Park Ji-yeon

For the South Korean singer of the same name, see Gummy (singer).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Ji-yeon

Jiyeon at 2015 K-Pop Festival.
Native name 박지연
Born Park Ji-yeon
(1993-06-07) June 7, 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 2007–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website T-ara
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja [1]
Revised Romanization Bak Ji-yeon
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chiyŏn
Park Ji-Yeon in 2011

Park Ji-yeon (born June 7, 1993), better known simply as Jiyeon, is a South Korean singer, actress and model. She is best known for being the visual, main dancer and the youngest member of K-pop girl-group T-ara.

Biography

Early life

Ji-yeon was born in Seoul, South Korea on 7 June 1993,[2] from a Korean family.[3][4] She briefly attended Hyehwa Girls' High School and graduating from Lila Art High School in 2012.[5]

Early work, T-ara and career debut (2008–2012)

She and Eunjung are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions.[6][7]

Ji-yeon has expressed an interest in modeling. In 2008, when she was 15 years old, Ji-yeon was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for clothing company Smart with Korean boy band SHINee.[8] She collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Female Generation/Forever Love", which was released in May 2009, making her the first member of T-ara to appear in public. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "Saranghae" and "My Love is Crying" from their 2009 album, Gift from SG Wannabe. Early on, the Korean media dubbed Ji-yeon "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her close resemblance to Kim.[9]

In the same year 2008, she entered and won the Smart Model Contest. Subsequently, she auditioned at the Mnet Casting System and joined the company. T-ara debuted on 29 July 2009, when Ji-yeon was 16 years old; the majority of the members were in their early twenties. She was the youngest member until Areum was introduced in June 2012, followed by Dani, who was added in December on the same year.

Ji-yeon made an appearance on the highly ranked KBS television show Master of Study as Na Hyun Jung, a heavily burdened love-struck high school girl who joins a special class consisting of five underperforming students who must gain acceptance to the top South Korean university, commonly referred to as the "Cheonha-Dae" (in Korean).[10][11] Ji-yeon played the lead character in Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp alongside Yoon Shi-yoon, which was released in July 2010.

In August 2010, she appeared on HahaMong Show and discussed meeting Park Ji-sung.[12] In October 2010, Ji-yeon became the host for Show! Music Core (MBC), alongside Suzy (Miss A) with Minho and Onew, both of SHINee.

2011–2013

Ji-yeon performing with T-ara on 10 August 2013 at AsiaWorld–Arena, Hong Kong.

During the 19 August 2011 rehearsal taping of KBS Music Bank for their final stage performance of promoting Roly Poly, Ji-yeon pulled a right knee ligament and was rushed to the hospital for further treatment. Her agency released a statement saying that Jiyeon's condition was being monitored. She was reported recovering and continuing to attend tour after tour, although she needed considerable assistance for each trip due to her injuries. She was later cast in Dream High Season 2 as Rian/Lee Ji Kyung.[13]

In 2011, she was ranked on MBC's Weekly Idol as the 'best-looking idol in real life' by fellow idols and once again in 2012 as the 'best-looking idol' for her versatile face and glowing character.[14] In 2013, she hosted along with Nichkhun from 2PM, Jokwon from 2AM, Minho from Shinee and Suzy from Miss A For 2013 Korean Music Wave In Bangkok, Thailand.[15]

2014: Solo debut

It was revealed that Jiyeon and fellow T-ara member Hyomin would musically debut solo  promoting simultaneously, or in early April and early May, respectively. On March 28 it was announced that Jiyeon would start promoting on May 20, with single "1min 1sec" (Hangul: 1분 1초). The single peaked on the Korean charts at 17 and excelled in China, becoming the first Korean song to reach a 99.5% YinYueTai score.[16]

In June, Jiyeon resumed her acting career, appearing in the fifteenth episode of Triangle (MBC), as Sung Yoo-jin  anticipated to be a potential wife for Yim Si-wan (ZE:A)'s character. In September, she was cast as MC for the fourth season of The Show (SBS MTV), with Lee Hyeri (Girl's Day) and a new male model MC [17]

2015–present

After the departure of Jiyeon's co-MC host Hyeri Jiyeon will be working with the new male MC Hongbin (VIXX) alongside Zhou Mi (Super Junior-M).

In May, Jiyeon was confirmed to play the lead role in a Korean-Chinese film 'Encounter' and will be on her way to China on May 7. Currently, actor Lee Dong Gun was confirmed to play the lead role alongside Jiyeon. Filmed by a rookie director, Kim Jung Han, 'Encounter' is about a romance that unfolds on a cruise ship that travels between Barcelona, Spain and the Indian Ocean.[18]

Personal life

In July 2015, Jiyeon and South Korean actor Lee Dong Gun were confirmed to be dating for about a month since they filmed their Korean-Chinese film 'Encounter'.[19]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[20]
TWN
[21]
TWN East Asian
[22]
Never Ever 3 11 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon

KOR
Billboard

2013 "My Sea" - -
  • KOR (DL):
Bunny Style!
2014 "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" 17 6
  • KOR (DL): 283,255+[24]
Never Ever
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region

