Amber Liu (singer)

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Amber Liu
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Amber in March 2024
Born
Amber Josephine Liu

(1992-09-18) September 18, 1992 (age 32)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesLiu Yi-yun
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–present
Labels
Member of f(x)
Website amberliuofficial.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 劉逸雲 [1]
Simplified Chinese 刘逸云
Hanyu Pinyin Liú Yìyún
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Liú Yìyún
Bopomofo ㄌㄧㄡ˙ㄧ˙ㄩㄣ˙
Wade–Giles Liu I-yun
Tongyong Pinyin Liú Yìyún
Wu
Romanization [Leu上 Yih入yuin上] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 9) (help)
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Làuh Yahtwàhn
Jyutping Lau4 Jat6 Wan4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ Lâu E̍k-hûn
Korean name
Hangul
Revised Romanization Embeo
McCune–Reischauer Embŏ

Amber Josephine Liu [1] (born September 18, 1992), also known mononymously as Amber, is an American [2] singer, rapper, and songwriter. [3] [4] She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group f(x) in September 2009. In 2015, she became the first f(x) member to make a solo debut with the release of her first extended play Beautiful and has since released solo singles in Korean, English, and Mandarin.

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In July 2018, she joined Steel Wool Entertainment following her original label SM Entertainment’s joint partnership with Steel Wool to manage her American activities. In September 2019, she left SM and exclusively signed with Steel Wool prior to the release of her 2020 extended play X. In May 2021, she also signed with Ryce Entertainment for her activities in China following a successful stint as a mentor in survival show Produce Camp 2021 .

Life and career

1992–2010: Early life and career beginnings

Liu was born on September 18, 1992, in Los Angeles, California. [5] [6] Her parents are from Taiwan and her father has Teochew ancestry. [7] She has one older sister named Jackie. [8] She attended El Camino Real High School in Los Angeles. Liu exceled in SM Entertainment's Los Angeles global audition in 2008 where she and one male were selected to be trainees for SM Entertainment. After a year and a half of training, she debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group f(x) in September 2009. [9] During an episode of the group's reality show, Go f(x) , Liu revealed that her parents initially had mixed feelings regarding her music career. She stated: "My dad was very cautious, at first ...but then my mom was always supportive from the beginning. I really thank her and she also convinced my dad". [8]

Amber performing at Seoul Plaza. Amber Liu in Seoul Plaza (2).jpg
Amber performing at Seoul Plaza.

She has composed and written lyrics for some of the group's songs such as "Goodbye Summer" which was a single in their second studio album, Pink Tape , [10] and "Summer Lover" from their third studio album, Red Light . Aside from featured songs, she also worked with fellow group mates Luna and Krystal for the soundtrack of KBS drama God of Study , in a song called "Spread its Wings".

She frequently collaborated with other SM Entertainment artists. Labelmate Yuri of Girls' Generation performed a cover of Ciara's song "1, 2 Step" at their first concert, Into the New World, held on December 19 and 20, 2009 in Seoul and featured her as a rapper and dancer. The song was then included in their first live album. In June 2010, she was featured in the lead single of Taiwanese singer Danson Tang's third Mandarin-language studio album, The First Second . She performed the Korean and English rap vocals and was also featured in the song's music video. [11]

2011–2014: Television roles

Liu has also started a career on television. From October 2011 to April 2012, she was part of the reality show Invincible Youth . She had to leave the show to prepare for f(x)’s debut in Japan. [12] In 2013, she was featured in the Korean version of the title track of Henry's's debut album, called "1-4-3 (I Love You)". [13] She has hosted MBC's music show Show Champion with T-ara's Eunjung for a year, both of them stepped down as hosts on December 18, 2013. [14] On June 6, 2014, she became a host of the KBS show, A Song for You with Kangin of Super Junior and Yook Sungjae of BTOB. [15] She was also a host of We Got Married Global Edition. [16] In the same year, she appeared in a 9-episode travel reality series, One Fine Day, with singer Ailee, who is a close friend of hers. The show, which aired on MBC Music, followed a vacation trip they took and was filmed on Jeju Island. [17] On December 31, Liu was confirmed as a cast member for the second female soldier special of MBC's Real Men . [18]

2015–2019: Solo debut

Amber Liu at the Jeju K-Pop Festival, in October 2015. Amber Liu at Jeju K-Pop Festival, in October 2015 02.jpg
Amber Liu at the Jeju K-Pop Festival, in October 2015.

