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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Yu-bin
김유빈
Kim in April 2019
Born
Kim Yu-bin

(1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 36)
Gwangju, South Korea
EducationMyongji University
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • actress
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • drums
Years active2007–present
Labels
Formerly of
Websitewww.rrrentertainment.co.kr/post/yubin-2
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Yu-bin
McCune–ReischauerKim Yupin
Stage name
Hangul
유빈
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu-bin
McCune–ReischauerYupin

Kim Yu-bin (born October 4, 1988), referred to as Yubin, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and actress. Kim is a founder and CEO of the entertainment agency RRR Entertainment. She initially rose to fame as a member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls, formed in 2007 by JYP and active with the group until disbanded in 2017. She made her solo debut in 2018 with the single "Lady", and has continued to release music ever since.

Life and career

1988–2007: Early life, education and struggles

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

She 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 South Korean entertainment companies.[2]

2007–2017: Wonder Girls

Main article: Wonder Girls

Yubin made her debut as a new member of the Wonder Girls on September 7, 2007. She was introduced as the main rapper of the group, replacing Hyuna.[3] Although she is known mostly as the rapper of the Wonder Girls, Yubin occasionally acts as an additional vocalist to the group. Examples of which include, "This Time" and "Wishing on a Star". Aside from performing with the group, she has appeared in several music videos including labelmate 2PM's "10 Out of 10" and Shinhwa's "Once in a Life Time". Yubin has also featured in several different artists' singles, i.e. Shinhwa's Andy Lee, Lee Min-woo, Kim Bum-soo, and Chun G. In 2008, she made a short cameo in MBC's popular sitcom, Here He Comes.

Yubin showcased her written lyrics for the first time in Kim Bum-soo's song "Do You Know That?". Since then, Yubin 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 group's mini album Wonder Party released on 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 the 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 the 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 work and RRR Entertainment

In April 2018, Yubin announced that she is preparing her solo debut through a Cosmopolitan magazine interview.[9] On May 15, JYP Entertainment announced that she 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 digitally on June 5, 2018, with the retro lead single "Lady".[12] The B-side track, "City Lover", was not released due to copyrights after previously announcing the track would be delayed,[13] due to similarities with Mariya Takeuchi's 1984 Japanese city pop song "Plastic Love".[14]

On November 27, 2018, Yubin's first EP #TUSM was released digitally alongside the title track "Thank U Soooo Much".[15] The song's lyrics tell off a former partner for providing “too much information” during a breakup, sarcastically thanking them for their unnecessary revelations. Yubin co-wrote all three tracks on the EP and also co-composed the third track "Game Over". "Thank U Sooo Much" charted at number 21 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart, marking her first appearance on the chart.

In April 2019, Yubin served as a judge for the JTBC dance competition television show Stage K.[16] On October 30, Yubin released her third single album, Start of the End, alongside lead single "Silent Movie" featuring Yoon Mi-rae.[17] She co-wrote "Silent Movie" and wrote the B-side track "Not Yours". Yubin left JYP Entertainment on January 25, 2020, with her departure announced three days later.[18]

In February 2020, Yubin founded her own music label, RRR Entertainment.[19] Former bandmate Woo Hye-rim is also signed to the label.

In May 2020, Yubin released her single "Yaya (Me Time)", her first released under her own music label named RRR Entertainment (usually stylized in all lowercase).[20] Since, she has also released the special single "Wave", in partnership with CLEF Entertainment on their project "Traveller", in December 2020.[21][22]

Her follow-up lead single "Perfume" was released in January 2021, with an accompanying single album.[23] The same year, she competed on MBC's King of Mask Singer as "Snow Flower". She also was a cast member of Goal Girls and We're Family.

