# Huening Kai

Kai Kamal Huening (Korean: 휴닝카이; born August 14, 2002), known mononymously as Huening Kai, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer under Big Hit Music. He is the youngest member of the South Korean boy group Tomorrow X Together.

## Early Life

Huening Kai was born on August 14, 2002, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, under the birth name Kai Kamal Huening. He is of mixed ethnicity, with a Korean mother and a Brazilian born German-American father. Kai is the second child of his family; his older sister Lea was a member of the disbanded girl group VIVA, and has since debuted as a soloist. Kai's younger sister Bahiyyih has made her debut as part of the project group Kep1er formed through the survival show Girls Planet 999 where she ranked 2nd.
Despite being born in Hawaii, Kai spent a lot of his childhood in China where his father was a TV personality and singer; the family stayed there for 8 years until they eventually moved back to Kai's mother's home country of South Korea. He attended Lila Art High School until he transferred to Hanlim Multi Art School.

## Career
### 2016–2018: Auditioning and Trainee Period

Kai and his older sister Lea would often audition for music agencies as a duo however they had not met much success doing this so they decided they would try one last audition before giving up. Although the duo never heard back from this final audition, one of the staff present at the audition later went on to get a job at Big Hit and reached out to Kai to cast him.
After passing his audition, Kai started his two and a half year trainee period. Initially Kai just wanted to become a singer-songwriter, however Big Hit suggested he just 'try' dancing which eventually lead him to debut as an idol in a K-pop group.

### 2019–present: Debut with Tomorrow X Together, First KOMCA Credits, Listen

On January 15, 2019, Huening Kai was introduced as the third member of TOMORROW X TOGETHER with the release of his teaser video on YouTube.
The group debuted on March 4, 2019 with their first mini album The Dream Chapter: STAR.
Huening Kai helped in the writing and composition of the song Roller Coaster off TXT's first studio album The Dream Chapter: MAGIC, which made him the youngest K-pop idol to be registered under the Korean Music Copyright Association KOMCA.
On January 4, 2021, it was announced that Huening Kai and his group member Taehyun would host the EBS Radio show Listen. They hosted the show from January 10, 2021 up until May 2, 2021.

## Discography

For Kai's discography with his group Tomorrow X Together, check Tomorrow X Together discography.
Songwriting Credits
List of songs, showing year released, showing artist name, and name of the album :
| Song | Year Released | Artist | Album | As |
| Roller Coaster | 2019 | Tomorrow X Together | The Dream Chapter: Magic | Writer, Composer |
| Maze in The Mirror | 2020 | Tomorrow X Together | The Dream Chapter: Eternity | Writer, Composer |
| Sweat | 2020 | Tomorrow X Together | N/A | Writer, Composer |
| Wishlist | 2020 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode1: Blue Hour | Writer, Composer |
| No Rules | 2021 | Tomorrow X Together | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | Writer, Composer |
| Dear Sputnik | 2021 | Tomorrow X Together | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | Producer, Writer, Composer |
| MOA Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari) | 2021 | Tomorrow X Together | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | Writer, Composer |
| MOA Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari) (Japanese Ver.) | 2021 | Tomorrow X Together | The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape | Writer, Composer |
| Sweet Dreams | 2021 | Tomorrow X Together | N/A | Writer, Composer |
| Opening Sequence | 2022 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Writer, Composer |
| Lonely Boy | 2022 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Writer, Composer |
| Ring | 2022 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | Composer |
| Happy Fools (ft. Coi Leray) | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation | Writer, Composer |
| Happy Fools (TOMORROW X TOGETHER Ver.) | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Temptation | Writer, Composer |
| Ring (Unplugged Ver.) | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | Sweet | Composer |
| Growing Pain | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Freefall | Writer, Composer |
| Dreamer | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Freefall | Writer, Composer |
| Blue Spring | 2023 | Tomorrow X Together | The Name Chapter: Freefall | Writer, Composer |
| I'll See You There Tomorrow | 2024 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 3: Tomorrow | Writer, Composer |
| Miracle | 2024 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 3: Tomorrow | Writer, Composer |
| Kitto Zutto | 2024 | Tomorrow X Together | Chikai | Writer, Composer, Producer |