Wendy (singer)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Son.
Wendy

Wendy at the Seoul Music Awards in January 2016
Native name 손승완[1]
Born Son Seung-wan[2]
(1994-02-21) February 21, 1994
Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea[3]
Other names Wendy
Occupation Singer

Musical career

Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 손승완
Revised Romanization Son Seung-wan
McCune–Reischauer Son Sŭng-wan
Stage name
Hangul 웬디
Revised Romanization Wen-di
McCune–Reischauer Wen-ti

Son Seung-wan (born February 21, 1994), known professionally as Wendy, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet.

Early life

Wendy was born on February 21, 1994 in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[1][3][4] Coming from a family of music lovers, Wendy showed interest in becoming a singer when she was only five years old.[5] Besides her passion for singing, she is also able to play several instruments, including the piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone.[6]

She lived with her family in Jecheon until her fifth year of elementary school, when she moved to Canada with her older sister, Son Seung-hee, to study abroad.[7][8][9] She lived in Brockville, Ontario[10] before moving to the U.S. to attend Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota, where she was an honor student and athlete and had earned various awards for academics and music-related activities. There, she started using her English name 'Wendy Shon'.[2][11] She later studied at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Greater Toronto, Ontario, where she participated in the school's show choir called Vocal Fusion.[12] While living in both countries, she became fluent in English and also learned to speak French and Spanish.[13]

Her parents were initially against her pursuing a career in music and wanted her to focus on her studies, but while she was still in high school, they eventually allowed her to audition to become a singer in South Korea.[5]

Career

Pre-debut and S.M. Rookies

In 2010, she submitted an online audition for the "Koreaboo: Cube Entertainment Global Auditions 2011". Though she was not the final winner, she was one of fifteen finalists personally picked by Korean singer G.NA and Koreaboo from over 5,000 videos to continue to the final round in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and open for G.NA's first solo showcase.[14][15]

In 2012, Wendy was cast by S.M. Entertainment after auditioning at the S.M. Global Audition in Canada and was introduced as a member of S.M. Entertainment's predebut group S.M. Rookies on March 14, 2014.[16] As part of S.M. Rookies, Wendy released the song "Because I Love You" for the soundtrack of the Mnet drama Mimi and appeared in the song's music video.[16][17][18]

2014–present: Red Velvet and solo activities

Wendy was revealed as a member of Red Velvet in July 2014.[19] The group made their music debut with the digital single "Happiness" on August 1, 2014.

Wendy collaborated with rapper Yuk Jidam for the song "Return", which is part of the OST of KBS2's Who Are You: School 2015. The song was released on June 8, 2015 and debuted at number 31 on the Gaon Singles Chart.[20][21][22] She released another song "Let You Know" for the soundtrack of the JTBC drama D-Day on October 16.[23]

In January 2016, she became a long-term panelist on We Got Married and participated in King of Mask Singer as the contestant "Space Beauty Maetel".[24][25] Wendy released a collaboration single with Eric Nam titled "Spring Love" on March 4, 2016, as part of S.M. Entertainment's SM Station project.[26] The song debuted at number 10 on the Gaon Singles Chart and rose to number 7 a week later. On July 22, Wendy and band mate Seulgi released "Don't Push Me" for the OST of the KBS2 drama Uncontrollably Fond. In October, Wendy became a fixed panelist for the KBS show Trick & True with band member Irene.[27]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[28]
"Spring Love" (봄인가 봐)
(with Eric Nam)		 2016 7 SM Station
TBA TBA

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[30]
"Because I Love You"
(슬픔 속에 그댈 지워야만 해)		 2014 230 Mimi OST
"Return"
(with Yuk Jidam)		 2015 31 Who Are You: School 2015 OST
"Let You Know" (아나요) 139 D-Day OST
"Don't Push Me" (밀지마)
(with Seulgi)		 2016 25 Uncontrollably Fond OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 SMTown The Stage Herself Documentary film of SM Town[35]

Television drama

Year Title TV Network Role
2016 Descendants of the Sun KBS2 Cameo Ep. 16 With Member [36]

Variety shows

Year Title Network Role Notes
2014 Let's Go! Dream Team KBS2 Contestant Girl Group Bubble Suit Championship; with Irene and Seulgi[37]
2015 100 People, 100 Songs JTBC with Seulgi[38]
Immortal Song 2 KBS2 Guest with Joy and Seulgi
Daily Taeng9cam OnStyle Guest with Seulgi
2016 We Got Married MBC Panelist [24]
King of Mask Singer Contestant Episode 43 as "Space Beauty Maetel"[24][25]
Cook Representative JTBC Guest Episode 11
Knowing Bros Episode 21, with Joy, Seulgi and Yeri
My SMT Youku With Irene
Problematic Men TvN Episode 77[39]
Hello Counselor KBS With Irene
Trick & True Panelist With Irene

