Yugyeom

Kim Yugyeom (Hangul: 김유겸; born November 17,1997), known mononymously as Yugyeom, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, producer and dancer. He is a member of South Korean boy group GOT7 under JYP Entertainment and one half of the Kpop duo sub-unit JUS2.
==Early life==
Despite being born in Seoul, Yugyeom has spent a little of his childhood at Saudi Arabia due to his dad's nature of work. It was later that they moved to Namyangju, where he grew up alongside his one older brother. He attended Donong Elementary School, Migeum Middle School, and Hamlim Arts High School, majoring in Street Dance. He then went to Daekyeong University, changing his major to Model Department. His mom initially didn't want him to become an idol and wanted him to be a normal student like everyone else, but he insisted to give him a chance.
Prior to debuting, he won 2nd place at the Adrenaline House Dance Battle in 2011 and was appearing in multiple dance competitions. He accepted and became a trainee in late 2010-early 2011. He has also made a cameo appearance on the fourth episode of Mnet's 2013 reality-survival program WIN: Who is Next, which presented iKon and Winner members of YG, alongside his co-members Mark, Jackson, and BamBam.
==Career==
==== 2014-Present: Debut, GOT7 & JUS2 ====
On January 16, 2014, Yugyeom debuted as the main dancer of the seven member kpop boy group GOT7 with their first EP, Got It?, which peaked at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and number one on Billboard's World Albums Chart. In 2015, JYP Entertainment in partnership with Youku Tudou, released a mini web drama series titled "Dream Knight" in which the drama featured the GOT7 members as themselves.
In 2016, he participated in Mnet's Hit The Stage, a show in which idols from different K-Pop groups team up with professional dance teams to compete in a dance survival contest, where they are given different themes to portray every week. He won 2nd place in the 9th episode (losing only 3 points to Hyoyeon from Girl's Generation) and ultimately won 1st place during the final episode, battling against Hyoyeon of Girls' Generation, U-Kwon of Block B, Shownu of Monsta X, Ten of NCT, and Chungha of I.O.I. His Hit The Stage performance for the 9th episode which had the theme "The Fight" is the most viewed performance from the dance survival contest on Youtube, amounting to 18 million views as of July 2020.
Yugyeom soon began taking an active part in writing and composing many of GOT7 songs, debuting as a songwriter with “빛이나” (See The Light) for their Flight Log: Departure album. He also took part in creating choreographies for most GOT7 songs, notably for their song "If You Do" from their EP Mad (with Jinyoung) which showcases an immense amount of footwork for the chorus part , and "Poison" from their EP DYE (with Jinyoung and Jackson).
In April 2018, together with fellow member JB, he participated in the art collaboration project "Collaboran" for carbonated mineral water brand Perrier with American multimedia artist Ben Jones. JB and Yugyeom’s art collaboration with Ben Jones was unveiled at a launching event in April 22 at Nakwon Musical Instrument Arcade.￼
During Got7's 3rd full length studio album Lullaby, Yugyeom released his solo song, "Fine" with it's accompanying music video. The music video was released on September 12, 2018 and has over 2 million views on Youtube as of July 2020.
In February 2019, he participated in SBS' reality show Law of The Jungle where they traveled to Northern Mariana Islands at the Pacific Ocean. In one of the episodes, he suffered a minor injury when he was building a shelter with bamboo stalks with the other cast members. He had a small puncture under his left foot so he took his sock off to see the wound and explained that his blisters burst. After receiving medical care, he immediately stood on his feet and went back to his work despite the immense pain that he felt. His positive attitude impressed the crew and cast.￼ 
In March 5, 2019, he debuted as one half of the Kpop duo JUS2 alongside fellow GOT7 member and leader JB, with the mini album Focus. The kpop duo's music genre has more of an R&B vibe with a calm and mature aspect in contrast to GOT7's music genre. The music video, with the title track "Focus On Me" was released on March 3, 2019 and has over 37 millions views on Youtube as of July 2020. Their mini album also debuted at number 6 on The Billboard World Album Chart. In March 26 of the same year, JUS2 released an OST, titled "Take" for the drama He is Psychometric starring their fellow GOT7 member Jinyoung. 
