Kim Tae-yeon
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Kim Tae-yeon |
|
Background information |
Birth name |
김태연 |
Also known as |
Taeng, Taengoo, DJ Taengoo, Tae-Tae, Umma, Ajumma, Taejumma, Jummataeng, Kid (Ggoggoma) Leader |
Born |
March 9, 1989 (age 23)
Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea |
Origin |
Seoul, South Korea |
Genres |
K-pop, R&B, Dance-pop |
Occupations |
Singer, dancer, actress, Promotional model, TV presenter, DJ |
Instruments |
Vocals, guitar[1][2] |
Years active |
2007–present |
Labels |
SM Entertainment |
Associated acts |
Girls' Generation, SM Town, TaeTiSeo |
Website |
Official website |
Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989) is a
South Korean idol singer,
TV presenter,
dancer,
actress and
promotional model. She is the main vocalist and leader of Korean
girl group Girls' Generation.
[5]
In 2012, Taeyeon ranked #42 on 'The 23rd Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces'.
[6]
Biography
Tae-yeon was born in Jeonju, South Korea on March 9, 1989. She is trained in singing and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the
2004 SM Entertainment's 8th Annual Best Contest winning
Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award in the contest.
[7][8] In 2004, she was featured in The One's song "You Bring Me Joy" before debuting as Girls' Generation's leader.
[9] She is a 2008 graduate of Jeonju Art High School and was awarded the school's
Lifetime Achievement Award.
[10]
Career
Solo career
Tae-yeon has contributed to a couple of soundtracks as a solo artist, singing the theme song "Manyageh" ("만약에", "
If") for the
KBS2 drama
Hong Gil Dong and "Deullinayo" ("들리나요", "
Can You Hear Me") from the
Beethoven Virus soundtrack. "If" became popular
[clarification needed] on various online charts, around the same time "Baby Baby" was released,
[11] while "Deullinayo" received the YEPP Popularity award at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards.
[12]
She also sang "SarangInGulYo" ("사랑인걸요", "
It is love") with
Sunny for the drama
Heading to the Ground, and the "S.E.O.U.L." song with members of
Super Junior and Girls' Generation to promote South Korea.
[13] She also sang the song for
Caribbean Bay / "Cabi" with her fellow members
Jessica,
Seohyun,
Tiffany and
Sunny with
2PM.
[14]
She sang a duet song with her mentor The One, called "Like a Star" which was released on November 17, 2010.
[15]
She also sang in the soundtrack of SBS's Athena:Goddess of War, with
the song "I Love You". The song was released on 13 December 2010. The
song took number 1 in some hit charts.
[16]
On January 31, 2011, Tae-yeon sang a duet with
Kim Bum-soo, titled "Different". The song also took number 1 not long after it was released.
[17]
She has also featured on
Kangta's Album
Eternity, singing
7989.
On March 28, 2012, Tae-yeon sang and released "Missing You Like Crazy", for the Korean Melodrama
The King 2 Hearts
starring Lee Seung-gi and Ha Ji- won, which took Number 1 on all charts
such as Melon, Naver, Mnet, Soribada, Bugs, Olleh and Daum, achieving
an 'All Kill' on the online charts on the day of its release.
[18]
Tae-yeon had previously declined the offer to sing the OST for the
drama due to her busy overseas schedules with Girls' Generation, but
later took it up as she had made a promise with PD Lee Pil-ho, the
producer of "Beethoven's Virus", for which Tae-yeon also sang the OST.
PD Lee Pil-ho also stated that when he had first received the synopsis
for "The King 2 Hearts", he had made special requests to only Tae-yeon,
stating that she was the only singer who could sing the OST for the
drama. In 2012, Tae-yeon also sang an OST, 'Closer', for the drama 'To
the Beautiful You' starring by Choi Min-ho (from
SHINee) and Sulli Choi (from
f(x)).
Acting career
On May 7, 2010, she had her musical debut as the main female role in "
Midnight Sun", which is based on the Japanese novel "Taiyō no uta" by Aya Denkawa.
