Miyeon

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

Early life
Miyeon was influenced by her father, who enjoyed music, and listened to various genres of music from a young age, which is how her interest in music began. When she became familiar with computer programs, she tried recording music on her own. She made some records and showed it to her family and friends. After this, she learned how to play the violin and piano. Her parents saw how much she loved singing and made her learn various things about music. They also gave her an iPod as a birthday present that included all the songs she liked. During middle school, she went on her first audition at her friend's recommendation to chase her dreams. She was a trainee of YG Entertainment for 5 years but, when her debut didn't happen, she left the company. Life outside the company was difficult for her since she spent all of her childhood as a trainee, and she took some time to look back on herself. Later, she attended a vocal academy to strengthen her vocal skills and took classes for composing and producing music. There were invitations and chances for her to audition at other companies, but she felt scared and burdened for someone who already gave up being in a girl group. She thought there wouldn't be anymore opportunities for her, but then she auditioned for Cube. 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)