Quick Facts
Biography
Kim Ji-yeon (Hangul: 김지연; born March 20, 1995), commonly known by her stage name Kei, is a South Korean singer and actress. She made her debut as a main vocalist of South Korean girl group Lovelyz in 2014. She made her acting debut as the female lead in the web drama Matching! Boys Archery in 2016.
Biography
Kei was born Kim Ji-yeon on March 20, 1995 in Incheon, South Korea. Her family consists of her parents and her older sister, Kim Min-ji. She graduated from Incheon Youngsun High School.
Kei cited BoA as her main influences to become a singer, expressing "Because of BoA, I didn’t give up my dream to become a singer"
Career
On December 27, 2013, Kei, with fellow Lovelyz members Baby Soul, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, JIN, Sujeong and Yein, made an appearance at the 2013 KBS Gayo Daejun television broadcast, were become female dancers for Infinite's "Man in Love" performance.
In November 2014, Kei made her official debut as the main vocal of girl group Lovelyz. In December 2015, Kei was recorded song title Love Is Like That for Oh My Venus.On May 13, 2016 Kei along with Lee Mi-joo was confirmed becoming the Special MC for Inkigayo.In June 2016, she was confirmed to become a contestant for JTBC's main vocal competition Girls Spirit, were will aired in mid-July.She was confirmed to cast in a lead role in web drama, Matching! Bos Archery Club.On September 1, she was released collaboration song title Y with myunDo featuring Bumzu, were the song was cover from Freestyle's Y.On October 26, she was released collaboration song with The Solutions titled Beautiful, as a part of HIGHGRND label project PLAYGRND.
Discography
Songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon | |||||
| Collaboration | |||||
| "Y" (with myunDo Feat. BUMZU) | 2016 | 49 |
| Y | |
| "Beautiful" (with The Solution) | — | N/A | non album-singles | ||
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "Love Is Like That" | 2015 | — | N/A | Oh My Venus soundtrack | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
Filmography
Web drama
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matching! Bos Archery Club | 2016 | Hong Shi-ah | lead role |
Variety shows
| Title | Year | Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Counselor | 2015 | KBS2 | |
| My Little Television | MBC | with Sujeong | |
| "Weekly Idol" | MBC Every1 | Christmas special with Sujeong & Jisoo | |
| "Two Yoo Project: Sugar Man" | JTBC | with Sujeong, Jin, & Mijoo | |
| People of Full Capacity | 2016 | MBC | |
| Best Man | KBS2 | ||
| My Little Television | MBC | Episode 57 & 58 | |
| Girl Spirit | JTBC | Contestant | |
| King of Mask Singer | 2017 | MBC | Contestant as "Agiley Mouse Jerry" (Episodes 107–108) |