Soundtracks

Year Album Song Duration Notes
2009 Cinderella Man OST "Women's Generation" 3:32 with Seeya and Davichi
"Forever Love" 3:32
2010 Master of Study OST "Rolling" 4:01 Solo
Jungle Fish 2 OST "Little By Little" 4:10 Solo
Coffee House OST "Coffee Over Milk" 3:35 With Hyomin and Lee Bo Ram (Seeya)
2012 Dream High 2 OST "Superstar" 3:42 With Hyorin and Ailee
"Together" 4:19 With JB
"Day after Day" 3:43 Solo
2013 Bunny Style! "Dangerous Love" 3:40 With Ham Eun-jung and Hyomin
2014 Triangle OST "Kiss and Cry" 3:31 With Cho Seunghee (F-ve Dolls) and Shorry J (Mighty Mouth)

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak positions Album
KOR
2014 "Yeurido Cherry Blossom" 70 Never Ever
"Marionette" 80
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music videos

Year Music video Director
2014 "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)" Hong Se Hyun

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role
2010 Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp Lee Se Hee
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet Juliet ( Voice dubbing actor )
Gisaeng Ghost Cameo appearance
2015 Encounter

Drama

Year Title Role Network
2007 I Love You Too Cameo appearance KBS2
Hello! Miss
Lobbyist Cameo appearance SBS
2008 Aeja's Older Sister, Minja Maeng Na Yeon
2009 Soul Yoon Doo Na MBC
High Kick! (season 2) Lee Yuri
2010 Master of Study Na Hyun Jung KBS2
Jungle Fish 2 Seo Yul
2011 Miss Ripley Yuu MBC
2012 The Thousand Man Han Yi Seul
Dream High 2 Rian KBS2
2014 Triangle Seong Yoo Jin MBC
2015 Sweet Temptation (Reborn) Jiho Web drama

Musical

Year Title Role
2012 Our Youth, Roly Poly Musical Han Joo Young

Variety show

Year Title Role Network
2009 Radio Star Herself MBC
Star King SBS
2010 Win Win KBS2
Taxi tvN
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS
Star King SBS
Star Golden Bell KBS
Dream Girls Mnet
Strong Heart SBS
Happy Together KBS
Bouquet MBC
Invincible Youth KBS2
Heroes SBS
Hello Baby KBS
2010 - 2011 Music Core Host MBC
2011 100 Points out of 100 Herself KBS2
Star King SBS
Running Man SBS
Vitamin KBS2
Beatles Code Mnet
Win Win KBS2
Happy Together KBS
2013 Beatles Code Mnet
Hidden Singer JTBC
Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 KBS2
SimSimTaPa MBC
2014 Moon Hee Jun's Pure Mnet
Mnet Rude Show Mnet
Weekly Idol MBC
Hello Counselor KBS
Happy Together KBS
Weekly Idol MBC
2015 The Show Host SBS MTV
Idol Star Athletic Championship 2015 Herself MBC
Come On, Little Master Herself JSTV

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist
2008(pre-debut) "Never Ending Story" SMASH
2009(pre-debut) "My Cry Baby"&"Saranghae" SG Wannabe
2010 "Soul(ver.1)" Yangpa
"Soul(ver.2)"
"I Have To Let You Go" Young Gun
2011 "Shake It Up" Seo In-guk
2012 "Together" (Dream High 2 OST) JB & Jiyeon
2013 "Painkiller" T-ara(Soyeon), The SeeYa(Yoojin), 5dolls(Eunkyo) & Speed(Taewoon, Sungmin)
2014 "More and More" The SeeYa

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2007 APM Model Contest Silver Award N/A Won
2008 Smart Model Contest Daesung (Gold) Award N/A Won
2010 SBS Entertainment Award Best Teamwork Heroes Won
KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress Master of Study Nominated
Best Couple Award with Yoo Seung-ho Nominated
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best Young Actress TriangleNominated
2015 Cable TV Broadcast Awards Popularity award The Show Won
The 3rd Yinyuetai VChart Award Best Korea Female Singer 1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever) Won
2015 Yahoo Asia BUZZ Award Most Popular Asian İdol N/ANominated

References

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  2. Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  3. (Korean) 티아라 지연, '악성루머'에도 '엠카'서 MC 활약 '눈길, Naver.com, 10 October 2010; accessed 14 November 2015.
  4. (Korean) ‘엠카 MC 나선’ 티아라 지연, 음란채팅 루머에도 ‘씩씩’ " Naver News, 9 October 2010; retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. f(x) 루나·티아라 지연·원걸 혜림, 리라高 동반졸업
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  7. (Korean) 티아라, 은정→보람 리더 교체 왜? ("Why did T-ara change its leaders from Eunjung to Boram?"), star.mt.co.kr, 16 July 2010; retrieved 27 July 2010.
  8. (Korean) '음중' 새 4MC 온유·민호·지연·수지, 무난한 데뷔 . Naver News, 30 October 2010; retrieved 4 November 2010.
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  13. (Korean) "티아라 지연 무릎부상 악화로 응급실행" ("Park Ji-yeon's leg injuries forces tour to face delays"), Imaeil.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
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  16. "Jiyeon's "1분 1초" broke record in YYT chart". 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014. Jiyeon just broke one of the records for Korean Songs in YinYueTai Chart for having 99.5/100 rating in it (first Korean Idol who did that in YYT Chart)
  17. Jiyeon confirmed as new MC of The Show, allkpop.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
  18. Jiyeon confirmed for a new Korean-Chinese film, Encounter, allkpop.com; accessed 14 November 2015.
  19. Jackson, Julie (3 July 2015). "T-ara's Jiyeon and actor Lee Dong Gun reveal they're dating! dating". allkpop. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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  24. Cumulative sales for "1 Minute 1 Second (Never Ever)":

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