Miyeon

Miyeon

**Miyeon** (미연), also known as **Cho Mi Yeon** (조미연), is a South Korean singer under CUBE Entertainment. She is the main vocalist and visual of the South Korean girl group (G)I-DLE. She is the oldest member.

## Early life

Miyeon's passion for music was influenced by her father, who enjoyed music, and listened to various genres of music from a young age. When she became familiar with recording software, she recorded herself singing and showed it to her family and friends. As a result, her family sent her to music academy, where she learned how to play the violin, the guitar and the piano. They also gave her an iPod as a birthday present that included all the songs she liked.

During middle school, a friend urged her to audition at YG Entertainment. She auditioned and became a trainee at YG Entertainment. Miyeon trained at YG for 5 years, and chose to leave the company in early 2015. According to Miyeon, life outside the company was difficult for her since she spent all of her childhood as a trainee, so she went on a vacation to Japan and took some time to look back on herself. Later, she attended a vocal academy and took MIDI classes and became interested in music composition and production. During time at the vocal academy, she received a recommendation to audition for Cube Entertainment. Although she only had a short time to prepare for the audition and felt nervous, she passed the audition and was added to (G)I-DLE debut line up as the main vocalist. She was happy because she could now sing and dance as she had in the past. Miyeon trained really hard with (G)I-DLE members and made her debut with the girl group in 2018.

## Career

### 2015–2018: Pre-debut activities

In early 2015, Miyeon left YG Entertainment. She then became a freelance singer and appeared as an associate singer with Seulong in the Urban Zakapa Canada Tour in September 2016. In early 2017, she became a trainee at CUBE Entertainment.

### 2018–present: (G)I-DLE and solo activities

Miyeon officially debuted with (G)I-DLE on May 2, 2018 with their mini-album *I am* and the title song "LATATA".

On October 26, 2018, it was confirmed that Miyeon would perform at the League of Legends World Finals Opening Ceremony 2018, along with Soyeon, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns. The four singers provided voices for the virtual K-pop girl group K/DA, with Miyeon voicing Ahri, one of the most popular champions in League of Legends. Their song "POP/STARS" went viral on YouTube and topped Billboard's World Digital Songs chart.

In 2019, Miyeon collaborated with Hangzoo with the song "Cart" as part of Amoeba Culture X Devine Channel Code Share Project.

In 2020, she appeared on MBC's music competition program *King of Mask Singer*. She went on to win the first round with 64 points. In the second round, she performed Yoon Mi-rae's "Goodbye Sadness and Hello Happiness" but lost to Im Kang-sung. Her vocal performance received a warm reception by both audience and panels. Cho's voice was described as smokey, but soulful.

On August 27, 2020, she portrayed again for League of Legends character Ahri in the virtual musical group K/DA for "THE BADDEST" featuring vocals by Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, Bea Miller and Wolftyla. It is a single from K/DA's *ALL OUT* EP.

In September, 2020, it was revealed that Miyeon would make her acting debut as the female lead in web-drama *Replay: The Moment* as Yoo Hayoung, a popular YouTuber and band vocalist. She has a cold and chic personality, but a generous and kind-hearted person. The drama depicts an empathetic romance in a clumsy and anxious, but dreams and love of reliving past emotions in the present eighteen youth.

In October, Miyeon sung "We Already Fell In Love" together with Minnie as part of *Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol* soundtrack  and in November sung "My Destiny" as part of *Tale of the Nine Tailed* soundtrack.

On November 30, Cho will appear in Seoul Connects U, a variety travel show jointly planned and produced by MBC and Seoul Tourism Foundation. The program will show a time slip trip in the same space and at different times to global fans by linking the past and present of Seoul through photos of stars and fans in real-time.

In February 2021, Miyeon sung "Dreaming About You" as part of Replay: The Moment soundtrack.

On April 6, Newsen reported that Miyeon will be making her solo debut later in the month. Hours later, Cube confirmed the report. Two days later, it was announced that Miyeon will be making her solo debut with her first mini album, *MY*, on April 27, 2022.

### Songs

* "Cart" (2019) with Hangzoo
* "We Already Fell In Love" (2020) with Minnie
* "My Destiny" (2020)
* "Dreaming About You" (2021)
* "You Were My Breath" (2021)
* Raiden - "Side Effect" (2021)
* Donghae - "Blue Moon" (2021)
* Kid Milli & dress - "Kitty" (2021)

### K/DA

* "POP/STARS" (2018)
* "THE BADDEST" (2020)
* "MORE" (2020)

## Filmography

### Variety Shows

* King of Mask Singer - As "Boiled Egg" (Episodes 243-244)
* My Dream Is Ryan - with Yuqi (Episodes 14–16)
* Seoul Connects U - with Yuqi

### FACT

•Miyeon, when she saw Yuqi for the first time, thought “oh, what a good and sweet girl,” and she was scared when she heard Yuqi’s rough voice.

