Kwon Eun-bi

Kwon Eun-bi (; born September 27, 1995) is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of the short lived girl group Ye-A under the stage name Kazoo. She participated in the Mnet reality competition series Produce 48, where she finished in 7th place and became a member and leader of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One on August 31, 2018.

Following Iz*One's disbandment in April 2021, she made her solo debut on August 24, 2021, with the release of her first mini album Open.

Life and career 1995–2017: Early life and pre-debut activities Kwon Eun-bi was born on September 27, 1995, in Geumcheon District, Seoul. Her family consists of her parents and an older brother. She attended Dong-il Middle School and graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul. In middle school, she expressed to her parents her desire to attend a dance academy. Her parents were initially against her becoming a singer, and told her to attend a dance academy only as a hobby, wanting her to focus on her studies instead. Determined to become a singer, she finally persuaded her parents by sending a letter to her other family members, asking for help in convincing her parents to let her attend an arts high school. When she was 17, she was a backup dancer for girl groups such as Secret and Girl's Day, and was encouraged by member Hyeri (who was her senior in high school) to pursue her aspirations of becoming an idol. During this time, she was also working part-time at a Paris Baguette store. Kwon debuted in the Kiroy Company-managed eight-member girl group Ye-A under the stage name 'Kazoo' on July 18, 2014, with the single "National Treasure". She presumably left the group along with fellow member Chai after they both were removed from the groups' Twitter bio. She auditioned for several entertainment companies afterwards, and signed a contract with Woollim Entertainment.

2018–2020: Produce 48 and debut with Iz*One

Kwon Eun-bi was one of four trainees from Woollim Entertainment who participated on the Mnet girl group survival show Produce 48, a collaboration between the Mnet series Produce 101 and the J-pop idol group AKB48. She consistently ranked among the Top 12, eventually finishing in 7th place, which allowed her to debut as a member of Iz*One, alongside fellow Woollim Entertainment trainee Kim Chae-won, and was named the group's leader. They debuted on October 29, 2018, with the single "La Vie en Rose".

In 2019, she became a permanent cast member of the JTBC show Respect Your Style, Real Life alongside Jung Hyung-don and Ahn Jung-hwan which first aired in May and ended in August of the same year.

In February 2020, she made her debut as a songwriter and wrote and composed the song "Spaceship" which was released as a track for Iz*One's first studio album Bloom*Iz. The song charted at No. 130 on the Gaon Digital Chart. She wrote another song for their third mini-album Oneiric Diary entitled "With*One" as part of a songwriting team called Psycho Rabbit. It was released on June 15, 2020, and debuted at No. 152 on the Gaon Digital Chart.

2021–present: Solo activities and solo debut On March 29, 2021, her Woollim Entertainment labelmate Sungkyu released the music video for his single "Hush", in which she played the female lead.

After wrapping up Iz*One's promotions on April 29, 2021, with a final concert in March, Kwon returned to Woollim Entertainment with labelmate Kim Chae-won as trainees. On June 29, she became the new host of FashionN's beauty program Follow Me along with Ha Sung-woon, Pentagon's Kino, and Freezia. On August 4, Kwon's labelmates Rocket Punch released their debut Japanese album Bubble Up! which includes a track written and co-produced by Kwon titled "Let's Dance".

On August 5, 2021, Woollim Entertainment announced that Kwon was preparing to debut as a solo artist and would release her debut album at the end of the month. On August 24, Kwon released her first extended play Open, on which she received writing credits on two of the songs, including the lead single "Door." Following her debut as a soloist, Kwon was nominated for Rookie of the Year at the 36th Golden Disc Awards,

From January 2022 to January 2023, Kwon hosted the monthly show Mubeat Live. On March 10, Kwon released the promotional single "Esper" through Universe Music for the mobile application Universe. On March 24, 2022, Kwon Eun-bi was announced as a cast member for the musical Midnight Sun as Seo Haena, with Ha Sung-woon, Shinee's Onew, Pentagon's Jinho, Song Geon-hee, Golden Child's Y, Apink's Kim Nam-joo, and Lee Sang-a. On April 4, 2022, Kwon released her second extended play Color along with the title track "Glitch". On May 9, 2022, Woollim Entertainment announced that Kwon would hold her first solo concert "Secret Doors" on June 18 and 19, 2022. Later in May, Kwon was selected alongside KCM and Vromance's Park Hyun-kyu as hosts of the LGU+ music-based variety show Why Not Crew.

