Cho Mi-yeon

Cho Mi-yeon (Hangul: 조미연, Hanja: 曺薇娟; born January 31, 1997), often referred to as Miyeon, is a South Korean singer. She is the main vocalist of the South Korean girl group (G)I-dle under Cube Entertainment, and voiced Ahri in the virtual K-pop girl group K/DA.

Cho was born on January 31, 1997. She is the only child in the family. Cho showed strong interest in singing since she was a child. Her love for music was inspired by her father. Cho's parents soon recognized her passion and sent her to music schools to learn various skills, such as violin, guitar and piano.

With the encouragement of friends and family, Cho auditioned for YG Entertainment during middle school. She trained at YG Entertainment for five years.

Cho continued to pursue music as she signed up for a music academy to strengthen her vocal skills, as well as learning to compose and produce music. Cho spent about eight years as a trainee before debuting with (G)I-dle.

2016–2018: Pre-debut activities

In February 2016, Cho left YG Entertainment. She then became a freelance singer and appeared as an associate singer with Seulong in Urban Zakapa Canada Tour in September 2016. In early 2017, Cho became a trainee at Cube Entertainment.

2018–present: (G)I-dle and solo activities

Cho officially debuted with (G)I-dle on May 2, 2018 with their mini-album I Am and the title song "Latata".

On October 26 2018, it was confirmed that Cho would perform at the League of Legends World Finals Opening Ceremony 2018, along with Soyeon, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns. The four singers provided voice for the virtual K-pop girl group K/DA, with Miyeon voicing Ahri, one of the most popular champions in the League of Legends. Their song "Pop/Stars" went viral on YouTube and topped Billboard's World Digital Songs chart.

In 2019, Miyeon collaborated with Hangzoo with the song "Cart" as part of Amoeba Culture X Devine Channel Code Share Project.

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