Amber

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## Amber

Promotional Photo for Countdown + Beautiful

## Personal Information

### Other Names

Amber Josephine Liu (English)
Yoo Eun Young (유은영) (Korean)

### Weight

45 kg (99 lbs) Official Profile
56 kg (123 lbs) Real Weight

## Occupational Information

### Agency

* Steel Wool Entertainment
* SM Entertainment (2009-2019)

**Liu Yi Yun (刘逸云)** better known by her stage name **Amber** or **Amber Liu**, is a Taiwanese-American singer and dancer currently based in the United States. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group f(x).

## Career

### Debut

Liu was cast from SM Entertainment's Los Angeles global audition in 2008, where she and one male were selected to be trainees for SM Entertainment. After a year and a half of training, she debuted under the new South Korean girl group f(x) in September 2009, labeled as "Asia's Pop Dance Group." On September 1, 2009, f(x)'s first single "LA chA TA" was digitally released. They debuted on September 2 at their very own showcase event held at the Samseong-dong Fashion Center. The group's first broadcast performance of "La Cha Ta" was held at MBC's music show *Show! Music Core* on September 5, 2009. Months after, they released their first single album Chu~♡, consisting of 3 songs. On May 4, 2010, they finally released their first mini album Nu ABO.

### Collaborations

Label mate Girls' Generation had their first concert Into The New World on December 19 and 20, 2009 in Seoul, Korea. One of its members, Yuri, performed a cover of Ciara's song "1, 2 step" and featured Liu as a rapper and dancer. On June 2010, SM Entertainment released Taiwanese singer and actor Danson Tang's new music video called "I'm Back", which features Amber doing the rap part in both English and Korean, which was released in his third studio album *The First Second*.

Aside from featured songs, Liu also worked with fellow group mates Luna and Krystal for the OST of KBS drama God of Study, in a song called "Spread Its Wings".

On November 19 and 20, 2011, Super Junior had their opening stops in Seoul, Korea for Super Show 4 World Tour. Liu was featured on Super Junior-M's Henry's solo which is a rearranged version of Justin Bieber's "Baby" with Amber doing the rap part along with Henry. Also, Liu and her group mates Victoria and Sulli performed *Oops!!* with Shindong, Donghae, Eunhyuk and Leeteuk.

Also, on March 17, 2012, she appeared as a guest on Immortal Song 2 to support fellow labelmate, SHINee's Taemin as they performed Wrongful Meeting as Taemin sang and Amber rapped.

She was also featured in Stephanie's solo song, Dance (NaNaNaNa).

### Other work

Liu has been confirmed to be part of the new cast of the second season of Invincible Youth, a South Korean variety show, in which her fellow f(x) member, Victoria, was a part of during the said show's first season. Liu from f(x) and Woori from Rainbow has been confirmed to be leaving Invincible Youth 2. As stated Liu and Woori will be focusing on their group activities - Liu will be focusing on the Japan debut and Korean comeback and Woori will be focusing activities in Japan with her group.

Liu also appeared in "We Got Married" (episode 53~Khuntoria).

## Profile

* **Stage Name:** Amber (엠버)
* **Birth Name:** Liu Yi Yun (刘逸云)
* **Name Meaning(s):**
* **Nickname(s):** Llama (main), Koala, Hyung
* **Birth date:** September 18, 1992
* **Horoscope:** Virgo
* **Blood type:** B
* **Birth place:** Los Angeles, California, United States
* **Current residence:** Los Angeles, California, United States
* **Roommates (during f(x)):** Victoria
* **Family:** Mother, Father, Older Sister (Jackie Liu)
* **Body statistics:** 165 cm (5‘6″) (height), 56 kg (123 lbs) (weight)
* **Education:** El Camino Real High School
* **Languages:** English (Maternal language), Mandarin (fluent), and Korean (fluent)
* **Position:** Main Rapper, Vocalist
* **Instruments:** Guitar
* **Hobbies:** Basketball
* **Likes:** Ddeukbokki, Mangos
* **Dislikes:**
* **Personality:** Friendly, Reliable

## Discography

### Korean Releases

#### Digital Singles

* White Noise + Lost At Sea (2018)
* Countdown + Beautiful (2018)

#### Collaborations

* I'm Back (with Danson Tang) (2010)
* 1, 2 Step (Live) (with Yuri) (2010)
* 1-4-3 (I Love You) (with Henry) (2013)
* Letting Go (with Ailee) (2015)
* We Own the World (with Luna & Justin Oh) (2015)
* Wave (with Luna, R3hab & XaviGi) (2016)
* Heartbeat (with Luna, Ferry Corsten & Kago Pengchi) (2016)
* Lower (with Luna) (2018)

#### Featured

* Chad Future - So Good (2014)
* Shannon Williams - Love Don't Hurt (2017)

#### OST

* Spread Its Wings - God of Study OST (with Luna & Krystal) (2010)
* Just a Love - Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man (with Luna) (2015)

### English Releases

#### Digital Singles

* Borders (2016)
* On My Own (2016)
* Need to Feel Needed (2016)

## Trivia

* Amber Liu is of Taiwanese descent, as her parents are from Tainan City, Taiwan.
* Amber is natively fluent in English and possesses conversational fluency in Korean and Mandarin Chinese.
* She is the one who gave the "bear" nickname to Red Velvet's Seulgi.

## Quotes

* "It's not right to hurt other people because of your own standards" - Hello Counselor August 2013

## References

1. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/03/amber-and-woori-confirmed-to-be-leaving-invincible-youth-2-to-focus-on-group-activities
2. ↑ Introducing f(x)'s dorm