In 2022, Yubin participated in the television shows The Last Survivor, Dating is Straight, and Queen of Ssireum.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[24] 		KOR
Hot
[25] 		US
World
[26]
"Lady" (숙녀 (淑女)) 2018 —[A] 96 — 都市女子
"Thank U Soooo Much" — — 21 #TUSM
"Silent Movie" (무성영화)
(featuring Yoon Mi-rae) 		2019 — — — Start of the End
"Yaya (Me Time)" (넵넵 (ME TIME)) 2020 — — — Non-album single
"Wave" — — — Traveller
"Perfume" (향수) 2021 —[B] — — Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[24]
"Odd Imagination" (엉뚱한 상상)
(Andy Lee featuring Yubin) 		2007 — Non album-singles
"Honey" (Honey 꼬시기)
(Lee Min-woo featuring Yubin) 		2008 —
"Do You Know That?"
(Kim Bum-soo featuring Yubin) 		—
"Weak Man" (약한 남자)
(Chun G featuring Yubin) 		2009 —
"It's Time"
(Taecyeon featuring San E and Yubin) 		2013 —
"I Dance"
(Ivy featuring Yubin) 		—
"Who Am I" (내가 누구)
(Sunmi featuring Yubin) 		2014 112 Full Moon
"The Heartbroken"
(Justin Thorne featuring Yubin) 		2015 — Non album-singles
"Ssakda" (싹 다)
(The Quiett featuring Yubin) 		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Album
"Ssakda" (싹 다)
(featuring The Quiett) 		2017 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Compilation
"Who Am I" (후횐 마)
(featuring Jo Hyun-ah)
"Rain and Snow" (비 그리고 눈)
(with Yoon Jong-shin, Ha Dong-kyun, Kim Feel) 		2019 The Call 2: Third Project
"Special" 2020 Chocolate OST

All credits are adapted from MelOn.

Songwriting and composing credits

All credits are adapted from Korea Music Copyright Association (KMCA) database[30] And Melon

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
2012 Wonder Party "Hey Boy" Yes — No —
2015 Reboot[C] "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 Sunmi, Woo Hyerim, Jisang Hong Yes Lee Sunmi, Woo Hyerim, Jisang Hong
To the beautiful you Yes Woo Hyerim, Sunmi, Frants Yes Woo Hyerim, Sunmi, Frants
"Sweet and Easy" Yes Park Yeeun Yes Park Yeeun , Jisang Hong
2017 "Draw Me" "Draw Me" Yes Park Yeeun Yes Park Yeeun
2018 CAELO Babylon "너의 흔적에" (You're Not) Yes — Yes Babylon, Last Nite
#TUSM Herself "보내줄게" (I'll Let You Go) Yes DOKO No —
"Thank U Soooo Much" Yes Shim Eun-ji No —
"Game Over" Yes present. Yes present., Last Nite
2019 Start Of The End "Silent Movie" (ft. Yoon Mi-rae) Yes Shim Eun-ji Yes Shim Eunji
"Not Yours" Yes — No —
2020 It'z Me Itzy "Nobody Like You" Yes Josh Record, Andrew Bullimore No —
Yaya (ME TIME)[D] Herself "Yaya (ME TIME)" Yes Shim Eun-ji Yes Shim Eun-ji, Frederik Jyll, Andreas Ringblom
Traveler, No.501 "Wave" Yes NOOVV(CLEF), Kwon Minho (CLEF), Lim Hee-sun (CLEF), CLEF CREW No —
2021 Perfume[E] "Perfume" Yes Dr.JO No —

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 The Last Godfather Herself Cameo
2012 The Wonder Girls Herself —
2022 Lovely Voice: The Beginning Un­known Musical film [35]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Here He Comes Herself Cameo
2013 The Virus Lee Joo-yeong —
2019 VIP Cha Se-rin Cameo (episode 3–4) [36]
2020 Chocolate Oh Jung-bok Cameo (episode 2) [37]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Contestant Semi-finalist
2020 Things These Days Tcast with Jun Hyo-seong and Berry Good's Johyun [38][39]
2021 King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Snow Flower" (episodes 289–290) [40][41]
Goal Girls Cast Member Season 2 [42]
We're Family — [43]
2022 The Last Survivor Participant [44]
Dating is Straight Host [45]
Queen of Ssireum Participant [46]
The Second World Contestant [47]

Web shows

Year Title Role Ref.
2022 H Club Host [48]

Radio show

Year Title Role Ref.
2021 On Air Spin-off DJ [49]

Music videos

Title Year Director Ref.
"Lady" 2018 Naive Creative Production [50]
"Thank U Soooo Much" FantazyLab [51]
"Silent Movie" feat. Yoonmirae 2019 itchcock [52]
"yaya (ME TIME)" 2020 Woojin Yeom [53]
"Wave" Un­known
"Perfume" 2021

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Wonder Girls
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Korea Arts and Culture Awards 2022 Beauty Icon Award Yubin Won [54]

Notes

  1. ^ "Lady" did not enter the Top 100 Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at number 96 on the Domestic Gaon Digital Chart.[27]
  2. ^ "Perfume" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at number 30 and 93 on the component Download and BGM charts, respectively.[28][29]
  3. ^ Also credited for arrangement.
  4. ^ Credited as album's executive producer.[31][32]
  5. ^ Credited as album's executive producer.[33][34]

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