On August 11, 2022, it was announced that Kwon's 'Rubi's Room' fan meeting would be held on October 30 and November 3 at Merpark in Osaka and Toyosu PIT in Tokyo; this was her first solo fan meeting to be held in Japan. On August 17, she released the song "Light" as part of the soundtrack for K-pop CTzen, a metaverse project based on Web3. On September 20, her agency Woollim Entertainment released a comeback poster for her third extended play, Lethality, through its official SNS channel. The EP was released on October 12. On November 7, Woollim Entertainment announced that Kwon would hold her second solo concert "Next Door" in Seoul on December 17 and 18.

In May 2023, she acted opposite Hyun Woo in the music video for KCM's "Even if You Call Me a Fool". Following her viral performance, "Underwater" resurged on Korean music charts, eventually peaking at number 78 on Circle Digital Chart, forty-five weeks after the single's release. Also in June, she was selected as the new radio DJ for the daily SBS Power FM radio show Young Street, with her first broadcast scheduled for July 3. On August 8, she achieved her first music show win as a soloist on SBS M's The Show. On September 6, it was announced that Kwon would be holding her third solo concert "Queen" at the Blue Square Mastercard Hall in Seoul on October 7 and 8. On October 24, she released the digital single "Like Heaven", a collaboration with hip-hop artist Paul Blanco. On November 7, it was announced that Kwon had been cast as a host of the MBC dating show Alumni Lovers.

On June 3, 2024, Woollim Entertainment announced that Kwon would be releasing her second single album Sabotage on June 18. On August 2, 2024, it was announced that Kwon would step down as the host of Kwon Eun-bi's Youngstreet. Her final broadcast was on August 4. On August 13, she featured on Hui's digital single "Easy Dance".

On January 7, 2025, Kwon released her digital single "Snowfall", which features Coogie. On April 2, Woollim Entertainment announced that Kwon would be releasing a digital single "Hello Stranger" on April 14.

On March 31, 2026, Kwon departed Woolim Entertainment and signed a contract with RBW on April 22. On August 20, RBW announced that Kwon would be releasing a digital single "Dejavu" on September 3, marking her first release under the agency.

Endorsements Kwon has modeled for various brands, including brands such as Sprite, beauty brand Nine Wishes, colored contact lens brand Lenstown, massage brand Spaal, chicken brand Jadam Chicken, shower filter brand Dr. P.L., and health food brand Phytotics. In December 2023, SPOTV noted Kwon's global influence as a rising model in the advertising world.

Released: August 24, 2021 Label: Woollim Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download

KOR: 58,183 JPN: 1,696

Released: April 4, 2022 Label: Woollim Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download

KOR: 57,947

Released: October 12, 2022 Label: Woollim Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download

KOR: 46,188

Single albums Title Details Peak positions Sales KOR The Flash Released: August 2, 2023 Label: Woollim Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 19 KOR: 24,807 Sabotage Released: June 18, 2024 Label: Woollim Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 19 KOR: 11,711

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR KORSongs USWorld "Door" 2021 — — 3 Open "Mirror" 2022 — — — "Glitch" — — — Color "Underwater" 78 19 — Lethality "The Flash" 2023 — — — The Flash "Like Heaven" — — — "Sabotage" 2024 — — — Sabotage "Please Summer!" 135 — — "Snowfall" 2025 — — — "Hello Stranger" — — — "Dejavu" 2026 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORDL "Easy Dance" 2024 41

Promotional singles Title Year Peakchartpositions Album KORDL "Esper" 2022 60

Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released and album name Title Year Peakchartpositions Album KORDL "I'll Be Your Energy" 2022 147 Epic Seven OST "Time" 144 Rookie Cops OST Part 4 "Oh My Boy" 127 New Normal Zine OST "Light" 175 K-Pop CTzen OST "Can We Go Back to the Good Old Days" 2023 84 Soundtrack #2 OST

