Luna (singer)

This article is about the South Korean idol-singer and dancer from f(x). For the South Korean idol-singer from T-ara, see Park Hyomin. For the South Korean actress, see Park Sun-young (actress).
Luna

Luna at The Lightning Man's Secret VIP premiere in February 2016
Born Park Sun-young[1]
(1993-08-12) August 12, 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • presenter
Religion Christian
Relatives Park Jin-young (twin sister)

Musical career

Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2006–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts
Luna
Hangul 루나
Revised Romanization Runa
McCune–Reischauer Runa
Birth name
Hangul 박선영
Hanja 朴善英[2]
Revised Romanization Bak Seon-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Sŏn-yŏng
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

Park Sun-young (born August 12, 1993), better known by her stage name Luna, is a South Korean singer, actress and presenter. She is the main vocalist and lead dancer of K-pop girl group f(x).

Career

f(x)

Main article: f(x) (band)

In 2006, S.M. Entertainment recruited Luna after seeing her performing on an SBS television program, "Truth Game".[3] She also had training for three years.

Luna was debuted as member of f(x) in 2009. She serving as the group's main vocalist and lead dancer. The group official debuted in September 5, 2009.

Solo activities

In 2010, Luna appeared as the regular member of Star King for a long time and earned a Newcomer Award from the SBS Entertainment Awards for her appearance and effort.[4] Later in the year, Luna recorded the song "Let's Go" alongside labelmates Sungmin, Seohyun and Jonghyun, for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit.[5] She released a duet with Super Junior's Yesung "And I Love You" for the soundtrack of KBS2 drama The President and a solo single "Beautiful Day" which served as the OST for drama Please Marry Me.

In 2011, Luna was reported to making her musical debut and would take on the character Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. In April, Luna started hosting music program The Show from MTV Korea along with Secret's Hyoseong.[6] Luna was casted in the TV Chosun drama entitled Saving Mrs. Go Bong-shil as Seo In-young, a college student and youngest daughter of the title character, which was first aired in December 2011. It was her drama debut alongside SS501's Kim Kyu Jong.[7]

In 2012, Luna appeared on Immortal Songs 2 as a contestant, performing Magma's "I Can't Know". She won the first place award for her performance. In the same year, Luna released a duet with Girls' Generation's Sunny for SBS drama To The Beautiful You soundtrack and solo single "It's Okay" for SBS drama Cheongdam Alice's OST. The following year, Luna returned to musical performances by taking on the role Gabriella Montez for the Korean version of High School Musical on Stage!. She also recorded duets with Super Junior members Ryeowook for the musical, and Kyuhyun for The Croods soundtrack, as well as solo single "U+Me" which was used as the theme song for the game Softmax TalesWeaver.

In 2014, Luna was also chosen to feature on "Dream Drive", the debut single of global co-ed project team Play The Siren. In March, Luna was confirmed to be one of the hosts for MBC Music's new survival b-boy competition program Dance Battle Korea. She will also be starring as Diana in S.M. Entertainment's first hologram musical School OZ, alongside labelmates Changmin, Key, Suho, Xiumin and Seulgi.

In March 2015, Luna was announced to be acting in the web drama entitled Jumping Girl, alongside Block B members U-Kwon and B-Bomb. This will be her first time playing the female lead in an acting project.[8] Subsequently, Luna was also casted as the main female lead in the children's movie Thunderman's Secret.[9] In the same year, Luna participated on MBC's King of Masked Singer and received praises of her performance.[10] She released a digital single "Don't Cry For Me", a remake of Lee Eun Ha's hit song from 1986; to thank the fans and viewers for supporting her during her run in the program.[11] Luna also took part in the Anh Chi Hwan special for Immortal Song 2, and showcased her powerful singing ability with her cover of the classic hit "Salt Doll".[12] Later in the year, Luna will be making her musical comeback in In The Heights, starring as Nina.[13] At the end of the year, Luna collaborated with Ailee, Apink's Eunji & Mamamoo's Solar at SBS Gayo Daejun to perform a cover of Jinju's "I'm Okay" for "Limited Edition I - Diva Together" section of the show.[14]

Personal life

Luna was born as Park Sun-Young in Seoul, South Korea on August 12, 1993.[15] She has an older brother and a twin sister.[16]

