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Soyeon (Korean: 소연; Japanese: ソヨン) is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer under Cube Entertainment. She is the leader and main rapper of the girl group (G)I-DLE.
As a soloist, she goes by her full name Jeon Soyeon. She made her solo debut on November 5, 2017 with the single "Jelly".
Career[]
2016: Produce 101, Unpretty Rapstar[]
In January năm nhâm thìn, Soyeon became a contestant on the survival show Produce 101, where she represented Cube Entertainment. She ranked 20th place in the final episode, thus being unable to tướng debut with I.O.I.[3]
In July, she became a contestant on the rap survival show Unpretty Rapstar Season 3. She finished the series as the second runner-up.[4]
On December 29, Soyeon signed an artist contract with Cube Entertainment.[5]
2017: Solo debut with "Jelly"[]
Soyeon made her solo debut on November 5, 2017 with her first digital single "Jelly".
2018: "Idle Song", debut with (G)I-DLE[]
On January 11, 2018, Cube Entertainment announced Soyeon would be re-debuting as the leader of (G)I-DLE.[6] A month later, on February 28, she released her second digital single, "Idle Song". Then, on April 12, she was officially revealed as the fifth thành viên of (G)I-DLE.[7] The group officially debuted on May 2 with the release of their first mini album I Am.
2021: Solo comeback with Windy, first win[]
On May 21, Cube Entertainment confirmed that Soyeon was preparing for a solo comeback sometime in June.[8] It would be her first comeback in three years. On June 17, it was announced that Soyeon would be returning with her first mini album Windy on July 5. On July 13, she received her first music show win as a solo artist on The Show for her album's title track "Beam Beam".[9]
It was announced, on October 21, that Soyeon would be one of the four mentors of MBC reality survival show My Teenage Girl.[10] In an interview in November, she revealed that the reason she wanted to tướng participate is that she herself has participated in multiple survival shows, sánh she can understand the contestants' hardships and share the tips she's learned now that she has debuted as an idol.[11] Once the first episode was broadcast on November 28, Soyeon went viral as people were impressed with her honesty: she criticized the way people had voted for what she called the "worst performance" of the day and asked people to tướng vote responsibly by priorizing the trainees' talents.[12]
2024: Contract renewal discussions[]
On August 6, 2024, Cube Entertainment revealed that Soyeon's contract is due to tướng expire in November and they are currently in discussion to tướng renew her contract.[13]
Personal life[]
Health[]
On June 1, 2024, Cube Entertainment announced that Soyeon would temporarily halt all scheduled activities due to tướng worsening health.[14]
Discography[]
Mini albums[]
- Windy (2021)
Digital singles[]
Collaborations[]
- "Wow Thing" (with Chung Ha, SinB & Seulgi) (2018)
- "New Vision" (with Colde) (2021)
- "I'm OK" (with Moono) (2023)
- "Nobody" (with Winter & Liz) (2023)
Features[]
- K/DA - "Pop/Stars" (with Madison Beer, Jaira Burns & Miyeon) (2018)
- Lee Minhyuk - "Hang Out" (2019)
- Key - "I Wanna Be" (2019)
- True Damage - "GIANTS" (with Becky G, Keke Palmer, DUCKWRTH & Thutmose) (2019)
- HYO - "Dessert" (with Loopy) (2020)
- K/DA - "The Baddest" (with Bea Miller, Wolftyla & Miyeon) (2020)
- K/DA - "More" (with Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, Miyeon & Lexie Liu) (2020)
- Ravi - "Ani" (2021)
OSTs[]
- "Now On, Showtime! OST Part.1" ("Freak Show") (2023)
Participation releases[]
- "Street Dance Girls Fighter (SGF) Special" ("Fire") (2023)
Other releases[]
- "The Loveless (애정결핍)" (2019)
- "Nanrina" (2022)
- A Little Lovin" (2022)
- "Shake Shack Korea" (2022)
Producing and writing credits[]
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[15]
2010s[]
Artist | Song | Album | Type |
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2016 | |||
Jeon Soyeon | "She's Coming" | Unpretty Rapstar 3 | Writing |
"Scary" | |||
"Children's Day" | |||
"Smile" | |||
