Kim Hyo-yeon (born September 22, 1989) is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, and model. She is a member of the popular Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007.
Hyo-yeon was born in Incheon, South Korea on September 22, 1989. She grew up with her parents and her younger brother Kim Min-gu. She auditioned for SM Entertainment at the age of 11 through SM 2000 Casting System. Hyo-yeon herself said that she had no intentions to audition, but her mother was a fan of SM Entertainment's boy band H.O.T. and brought her to the offices in the hopes, perhaps, of seeing them. She then danced in her audition show. In 2004, she was sent to study Chinese in Beijing, People's Republic of China alongside with Choi Siwon. Her Chinese name is 孝渊 (Xiàoyuān) in simplified Chinese characters. Hyo-yeon also been picked as Korea's number 1 Idol dancer on Star News. Hyo-yeon is ambidextrous. She also often referred as the "2nd BoA" due to her dancing skills. Hyo-yeon is fluent in Chinese and Korean. She also can speak conversational English and Japanese.
Hyo-yeon is currently taking part as a member of SM Entertainment‘s new ‘Younique‘ dance unit which has partnered up with Hyundai to release their ‘PYL Younique Album‘.
Stephanie Mi Young Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young; Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黃美英; born August 1, 1989), credited mononymously under the stage name Tiffany (Korean: 티파니), is a Korean American singer, show host, promotional model, and musical actress. She is currently a member of the South Korean girl group, Girls' Generation.
Tiffany was born in San Francisco, California, in the same hospital as fellow band-mate Jessica Jung.Although both born in California, the two would coincidentally end up attending and graduating from the same high school in Seoul, Korea Kent Foreign School, during their preparations for debut in the same group. Tiffany grew up in Diamond Bar, California, attending South Pointe Middle School and Diamond Bar High School.
Tiffany was scouted whilst performing on stage in her home country. She was invited to audition at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the company on October 2004 in Los Angeles, California at age 15. Despite initial objections from her father, she recalls packing up her former life and moving to South Korea after receiving the permission to do so within three weeks of making the decision. She trained for 3 years and 7 months before debuting.
Tiffany serves as one of the lead vocalists in the group. Tiffany is a member of a Girls' Generation's sub-group, Girls' Generation-TTS along with Taeyeon and Seohyun. Their first mini-album "Twinkle (EP)" was released on 2 May 2012.
Solo Singing Career
In 2008, she released two singles with fellow Girls' Generation members Jessica and Seohyun — the first called "Oppa Nappa" ("오빠 나빠", "Bad Boy") and the second titled "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)", a theme song for a video game.Tiffany has also participated in the OST of SBS drama Jamyeonggo with the song By Myself 나 혼자서),and was featured in a duet with K.Will in A Girl, Meets Love (소녀, 사랑을 만나다).She was also featured in Oh! My Love to You (너만을 느끼며) by The Blue, alongside bandmate Sooyoung.She also sang the theme song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Seohyun, Sunny, Jessica, Yuri and k-pop boy group 2PM.
In 2012, Tiffany has participated in the OST of Love Rain which bandmate Yoona is a lead actress in.
Lee Soon-kyu (born on May 15, 1989), who uses the stage name Sunny, is a Korean singer, dancer, DJ, MC, model, musical actress and member of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
Sunny was born on May 15, 1989 in LA, California, and moved to Kuwait while she was still an infant. Her family moved to South Korea around the time of the Gulf War. She has two older sisters. She speaks Korean, along with basic English, Chinese and Japanese. She is the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Ent.
In 1998, Sunny entered Starlight Entertainment and became a trainee for 5 years before transferring to Starworld where she became a member of a duet called "Sugar" which never debuted. One of her older sisters was the manager for Sugar, but when the group disbanded, she became active in other parts of the music industry.
In 2007, Sunny was recommended by the singer Ayumi, who transferred to SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls' Generation that same year.
Jessica Jung (born April 18, 1989), also known by her Korean name Jung Soo-yeon, is an American-born Korean singer, dancer, actress, model and the older sister of f(x) member Krystal Jung. She was born in San Francisco, California, in the United States, and is fluent in both English and Korean. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. In 2011, Jessica ranked #45 on ‘The 22nd Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces.
Jessica was born in San Francisco,California in the same hospital as her fellow Girls' Generation member, Tiffany. While on vacation in Korea, she and her sister were scouted in a shopping mall by S.M Entertainment and joined the company in 2000. She was trained for seven years as a trainee before debuting as part of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
Her younger sister, Krystal Jung, is a member of the Korean girl group f(x), also created by S.M. Entertainment. They are both currently active in their bands and signed under the S.M Entertainment.
Jessica was the first member to be signed with SM Entertainment in 2000. In 2007, she was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.
Kim Tae-yeon (born March 9, 1989) is a South Korean idol singer, host, dancer, actress, and promotional model. She is the main vocalist and leader of Korean girl group Girls' Generation. Tae-yeon was born in Jeonju, South Korea on March 9, 1989. She is trained in singing and dancing. Taeyeon was discovered in the2004 SM Entertainment's 8th Annual Best Contest winning Best Singer 1st Place & Grand Award in the contest. In 2004, she was featured in The One's song "You Bring Me Joy" before debuting as Girls' Generation's leader. She is a 2008 graduate of Jeonju Art High School and was decorated with the school's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; Sonyeo Shidae) is a nine-member South Korean pop idol girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. They are known in Japan as Shoujo Jidai (Japanese: 少女時代) and are referred to as SoShi(소시) or SNSD by their fans, both abbreviated forms of the group's Korean name, Sonyeo Shidae. The group consists of Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. They sold over 100,000 copies for each of their six Korean releases, making them the first female group in the South Korean music industry to do so in over six years.
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LyricsEnglish Translation:
A weekend of midnight light and darkness
Dancing floor, scream and shout, it’s just raw human nature
I better dodge, with an eye to eye, it’s the border of an opportunity
The love I found when playing was a fruitless flower
Ah ah ah I’m not gonna
Ah ah ah I’m not gonna
Become the beat, feel the cheers in your ears, I’m telling you, it’s a fruitless flower
Don’t you wanna try having an open dream Do you wanna be my lover
The pushing, glittering glass wall
In the infinite bubbles are shadows and girls
The bursting, diminishing love
Shined in a dazzling light
Everyone is a spider pretending to be a butterfly
Sweet smell and flavor
Spider pretending to be a butterfly
The color that deceives the heart
Flower, a fleeting love
Flower, has bloomed suspiciously
Put on a mask, erase yourself, that’s correct human nature
Your true self can dance, a laser that cuts the night
I can’t get used to it, I can’t do it, a fruitless flower
Even she’s smiling, the people I serve, Do you wanna be my lover