Radio show

Year Title Notes
2015 KBS Cool FM's Kiss the Radio Special DJ[40]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016
18th Mnet Asian Music Awards
 Best Collaboration (with Eric Nam) "Spring Love" Nominated
HotelsCombined Song of the Year Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 Seong, Jin-hee (September 26, 2014). "[더★프로필] 레드벨벳 웬디 "밥 잘 먹는 사람이 이상형"". The Star. The Star. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Kang Ji-ae (August 30, 2015). "레드벨벳 웬디 "LA 유학시절, 오바마 대통령상 받은 적 있어" (섹션TV)". TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Red Velvet Profile" (in Korean). Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Jung Chan-woo, Kim Tae-gyun (April 9, 2015). Cultwo Show (in Korean). SBS. SBS Power FM.
  5. 1 2 Tablo (October 14, 2015). Tablo Dreaming Radio (in Korean). MBC. HLKV-FM.
  6. ↑ Jo Hye-jin (April 25, 2015). "[Star Focus] f(x) Luna - SISTAR Hyorin - Apink Eunji - Red Velvet Wendy, 'Sexy' Competition?...'No, terminator of singing'". Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kim, Bo-ra (September 4, 2016). "'문제적남자' 웬디, SM 뇌섹녀..'올A 성적+4개국어'". Chosun. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ Fate, Kay (February 17, 2010). "'Dolly' set to open at Shattuck". Faribault Daily News. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ Kim Sung-joo (April 10, 2015). Gayo Plaza (in Korean). KBS. KBS Cool FM.
  10. ↑ Lee, Jin-wook (September 5, 2016). "웬디, 유학파다운 자연스러운 영어 대화 "발음 너무 좋아"". Chosun. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Shattuck-St. Mary's School Honor Roll". Faribault Daily News. December 22, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ Westwood, Rosemary (February 26, 2015). "Video: GTA stages a 'breeding ground' for K-Pop talent". Metro. Metro International. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ Kim Bo-ra (September 4, 2016). "레드벨벳 웬디, '문제적남자' 출연..뇌섹녀 매력 발산". Osen (in Korean). Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Cube Entertainment reveals finalists for 2011 Global Auditions". 'Koreaboo'. February 23, 2011.
  15. ↑ Gupta, Saakshi (March 21, 2011). "First-year becomes K-pop singing sensation". The Tartan. Carnegie Mellon. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  16. 1 2 Hong, Grace Danbi. "'Mimi' Reveals Voice of SM Rookie Wendy in OST". Mwave. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  17. ↑ Kim Dong-Joo. "SM Entertainment to debut a new girl group, 'Red Velvet'". StarN News. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  18. ↑ "드라마 '미미' (Original Soundtrack)". iTunes. August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  19. ↑ Sohn Ji-young (July 28, 2014). "SM Entertainment debuts new girl group Red Velvet". The Korea Herald. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ Park Ah-reum (June 8, 2015). "레드벨벳 웬디 육지담 부른 '후아유' OST '리턴' 오늘(8일) 공개". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  21. ↑ Lee Eun-ho (June 8, 2015). "레드벨벳 웬디-육지담, '후아유-학교2015' OST 대열 합류". 10asia (in Korean). Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  22. ↑ South Korea's Gaon Singles Chart from June 7–13, 2015 (in Korean) Originally from Gaon Music Chart (June 2015). Archived on June 19, 2015. Retrieved on June 19, 2015.
  23. ↑ Lee Eun-jin (October 15, 2015). "레드벨벳 웬디, 드라마 '디데이' OST 참여 '16일 낮 12시 음원 공개'". 10asia (in Korean). Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  24. 1 2 3 Lee Seung-rok (January 9, 2016). "레드벨벳 웬디, '우결' MC 합류…초아는 하차". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  25. 1 2 Jang Young-hoon (January 24, 2016). "'복면가왕' 메텔의 정체는 레드벨벳 웬디였다 (영상)". Insight (in Korean). Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Red Velvet's Wendy duets with Eric Nam". Yonhap News. Yonhap News Agency. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  27. ↑ Kang Hee-jung (October 20, 2016). "레드벨벳 아이린·웬디, '트릭 앤 트루' 고정패널 합류". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Gaon Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  29. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Spring Love":
  30. ↑ "Gaon Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  31. ↑ Cumulative Sales for "Because I Love You":
  32. ↑ Cumulative Sales for "Return":
  33. ↑ Cumulative Sales for "Let You Know":
  34. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Don't Push Me":
  35. ↑ 'SM타운' 공연실황 다큐, 8월13일 국내개봉 확정 (in Korean).
  36. ↑ Lee, Eun-jin. "'태양의 후예' 레드벨벳, 위문공연에 깜짝 등장…송중기-진구 '환호'". TenAsia. TenAsia. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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  38. ↑ Jang, Yoo-yeong. "'끝까지간다' 레드벨벳 웬디, 충격의 탈락 '미안함에 눈물 글썽'". Sports Seoul. Sports Seoul. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  39. ↑ Lee, Ji-hyun (September 5, 2016). "'문제적남자' 웬디, 4개국어+A성적+수상경력 '만능 뇌섹녀 인증'". Nate. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  40. ↑ (Korean) 쿨FM, ‘슈키라’ 력디 빈자리 화려한 아이돌 군단이 채운다

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