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My Take
Baek A-yeon is a name I associate with that warm, melodic side of Korean pop that doesn't need spectacle to land. Coming up as a finalist on K-pop Star and then building a real catalogue of EPs and singles as a soloist is the kind of slow-burn career I respect more than overnight hype. The detail that catches me is the move from JYP Entertainment to EDEN after her contract ended in 2019, because plenty of artists fade at that crossroads and she kept releasing. I also like that she's credited as a songwriter and pianist, which suggests she's steering her own sound rather than just performing it. A quietly enduring voice.
Overview
Baek A-yeon (Korean: 백아연; born March 11, 1993) is a South Korean singer and songwriter signed under Eden Entertainment. She is best known as the second runner-up contestant of K-pop Star. As a soloist, she has released a total of five extended plays and a total of ten singles, after her contract with JYP Entertainment expired in 2019, she subsequently joined EDEN Entertainment.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Baek A-yeon
- Name (Japanese)
- ペク・アヨン
- Reading
- ぺく・あよん
- Born
- March 11, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / pianist / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Howon University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://100ayeon.jype.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ayeoniiiiii/
- Xhttps://x.com/100ayeon
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.