In February 2020, he made his solo magazine cover debut by gracing the global art fashion magazine MAPS in a double cover edition for their February issue.
In May 2020, he appeared on MBC's The King of Mask Singer, a singing competition where competitors are given masks to hide their identities to avoid biases or prejudice. He appeared as "Mr. Raspberry Wine", losing with only a one point difference in the first round.
==Personal life==
He gained the nickname "Brownie" due to him being a big fan of Chris Brown. He is also a big fan of G-Dragon from Big Bang. He loved dancing since his childhood, particularly in "house dance", a street dance style characterized by "jacking", "lofting" and "footwork". His hobby is playing the piano. He speaks both Korean and Japanese. His favorite music genres are R&B and Hip-Hop.
He has a Soundcloud account where he releases his own self-produced tracks. He has 9 tracks on his account as of July 2020.
He has also shown support for the Black Lives Matter Movement and has donated undisclosed amount.
==Discography==
See also: Got7 discography and Jus2
Title 	Album Details	Notes
그대로 (The Way You Are) 	Release: March 3, 2017
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Effn
Vocal: Yu Gyeom
Mix, Master: Effn, Heth, Mo'i, Sam Ku
Vocal Direct: Sam Ku
You Know 	Release: May 4, 2017
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Effn
Vocal: Yu Gyeom
Mix, Master: Effn, Heth, Mo'i, Sam Ku
Vocal Direct: Sam Ku
No Way (Feat. 2) 	Release: July 20, 2017
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Effn
Vocal: Yu Gyeom
Mix, Master: Effn, Heth, Mo'i, Sam Ku
Vocal Direct: Sam Ku
I Don't Know (Feat. Reddy) 	Release: November 3, 2017
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer:Effn
Vocal:Yu Gyeom
Vocal Direct: Samuel Ku
Mix: Room102
Master: Happyakaheth
조금만 더 (Just A Little More) 	Release: January 29, 2019
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Effn
Mix: fabiotheasian
YOU 	Release: February 11, 2019
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Effn
Mix: fabiotheasian
생각없이 ( Don't Think ) 	Release: May 6, 2020
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Yugyeom
Arranged by: Hojuboy
Mix & Mastered: fabiotheasian
원망했던 (Used To Blame) 	Release: May 6, 2020
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Yugyeom
Arranged by: Hojuboy
Mix & Mastered: fabiotheasian
나에게 ( To Me ) 	Release: May 6, 2020
Album: -
Format: Streaming	Producer: Yugyeom
Arranged by: Hojuboy
Mix & Mastered: fabiotheasian
 Note: As for songs not released as Got7 & Jus2, it is uploaded on his Soundcloud under "YUGYEOM".
Writing Credits
Title 	Year	Album 	Music & Lyrics 	Arrangement
빛이나 (See The Light) 	2016	Flight Log: Departure 	Yugyeom, Mark, Frants, BamBam 	Frants
노잼 (No Jam) 	2016	Flight Log: Turbulence	Yugyeom, Mark, Frants, BamBam, Jackson Wang 	Frants
Let Me Know 	2016	Hey Yah 	Yugyeom, Frants, Natsumi Kobayashi, Amo Hayashi 	Frants
양심없이 (Don't Care) 	2017	Flight Log: Arrival 	Yugyeom, mo'l 	mo'l, heth
내게 (To Me) 	2017	7 for 7 	Yugyeom Effn 	Effn Heth, Samuel Ku
97.' Young and Rich 	2017	Turn Up 	Bambam, Yugyeom, SIMON, Frants 	Frants
