Miyeon

Miyeon (미연) also known as Cho Mi Yeon (조미연) is a South Korean singer under Cube Entertainment. She is the main vocalist and visual of the South Korean girl group (G)I-DLE. She is the oldest member.

Early life
Miyeon's passion for music was influenced by her father, who enjoyed music, and listened to various genres of music from a young age. When she became familiar with recording software, she recorded herself singing and showed it to her family and friends. As a result, her family sent her to music academy, where she learned how to play the violin, the guitar and the piano. They also gave her an iPod as a birthday present that included all the songs she liked. During middle school, a friend urged her to audition for the first time. She auditioned and became a trainee at YG Entertainment. She was a trainee at YG Entertainment for 5 years and was scheduled to debut with Black Pink. According to Miyeon, she failed to debut in the end, and she left the company out of frustration. Life outside the company was difficult for her since she spent all of her childhood as a trainee, and she went on a vacation and took some time to look back on herself. Later, she attended a vocal academy to strengthen her vocal skills and took a media class, where she became interested in composing and producing music. On the last day of vocal academy, she scanned the bulletin board and found a flyer to audition at CUBE Entertainment. She felt scared and burdened for someone who already gave up being in a girl group, but thought that there wouldn't be any more opportunities after this. Although she only had a short time to prepare for the audition and felt nervous, she passed the audition and worked really hard as a trainee. She became happy because she could now sing and dance as she had in the past. Now, she has finally debuted alongside the other (G)I-DLE members.

2016–2018: Pre-debut activities
In February 2016, Miyeon left YG Entertainment. She then became a freelance singer and appeared as an associate singer with Seulong in the Urban Zakapa Canada Tour in September 2016. In early 2017, she became a trainee at Cube Entertainment.

2018–present: (G)I-DLE and solo activities
Miyeon officially debuted with (G)I-DLE on May 2, 2018 with their mini-album "I am" and the title song "LATATA".

On October 26, 2018, it was confirmed that Miyeon would perform at the League of Legends World Finals Opening Ceremony 2018, along with Soyeon, Madison Beer and Jaira Burns. The four singers provided voices for the virtual K-pop girl group K/DA, with Miyeon voicing Ahri, one of the most popular champions in League of Legends. Their song "POP/STARS" went viral on YouTube and topped Billboard's World Digital Songs chart.

In 2019, Miyeon collaborated with Hangzoo with the song "Cart" as part of Amoeba Culture X Devine Channel Code Share Project.

Discography
Main article: (G)I-DLE discography

Songs

 * Cart with Hangzoo (2019)