2017 | |||
Jeon Soyeon | "Jelly" | Writing Producing | |
JBJ | "Say My Name" | True Colors | Writing |
2018 | |||
Jeon Soyeon | "Idle Song" | Writing Producing | |
(G)I-DLE | "Latata" | I Am | |
"$$$" | Writing | ||
"Maze" | |||
"Don't Text Me" | |||
"What's in Your House?" | |||
"Hann (Alone)" | Writing Producing | ||
Chung Ha, Seulgi, SinB & Herself | "Wow Thing" | Writing | |
United Cube | "Mermaid" | One | Writing |
"Young & One" | |||
2019 | |||
Lee Minhyuk | "Hang Out" | Hutazone | Writing |
CLC | "No" | No.1 | Writing Producing |
(G)I-DLE | "Help Me" | Her Private Life OST | |
"Senorita" | I Made | Writing Producing | |
"What's Your Name" | |||
"Put It Straight" | |||
"Give Me Your" | |||
"Blow Your Mind" | Writing | ||
Key | "I Wanna Be" | I Wanna Be | |
Soyeon | "The Loveless" | N/A | Writing Composing Arranging[16] |
(G)I-DLE | "Uh-Oh" | Writing Producing | |
"Put It Straight (Nightmare Version)" | Queendom 'Box of Pandora' Part. 1 | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"Lion" | Queendom 'Final Comeback' I Trust |
2020s[]
Artist | Song | Album | Type |
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2020 | |||
(G)I-DLE | "Oh My God" | I Trust | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Luv U" | |||
"Maybe" | Writing Composing | ||
HYO | "Dessert" | Writting Composing | |
(G)I-DLE | "Dumdi Dumdi" | "Dumdi Dumdi" | Writing Composing Arranging |
"I'm The Trend" | Writing | ||
"Tung-Tung (Empty)" | "Oh My God" | Writing | |
Kim Nam Joo | "Bird" | Writing Composing | |
2021 | |||
(G)I-DLE | "Hann (Alone in winter)" | I Burn | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Hwaa" | |||
"Moon" | Writing | ||
"Where Is Love" | Writing, composing | ||
"Lost" | Writing | ||
"Dahlia" | |||
"Hwaa (English Ver.)" | "Hwaa" | Writing Composing | |
"Hwaa (Chinese Ver.)" | |||
"Hwaa (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix)" | Writing | ||
Jeon Soyeon | "Beam Beam" | Windy | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Weather" | |||
"Quit" | |||
"Psycho" | Writing Composing | ||
"Is This Bad B****** Number?" | |||
2022 | |||
(G)I-DLE | "Tomboy" | I Never Die | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Never Stop Me" | Writing Composing | ||
"Villain Dies" | |||
"Already" | Writing | ||
"Escape" | |||
"Liar" | |||
"My Bag" | Writing Composing | ||
"Tomboy (Uncensored Version)" | Writing Composing Arranging | ||
"Tomboy (R3HAB Remix)" | Writing Composing | ||
(G)I-DLE | "Nxde" | I Love | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Love" | |||
"Change" | Writing | ||
"Reset" | |||
"Sculpture" | |||
"Dark (X-file)" | |||
2023 | |||
(G)I-DLE | "Queencard" | I Feel | Writing Composing Arranging |
"Allergy" | |||
"Lucid" | Writing | ||
"All Night" | |||
"Paradise" | |||
"Peter Pan" | |||
2024 | |||
(G)I-DLE | "Wife" | Writing Composing Arranging | |
"Super Lady" | 2 | ||
"Revenge" | |||
"Fate" | |||
"Klaxon (클락션)" | I Sway |
Filmography[]
Reality shows[]
- Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant
- Unpretty Rapstar Season 3 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant
- My Teenage Girl (MBC, 2021–2022) - mentor
- Fantasy Boys (Mnet, 2023) - mentor[17]
Music đoạn Clip appearance[]
- BIBI - "Sugar Rush" (2024)
- QWER - "Fake Idol" (2024)
Endorsements[]
On May 4, 2023, Ugg announced that they have selected Soyeon as the brand's newest model.[18]
- Ugg (2023)
Trivia[]
- Her MBTI personality type is INTP.[19]
- She was born at 5:20 pm.[20]
- Soyeon was home-schooled as a child.[21]
- During her childhood, she wanted to tướng become a pirate. After watching Naruto, she wanted to tướng be a ninja.[20]
- She is close with CLC's Eunbin and Jeon Somi (Since the Produce 101)
- She used to tướng bởi ballet when she was young.[21]
- She attended 20-30 auditions, but failed all of them.[20]
- Soyeon only became successful in auditions after beginning to tướng rap.[20]
- Soyeon auditioned for Cube Entertainment by singing G-Dragon's "This Love".[20]
- She is a huge người hâm mộ of the popular boy group 2PM.[22][23]
- She and Hwanwoong of ONEUS were born on the exact same day.
