.com".
- ^ Jeong Da-hoon (June 8, 2018). "[공식입장]'뮤직뱅크' 새 MC 러블리즈 케이·최원명 확정". Seoul Economy Daily (in Korean). Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "'걸스피릿' 러블리즈 케이 "보아 덕분에 가수 꿈 포기하지 않았다"".
- ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 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
Media related to Kei (vocalist) at Wikimedia Commons
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