Soyeon

Soyeon Profile

• Birth Name: 전소연 (Jeon Soyeon)
• Stage Name: Soyeon
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 1998.08.26
• Zodiac Sign: Virgo
• Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
• Height: 157 cm (5’15”)
• Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
• Blood Type: B
• Personal Social Media: Instagram

Soyeon Facts & TMI

• Soyeon is the leader, main rapper, composer, and producer of (G)I-DLE.
• She was born and grew up in Gangnam.
• Her family consists of mother, father, and a younger sister Jeon So Hee (born 2000).
• Soyeon graduated from Chung-Ang University High School.
• Before her official debut, she represented Cube Entertainment in the audition program ‘Produce 101’ and finished 20 during the final night.
• After failing to make it to the final lineup for I.O.I, she competed in the rap survival program ‘Unpretty Rapstar 3’ in 2016, and successfully advanced to the semifinal.
• She is also famous for her role as the main rapper Akali in the virtual girl group K/DA and True Damage.
• She did ballet until the third grade of elementary school. She was so talented that she even won a prize in a contest, but she dreamed of becoming a singer after watching BIGBANG’s performance.
• Since then, she has developed her rap skills by receiving training at various agencies.
• When she was unsure of her career path, she became active as a street dancer for a brief time.
• Despite being a rapper, she has considerably good vocal skills.
• Soyeon confessed that in the past, she had a complex about her physical appearance due to malicious comments, but now she has successfully grown more confident in herself to overcome it.
• She is also in charge of being the dancer of the team alongside Yuqi.
• Soyeon is one of a few female idols who is widely known for her composing and producing abilities.
• There are many opinions saying that she resembles soloist Heize.
• Unlike her tough and charismatic image, the way she speaks is very cute, with a strong nasal voice.
• Her trainee period is about 3 years and 10 months.
• Her hobbies are writing lyrics, drawing & watching cartoons, watching documentaries, inline skating, and reading.
• Her special skills are rap and dance.
• Her motto is “Live a romantic life”.
• She is a picky eater, she doesn’t eat vegetables, crustaceans, and strawberry jam.
• Soyeon is a good friend of fellow ‘Produce 101’ contestant Jeon Somi.
• She’s an otaku.
• Sometimes she called the maknae Shuhua “Puppy”.
• Even before her debut, she was already famous for being a skilled trainee.
• She has acrophobia.
• She is a Galaxy Z Flip 3 user.
• She likes tangerines very much.
• He says he enjoys reading books and likes Douglas Kennedy’s works.
• It is said that when she’s drunk, she talks faster and compliments people around her a lot.
• On October 26, 2020, during a VLIVE broadcast, she said that her favorite song among the songs she wrote and composed until then was “LION”.
• She enjoys watching mukbang show ‘Delicious Guys”.
• She really likes whipped cream.
• Her mother had a conception dream of a golden big animal when she was pregnant with Soyeon.
• Besides Bigbang, she is also a fan of 2PM.
• She collaborated with a lot of SM’s artists including Seulgi of Red Velvet, Key of SHINee, and Hyoyeon of Girls Generation.
• Until January 2021, she had 39 songs registered under her name in KOMCA.
• She is an INTP.
• She belongs to Damyang Jeon clan.
• Among her nicknames are Jeonsso, Ssoleader, GodSso, Soyeoni, Jeon Leader, Jelly, Jel, Jeon Jelly, Captain, JeonKali, Akali, Kiddo, Hamster, Wendy, Sora, Baby Lion, etc.
• Soyeon has the shortest height on the team.
• Soyeon belongs to Dalseong Seo clan.