Liu officially debuted as a solo artist, releasing her debut EP, Beautiful , on February 13, 2015. The title track, "Shake That Brass", featured Girls' Generation's Taeyeon. [19] A few days prior to the release of the album, a lyric video for the B-side track, "Beautiful", was released. The music video contained childhood photos of the singer, as well as photos since her debut as a member of f(x). Its lyrics tells the story of the difficulties she faced as she chased after her dreams of being an entertainer and how she liked herself the way she is. [20] Beautiful debuted at number two on Billboard's World Albums chart and number 19 on Heatseekers Albums. According to Jeff Benjamin of Billboard K-Town , this ranking shows Amber has a large international fanbase. [21]

As a part of the SM Station project, Liu's solo single, "Borders", was released in March 2016. She participated in composing, lyrics writing and arrangement of the song. Written entirely in English, the hip hop track relates her childhood experiences and gives a message not to give up on oneself against life difficulties. [22]

Liu released the digital single, “On My Own" on May 18, 2016. On May 25, she released another digital single titled "Need to Feel Needed". [23] On September 9, 2016, SM Entertainment published the official music video for "Breathe Again". This was Liu's first entirely English song and her first collaboration with Japanese DJ, Ksuke. [24] On April 15, 2018, Liu released her first English-language solo mixtape, Rogue Rouge, with six songs, free on SoundCloud. She also released a music video for one track, "Closed Doors", on YouTube, with plans to release a total of six videos. [25]

In July 2018, she signed with Steel Wool Entertainment and was also registered by her real name. The agency represents and promotes her in the United States through singing, acting, as well as directing videos. [26] Liu is also signed with United Talent Agency to represent her worldwide activities. [27] In September 2018, Liu released a single album White Noise + Lost At Sea, which includes two songs "White Noise" and "Lost At Sea". [28]

On September 1, 2019, Liu announced her departure from SM Entertainment. [29] Five days later, she confirmed that she would continue forward with her Steel Wool Entertainment contract, and would release an album that she previously prepared with the label. [30] On September 12, Liu announced that she was releasing her second EP, X, with six tracks. It was later confirmed that she would drop one track each month until the album's release on January 10, 2020. [31]

2020–present: Post-SM career and activities in China

On January 28, 2021, Liu was confirmed to be a mentor on the fourth season of the Chinese version of Produce 101, titled Produce Camp 2021 , which ran from February until April 2021 and formed the boy group INTO1. [32] On April 5, 2021, Liu announced her third extended play, y?. Soon after on April 8, 2021, Liu released two versions of her song "Neon": a Mandarin version that featured Chinese hip-hop artist Blow Fever, and an English version featuring Peniel from BtoB with two accompanying music videos that she co-directed. [33] On April 29, 2021, Liu released two more singles from her album y?: the Mandarin version of "blue" featuring MaSiWei from Higher Brothers, and an English song called "Vegas"; along with music videos for each. [34] On May 27, Liu and Steel Wool signed a partnership with Ryce Entertainment for her solo activities in China. [35]

On September 21, 2021, Liu announced her fourth extended play Z!, with the first single "Paradise" being released on September 24, and the second single "Bad Decisions" being released on October 29. It was released on February 25, 2022.

Discography

EPs and mixtapes

List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions, and sales
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[36] 		US Heat
[37] 		US World
[38]
Beautiful 2192
Rogue Rouge
  • Released: April 15, 2018
  • Label: Team Pineapple
  • Format: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Get Over It"
  2. "Closed Doors"
  3. "High Hopes"
  4. "Right Now" (feat. Gen Neo)
  5. "Lifeline"
  6. "Three Million Years"
————
X
  • Released: January 17, 2020 [31]
  • Label: Steel Wool Entertainment
  • Format: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Hands Behind My Back"
  2. "Other People"
  3. "Curiosity"
  4. "Numb"
  5. "Ready For the Ride"
  6. "Stay Calm"
————
y?
  • Released: May 7, 2021
  • Label: Steel Wool Entertainment
  • Format: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Neon" (feat. Peniel)
  2. "Make It Better"
  3. "Blue" (feat. Junoflo)
  4. "Vegas"
  5. "Complicated"
  6. "Neon" (feat. Blow Fever) (Mandarin Version)
  7. "Blue" (feat. MaSiWei) (Mandarin Version)
  8. "Complicated" (Mandarin Version)
————
Z!
  • Released: February 25, 2022
  • Label: Steel Wool Entertainment
  • Format: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Paradise"
  2. "Bad Decisions"
  3. "Easier" (feat. Jackson Wang)
  4. "Don't Dance"
  5. "I Love Somebody"
  6. "Done Thinking" (feat. Gen Neo, LXX)
  7. "Lately"
  8. "Don't Dance" (Mandarin Version)
  9. "Done Thinking" (Mandarin Version) (feat. Gen Neo, Psy.P)
————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum Title
KOR
[40] 		US
World
[41]
Korean
"Shake That Brass"
(featuring Taeyeon)		2015174Beautiful
"Heartbeat"
(with Luna featuring Ferry Corsten & Kago Pengchi)		2016—6— SM Station Season 1
"Wave"
(with Luna featuring R3hab & XaviGi)		—5
English
"Borders"2016205——SM Station Season 1
"On My Own"
(featuring Gen Neo)		—11Non-album singles
"Need to Feel Needed"300—
"Breathe Again"
(featuring Ksuke)		——
"White Noise"2018——White Noise + Lost At Sea
"Countdown"
(featuring LDN Noise)		——Countdown + Beautiful
"Hands Behind My Back"2019——X
"Other People"——
"Curiosity"——
"Numb"——
"Ready for the Ride"——
"Stay Calm"——
"Neon"
(featuring Peniel)		2021——y?
"Vegas"——
"Complicated"——
"Make It Better"——
"Paradise"——Z!
"Don't Dance"——
"Bad Decisions"——
Mandarin
"Curiosity" (Mandarin Version)2019———X
"Neon" (Mandarin Version)
(featuring Blow Fever)		2021—_y?
"Blue" (Mandarin Version)
(featuring MaSiWei)		——
"Paradise" (Mandarin Version)——Non-album single
"Don't Dance" (Mandarin Version)——Z!
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
KOR
[42]
"Beautiful"201587Beautiful
"I Just Wanna"
(featuring Eric Nam)		63

