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Chaeyoung
South Korean singer (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Son Chae-young (Korean: 손채영; born April 23, 1999), known mononymously as Chaeyoung, is a South Korean singer and rapper. She is a member of the girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment.
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Life and career
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Early life and pre-debut activities
Chaeyoung was born in Seoul, South Korea on April 23, 1999.[1][2] She took interest in the performing arts from a young age and used to model for a children's magazine.[1] Chaeyoung decided she wanted to become a singer before joining JYP Entertainment and took dance lessons for over one year.[1] At age 13, she passed the auditions and ended up joining the company. As a trainee, she appeared in the music videos for Got7's "Stop Stop It" (2014) and Miss A's "Only You" (2015).[3][unreliable source?]
2015–present: Sixteen, Twice and solo activities
Chaeyoung participated in the reality television competition Sixteen in 2015.[4][5] Ranking sixth place out of the nine debut spots, she went on to join the newly formed girl group Twice as one of its rappers and singers.[4] On October 20, 2015, Twice officially debuted with the release of their first extended play (EP) The Story Begins.[6][1][4][7]
Chaeyoung became the first member of the group to receive writing credits when she wrote a rap verse for Twice's version of J. Y. Park's "Precious Love" as part of their 2016 EP Page Two.[8] Since then, Chaeyoung has participated in writing lyrics for multiple songs by Twice. For the group's second Japanese studio album &Twice, on the track "How U Doin'", Chaeyoung took part in composing for the first time, making her the first member to do so.[9] She also designed the limited edition cover of Page Two[10] and three different pairs of Spris shoes.[11]
As a soloist, Chaeyoung released covers of "Alone" by Cheeze,[1] "Off My Face" by Justin Bieber,[12] and "Weatherman" by Eddie Benjamin as part of the Melody Project series.[13] In 2022, she began learning to play the guitar in anticipation of a potential solo debut.[14] She then performed an unreleased solo track titled "My Guitar" on Twice's Ready to Be World Tour.[15] In October 2023, Chaeyoung collaborated with pop duo Coco & Clair Clair on a remix of their song "Pop Star".[16]
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Endorsements
In September 2023, Chaeyoung was selected as a brand ambassador for Italian fashion house Etro in Japan.[17] In November, she was chosen as the brand muse for Japanese cosmetics brand CipiCipi.[18]
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Chaeyoung attended Hanlim Multi Art School with fellow bandmate Tzuyu, graduating in 2019.[19][20] In 2020, Chaeyoung's personal phone number was leaked on social media; JYP Entertainment released a statement about the incident, and she responded directly on Twice's Instagram page.[21][22][23]
On April 5, 2024, JYP Entertainment confirmed that Chaeyoung is in a relationship with rapper Zion.T.[24]
She is Catholic and her baptismal name is Catarina (or Katarina).[25][26]
T-shirt controversies
On March 18, 2023, Chaeyoung appeared wearing a shirt with imagery of QAnon, an American far-right conspiracy theory movement, during a promotion of "Set Me Free" on MBC's Show! Music Core.[27][28] The crop top showed a large Q in American-flag print with the words "We Go All" below it, a prominent slogan of the conspiracy theory group.[29] Three days later, on March 21, the singer posted a picture on Instagram in which she was wearing a T-shirt with Nazi imagery.[30] The T-shirt specifically featured an image of Sid Vicious, bassist of the Sex Pistols, wearing a tilted right-facing swastika identical to the one used by Nazi Germany.[31] Chaeyoung subsequently removed the Instagram post and issued an apology.[32][33] In the apology, she wrote, "I didn't correctly recognise the meaning of the tilted swastika in the t-shirt I wore."[34] Chaeyoung's label, JYP Entertainment, also issued an apology with regard to her Instagram post taking responsibility "for not thoroughly reviewing it from the label side."[35] The apologies by Chaeyoung and her label did not address the QAnon shirt.[36][37]
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Singles
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All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.[42]
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