•Miyeon said that she once went into the bath when Shuhua was there, and since then Shuhua always lets Miyeon in when she wants to go to the toilet, and she bathes.

•Miyeon did not want to become a leader, and proved that her leadership would not be so good, because she did not have the leadership skills. and talked about Soyeon, who is an excellent leader.

•Miyeon expressed a desire to create a trio of Minnie, Soyeon, and her after the end of the contract. but she doesn't forget about the other participants.

•Shuhua expressed this about Miyeon: “Miyeon is a sweet and cheerful girl, and I always wait for her when she goes through difficulties."

•Minnie spends the least on Miyeon, because Miyeon is shy.

•Miyeon is the only member who openly expressed dissatisfaction with the company and its decision.

•Miyeon tries to support Yuqi in a difficult situation, but at the same time forgets about herself.

•Yuqi talks about this: “she wastes her happiness on mine, and no one feeds her with other happiness, she is like a flower without fertilizer.”

•Miyeon is very open to fans, and often she does not hold back and shows a spoiler or some kind of spoiler photo in private messages to a fan.

## Video Gallery

* Promotional
* EP
* Single
* Interviews

(여자)아이들((G)-I-DLE) - 나의 이름은。미연(MIYEON)(여자)아이들((G)I-DLE) - 'LATATA' 미연(MIYEON) Teaser(여자)아이들((G)I-DLE) - 'Senorita' 미연(MIYEON) Teaser(G)I-DLE -「LATATA」(Japanese ver.) M V Teaser (MIYEON)(G)I-DLE - 「Oh my god」(Japanese ver.) M V Teaser (MIYEON)

* I AM
* I MADE
* I TRUST

MUBEAT X Show Champion 180530 (G)I-DLE((여자)아이들) LATATA (라타타) 미연 MIYEON Focused CamMPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 'LATATA' ((G)I-DLE MI YEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2018.5.10

MUBEAT X Show Champion 190227 (G)I-DLE ((여자)아이들) 'Senorita' MIYEON 미연 Focused CAMMPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 ‘Senorita’ ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.3.7MPD직캠(Mirrored) (여자)아이들 거울모드 직캠 'Senorita’ ((G)I-DLE FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.3.7예능연구소 직캠 (G)I-DLE - Senorita (MIYEON), (여자)아이들 - Senorita (미연) @Show! Music Core 20190309입덕직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K ‘Senorita’ ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.3.14MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 ‘Senorita’ ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.3.14

안방1열 직캠4K (여자)아이들 미연 'Oh my god' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON Fancam)│@SBS Inkigayo 2020.4.12페이스캠4K (여자)아이들 미연 'Oh my god' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FaceCam)│@SBS Inkigayo 2020.4.12UNFILTERED CAM (G)I-DLE MIYEON((여자)아이들 미연) 'Oh my god’ 5K BE ORIGINAL안방1열 직캠4K (여자)아이들 미연 'Oh my god' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON Fancam)│@SBS Inkigayo 2020.4.19

* Hann
* Uh Oh
* DUMDi DUMDi

MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 ‘한(-)(HANN)’ ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2018.8.23

입덕직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K 'Uh-Oh’ ((G)I-DLE MI YEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.6.27MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K ‘Uh-Oh’ ((G)I-DLE MI YEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.6.27MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K ‘Uh-Oh’ ((G)I-DLE MI YEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2019.7.4

쇼챔직캠 4K (여자)아이들 미연 - 덤디덤디 ((G)I-DLE MIYEON - DUMDi DUMDi) l 쇼챔피언 l EP.366MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K '덤디덤디(DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2020.8.6안방1열 직캠4K (여자)아이들 미연 '덤디덤디' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON 'DUMDi DUMDi' FanCam)│@SBS Inkigayo 2020.08.09.페이스캠4K (여자)아이들 미연 '덤디덤디' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON 'DUMDi DUMDi' FaceCam)│@SBS Inkigayo 2020.08.09.입덕직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K '덤디덤디(DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2020.8.13MPD직캠 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 4K '덤디덤디(DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @MCOUNTDOWN 2020.8.13K-Fancam (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 '덤디덤디 (DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON Fancam) l @MusicBank 200814K-Fancam (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 '덤디덤디 (DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON Fancam) l @MusicBank 200821예능연구소 (여자)아이들 미연 직캠 '덤디덤디(DUMDi DUMDi)' ((G)I-DLE MIYEON FanCam) @Show!MusicCore 200822

(여자)아이들 미연 슈화 서로 첫인상은? 최애 노래는? 마리끌레르 (하이텐션)퀵터뷰

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHz9ABDyjmg
2. ↑ Soompi: (G)I-DLE’s Miyeon Confirmed To Make Solo Debut
3. ↑ @@G\_I\_DLE on Twitter (April 8, 2022)