I. Introduction
Jinyoung (진영) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actor. He is a member of the boy group B1A4.
II. Early Life
Jinyoung was born November 18, 1991 rounding his family up to 4. He has one older sister who is 2 years older than him. He's always had a love for singing and once, when is family was on vacation, they put their hotel room arrangements on the line so he could sing in a talent show. He was scouted by WM Entertainment when he was in middle school after they found a picture of him on the Korean social media site 'Cyworld'.
III. Career
2011: B1A4
Jinyoung was the first member of the new boy group B1A4 to be revealed to the public. Once all the members were revealed, B1A4 officially debuted on April 21, 2011 on MBC's Show! Music Core.
Solo career
Jinyoung did not start composing by learning professionally. He simply was messing around with different programs until he slowly got better at it. When B1A4 made a comeback with their song "Baby I'm Sorry", a song that Jinyoung composed, he started gaining attention for more than his singing.
High level professionals in the industry praised him highly for the work he had created. From here he started to compose more songs for B1A4 and other artist and projects. He also began to produce some songs for special projects such as Produce 101 and Girls Next Door. Jinyoung also began to dabble in the acting field, starring in a number of rolls on the big screen and in day-time dramas.
IV. Personal Life
Military enlistment
On June 5, 2019, Jinyoung shared a letter to his fan cafe revealing his upcoming enlistment. On June 20, he enlisted in the military where he trained and became a public service worker to fulfill his duty. On April 9, 2021, he was discharged from the military.
V. Discography
OSTs
- "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST Part.1" ("당신과 만난 이날" with Min Hyo Rin) (2017)
- "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST Part.5" ("널 만난 이후" with Min Hyo Rin) (2017)
- "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST Part.6" ("작은 기다림" with U Sung Eun) (2017)
- "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST Part.7" ("I'm In Love" with U Sung Eun) (2017)
- "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST Part.10" ("그녀가 웃잖아" with U Sung Eun, Min Hyo Rin, Ulala Session) (2017)
- "100 Days My Prince OST Part.2" ("For This Love") (2018)
- "Perfume OST Part.5" ("I Mean That You Are Mine") (2019)
- "Webtoon YeonNom OST Part.4" ("I'm Into You, I Mean Love You") (2021)
- "A Kiss At Tiffany's OST Part.2" ("You Said You Don't Know Love") (2021)
VI. Filmography
Films
- Miss Granny (2014)
- The Person Inside Me (2018)
Dramas
- Self (MBC, 2012)
- She is WOW (tvN, 2013)
- Persevere, Goo Hae Ra (Mnet, 2015)
- Poongsan (MBC, 2015)
- Love Detective Sherlock K (KBS1/Naver TV, 2015)
- Love in the Moonlight (KBS2, 2016)
- If We Were a Season (KBS2, 2017)
- Police University (KBS2, 2021)
VII. Trivia
– He has an older sister.
– If B1A4 were a family, he would be the Dad.
– He picked Gongchan as the most handsome member in the group and ranks himself 3rd.
– He’s a good cook.
– He loves Spam (food)
– He appeared with minor roles in KBS drama ‘My Mom, Super Mom’ and cable channel MBC Dramanet “Chosun Police”.
– He said his biggest treasure is his laptop.
– He writes/compose/produce songs for the group and some other groups like Oh My Girl, IOI, and he also did for his drama OST Love In The Moonlight.
– Jinyoung and Gongchan have Acrophobia but according to them (One Fine Day) they’ve already overcome it.
– Jinyoung is close with Henry(SJ-M).
– Jinyoung wrote Deep Blue Eyes for Girls Next Door from Idol Drama Operation Team
– On June 30 2018, it was announced that Jinyoung didn’t renew his contract with WM Ent.
– On July 8 2018, Jinyoung signed with a new agency called LINK8.
– On November 16 2018, WM Ent. announced that B1A4 will continue as 3 members, but expressed hope that in the future there might be the possibility for B1A4 to promote again as a 5 member-band.
