Yubin

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Yubin
File:Kim Yu-Bin at Architecture 101 VIP preview 02.jpg
Yubin at Architecture 101 premiere in 2012.
Native name 김유빈
Born Kim Yubin
(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 36)
Gwangju, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2007 (2007)–present
Labels
Associated acts
Yubin
Hangul 김유빈
Hanja 金婑斌
Revised Romanization Gim Yubin
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yubin

Kim Yubin (Korean: 김유빈; born October 4, 1988), professionally known as Yubin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress . She is a member of the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls.

Biography

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Yubin (유빈) was born in Gwangju, on October 4, 1988.[1] She attended JungAm Elementary School and Anyang High School for a while before moving to San Jose, California, where she studied at Leland High School. She currently attends Myongji University. She is fluent in Korean and English.

Career

Predebut

Prior to her debut with the Wonder Girls, 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 Hyoseong and Spica's Yang Jiwon. 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.[citation needed]

Wonder Girls

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Main article: Wonder Girls

In 2007, Yubin made her debut as new member of Wonder Girls on September 7, 2007 after the group release their comeback single "Tell Me". Yubin was introduced as the main rapper of the group replaced Hyuna.[2]

Although Yubin is known to most as just the rapper of the group, she occasionally also 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 also been featured in several music videos including labelmate 2PM's debut music video, "10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom" and Shinhwa's "Once in a Life Time". In addition, she has also been featured on several different artists' singles, like Shinhwa's Andy Lee, Lee Min-woo, Kim Bum-soo, and Chun G. It was also revealed that Yubin is interested in writing her own lyrics which she was able to showcase for the first time in Kim Bum-soo's song "Do You Know That?". Since then, she has also written her own raps on several other songs she has featured in and most recently, it was revealed that she had written the lyrics for "Girls Girls", "Me, In", and "Sweet Dreams" off Wonder Girls' second studio album Wonder World in 2011. Yubin wrote the song "Hey Boy" for Wonder Girls' mini album Wonder Party released on June 3, 2012.

Solo Activities

Acting

Yubin had also made a short cameo in MBC's popular sitcom, Here He Comes. She made her acting debut through OCN's new drama, The Virus, where she played the role of Lee Joo-yeong, a genius hacker and an IT specialist.

Television show

On August 17, 2015, it was confirmed that Yubin would join Unpretty Rapstar's second season. It is a South Korean music competition program that focuses on female rappers. During this season, she make numerous impact to many fan of female named "Girl Crush" , So her makeup and hairstyle is made issue in South Korea.[3]

Discography

Collaborations

Year Artist Song
2007 Andy Lee "Irrelevant Imagination"
2008 Lee Min Woo "Honey"
Various artists "Cry with Us"
"I Love Asia"
Kim Bum Soo "Do You Know That?"
2009 Chun G "Weak Man"
2010 JYP Nation "This Christmas"
2013 Taecyeon and San E "It's Time"
Ivy "I Dance"
2014 Sunmi "Who Am I?"
2015 Justin Thorne "The Heartbroken"
Unpretty Rapstar (season 2) Contestants "Don′t Stop"
The Quiett "(Sakda)싹 다"

Composition

Year Album Song Notes
2011 Wonder World
  • Artist: Wonder Girls
  • Released: November 7, 2011
 "Girls Girls" Rap by Yubin
"Sweet Dreams"
"Me, In"
2012 Wonder Party
  • Artist: Wonder Girls
  • Released: June 3, 2012
 "Hey Boy"
2015 Reboot
  • Artist: Wonder Girls
  • Released: August 3, 2015
 "I Feel You"
"Rewind"
"Loved" Music and lyrics by Yubin
"John Doe"
"Back"
"없어" (GONE)

Filmography

Film

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

Television Dramas

Year Title Network Role Note
2008 Here He Comes MBC Herself Cameo
2013 The Virus OCN Lee Joo Yeong

TV shows

Year Title Network Roles Note
2010 Show! Music Core MBC Co-Host with Sunye & CN Blue Jung Yong-hwa
2011 Music Bank KBS Co-Host with Sohee Shindong & Minho
2012 Running Man SBS Guest Ep 117
2015 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Mnet Contestant

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Role
2008 Cry With Us Various Artist Herself
I Love Asia/ Smile Again Various Artist Herself
Once in a Lifetime Shinhwa Herself
10 Out of 10 2PM Herself
2010 This Christmas JYP Nation Herself
2013 I Dance Ivy Herself
2014 Ain't Nobody HA:TFELT Herself
2015 Don′t Stop UNPRETTY RAPSTAR2 Contestants Herself

Awards and nominations

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See also: List of awards and nominations received by Wonder Girls

References

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