Jeon So-yeon, known mononymously as Soyeon, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer under Cube Entertainment.
28 Facts About Jeon So-yeon
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Jeon So-yeon first gained attention for competing in the television shows Produce 101 and Unpretty Rapstar before debuting as a solo artist on November 5,2017.
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Jeon So-yeon was born on August 26,1998, in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Jeon So-yeon quit to pursue a career in music after seeing Big Bang perform; Jeon secretly attended and failed around 20 to 30 singing auditions.
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Jeon So-yeon later decided to pursue rapping, and received receiving interested calls.
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In January 2016, Jeon So-yeon appeared as a representative trainee for Cube Entertainment in the first season of the girl group survival show Produce 101.
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Jeon So-yeon remained a popular contestant throughout the show's run, peaking at 10th place on the fifth episode.
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In July 2016, Jeon So-yeon appeared as a contestant in the third season of the rap competition show Unpretty Rapstar.
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Jeon So-yeon finished the show as the second runner-up, and three of her tracks were included on the show's final compilation album.
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On December 29,2016, Jeon So-yeon signed an exclusive contract as an artist under Cube Entertainment.
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Jeon So-yeon officially debuted on November 5,2017, with the digital singles "Jelly" and "Idle Song", which she wrote herself.
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On January 11,2018, it was announced that Jeon So-yeon would be re-debuting in Cube Entertainment's new girl group I-dle, as a rapper and its leader.
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Jeon So-yeon was credited in writing the lyrics, music and arrangement for both their debut song "Latata" and their next single "Hann", both of which were well received and commercially successful.
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Jeon So-yeon helped write five songs from I-dle's debut extended play I Am.
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In 2019, Jeon So-yeon composed labelmate CLC's "No", which was selected through a blind test and served as the lead single of the group's EP No 1.
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In March 2019, Jeon So-yeon made a public apology for using a pirated version of the German music-producing software Kontakt.
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Jeon So-yeon reprised her role as Akali in the League of Legends collaborative hip hop group True Damage.
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In 2020, Jeon So-yeon guested on Mnet's hip hop-inspired show Do You Know Hip Hop, collaborating with Double K and Nuck to perform a remix of "Lion".
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In January 2021, I-dle released their EPI Burn, including the lead single "Hwaa"; Jeon So-yeon wrote four of the six tracks.
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On May 21,2021, it was reported that Jeon So-yeon would be releasing a solo album.
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Jeon So-yeon stated that her bandmates are her primary songwriting inspirations.
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Jeon So-yeon took the idea and created the concept of a woman trapped in winter.
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Jeon So-yeon considers her bandmates while writing and tries to avoid the lyrics involving "me" or "I".
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For I-dle's first preliminary performance on the competition show Queendom, Jeon So-yeon proposed a sorceress concept for "Latata", an arrangement that IZM praised as "an entirely original song".
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Jeon So-yeon expressed her desire for more women to take part in record production, believing that there are no gender boundaries when it comes to arts forms like music, performances and gaming.
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Jeon So-yeon has been regarded as a role model for young women.
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On June 2,2021, Jeon So-yeon opened a personal Instagram account with several photos of selfies and an arm tattoo.
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Later, Jeon So-yeon revealed the tattoo was a "consent for organ donation" tattoo on V Live.