Dahyun

Biography

Main articles: Sixteen (TV series) and Twice

Dahyun was born in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, on May 28, 1998.[1][2][3] She grew up with her parents and she has an older brother.[3] At a young age, she started singing with her Christian church choir.[3] Dahyun first attracted attention as a sixth-grader in elementary school with a dance at church named the "eagle dance" which was posted on YouTube.[2][4][5][6] Dahyun was recruited to become a trainee for JYP Entertainment after a talent scout saw her performance at a dance festival, and she subsequently trained with them for over three years.[1]

In 2015, Dahyun competed in Sixteen, a reality television show created to select the members of JYP Entertainment's new girl group.[6][7] Dahyun was subsequently selected to join Twice, as one of the nine successful participants in the competition.[6] In October 2015, Twice officially debuted with the release of their first mini-album, The Story Begins and the lead track "Like Ooh-Ahh".[8] In addition to regular singing, Dahyun serves as one of Twice's rappers, along with fellow group member Chaeyoung.[1][2][6]

In Gallup Korea's annual music poll for 2017, Dahyun was voted as the seventeenth most popular idol in South Korea.[9][10]

Dahyun graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2017.[11]

In November 2018, right-wing Japanese lawmaker Masaru Onodera criticized Dahyun for wearing a T-shirt made by Marymond, an organization that raises funds for helping comfort women, victims of sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.[12] In the aftermath, The Korea Times criticized J. Y. Park, the founder of JYP Entertainment, for failing to speak up in her defense.[13]

Discography

Main article: Twice discography

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.[14]

List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album

Title Year Artist Album Notes

"Missing U" 2017 Twice Twicetagram As lyricist

"Trick it" 2019 Feel Special

"21:29"

"Bring It Back" 2020 Eyes Wide Open

"Queen"

"Scandal" 2021 Taste of Love

"SOS"

"Cruel" Formula of Love: O+T=<3

Filmography

Television shows

Year Title Network Role Note Ref.

2015 Sixteen Mnet Contestant Survival show which determined Twice members

2016 Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 Fixed panelist "Idols are the Best" corner (Episode 249–283) [15]

Real Man MBC Cast member Female edition 4 [16]

2019 Idol Star Athletics Championships Announcer [17]

2020 [18]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Twice