Nayeon

Im Na-yeon[lower-alpha 1] (Korean: 임나연; born September 22, 1995), known mononymously as Nayeon, is a South Korean singer. After participating on the reality survival television show Sixteen in 2015, she became a member in the South Korean girl group Twice formed by JYP Entertainment. She is the oldest member of Twice.[1][2][3]

For the professional golfer, see Choi Na-yeon.
In this Korean name, the family name is Im.
Nayeon
Nayeon in January 2022
Born
Im Na-yeon[lower-alpha 1]

(1995-09-22) September 22, 1995
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationSinger
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2015–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIm Na-yeon
McCune–ReischauerIm Nayŏn
Signature

Life and career

Early life

As a child, she had participated in a child modeling contest and was eventually cast by idol agency JYP Entertainment. However, her mother prevented her from starting training and entering show business right away given her young age.[4][1] On September 15, 2010, she secretly attended JYP Entertainment's 7th Open Audition after which she became a trainee.[5][6][7] In 2013, she was initially cast as a member of 6mix, a JYP girl group that was planned but never debuted.[8][9][10] She also made an appearance in the second episode of KBS2's 2012 Korean drama Dream High 2.[11]

2015–present: Sixteen and Twice
Main articles: Sixteen (TV series) and Twice

In 2015, Nayeon participated in the reality television show Sixteen, a competition designed to choose the founding members of Twice.[2][8][12] As one of the nine successful participants, she went on to join the newly formed girl group Twice.[2]

In October 2015, Nayeon officially debuted as a member of Twice with their first extended play, The Story Begins.[13] In Gallup Korea's annual music poll for 2017, Nayeon was voted the sixth most popular idol in South Korea, ahead of all her bandmates.[1][14][15] In the 2018 poll, she was again ranked sixth, receiving 6.7% of the votes.[1][16][17] In 2019, she was ranked fifth, receiving 8.2% of the votes.[1][18][19] In 2019, Nayeon was also ranked as the eighth most popular female K-pop idol in a survey of soldiers doing mandatory military service in South Korea.[20]

Other ventures

Endorsements

Aside from various endorsements with her bandmates, Nayeon has done work promoting various products and featured in several advertisements. During trainee years, Nayeon became a model for brands such as Smart School Uniform[21] and TN.[22]

In May 2021, she became a model and appeared in the promotional video for Chaumet's Joséphine Collection.[23][24] In August, she became a model for Biotherm Korea, a South Korean beauty brand.[25][26] Nayeon also appeared as a promotional model for magazines, including Nylon Korea,[27] Cosmopolitan Korea,[28] W Korea,[29] and Elle Korea[30] for various fashion brand in South Korea such as Ralph Lauren,[31] Jill Stuart,[32] Fendi,[33] and Louis Vuitton.[34]

Fashion

In April 2022, Nayeon featured in Harper's Bazaar Korea April Issue for Chaumet's Josephine collection. In the same month, she was officially announced as the Friend of the Maison by the brand.[35][36]

Discography
Main article: Twice discography

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.[37]

List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album
Title Year Artist Album Notes
"24/7" 2017 Twice Twicetagram As lyricist
"Rainbow" 2019 Feel Special
"21:29"
"Make Me Go" 2020 More & More
"Depend on You" Eyes Wide Open
"Baby Blue Love" 2021 Taste of Love
"F.I.L.A. (Fall in Love Again)" Formula of Love: O+T=<3

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Dream High 2 Jung Ui-bong's dance partner Cameo [11]

Television show
Year Title Role Ref.
2018 Idol Star Athletics Championships Presenter [38]

Web show
Year Title Role Ref.
2020 Seize The Light Herself [39]

Notes
  1. According to the initial law of the Korean language, the family name Im (Hangul: 임) may also be romanized as "Lim".

References
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