In October 2011, it was confirmed that she has been accepted at Chung-Ang University's Institute of the Arts as theater majors through a special rolling admissions screening process.[17]

Discography

Luna performing at the 2010 KBS Gayo Daejun

Solo songs

Year Album Song Duration Notes
2015 Don't Cry For Me Don't Cry For Me 03:40 King of Masked Singer special single

Featured songs

Year Album artist Album Song Duration Collaboration
2009 Shinee 2009, Year of Us "Get Down" 03:03 With Key and Minho
2014 Donghae & Eunhyuk Ride Me "Ten Years" 03:52
Play the Siren Dream Drive "Dream Drive" 03:52
2016 Zico Break Up 2 Make Up "It Was Love" 04:30
Amber & Luna, R3hab & XaviGi SM Station "Wave" 03:04 With Amber featuring R3hab & XaviGi

Soundtracks

Year Album Song Duration Notes
2009 Invincible Lee Pyung Kang OST "Hard but Easy" 03:51 Duet with Krystal
2010 Master of Study OST "Spread its Wings" 03:56 Duet with Krystal and Amber
Cinderella's Sister OST "Calling Out" 04:22 Duet with Krystal
Please Marry Me OST "Beautiful Day" 03:58 Solo
President OST "And I Love You" 03:34 Duet with Yesung
2012 To the Beautiful You OST "It's Me" 03:42 Duet with Sunny
Cheongdam-dong Alice OST "It's Okay" 03:34 Solo
2013 Softmax Tales Weaver Episode 3 OST "U+Me" 04:26 Solo
High School Musical on Stage! Korean cast recording "Start of Something New" 03:34 Duet with Ryeowook
The Croods OST "Shine Your Way" (Korean version) 03:34 Duet with Kyuhyun
2015 Kill Me, Heal Me OST "Healing Love" 4:12 Duet with Choi (LU:KUS)
The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 OST "Only You" 4:51 Solo
SBS Festival Awards Limited Addition 2015 "I Will Survive" 3:28 With Solar, Ailee and Eunji

Filmography

Luna performing at the M Super Concert 2012

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Lightning Man's Secret Han-na Lead Role[18]

Television drama

Year Title Network Role Notes
2011-12 Saving Mrs. Go Bong-shil[19] TV Chosun Seo In-young
2015 Jumping Girl Nam Sang-ah web drama

Variety programs

Year Title Network Role Notes
2006 Truth Game SBS Guest
  • January 17
  • Pre-debut
2010 Idol Star Trot Faceoff[20] MBC Contestant
  • September 22, 2010[21]
  • Duet with Onew
  • Milk Couple
2010 Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC
  • September 25 & 26
  • Won Gold Medal for Women High Jump
2010 1000 Songs Challenge SBS
  • September 22
  • Diary of Female High School Special
  • With IU
2010-2011 Star King SBS Frequent Guest
  • March 27 (2010) (Episode 159)
  • May 22 & 29 (2010) (Episode 165 & 166)
  • June 26 (2010) (Episode 169)
  • July 17, 24 & 31 (2010) (Episode 172, 173 & 174)
  • August 14, 21 & 28 (2010) (Episode 176, 177 & 178)
  • September 4, 11 & 25 (2010) (Episode 179, 180 & 182)
  • October 9 (2010) (Episode 184)
  • January 29 (2011) (Episode 200)
  • February 5 (2011) (Episode 201)
  • June 18 & 25 (2011) (Episode 220 & 221)
  • July 2 (2011) (Episode 222)
2011 Idol Star 7080 Best Singer MBC Contestant
Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC
  • February 5 & 6
  • Won Gold Medal for Women High Jump
Enjoy Today[22] MBC
  • February 4 - February 20
  • 3rd Music Project - Enjoy Rock[23]
The Show[6] SBS MTV Host
Come to Play MBC Guest
  • March 14
  • Diary of Female High School Special
  • With IU & Jiyeon
Strong Heart SBS
  • March 29
On Your Command Sir! KBS
  • May 14
Fun Quiz Club SBS
  • May 16
Running Man SBS
  • August 7
  • Episode 55
2012 Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC Contestant
Taxi tvN Guest
Immortal Songs 2[24][25] KBS2 Contestant
  • August 8 - October 13
2014 Dance Battle Korea MBC Music Host
  • April 15 -
2015 Idol Star Athletics Championships MBC Contestant
  • February 19
  • Won Gold Medal for Women High Jump
King of Mask Singer MBC
  • April 5 - April 12: 1st Generation Mask King
  • April 19 - April 26: 2nd Generation Mask King
  • May 3 - May 10: Eliminated by Third Generation challenger
Radio Star MBC Guest
  • May 27
  • Episode 427
Global Request Show: A Song For You KBS Special Host, Season 4 (Episode 4 & 5)
  • August 24 - September 4
Two Yoo Project JTBC Contestant
  • November 24
Immortal Songs 2 KBS2
  • November 28

