Ningning

## 1. Ningning

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**Ning Yi Zhuo** (Chinese: 宁艺卓), also known by her stage name **Ningning** (Hangul: 닝닝), is a Chinese member and Main Vocalist of the South Korean girl group aespa.

## Early Life

Ning Yi Zhuo was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Heilongjiang is China's northeasternmost province, bordering on Russia. Her father is an Architect & Engineer and her mother was a Musician, and She is an only child. Ningning has been singing since she was 5, She is an extremely Talented and passionate artist with an incredibly wide Vocal range and technique with the bestest tone and the strongest Lower registers in the 4th Gen.

## Career

### Pre-debut: S.M. Rookies

Ningning has been Singing since She was 5, She participated in many singing programs in China that included China's Got Talent Season 2 in March 2011, China's New Sound Generation in July 2015, Let's Sing Kids Season 3, and the Harbin Silver Valley Fuxing Concert performing "Rolling in the Deep" By Adele on October 10, 2015. Ningning was recruited by an SM Entertainment staff after watching a video of her performance in 2016. On September 19, 2016, she was introduced as a member of S.M. Rookies, a pre-debut trainees team maintained by S.M. Entertainment. As part of it, she appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who's the Best? segment of the program My SMT in 2016, and recorded several covers for the Korean animated TV program Shining Star in 2017.

### 2020: aespa debut

On October 28, 2020, during a press conference, a video showing the final lineup of Aespa revealed Ningning to be a member. On the next day, Ningning was officially revealed by S.M. Entertainment as the third member and the main vocalist of aespa.

## Trivia

* Education:
	+ Harbin Normal University Affiliated High School (Graduated)
	+ Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (CMA)
* Ningning’s audition song was “Love on Top” by beyoncé
* Nicknames: Ningbao (an affectionate nickname from her parents), Ning, Ningie, Second Bada (her SM seniors & Lee Sooman said her vocals are similar to SES’ Bada)
* Ningning wrote & compose her self produced  song at the age of 18 as her graduation assignment from Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.
* Her English name is Vivian Ning.
* Ningning wants to do R&B when she releases a Solo Album
* She wants to be a Fashion Designer in the future
* She can play the Guitar, the Piano and Multiple Instruments.
* She loves art. She is known to be extremely artistic.
* She likes vintage and love buying vintage clothes.
* Her childhood dream was to become a painter
* Ningning is a trilingual. She speak Mandarin, Korean and English
* She has the longest trainee period among all members, she Trained for 5 years
* Ningning's stage name comes from her surname "Ning". apart from "Ningbao", her parents also called her “Ningning”
* Ningning is the first Chinese Main Vocalist in a Kpop girl group.
* She revealed that she has ADHD
* Favorite Color: Violet. She also likes red, yellow and pink.
* Favorite Season: spring
* Favorite Animals: cat, tiger
* Favorite Food: Dao Xiao Mian, Hot Pot and Pink Pringles
* Favorite drink : mogu mogu
* Favorite fruits : watermelon and strawberries
* Favorite Movie: Titanic
* If she had to describe herself with one word it would be sexy.
* She has cat named Roro
* Her MBTI is INFP.
* She confirmed that her Zodiac sign is Libra
* Her Chinese Zodiac sign is a Horse.
* She is a fan of **Beyoncé**, **Rihanna,** **Ariana Grande**, **Taylor Swift** and **Frank Ocean**.
* She is an animal lover
* Her official symbol in aespa is Butterfly.
* She is the only SM rookie to debut in the group.
* She is the only female SM Rookie that debuted under SM Entertainment after the debut of Red Velvet.
* She is the maknae (youngest) in aespa
* In 2016 Red Velvet's Wendy called Ningning "The Goddess of Photoshoots."
* She revealed that she has limited vision in her right eye during an interview for VOGUE China.
* She revealed that she had corrective surgery on her right eye, but her eyes is still sensitive against flashlights and she needs to carry eye drops so her eyes won't dry out.
* She also loses items many times, to the point that she'd immediately buy a set of replacements, even when the original items are founds within the day.
* She ranked 43rd in TC Candler's 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2020, ranked 38th of 2021, ranked 34th of 2022 and ranked 46th of 2023.
* She said she feels uncomfortable borrowing clothes from others. Because she is the clumsiest member and often spilling drinks, she often stains them.
* She can do a split from having one foot already on a small table. This is also known as an over-split.
* She tend to let out an air raid siren-like yell while waking up, but Winter can still sleep through it.
* Her favorite character is Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants. because he is very nice to Spongebob.
* Her favorite ride at the amusement park are the roller coasters. Winter said that Ningning is her roller coaster partner.

## Discography

### Unofficial

* Run (2020)
* That Summer When We Graduated (2021)
* Wake Up (2023)
* WYA (2023)

## References

1. ↑  @1theKOriginals “Last year I was 161?” YouTube 2021.05.21
2. ↑ Ningning Introduced Herself as Main Vocalist On Knowing Brothers
3. ↑ MY Time, aespa! 3:28
4. ↑ MY Time, aespa! 3:48
5. ↑ https://kpopsingers.com/ningning-aespa-profile-bio-facts/
6. ↑ subtitles from 2016 interview with Leeteuk and Wendy
7. ↑ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yS9WYRvl2M NINGNING x VOGUE China ‘In The Bag’ (4:01)
8. ↑ MY Time, aespa! 3:06