Collaborations

YearAlbumSongArtist
2010 KBS God of Study OST"Spread Its Wings"With Luna & Krystal
The First Second "I'm Back"Duet with Danson Tang
The 1st Asia Tour Concert – Into the New World "1, 2 Step [Live]"Duet with Kwon Yuri
2012The New Beginning"Dance (Nanana)"Featuring for Stephanie
2013 1-4-3 (I Love You) "1-4-3 (I Love You)"Duet with Henry
2014"So Good""So Good"Featuring for Chad Future
2015 VIVID "Letting Go"Duet with Ailee
"We Own The World""We Own The World"Featuring with Luna for Justin Oh (for Ultra Korea)
Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Part.6"Just a Love"Duet with Luna
Beautiful"SHAKE THAT BRASS"Amber featuring Taeyeon
"I Just Wanna"Amber featuring Eric Nam
2016"Breathe Again""Breathe Again"Amber featuring Ksuke
Heartbeat"Heartbeat"Amber with Kago Pengchi, Luna, Ferry Corsten
"Heartbeat- English Ver."Amber with Kago Pengchi, Luna, Ferry Corsten
Wave"Wave"Amber with R3hab, Luna
"Wave- Xavi&Gi"Amber with Xavi & Gi, Luna
2017 Future Friends "Fantasy"Featuring for Superfruit
Love Don't Hurt"Love Don't Hurt"Featuring for Shannon
2018"Lower""Lower"Duet with Luna
Rogue Rouge"Right Now"Amber featuring Gen Neo
Places Like Home"XL UBER"Featuring for Justin Park [44]
The Light"Perfect"Featuring for James Lee [45]
2019Disorder"Get Myself"Featuring for Fyke [46]
2020Love Drunk"Fix Me"Featuring for Travis Artero [47]
Alright"Alright"Featuring for James Lee [48]
2021y?"Neon" [mandarin version]featuring Blow Fever[ citation needed ]
"Neon"Featuring Peniel [49]
"Blue" [mandarin version]Featuring MaSiWei [50]
2023Beep Beep"Get It? Got It? Good"with Jessica Jung [51]