Other charted songs + List of songs, showing year released and album name Title Year Peakchartpositions Album KORDL "Open" 2021 96 Open "Amigo" 72 "Blue Eyes" 80 "Rain" 78 "Eternity" 85 "The Colors of Light" 2022 162 Color "Magnetic" 106 "Colors" 105 "Speed of Love" 128 "Off" 126 "Wave" 179 Lethality "Croquis" 139 "Simulation" 154 "Flash" 148 "Off" 146 "Comet" 2023 111 The Flash "Beautiful Night" 108 "Unnatural" 2024 102 Sabotage "Bad Blood" 104

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

Title Year Album Artist Lyrics Music Credited With Credited With "Spaceship" 2020 Bloom*Iz Iz*One "With*One" Oneiric Diary "Parallel Universe" 2021 "Let's Dance" Bubble Up! Rocket Punch "Door" Open Herself "Rain" "Mirror" 2022 "Off" Color "Hi" Lethality — "Beautiful Night" 2023 The Flash "Snowfall" 2025

Videography Music videos Title Year Director(s) "Door" 2021 Kim Ja Kyoung(Flexible Pictures) "Glitch" 2022 PARADOX CHILD "Esper" Yuri Lee(SL8 Visual Lab) "Underwater" PARADOX CHILD "The Flash" 2023 "Like Heaven" Kim Jiwoo "Sabotage" 2024 Kim Ja Kyoung(Flexible Pictures) "Please Summer!" Lee Yoo-young, Lee Jae-hyun (SNP Film) "Hello Stranger" 2025 Novv Kim

Music video appearances Year Title Artist 2021 "Hush" Sungkyu 2024 "Voice" Soran

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2024 Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game Soo-min Japanese film

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2018 Produce 48 Contestant Survival show that determined Iz*One membersFinished 7th 2019 Respect Your Style, Real Life Cast member The Travel Blog Cast member with Lee Chae-yeon 2023 Rustically: In Ulsan The second version of the fortified version of Rustically: In the Secret Island. Alumni Lovers Host 2024 Starlight Boys Guider with Lee Seung-gi, Daesung, Choi Young-joon, Hanhae, Hui, Eric, Yoon 2025 Undercover Judge

Web shows Year Title Role Notes 2022–2023 Mubeat Live Host Why Not Crew 2023 Maepjjiri Crossing the Line 2024 Zombieverse Regular member Season 2

Radio shows Year Title Role Notes 2022 Turn up the volume Special DJ August 18–19 2023–2024 Kwon Eun-bi's Youngstreet DJ July 3, 2023 – August 4, 2024

Theater Year Title Korean title Role 2022 ONAIR DJ / Herself Midnight Sun 태양의 노래 Seo Hae-na

Awards and nominations

+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Asia Artist Awards 2021 Best Emotive Singer Award Kwon Eun-bi Female Solo Singer Popularity Award 2023 Best Musician Award Asian Pop Music Awards 2021 Best New Artist (Overseas) Open The Fact Music Awards 2023 Best Performer Award Kwon Eun-bi Hanteo Music Awards 2023 Emerging Artist Award Golden Disc Awards 2022 Rookie of the Year Seezn Most Popular Artist Award MBC Entertainment Awards 2023 Rookie Award – Variety Show (Female) Mnet Asian Music Awards 2021 Album of the Year Open Artist of the Year Kwon Eun-bi Best New Female Artist SBS New Year Party 2024 Special Award – Radio DJ Kwon Eun-bi's Youngstreet Seoul Music Awards 2021 K-wave Popularity Award Kwon Eun-bi Popularity Award Rookie of the Year U+Idol Live Best Artist Award Universal Superstar Awards 2024 Universal Hot Trend Icon

Honors + Name of organization, year given, and the name of the honor Organization Year Honor Newsis K-EXPO Cultural Awards 2023 Seoul Tourism Organization CEO Award