Kim Yu-bin (musician)

Kim Yu-bin
Kim at a fanmeet in July 2016
Native name 김유빈
Born Kim Yu-bin
(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988
Gwangju, South Korea
Education Myongji University
Occupation
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • actress
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • drums
Years active 2007–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website yubin.jype.com
Korean name
Hangul 김유빈
Revised Romanization Gim Yu-bin
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yupin

Kim Yu-bin (born October 4, 1988), referred to as Yubin, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls.

Life and career

1988–2007: Early life and career beginnings

Kim Yu-bin was born in Gwangju, on October 4, 1988.[1] She lived in Korea until high school, she attended Anyang High School for a while before moving to San Jose, California, where she studied and graduated at Leland High School. Yubin graduated from Myongji University with a degree in Film and Musical.

Yubin was originally set to debut as a member of Five Girls under Good Entertainment, along with G.NA, After School's Uee, Secret's Jun Hyo-seong and Spica's Yang Ji-won. However, the group disbanded shortly before their scheduled debut in 2007 due to Good Entertainment's financial troubles and the members all left for separate Korean entertainment companies.[2]

Yubin made her debut as a new member of the Wonder Girls on September 7, 2007. Yubin was introduced as the main rapper of the group replacing Hyuna.[3]

2008–2017: Solo activities and Wonder Girls disbandment

In 2008, Yubin made a short cameo in MBC's popular sitcom, Here He Comes.

Although Yubin is known mainly as the rapper of the group, she occasionally acts as an additional vocalist to the group. Examples of which include, "This Time" and "Wishing on a Star". Aside from performing with Wonder Girls, she has appeared in several music videos including labelmate 2PM's "10 Out of 10" and Shinhwa's "Once in a Life Time". She has also featured in several different artists' singles, i.e. Shinhwa's Andy Lee, Lee Min-woo, Kim Bum-soo and Chun G.

Yubin showcased her written lyrics for the first time in Kim Bum-soo's song "Do You Know That?". Since then, she has written her own raps for several other songs. In 2011, she wrote the lyrics for "Girls Girls", "Me, In", and "Sweet Dreams" from the Wonder Girls' second studio album Wonder World. Yubin also wrote the song "Hey Boy" for the Wonder Girls' mini album Wonder Party released in June 3, 2012.

In 2013, she made her official acting debut in OCN's drama, The Virus, where she played the role of Lee Joo-yeong, a genius hacker and an IT specialist.[4]

On June 24, 2015, it was announced that Wonder Girls will be making comeback after two-year hiatus as a band.[5]

On August 17, 2015, Yubin was confirmed to join Unpretty Rapstar's second season. Her popularity exploded and as a consequence, her makeup and hairstyle became popular in South Korea.[6]

On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Wonder Girls were to disband after their contracts had expired. Yubin was one of two members who chose to remain with JYP Entertainment as solo artists and renewed her contract.[7] The group released their final single, Draw Me, on February 10.[8]

2018–present: Solo career

In April 2018, Yubin announced that she is preparing her first solo album through a Cosmopolitan magazine interview.[9] On May 15, JYPE announced that Yubin has finished filming the music video for the lead single, which is planned to be released alongside her album in early-June.[10][11]

Yubin's first single album City Woman was released on June 5, 2018 with the lead single "Lady".[12] The B-side track "City Lover" was cancelled due to copyrights after previously announcing the track would be delayed.[13]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[14]		 KOR Hot.
[15]
"Lady" (숙녀) 2018 —[upper-alpha 1]96 City Woman (single)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[14]
"Irrelevant Imagination" (Andy Lee feat. Yubin) 2007 — Non album-singles
"Honey" (Lee Min-woo feat. Yubin) 2008 —
"Do You Know That?" (Kim Bum-soo feat. Yubin) —
"Weak Man" (Chun G feat. Yubin) 2009 —
"It's Time" (Taecyeon and San E feat. Yubin) 2013 —
"I Dance" (Ivy feat. Yubin) —
"Who Am I?" (Sunmi feat. Yubin) 2014 — Full Moon
"The Heartbroken" (Justin Thorne feat. Yubin) 2015 — Non album-singles
"Sakda (싹 다)" (The Quiett feat. Yubin) —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Songwriting and composing credits

Year Album Artist Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2007 The Wonder Years Wonder Girls "Tell Me" Yes Park Jin-young Yes Park Jin-young
2011 Wonder World "Girls Girls" Yes Shim Eun-ji No N/A
"Me, In" Yes Yeeun and Shim Jung-hyeon No N/A
"Sweet Dreams" Yes Billion Dollar Baby Noday No N/A
2012 Wonder Party "Hey Boy" Yes N/A No N/A
2015 Reboot "I Feel You" Yes J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul" No N/A
"Rewind" Yes Lee Sunmi, Ju Hyo and Lee Toyo No N/A
"Loved" Yes Shim Eun-ji Yes Shim Eun-ji
"John Doe" Yes Hong ji-sang and Ju Hyo Yes Hong ji-sang and Ju Hyo
"Back" Yes Woo Hyerim and Lee Sunmi Yes Woo Hyerim and Lee Sunmi
"없어" (GONE) Yes Shim Eun-ji Yes Shim Eun-ji
2016 Why So Lonely "Why So Lonely" Yes Lee Sunmi and Hyerim Yes Lee Sunmi and Hyerim
"Sweet and Easy" Yes Park Yeeun Yes Park Yeeun
2017 Draw Me "Draw Me" Yes Park Yeeun Yes Park Yeeun

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Note
2010 The Last Godfather Herself Cameo
2012 The Wonder Girls Herself

Television series

Year Title Network Role Note
2008 Here He Comes MBC Herself Cameo
2013 The Virus OCN Lee Joo-yeong Main role

TV show

Year Title Network Role Note
2015 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Mnet Contestant Semi-finalist

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lady" peaked at number 96 on the Domestic Gaon Digital Chart.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. ↑ Kim JiYeon (February 3, 2012). "Spica's Yang Ji Won Talks Being the Last Five Girls′ Girl". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Kim, Won-gyum (2007-09-05). 원더걸스, 새멤버 공개..19세 김유빈 (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Wonder Girls′ Yubin Cast for OCN′s ′The Virus′". Mwave. 1 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Ho-jung, Won (24 June 2015). "Wonder Girls confirmed to return as band". Kpop Herald. The Korean Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. ↑ 김, 수경 (2015-11-23). "유빈 '무심한 헤어 걸크러쉬' 전문가의 리얼팁-'언프리티 랩스타2".
  7. ↑ "Wonder Girls share thoughts about disbandment". Kpop Herald. 10 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "JYP 측 "원더걸스 해체…예은·선미 떠난다" [공식입장 전문]".
  9. ↑ "[화보] 유빈 "데뷔 후 첫 솔로앨범 준비..다른 원더걸스 활동 보면 대견해"".
  10. ↑ "[공식입장] JYP 측 "유빈 MV 촬영 완료, 솔로 데뷔일 미정"".
  11. ↑ "[단독] 원더걸스 유빈, 데뷔 11년만 솔로데뷔…6월초 출격확정".
  12. ↑ "Former Wonder Girls Member Yubin Debuts First Solo Song 'Lady': Watch the Video". Billboard. June 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Yubin cancels release of new song amid plagiarism dispute". Kpop Herald. 7 June 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Korea K-Pop 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
    • "Lady". June 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ "2018년 23주차 Digital Chart (국내)" [Week 23 of 2018 Digital Chart (Domestic)]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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