Elkie

**Chong Ting-yan** (莊錠欣), known professionally as **Elkie** (엘키), is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress based in Mainland China. She is a former member of the girl group CLC.

## Predebut

### Early Life

Elkie was born on November 2, 1998 in Hong Kong. She attended Carmel Pak U Secondary school as well. In Hong Kong, Elkie was an child actress and in the Hong Kong girl group **Honeybees**.

Her older sister Axity Chong is an actress and an entertainment news reporter for Hong Kong's TvB.

### Trainee Days

Before Elkie made her debut she appeared in BTOB's "I'll Be Your Man" M/V. She also made close friends with TWICE's **Tzuyu**, Gugudan's **Sally** and WJSN's **Cheng Xiao**.

## Career

### 2016: Debut with CLC

On February 23, 2016 Cube Entertainment released a teaser photo revealing that two new members would be joining the previously announced ones to form CLC. The two (later to be revealed as Eunbin and Elkie) debuted in their 3rd mini album Refresh. Two days later on the 25th, Elkie was officially revealed through another teaser photo, which showed her stage name to be Elkie, and that she was a 17 year old from Hong Kong. She debuted with the group on February 29.

### 2018: Solo debut

On November 20, 2018 it was reported that member of CLC Elkie would be making her own solo debut on November 23. Cube Entertainment later confirmed the report, not giving any specific release date. A day later, teaser photos were released and the date was confirmed to be November 23 as rumored before. It was later released under the title "I Dream".

### 2019: Instagram Account

Elkie among the other members also opened an Instagram account with a photo from her I Dream photoshoot. During that year she was also seen multiple times with Chinese K-pop artists Shuhua and Tzuyu.

### 2020: Termination of Contract, Leaving Cube

In the end of December, Elkie filed for a termination of her exclusive contract with Cube for the proper payment she was owned. It was said the company "violated terms" and "mistreated her" which led Elkie to her legal action.

### 2021-onwards: Departure from CLC, activities in Mainland China

It has been announced on February 3, 2021 that Elkie would be leaving CLC after her contract termination between an agreement with both parties.

As of lately, Chong Ting-yan has been active in China as a singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, model and YouTuber. Likewise of most Chinese acts, Elkie has founded her own studio and is working without a company.

## Discography

* I Dream *(2018)*
* Gave My Heart Away (w/ JiLi) *(2021)*
* Speed Up *(2023)*

## Referencess

1. ↑ Soompi:CLC Announces Comeback With Two New Members
2. ↑ NAVER TV:씨엘씨(CLC), 7인으로 팀 재정비… 29일 전격 컴백
3. ↑ Soompi:CLC Reveals First Member
4. ↑ Soompi:CLC’s Elkie Announces Plans To Release First Solo Single
5. ↑ NAVER TV:CLC 엘키, 데뷔 3년만 첫 솔로곡 발표…23일 공개
6. ↑ NAVER TV:CLC 엘키, 23일 솔로곡 발매..“현재 막바지 준비중”(공식)
7. ↑ Soompi:CLC’s Elkie Previews Her Self-Composed Ballad In Beautiful “I Dream” MV Teaser
8. ↑ [1]
9. ↑ Soompi:CLC Members Launch Individual Social Media Accounts
10. ↑ Koreaboo:CLC’s Elkie Has Submitted A Request To Terminate Her Contract With Cube Entertainment Due To Poor Treatment And Neglect
11. ↑ Meaww:Who is CLC's Elkie? Here's why she complained of 'poor treatment' and wants out of Cube Entertainment