KPOP
Lee Hi
Birth Name: Lee Hayi
Stage Name: Lee Hi
Company: YG Entertainment
Birthday: September 23, 1996
Debut Date: October 29, 2012
Blood Type: B
Height: 154 cm
Weight: 54 kg
Hometown: Bucheon
Education: Seoul Performing Arts School
○ Fans called her as the ''Second BoA'' by debuting in a young age like BoA.
○ Because her speaking voice is so low, she often got mistaken for a boy when she was younger.
○ While preparation time for Lee Hi’s debut was short, she was one of the rare few trainees that received on-on-one supervision from Yang Hyun-syuk in the process.
○ She’s also one of the rare few YG Entertainment trainees that has had no dance training whatsoever. Hence, she’s a pretty clumsy dancer in comparison.
○ Due to her amazing voice, she's considered as the ''Korea's Adele.''
○ To celebrate Lee Hi’s debut, super big balloons in the shape of “1, 2, 3, 4” were tied to the roof of the YG Entertainment HQ in South Korea.
○ She was featured in Epik High's comeback, ''It's cold.''
○ Her second single, “Scarecrow”, was in fact not a new song. It was written five years ago and it was supposed to be Park Bom’s (2NE1) solo debut song, but YG's CEO hide it just for her.
○ Although she has started out as a solo artiste, Lee Hi is expected to debut as a member of forthcoming YG Entertainment girl group, “SuPearls” in the future.
○ Lee Hi once said that her “ideal guy” is labelmate and senior Choi Seung-hyun aka T.O.P from BIGBANG.
○ The music video for “1, 2, 3, 4” looked simple but apparently, it cost 2.5 times more to produce than other YG Entertainment artiste’s music videos.
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Lee Hi's quote:
○ "Every rose has its thorn.''