Heo Ga-yoon | |
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Gayoon at the Seoul Fashion Week 2016
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Native name | 허가윤 |
Born |
Heo Ga-yoon May 18, 1990 Seoul, South Korea |
Education | Dongguk University |
Occupation | |
Years active | 2016–present |
Agent | BS Company |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–2016 |
Labels | Cube Entertainment |
Associated acts |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 허가윤 |
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Revised Romanization | Heo Ga-yun |
McCune–Reischauer | Hŏ Ka-yun |
Heo Ga-yoon (born May 18, 1990), better known mononymously as Gayoon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She better known as the former main vocalist of South Korean girl group 4Minute and its sub-group 2Yoon.
Heo Ga-yoon was born on May 18, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. Ga-yoon received second place at SM 9th "Best Singer Contest" in 2005. She graduated from Dongduk Girl's High School and is currently attending Dongguk University, Theater Major. On September 17, 2014 Gayoon together with other stars have been appointed the ambassadors of Dongguk University.
Gayoon was chosen as a member of 4Minute in 2009. The 5-member girl group official debuted on June 18, 2009 with performing their debut single "Hot Issues" on M Countdown. Prior to debut, Gayoon also appeared in Mario's music video "I'm Yours" on November 4, 2008 with Seulong from 2AM. On February 11, 2010 Ga-yoon was featured on the soundtrack for The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, singing a duet with Han Ye-ji in the song "One Two Three". On September 3, 2010, Ga-yoon was a featured artist in Sunny Side's album, "Bad Guy Good Girl" with the song "Bad Guy Good Girl". On October 2010, Heo Ga-yoon was one of twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Yong Jun-hyung and G.NA.
Ga-yoon recorded "Wind Blow" for the soundtrack of MBC's My Princess; the song was released on January 5, 2011. She also recorded "Shameless Lie" for the soundtrack of SBS's Lie To Me, which was composed by Jadu and E-Tribe. The song was released on May 17, 2011. Ga-yoon made her acting debut on I'm a Flower Too with a cameo appearance as a high school student. On October 24, 2011 she released her OST song "I Think It Was a Dream" for KBS's Poseidon. Ga-yoon was also featured on Mario's song "Message" and promoted alongside him for that song.