Kenzie (Kim Yeon-jung)

I. Introduction

Kim Yeon-jung (김연정), known professionally as Kenzie (김연정), is a legendary songwriter and producer at SM Entertainment, who has written and produced multiple hits across her extensive career in K-pop. She has written for artists including BoA, Super Junior, TVXQ, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x), EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa, Taeyeon, Baekhyun and Taemin, including songs like "Monster," "Power Up" and "Oh!". Often referred to as the "Mother" of SM by artists within SM Entertainment, often in conjunction with Yoo Young-jin as the "Father," Kenzie has continued to create chart-topping hits across the years, helping to build the trademark SM sound of massive choruses and vocal layering. She has also written for non-SM groups including Twice, CIX and The Boyz.

II. Career

Kim Yeon-Jung was a '99 Alumna of the world-famous Berklee College of music,majoring in music production and engineering (MP&E). She moved to the USA to further her studies though her goal was still to be a music producer and composer in her native country, South Korea.

Although she had been trained in classical music and knowing how to play piano and the trumpet, she had acquainted herself with the pop scene and through the knowledge of the success of S.M. Entertainment groups like S.E.S. and H.O.T., she set herself a goal to work with S.M., having that accomplished after graduating and meeting the CEO Lee Soo-Man himself.

Kenzie has worked with nearly every SM act since 2002, including BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior and its sub-units, Girls' Generation and its sub-units, SHINee, f(x), The Grace, EXO and its sub-units, Kyuhyun, Red Velvet, Taemin, Yoon Mi-rae, Seohyun, Taeyeon, NCT and its sub-units, Key, Onew, Chen, SuperM, Baekhyun, Wendy and aespa.

Her favorite songs of her own are the top selling number 1 hits, BoA's "My Name" and Girls' Generation's "Oh!", alongside f(x)'s debut song "La Cha Ta".

Her songs are recognized for their use of vocals, memorable bridges and distinctive vocal-first arrangement, from power pop songs like "Red Flavor" to R&B-tinged songs like "Candy."

For future goals, she wants to expand her horizons in the music field and work with U.S. and European artists to further explore and showcase the multi-cultural sound of her music, which includes Western and Eastern influences.

III. Discography

There are over 300 songs here.

Key: L= Lyricist, C = Composer, A = Arranger, P = Producer

Note: It was difficult to find production information for earlier works.

IV. Videography

This is a very long list, so please reference album pages for videos.

References:

KOMCA: Searching Works (search W0438500 under Writers & Publishers)

GAON charts

Billboard charts