As songwriter

YearAlbumSong[ citation needed ]ArtistNotes
2012 Electric Shock "Beautiful Stranger"Amber, Luna & Krystal
  • Lyrics
2013 Pink Tape "Goodbye Summer"Amber, Luna, Krystal & D.O. of Exo
2014 Red Light "Summer Lover" f(x)
  • Music with Sean Alexander
2015 Beautiful "Beautiful"Amber
  • Music
  • Lyrics with Jam Factory
"Shake That Brass"Amber ft. Taeyeon of Girls' Generation
  • Music with Courtney Woolsey and Nermin Harambasic * Jin Choi
  • Lyrics with Rhymer, V-Hawk, Lee Yoo-jin, Kang Ji-eun
"Love Run"Amber
  • Music with Sean Alexander
  • Lyrics with Jakops and Kim Min-ji
"Heights"
  • Music with Command Freaks
  • Lyrics with David Choi
"I Just Wanna"Amber ft. Eric Nam
  • Music with Gen Neo
  • Lyrics
VIVID "Letting go" Ailee ft. Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Ailee
2016(single)"Borders"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics
"On My Own"
"Need to Feel Needed"
"Breathe Again"
  • Music and Lyrics with Ksuke
2018White Noise + Lost At Sea"White Noise"
  • Music and Lyrics with Darren Smith and Sean Alexander
"Lost At Sea"
2020Rogue Rogue [52] [53] "Get Over It"
  • Music and Lyrics
"Closed Doors"
  • Music and Lyrics with Gen Neo
"High Hopes"
  • Music and Lyrics
"Right Now"Amber ft. Gen Neo
  • Music and Lyrics with Gen Neo
"Lifeline"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics
"Three Million Years"
2021y? [54] "neon"Amber ft. Blow Fever
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana, Chu-Qiao Zhang and Peniel Shin
"blue"Amber Ft. Masiwei
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana, Da Yuen, Masiwei, Vintage Spaceship and Yun Yun Wang
"complicated - Mandarin Version"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana, Da Yuan, Jon Um, Yun Yun Wang
"vegas"
  • Music and Lyrics with Alexandra, Jack, Jordan and Lilian
"make it better"
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana
"neon - English Version"Amber ft. PENIEL of BTOB
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana and Peniel Shin
"blue"Amber ft. Junoflo
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana, Junoflo and Vintage Spaceship
"complicated - English Version"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana and Jon Um
(single)"No Fear" [55] YULTRON, Kellin Quinn and Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Kellin Quinn and Yulton Lee
2022Z! [56] "PARADISE"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Amos Ang, Big Banana and Gen Neo
"BAD DECISIONS"
  • Music and Lyrics with Ben Free and Two Fresh
"EASIER"Amber ft. Jackson Wang
  • Music and Lyrics with Chelsea Lena, Jackson Wang, Michael McGarity, Shaylen
"DON'T DANCE"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Amos Ang, Big Banana, Edward Shin, Gen Neo, Peter MSTR ROCKS Hong
"I LOVE SOMEBODY"
  • Music and Lyrics with Enik Lin and Nasir Akmal
"DONE THINKING"Amber ft. Gen Neo & Psy.P
  • Music and Lyrics with Amos Ang, Gen Neo and Psy.P
"LATELY"Amber
  • Music and Lyrics with Sam Yun and Sean Alexander
"PARADISE - English Version"
  • Music and Lyrics with Big Banana
"DON'T DANCE - English Version"
  • Music and Lyrics with Amos Ang, Big Banana, Edward Shin, Peter MSTR ROCKS Hong
"DONE THINKING"Amber ft. Gen Neo & LXX
  • Music and Lyrics with Gen Neo and LXX

Music videos

YearMusic videoLanguageNote
2015"Shake That Brass"Korean
"Beautiful"
2016"Borders"EnglishCo-directed
f(x) – "All Mine"KoreanDirected [57]
Amber & Luna – "Wave"
"On My Own"English version and Korean versionDirected
"Need To Feel Needed"English
"Breathe Again"
Amber and Luna – "Heartbeat"Korean
2018"Get Over It"EnglishCo-directed [58]
"Closed Doors" [59]
"High Hopes"Produced [58]
"Right Now"Directed [60]
"Lifeline" [60]
"Three Million Years"Directed and Produced [60]
"White Noise" [61]
"Lost at Sea"Produced [62]
"Countdown"Directed [63]
Amber and Luna - Lower
2019"Hands Behind My Back"
"Other People"Co-directed [64]
"Curiosity"English and MandarinDirected [65] [66]
"Numb"English
"Ready for the Ride"
"Stay Calm"

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2016 Entourage Joey JungAired November 4, 2016 – December 24, 2016 [67]
2020The Eagle and the AlbatrossJi-min KurtIndependent film [68] [69]
We Bare Bears: The Movie Jojo Raccoon (voice)Television film [70]
I'll Ask the Stupid QuestionsHerselfTelevision show on Ficto, Creator and Producer [71]

Reality TV

YearProgram[ citation needed ]Notes
2011–12 Invincible Youth 2 Regular cast; Episodes 1–18
2013 Show Champion Host
2014 We Got Married Global Edition
Ailee & Amber One Fine DaySeason Regular
2014–15A Song For You 3Host
2015 Real Men Cast
Top Fly (TV Series)Cast; Episodes 1–5
A Song For You 4Host
2016 We Got Married Panelist
2021 Produce Camp 2021 Mentor

Concert tours

Note- excluding f(x) tours

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance "Shake That Brass" [73] Nominated
MBC Entertainment Awards Best Female Newcomer Award [74] Real Men Won

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