우리 (Us) 	2018	Eyes on You 	Samuel Ku, EFFN, Yugyeom 	EFFN, heth
No One Else 	2018	Present: You 	Yugyeom, EFFN, Room102 	EFFN, Room 102
Fine 	2018	Present: You 	EFFN, Yugyeom 	EFFN
WOLO 	2018	Present: You & Me 	Jackson Wang, BamBam, Yugyeom, Gen Neo 	Gen Neo
이젠 (From Now) 	2018	Present: You & Me 	Yugyeom, EFFN 	Yugyeom
Phoenix 	2018	Present: You & Me 	Jackson Wang, Yugyeom, BOYTOY 	BOYTOY
25 	2019	I Won't Let You Go 	Yugyeom, Jinyoung 	
Focus 	2019	Focus 	J.Y.Park "The Asian Soul', DEFSOUL, Yugyeom 	
Love Talk 	2019	Focus 	DEFSOUL, Yugyeom 	
Long Black 	2019	Focus 	Yugyeom 	
吐息 	2019	Focus (Japan Edition) 	DEFSOUL, Yugyeom 	
1° 	2019	Spinning Top 	Yugyeom, KASS,NiiHWA, MosPick, Kwon Deok-geun 	MosPickKwon Deok-geun
Crash & Burn 	2019	Call My Name 	earattack, Kass, Yugyeom, SELAH, Isran, Eniac, earattack, Christoffer Semelius	earattack, Christoffer Semelius
Poison 	2020	DYE 	Mos-mal, Yugyeom, Davey Nate, A-Dee 	A-Dee
==Filmography==
For Yugyeom's filmography with GOT7, see GOT7 Discography.
Year	Title 	Role 	Network 	Note
2015	Dream Knight	Yugyeom	Youku Tudou	Korean-Chinese Online Drama by JYPE and Youku Tudou
=== Music videos ===
Year	Title	Artist 	Note
2018	Fine 	Yugyeom	Solo song from Got7's album Present: You
=== Television shows ===
Year	Title 	TV Network	Note
2016	The Show (Season 5)	SBS 	Special MC
2017	M! Countdown 	MNet 	Special MC with Youngjae
=== Variety show appearances ===
Year	Title 	TV Network 	Note
2013	WIN: Who Is Next 	Mnet 	Cameo Appearance with Got7's Mark,Jackson and Bambam
2014	Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2	KBS2 	Guest with Got7's JB and Jinyoung
2014	NO.MERCY 	MNet 	Guests with Got7's Mark, JB, and Jinyoung
2014	Star King 	MBC 	Guests with Got7's Jackson and Jinyoung
2016	Hit The Stage 	MNet 	Contestant (Episode 9-10)
2017	I Can See Your Voice 	Mnet 	Cast member with Got7's Bambam, Youngjae,Jinyoung, JB and Mark
2017	I Can See Your Voice Thailand	Workpoint TV	Cast member with Got7's Mark, Bambam, Youngjae
2019	Law of the Jungle 	SBS 	Cast Member (Episode 349-353)
2019	Hello Counselor 	KBS2 	Guest with Got7's Bambam (Episode 414)
2019	Amazing Saturday 	tvN 	Guest as Jus2 with JB (Episode 48)
2020	King of Mask Singer 	MBC 	Contestant as "Raspberry Wine" (Episode 257)
=== Radio show appearances ===
Year	Title 	TV Network 	Notes
2018	Kiss The Radio	KBS Cool FM	Special host with Youngjae (March 5-6)
2020	Idol Radio 	MBC Radio 	Special host with JB (April 25)
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
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* Yugyeom on soundcloud
* Yugyeom (GOT7) Facts and Profile, Yugyeom’s Ideal Type
* Yugyeom | Kpop Wiki | Fandom
* Yugyeom on gaana.com
* GOT7’s Yugyeom To Not Perform At 2019 MBC Music Festival Due To Health Concerns
* GOT7’s Yugyeom Debuts New Songs Produced By Him
* Yugyeom Archives - Koreaboo
* GOT7's Yugyeom treats fans to three new self-produced songs on Soundcloud
* Yugyeom (GOT7) Profile & Photos - Kpop Profiles | Kpopping
* GOT7 Yugyeom: Amazon.com
Category:1997 births
Category:South Korean singers
Category:South Korean songwriters
Category:South Korean dancers
Category:South Korean producers
Category:Daekyeung University alumni