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Native name | 박지연 |
Born |
Park Ji-yeon April 8, 1981 Seoul, South Korea |
Other names | Gummy |
Occupation | Singer |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | C-JeS Entertainment |
Website | 거미 |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 박지연 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Ji-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chiyŏn |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 거미 |
Revised Romanization | Geomi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kŏmi |
Park Ji-yeon (born April 8, 1981), better known by her stage name Gummy (Hangul: 거미; lit. Spider), is a South Korean singer.
Gummy debuted in 2003 with the album Like Them. Her title track Memory Loss (기억상실) brought her success and recognition and led Gummy to win the Bonsang at the 19th Golden Disk Awards. The same year, Gummy earned the Mobile Popularity Award for Memory Loss at the 2004 Mnet Km Music Festival.
She released her fourth album titled Comfort on March 12, 2008, which marked her first released in three years. The lead single I'm Sorry (미안해요) features T.O.P from Big Bang. A week after its release, the song peaked within the top five spots on various digital charts.
Gummy released a mini album titled Loveless. A music video plus the full song of one of her tracks in the mini album was released on April 21. Loveless was released on April 29, and promotion for the album began in May.
On October 15, 2011, the MV for her remake of "I'm Sorry" feat. TOP was released.
2013 marked the tenth anniversary for Gummy and she celebrated with a fan meeting. She then released her OST for the drama, That Winter, the Wind Blows entitled "Snow Flower".
Gummy also released her second Japanese album, Fate(s). She also had a duet with Daesung from BIGBANG. Two music videos were released for the lead single of the album, "Shinjiteru (Believe)".
Gummy signed with C-JeS Entertainment in October 2013, leaving YG Entertainment.
In 2014, Gummy provided the song "You're Calling Me" for the action-thriller television series Three Days. Gummy then returned with the mini album "I Loved...Have No Regrets". One of the singles from the 6-track EP was a duet with labelmate and JYJ's Park Yuchun.