[19][20] The musical is about
Kaoru Amane, a 17-year-old girl, who suffers from
Xeroderma pigmentosum,
which forbids her from going out during daytime. She keeps her hopes up
by writing songs and singing every night at a train station. Taeyeon
received good press for her performance.
[21] Furthermore, she learned to play guitar for her musical performance.
[8]
Taeyeon and her band mate
Seohyun were cast as voice actors for the
Korean dub of the
3D animation Despicable Me. Taeyeon dubbed the voice of the character Margo, while Seohyun's role is Margo's younger sister Edith.
[22]
TV shows
She was featured on
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation reality-variety show
We Got Married as part of the third rotation of couples; she was featured with comedian
Jeong Hyeong-don. When this news was announced on January 7, 2009, it caused an uproar among South Korean
netizens due to the 11-year age difference between the two.
[23]
Taeyeon was also a sub MC for Kim Seung-woo's talk show, 'SeungSeungJangGu' (Korean: 승승장구) on KBS, MCing alongside
2PM's
Wooyoung, Choi Hwa-jung, Kim Shin-young, and Kim Seung-woo.
[24]
Taeyeon, along with fellow
Girls' Generation members
Tiffany and
Seohyun is an MC on
MBC's
Show! Music Core from February 11, 2012.
[25]
On February 22, 2012 she was a MC for
First Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards together with Joo Younghoon
[26] and also for
2012 Korean Music Wave in Bangkok which was held on April 7, 2012 together with
Tiffany and
Nichkhun.
[27]
During the hosting of the "First Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards" show, Taeyeon
encountered a toe injury. Taeyeon's toe nail had been disconnected from
her toe and she was unable to receive the award with her members.
[28]
Radio shows
Taeyeon became a DJ on
MBC Radio's
Good Friend Radio, which she co-hosted with
Super Junior's
Kangin until he left on April 19, 2009. She has received the nicknamed "DJ Taengoo".
[29] Taeyeon ceased her DJ duties from April 26, 2010 onwards.
[30]
Taetiseo
SM Entertainment revealed that Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun will form a SNSD subunit called
Taetiseo; they released their first mini-album
Twinkle on 2 May 2012. The subunit has different musical direction and style concept from the nine-member SNSD.
[31]
Incidents
Angel Price Music Festival
On April 17, 2011, during a performance at the Angel Price Music
Festival, a male audience member trespassed onto stage and tried to pull
leader Taeyeon off the stage. Member Sunny reacted the fastest out of
all the rest of the members, and intervened. The male trespasser was
subsequently stopped and apprehended by the host Oh Jung Tae and
security staff. Taeyeon was later praised for her calm and professional
attitude as she continued the performance until it ended. SM
Entertainment later reported that everyone thought the trespasser was a
staff member, and that the girls were fine and were resting as of the
time of the statement.
[32] Social commerce business,
Coupang,
which handled the ticket sales at Angel Price's request, released an
apology to Girls' Generation and fans for the incident, stating that
"Coupang was inadequate in the way we sold and distributed the tickets."
Coupang took full responsibility for the incident and promised to give a
full refund to those who bought tickets for that event. However, some
netizens
criticized Coupang in that the business expects a mere refund to be an
acceptable apology to all, especially towards Taeyeon. Many were bitter
in that something worse could've happened to Taeyeon, and that the
concert failed to protect the artist that they invited.
[33]
NYC Fanmeet
On October 24, 2011, the website soshified.com organized a SNSD
Fanmeet in New York City. Taeyeon performed the opening number ("The
Boys") but during the rest of the meeting was very subdued and pale.
During the following
MTV
interview, she appeared distracted and bored, even resting her chin on
her hands. Initially, her actions were attributed to the onset of a
Common cold; it was later announced that she was suffering a
peanut allergy reaction, and was experiencing
anaphylaxis with shortness of breath.
[34]
Discography