Hani (singer)
| Hani | |
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Hani at the Thank U Festival 2016
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| Native name | 안희연 |
| Born |
Ahn Hee-yeon May 1, 1992 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Hani |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Banana Culture |
| Associated acts | EXID |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 안희연 |
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| Revised Romanization | An Hui-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Hŭiyŏn |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 하니 |
| Revised Romanization | Hani |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hani |
Ahn Hee-yeon (born May 1, 1992), better known by her stage name Hani, is a South Korean singer and television personality. She is known as a member of the South Korean girl group EXID and its subgroup, Dasoni. She was also a cast member in several variety shows such as Off to School, Crime Scene and A Style for You and has also hosted Weekly Idol.
Hani was born Ahn Hee-yeon on May 1, 1992, in Seoul, South Korea. She used to compete in triathlons from elementary until middle school, she was also an avid swimmer, who specialized in butterfly, backstroke and fin swimming. Prior to her debut with EXID, she was originally set to debut as a member of a girl group under JYP Entertainment, along with Sistar's Hyolyn, Secret's Song Ji-eun and Bestie's Uji. However, she was cut from JYP after a year. Hani claimed that the company did not see potential in her.
After this, Hani went to study abroad in China for a year. She also has an IQ score of 145. Hani once aspired to study Psychology and become a psychologist.
EXID officially debuted on February 15, 2012 with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".
In February 2013, Hani along with EXID member Heo Sol-ji, formed a sub-unit called "Dasoni" and released their debut single "Goodbye" on February 15, 2013. The single also included the song, "Said So Often".
In August 2014, EXID released their single "Up & Down". Initially, the song charted poorly, failing to make it on the top 100 of the Gaon Chart. However, the song slowly gained popularity in late November after a fan-cam of her performing the song went viral on numerous social networking websites. As of 2017, the viral video has been viewed more than 22 million times on YouTube.
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