Musical theatre

Year Title Role
2011 Legally Blonde[26] Elle Woods
Coyote Ugly[27] Violet Sanford
2013 High School Musical on Stage! Gabriella Montez
2014 School OZ Hologram Musical Diana
2015-2016 In the Heights Nina Rosario

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2010 SBS Entertainment Awards Best Newcomer in a Variety Show Star King Won

References

  1. ↑ "SM Town Live '10 World Tour in Shanghai "Artistes Confirmation"(Park Sun Young)" (in Chinese). sh.piao.com.cn(中國票務在綫). Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  2. ↑ In the episode of vitamin air on 2012-10-3, Luna reveal her Korean ID card, from the last Han letter we can predict from the number of stroke, its 英 and not 怜. 2012-10-03.
  3. ↑ "How f(x) members Luna and Krystal Got Noticed by SM". allkpop.com. September 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Kang Ho Dong wins Daesang at the 2010 SBS Entertainment Awards + other winners". Allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. ↑ "20 idol singers unite to sing the G20 Seoul Summit theme song". allkpop.com. September 30, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
  6. 1 2 Check out the first broadcast of MTV’s "The Show" music program!. Allkpop. April 15, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ SS501 member Kim Kyu Jong takes on a role in new drama, 'Saving Ajumma Go Bong Sil'. Allkpop. December 7, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Block B's U-Kwon, B-Bomb, and f(x)'s Luna to Star in New Web Drama". Soompi. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  9. ↑ "LunaClair ; [NEWS] [Exclusive] f(x) Luna, casted as the main". Luna-clair.tumblr.com. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  10. ↑ "Mysterious Gold Lacquer Singer Unable to Hold Back Tears as Identity Is Revealed on "King of Mask Singer"". Soompi. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  11. ↑ Don King Javier (2015-05-11). "f(x)'s Luna releases "Don't Cry For Me" digital single". Kpop Fighting!. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Luna Will Be Reappearing on "Immortal Song"". Soompi. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  13. ↑ "Editing Luna (singer) (section) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  14. ↑ "SBS on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  15. ↑ Russell, Mark (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  16. ↑ f(x)’s Luna and her twin sister Allkpop Forums. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ "루나 중앙대 수시합격 '12학번 새내기 됐다' - 손에 잡히는 뉴스 눈에 보이는 뉴스 - 뉴스엔". Newsen.com. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  18. ↑ Kim, Yang-soo. "f(x) 루나, '번개맨'으로 첫 스크린 도전장". Naver. Naver Corp. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  19. ↑ f(x)'s Luna displaying her acting skills for 'Saving Ahjumma Go Bong Sil'. Allkpop. January 23, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  20. ↑ "SHINee's Onew duet with f(x)'s Luna for Idol Star Trot Face Off". Allkpop.
  21. ↑ "Which idol group members will be most frequently seen this Chuseok weekend?". allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  22. ↑ "No More Tears for f(x)'s Luna". Soompi. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  23. ↑ "f(x)'s Luna bursts into tears from harsh criticism on MBC "Enjoy Today"". Allkpop. February 4, 2011.
  24. ↑ f(x)'s Luna Joins "Immortal Song" | Soompi. Soompi. July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  25. ↑ f(x)’s Luna to depart ‘Immortal Song 2′, B1A4 to make a guest appearance. Soompi. September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  26. ↑ f(x)'s Luna prepares for her musical debut through "Legally Blonde". Allkpop. January 31, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  27. ↑ f(x)'s Luna, Jang Hee Young & Yoo Ha Na triple cast for 'Coyote Ugly' the musical. Allkpop. June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.

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