Kei (singer)

Kei
Kei in June 2018
Native name 김지연
Born Kim Ji-yeon
(1995-03-20) 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 Chiyŏn

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 named Kim Min-ji. She graduated from Incheon Youngsun High School. Her ancestries are Sangmin class (common class of Joseon Dynasty) ever since Seonjo of Joseon's period.

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. 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. She was confirmed to cast in a lead role in web drama, Matching! Bos Archery Club. On September 1, she was released collaboration song title Y with myunDo featuring Bumzu, were the song was cover from Freestyle's Y. On October 26, she was released collaboration song with The Solutions titled Beautiful, as a part of HIGHGRND label project PLAYGRND.

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)		 — N/A
"Wanna Date"
(with Hong Dae Kwang)		 2017 — Story About: Some, One Month
Soundtrack appearances
"Love Moves On" 2015 — N/A Oh My Venus OST / Part.6
"Tingle" 2016 — Lucky Romance OST
"Star and Sun" 2017 20
  • KOR: 18,134+[9]
 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 Matching! Boys Archery Club 3rd

References

  1. ↑ "러블리즈". www.lvlz8.com.
  2. ↑ "Kei Profile". www.lvlz8.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Lovelyz Profile - NowKPop". 2015-08-27.
  4. ↑ "BTS' Jin & Rap Monster, Lovelyz' Kei and Lee Mi Joo to host 'Inkigayo' this week - allkpop.com".
  5. ↑ Jeong Da-hoon (June 8, 2018). "[공식입장]'뮤직뱅크' 새 MC 러블리즈 케이·최원명 확정". Seoul Economy Daily (in Korean). Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "'걸스피릿' 러블리즈 케이 "보아 덕분에 가수 꿈 포기하지 않았다"".
  7. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Download Sales reference for Y:
    • "Gaon Download Chart September, 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "2017 Gaon Download Chart – Week 21". Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  10. ↑ Jung Ahn-ji (April 23, 2017). "'복면가왕' 제리 정체는 러블리즈 케이 '깜짝 반전'". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved April 23, 2017.
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