- She is currently the shortest girl group leader in K-pop industry (she is 157cm or 5'2″).[24]
- She has two tattoos: a lotus flower on her shoulder blade and a heartbeat inside her left arm (this tattoo has an important meaning: it means she is an organ donor).[25]
- She knows how to tướng imitate Bart Simpson (one of the main protagonists of "The Simpsons").[26]
- Neverlands ((G)I-DLE's fandom) love to tướng make fun of her for being short and for being the shortest thành viên of the group.[1]
- She is a picky eater and because of this she hates eating vegetables (among the vegetables she hates to tướng eat are: kimchi, radishes, carrots, lettuce, onions and cucumbers).[27][28]
- On the other hand, her favorite foods are Potatoes, Bread, Corn, Fish Cake, Kimchi Jeon, Ham, Mint Chocolate Ice Cream and Tangerine.[28]
- She is considered the most clumsy thành viên of the group offstage: according to tướng the other members (mainly Yuqi and Shuhua), she always loses something or drops it (like her own cell phone).[29]
- If she could choose to tướng live anywhere other phàn nàn South Korea, she would choose to tướng live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.[30]
- She loves mint chocolate.[28]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)/Gallery
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 YouTube: GIDLE NEVER DIE!!! 이제 아이들에서 (여자)는 빼줘 | (여자)아이들 | (G)I-DLE | TOMBOY | 아이돌등판 | IDDP | 전소연 미연 민니 우기 슈화
- ↑ 조선일보: "부끄러워" 전소연, 민낯부터 '44kg' 몸무게까지! 꾸밈없는 일상 공개 ('나혼자산다') (종합)
- ↑ Produce 101: Episodes 1-11
- ↑ Unpretty Rapstar Season 3: Episodes 1-10
- ↑ Xports News: 큐브 측 "전소연과 전속계약, 구체적 데뷔일자 미정"(공식입장)
- ↑ Xports News: (공식입장) 큐브 측 "전소연 걸그룹명은 아이들…상반기 데뷔"
- ↑ @G_I_DLE on Twitter (April 12, 2018)
- ↑ Soompi: (G)I-DLE’s Agency Confirms Jeon Soyeon Is Preparing For Solo Comeback
- ↑ Soompi: Watch: (G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon Takes 1st-Ever Solo Win With “BEAM BEAM” On “The Show”; Performances By SF9, Minzy, And More
- ↑ NME: Girls’ Generation’s Yuri, (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon and more to tướng mentor upcoming reality TV show
- ↑ NME: (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon shares why she joined ‘My Teenage Girl’ as a mentor
- ↑ Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide: ‘My Teenage Girl’: (G)I-DLE Soyeon goes viral for being stricter phàn nàn ‘Mentor Lisa’
- ↑ Soompi: Cube Confirms (G)I-DLE's Jeon Soyeon's Contract Ends In November But Says Renewal Is Being Discussed
- ↑ Soompi: (G)I-DLE's Jeon Soyeon To Temporarily Halt All Activities Due To Health
- ↑ KOMCA: Searching Works (search 10012941 under Writers & Publishers)
- ↑ YouTube: 소연(SOYEON) - '애정결핍(The loveless)' Drawing Video
- ↑ Soompi: 2PM’s Wooyoung, Jung Jinyoung, WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon, And (G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon Announced As Mentors For MBC’s Idol Audition Show “Boy Fantasy”
- ↑ (KR) S List: (여자)아이들 소연, 브랜드 모델로 발탁된... 자신감 + 트렌디한 감성 (그림)
- ↑ @G_I_DLE on Twitter (March 2, 2022)
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 YouTube: (G)I-DLE - My name is Soyeon
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Allkpop: Happy Birthday to tướng the Leader of (G)I-DLE, Jeon Soyeon
- ↑ Koreaboo: (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon Proves She’s A True 2PM Fan Through Signed Album Messages She Gifted The Members
- ↑ Koreaboo: (G)I-DLE Couldn’t Stop Teasing Soyeon Over The Time She Went Full Fangirl Over 2PM
- ↑ Koreaboo: Here Are The Shortest To Tallest Leaders In The 23 Most Popular K-Pop Girl Groups
- ↑ Koreaboo: Here Are All 13 Fourth Generation K-Pop Idols With Tattoos (That We Know About)
- ↑ Youtube (hello82): (CC) We asked (G)I-DLE to tướng bởi the most insane interviewㅣOh my godㅣQuestion ParadeㅣQuestion Parade (G)I-DLE
- ↑ Koreaboo: (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon Surprises With Her Healthy Body Despite Not Eating Vegetables For 22 Years
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Kpopmap: Foods The Members Of (G)I-DLE Like To Eat
- ↑ Koreaboo: (G)I-DLE’s Shuhua Is Absolutely Savage As She Introduces Her Members On “Knowing Bros”
- ↑ Koreaboo: (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon Wants To Live In Philadelphia For An Unexpected Reason, But There’s One Problem
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