Irene

Irene is, to me, more than the famous beauty headlines suggest. As Red Velvet's leader, she carries the weight of holding one of K-pop's most consistently inventive groups together, and that quiet authority impresses me more than her looks. I'm drawn to the contrast in her: poised and almost untouchable on stage, then disarmingly warm when she breaks into a smile. Her work in the Irene & Seulgi sub-unit showed real range beyond the group's image. Staying at the top of an unforgiving industry for this long demands relentless discipline, and I suspect there's a serious craftsperson hiding behind that polished exterior.

Name (English)

Irene

Name (Japanese)

アイリーン

Reading

あいりーん

Born

March 29, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Daegu, South Korea

Occupation

singer / model / actor

High school

Haknam High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/renebaebae/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene%20(singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%20(Red%20Velvet)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12605358

Tags

• singer
• model
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.