Heo Ga-yoon

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Heo Ga-yoon
허가윤
Heo Ga-yoon performing in Paju in September 2012 04.jpg
Heo in September 2012
Born
Heo Ga-yoon

(1990-05-18) May 18, 1990 (age 34)
Goyang, South Korea
Alma mater Dongguk University
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active2011–present
AgentBS Company
Musical career
Genres K-pop
InstrumentVocals
Years active2009–2016
Labels Cube
Formerly of
Korean name
Hangul
허가윤
Hanja
Revised Romanization Heo Ga-yoon
McCune–Reischauer Hŏ Kayun

Heo Ga-yoon (born May 18, 1990), better known by the mononym Gayoon, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of South Korean girl group 4Minute and its sub-group 2Yoon.

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Biography

Early life and education

Heo was born on May 18, 1990, [1] in Goyang. She received second place at SM's 9th "Best Singer Contest" in 2005. [2] [ unreliable source? ] She graduated from Dongduk Girl's High School. In 2008, Heo appeared in Mario's "I'm Yours" music video, with Seulong from 2AM.

In 2011, she enrolled into Dongguk University where she majored in film and theater. [3] On September 17, 2014, Heo, along other stars, were appointed as ambassadors of Dongguk University. [4] She graduated in 2016. [5] [ unreliable source? ]

2009–2012: 4Minute and solo activities

Heo was chosen as a member of 4Minute in 2009. The five-member girl group official debuted on June 18, 2009, performing their debut single, "Hot Issue", on Mnet's M! Countdown . [6]

Heo in December 2010 Heo Ga-yoon.jpg
Heo in December 2010

On February 11, 2010, Heo was featured on the soundtrack for The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry , singing a duet with Han Ye-ji in the song "One Two Three". [7] [ unreliable source? ] On September 3, 2010, Ga-yoon was a featured artist in Sunny Side's album, "Bad Guy Good Girl" with the song "Bad Guy Good Girl". [8] [ unreliable source? ] In October 2010, Heo Ga-yoon was one of twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increasing public participation in the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. She provided vocals along with labelmates Yong Jun-hyung and G.NA. [9] [ unreliable source? ]

Heo recorded "Wind Blow" for the soundtrack of MBC's My Princess ; the song was released on January 5, 2011. [10] [ unreliable source? ] She also recorded "Shameless Lie" for the soundtrack of SBS' Lie to Me , which was composed by Jadu and E-Tribe. The song was released on May 17, 2011. [11] [ unreliable source? ] Heo made her acting debut on I'm a Flower Too with a cameo appearance as a high school student. [12] [ unreliable source? ] On October 24, 2011 she released her OST song "I Think It Was a Dream" for KBS's Poseidon . Ga-yoon was also featured on Mario's song "Message" and promoted alongside him for that song.

In 2012, Ga-yoon played Hyun Kyung in MBC's drama Light and Shadow. In May 2012, Ga-yoon made an appearance along with group mate Hyuna on Top Gear Korea. [13] [ unreliable source? ] Ga-yoon released a solo single on November 16, 2012. The song is called "My Love By My Side" and is a duet with BtoB's Ilhoon. [14] On the October 21 episode of the live music show Inkigayo, Ga-yoon performed a new song for the SBS Gayo Daejeon music spectacular. As part of Mystic White, Ga-yoon released the charity song "Mermaid Princess" on December 26, 2012. [15] [ unreliable source? ] The group would go on to perform the song in a one off performance during the year end SBS Gayo Daejeon show.

2013–2016: Disbandment of 4Minute

In 2014, HyunA, Ga-yoon, and Sohyun released the song "Only Gained Weight" for Brave Brothers' tenth anniversary album in January. [16] [ unreliable source? ] In September, Gayoon became an MC for the third season of OnStyle's fashion program Style Log, together with Beast's Lee Gi-kwang and Do Sang Woo. The season premiered on September 12. [17] [ unreliable source? ]

In 2015, Gayoon released an OST for SBS's Yong-pal called "Nightmare" together with Yong Jun-hyung on August 18. [18] [ unreliable source? ] In November, it was revealed that Gayoon will make her big screen debut with the movie Father, Daughter. Gayoon, Jung So-min and Min Do-hee will be acting as daughters. [19]

Heo at the Seoul Fashion Week in 2016 Heo Ga-yoon at the Seoul Fashion Week 2016 03.jpg
Heo at the Seoul Fashion Week in 2016

On June 13, 2016, Cube Entertainment announced that 4Minute decided to disband and the members were still in discussions on renewing their contracts. [20] [21] [ unreliable source? ] On June 15, 2016 Cube Entertainment officially announced that Jihyun, Gayoon, Jiyoon and Sohyun's contracts expired on June 14 and none of them had decided to renew with the company. [22] [23] [ unreliable source? ]

2016–present: Acting career

On October 14,[ year missing ] it was announced that Gayoon would be joining BS Company as an actress.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Collaboration singles

List of collaboration singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album
TitleYearAlbum
"What I Want to do Once I Have a Lover"
(with Yoseob)		2009Non-album single
"Heart Damage"
(with Yong Jun-hyung)
"Bad Guy Good Girl"
(with Sunny Side)		2010
"Be Alright"
(with Yoseob, G.NA and Lee Changseob)		2012Road For Hope
"My Love By My Side"
(with Jung Il-hoon)		Non-album single
"Text Message"
(with Mario)
"Mermaid Princess"
(with Mystic White)
"Only Gained Weight"
(with Hyuna and Sohyun)		2014Brave Brothers' Anniversary Album
"Small Moon"
(with Yoseob, Eunkwang, Shin Ji-hoon, and Ryu Hyunjin)		Ryu-Cube Donation Project

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album
TitleYearAlbum
"One Two Three"
(with Han Ye-ji)		2010 The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry OST
"Wind Blow"2011 My Princess OST
"Shameless Lie" Lie To Me OST
"I Think It Was a Dream" Poseidon OST
"Wish"
(with Yoseob)		2014 The Night Watchman's Journal OST
"Nightmare"
(with Yong Jun-hyung)		2015 Yong-pal OST

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleRef.
2016 Daddy You, Daughter Me Kyung Mi
2018 The Drug King Jong-soon
2020 Search Out Noo-ri
2022Singer SongSon Hye [24]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011 Me Too, Flower! High School StudentCameo
2012 Light and Shadow Hyun Kyung
2013My Friend is Still AliveHerselfCameo
2015 Let's Eat 2 Hong Min-a

Television show

YearTitleRoleRef.
2014 Off to School Cast member
Style LogHost

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