Kim YooYeon

⟡ Concept Shoot

**Kim YooYeon** (Hangul: 김유연) is the fifth revealed member of tripleS. She was revealed as S5 on July 11, 2022.

YooYeon made her debut on October 28, 2022 with Acid Angel from Asia, and the title track, "Generation". She made her first comeback with tripleS' first full group release, ASSEMBLE, and the title, "Rising".

She is a member of the sub-units, Acid Angel from Asia and EVOLution.

## History

### Early life

YooYeon was born as Kim Yoo-yeon (김유연) on February 9, 2001 in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Prior to her appearance in "My Teenage Girl", YooYeon was enrolled at and attended Ewha Womans University as her parents wanted her to become a doctor. However she wanted to pursue her dream of debuting as an idol and to convince her parents she promised that she'd try to debut in the final group of MTG.

### 2021: My Teenage Girl

On September 8, YooYeon was featured in the trailer for MBC's girl group survival show, My Teenage Girl, confirming her participation. She was officially revealed as a contestant on September 14, 2021.

On November 28, in the first episode, she along with contestants, Yoon ChaeWon and Jeon YouEun, performed Sunmi's Gashina but unfortunately she was disqualified from the competition after only receiving one vote from the masters. She was brought back onto the show on Episode 3.

### 2022: My Teenage Girl ending, Reveal & Debut with Acid Angel from Asia

After she was brought back, she managed to survive all elimination rounds up to the finale. YooYeon was eliminated on the 12th and final episode after coming short one place for the debut team, ranking 8th.
On July 11, YooYeon was officially announced as the fifth member of tripleS through a short video teaser. This marks the first and only time a member did not receive a "Teaser Drop" image. A longer video teaser was uploaded on July 15. The following day, her "Welcome to the HAUS" teaser was released and she moved into the HAUS on July 18.

On September 25, YooYeon was determined as the final member of Acid Angel from Asia through the First Gravity vote. She made her debut with the sub-unit's first mini album, ACCESS and the title, "Generation" on October 28.

### 2023: ASSEMBLE participation, EVOLution & AUS Tour

On February 13, YooYeon made her first comeback with tripleS' full group debut mini album, ASSEMBLE, and the title, "Rising". She also participated in the group's first pre-concert of the same name held on the same day.

On April 22, YooYeon was determined as the first member of EVOLution through the Fourth Gravity vote. She debuted with the the sub-unit and their mini album, ⟡, with the title, "Invincible" on October 11. YooYeon, along with the rest of the EVOLution members will hold their first overseas tour in Australia from December 20 to December 23.

## Discography Participation

* tripleS
* Other

### Mini Albums

* [2022.10.28] "ACCESS" - Acid Angel from Asia
* [2023.02.13] "ASSEMBLE" - tripleS
* [2023.10.11] "⟡" - EVOLution

### Featured In

#### My Teenage Girl

* [2021.10.02] "Same Same Different"
* [2022.02.27] "SONIC BOOM"
* [2022.02.27] "DREAMING"

## Filmography

* Reality/Variety
* Commercials

 2021-2022
 2023

 2023