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My Take
Lee Su-hyun is genuinely one of my favorite voices to come out of K-pop in the 2010s, and I mean that in the best possible way — she doesn't sound like K-pop. When she and her brother Chan-hyuk won K-pop Star 2 back in 2013 as these scrappy, homeschooled kids from Ulsan singing their own songs, you could already tell something different was happening. AKMU has always existed a little outside the idol machine, writing their own quirky, folky, sometimes heartbreaking music, and Su-hyun's voice is the emotional center of all of it — clear, effortless, and capable of going from playful to devastating in the space of a single phrase. Her solo work and the Hi Suhyun collab with Lee Hi showed she can hold her own well outside the duo too. Still only in her mid-twenties and already has a catalog worth revisiting for years.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lee Su-hyun
- Name (Japanese)
- イ・スヒョン
- Reading
- い・すひょん
- Born
- May 4, 1999 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
- Occupation
- singer / television presenter / YouTuber
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Lee Su-hyun born?
Born May 4, 1999 (age 27).
Where is Lee Su-hyun from?
Lee Su-hyun is from Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea.
What does Lee Su-hyun do?
Lee Su-hyun works as singer, television presenter, YouTuber.
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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 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.