Kim So-hee (; born January 20, 1995) is a South Korean singer. She is known for being a member of girl group

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, a contestant of the first season of ''

Produce 101 ''Produce 101'' is a reality television talent competition franchise created by South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ E&M, based around the formation of a K-pop girl group or boy group. The format is noted for having no panel of judges, empl ...

'' and a member of the project girl groups

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and

I.B.I I.B.I (; also stylized as IBI) was a South Korean girl group consisting of five members who previously participated in Mnet's 2016 survival show ''Produce 101''. The group formed and debuted under LOEN Entertainment in 2016 with the single "Molae ...

. Kim debuted as a soloist on November 8, 2017, with the EP ''The Fillette''. After a two-year hiatus, Kim left Music Works and joined n.Ch Entertainment in July 2019 - joining their girl group Nature.

Career

2016–2018: Produce 101 and career beginnings

On July 7, 2016, So-hee debuted as a member of

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, a project girl group formed in the

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mockumentary show ''

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'', with a remake of "Why?" by

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. On August 18, 2016, So-hee became part of another project girl group, IBI, which consists of eliminated contestants from ''

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'' and was managed by

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(formerly LOEN Entertainment). On April 10, 2017, it was announced that So-hee was one of the cast members in KBS TV reality show ''

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''. The show invited 7 girl group members to create their very own Korean drama series by becoming accredited scriptwriters as well as acting in the series as fictional versions of themselves. The drama they were working on was called ''Let's Only Walk The Flower Road'', an autobiographical drama. The first episode of the drama was broadcast on May 29 via Naver TV Cast,

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and YouTube before being aired on

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and

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on June 10. It aired daily for 8 episodes until July 3. Ten days after the end of the drama series, Girls Next Door – the girl group of 7 members made their official debut on Music Bank on July 14, 2017. On November 8, 2017, So-hee made her official debut as a soloist with

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''The Fillette'' and its lead single "Sobok Sobok" featuring

Yezi Lee Ye-ji (born August 26, 1994), better known by her stage name Yezi, is a South Korean rapper and singer. She debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Fiestar in 2012. Yezi was a semi-finalist on ''Unpretty Rapstar 2'' in 2015, during w ...

Fiestar Fiestar ( ko, 피에스타) was a South Korean girl group formed by Kakao M. Before the group's debut, they released a duet with label mate IU titled “Sea of Moonlight” for LOEN Entertainment's collective label album. The track ended up be ...

2019–present: Debut with Nature

On October 8, 2019, she signed an exclusive contract with n.CH Entertainment, and was announced to have joined the girl group

Role Model

On November 8, 2017, during the interview of the showcase for her mini album ''The Fillette'', So-hee described her admiration for senior female solo artist IU. She said, "My role model is IU. She

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voice, vocal skills, and is all around good at everything, so I have been practicing with her as my role model." She continued, "I want to emulate her innocence, look in her eyes, singing abilities, and steady vocals even when she's dancing on stage."

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Filmography

Television shows

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, So-hee 1995 births Living people Kakao M artists K-pop singers South Korean women pop singers South Korean contemporary R&B singers South Korean dance musicians South Korean female idols Musicians from Busan Superstar K participants Produce 101 contestants 21st-century South Korean singers 21st-century South Korean women singers