Lee Hi

**Lee Hi** (이하이) born as **Lee Ha-yi** on Sept 28, 1996 is a South Korean soloist currently under AOMG. She was born in **Bucheon**, **South Korea**. Lee Hi was best known as a runner up on **Kpop Star 1**. She debuted with the single **1, 2, 3, 4** on Oct 8, 2012 with her music video. Lee Hi is also a part of a duo **Hi Suhyun** consisting of **Lee Suhyun** and Lee Hi.

## Pre–debut

In 2012, Lee Hi finished as the runner-up of K-pop Star Season 1, against Park Ji-min and was eventually signed by YG Entertainment CEO, Yang Hyun-suk.

On May 12, 2012, it was announced that she would be debuting with a girl group called SuPearls (which originally consisted of Michelle Lee, Park Ji-min, Lee Seung-joo and Lee Jung-mi) which was originally formed during K-pop Star Season 1 and signed to YG. She was set to replace Ji-min who decided to sign with JYP Entertainment after winning. Following Lee's successful debut as a solo artist, her company announced on February 13, 2013, that plans for her anticipated girl-group had been cancelled and that the other members have left the agency. She will instead focus on her solo career.

Before her debut, Lee released her first song under YG Entertainment on which she collaborated with Epik High; it was entitled "It's Cold" and was released on October 8, 2012.

## 2012–2013: "1, 2, 3, 4", First Love and BOM&HI

On October 24, 2012, it was announced that Lee would be debuting as a solo artist under the stage name, "Lee Hi", with the single "1, 2, 3, 4".The single was released on October 28. The song was written by Masta Wu and produced by Choice37 and Lydia Paek. The music video was directed by director Han Sa-min, who also did 2NE1's "Lonely" and Big Bang's "Blue" and "Monster".The song was number one on the monthly Gaon Digital Chart for November.She performed "1, 2, 3, 4" on SBS' Inkigayo on November 4.

Her second single, **"Scarecrow"** (a song written by JYP and initially recorded, though unreleased, by Park Bom before becoming part of 2NE1), was released on November 22, 2012.

On March 2, YG Entertainment revealed that Lee Hi's debut album, titled **"First Love"** would be released as a digital-only mini album on March 7 featuring five songs, with the full album release on March 28 featuring 10 songs. The title tracks, **"It's Over"** and "Rose" were released on these dates respectively.

Lee Hi's full album First Love debuted on March 28, 2013. **"Rose"** is the first song released by Lee Hi to feature her not just singing, but rapping as well.

It was revealed in December 2013 that Lee Hi would debut under a new sub-unit with Park Bom entitled "B&H", which is also an acronym for BOM&HI. The unit released the single "All I Want For Christmas Is You", a cover of Mariah Carey's song, on December 20.

## 2014–present: Hi Suhyun and Seoulite

### 2014

It was revealed in November 2014 that Lee Hi would be a member of another upcoming sub-unit with Akdong Musician's Lee Su-hyun entitled **Hi Suhyun**. Their first single, "I'm Different", featured iKON's **Bobby**.

### 2015

In August 2015, it was confirmed that Lee Hi would be releasing a new album through Tablo's label HIGHGRND. The singer is still under YG Entertainment; HIGHGRND will be only in charge of the overall production of her new album.

### 2016

On March 9, 2016, Lee Hi released a half album titled **"Seoulite"**. Two music videos were released for **"Breathe"** and **"Hold My Hand"**. "Breathe" was written by Shinee's Kim Jong-hyun. Lee Hi began promotions for both "Breathe" and "Hold My Hand" on Mnet's M! Countdown on March 10. On April 6, 2016, YG Entertainment revealed the full album track list for Lee Hi's album Seoulite. The album was released on April 20, 2016 with "My Star" as the title track. Lee Hi participated in writing and producing the song "Passing By". In September 2016, Lee Hi, partnering with Epik High, also contributed an OST "Can You Hear My Heart" for highly anticipated drama Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo and "My Love" from the same.

### 2018

She made her Japanese debut on March 21, 2018 with the album **Lee Hi Japan Debut Album**.

### 2019

On May 30, 2019, Lee Hi released 24°C, which main track "No One" featured iKON's B.I. She left YG Entertainment on December 31, 2019.

### 2020: New agency under AOMG

On July 23, 2020, she was introduced as a new artist of AOMG.

## Discography

### Korean

#### Studio Albums

* **"First Love"** (2013)
* **"Seoulite"** (2016)

#### Digital singles

* "1,2,3,4" (2012)
* "Scarecrow" (2012)
* "HOLO" (2020)
* "For You" (2020)

#### Collaborations

* "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (with Park Bom) (2013)
* "Tip Toe" (with Crush) (2020)

#### Features

* Epik High - "It's Cold" (2012)
* Gill - "Refrigerator" (with Verbal Jint) (2016)
* Code Kunst - "X" (2017)
* Epik High - "Here Comes The Regrets" (2017)
* Raiden& Chanyeol - "Yours" (with Changmo) (2020)
* Park Ji-hoon Park Jihoon] - "Call U Up" (2021)

#### OSTs

* "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST Part.6" ("Can You Hear My Heart" with Epik High) (2016)
* "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST Part.10" ("My Love") (2016)
* "Golden Slumber OST" ("Golden Slumbers") (2018)
* "Record of Youth OST Part.7" ("Brave Enough") (2020)

## References

1. ↑ Soompi: Lee Hi Officially Signs With AOMG Ahead Of Comeback