Lee Hi
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Lee Hi at the Incheon Airport on January 18, 2013
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| Native name | 이하이 |
| Born |
Lee Ha-yi September 23, 1996 Bucheon, South Korea |
| Other names | Lee Hi |
| Education | School of Performing Arts Seoul |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts | YG Family |
| Website | Lee Hi's Website |
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| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | I Ha-i |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ha-i |
Lee Ha-yi (born September 23, 1996), better known by her stage name Lee Hi, is a South Korean singer-songwriter. She is known as the runner-up of SBS's K-pop Star Season 1.
Her debut single "1.2.3.4", was released on October 28, 2012 and reached No. 1 with first-week sales of 667,549 downloads. On November 30, 2012, Lee Hi also had her first performance at the Mnet Asian Music Awards with fellow labelmate Epik High for the song "It's Cold" from the 99 album.
Her first full-length album First Love was released in two parts. Part 1 was released on March 7, 2013 and Part 2 was released on March 28, 2013.
In 2012, Lee Hi finished as the runner-up on K-pop Star Season 1, against Park Ji-min and was eventually signed by YG Entertainment CEO, Yang Hyun-suk.
On May 12, 2012, it was announced that she would be debuting with a girl group called SuPearls (which originally consisted of Michelle Lee, Park Ji-min, Lee Seung-joo, and Lee Jung-mi) which was originally formed during K-pop Star Season 1 and signed to YG. She was set to replace Ji-min who decided to sign with JYP Entertainment after winning. Following Ha-yi's successful debut as a solo artist, her company made a sudden announcement on February 13, 2013, that her anticipated girl-group, SuPearls, will no longer be continuing as an ensemble and that the other remaining members have been dropped. She would instead continue as a solo artist.
Before her debut, Ha-yi released her first song under YG Entertainment on which she collaborated with Epik High; it was entitled "It's Cold" and was released on October 8, 2012.
On October 24, 2012, it was announced that Ha-yi would be debuting as a solo artist under the stage name, "Lee Hi", with the single "1.2.3.4". The single was released on October 28. The song was written by Masta Wu and produced by CHOICE37 and Lydia Paek. The music video was directed by director Han Sa-min, who also did 2NE1's "Lonely" and Big Bang's "Blue" and "Monster". The song was number on the monthly Gaon Digital Chart for November. She performed "1.2.3.4" on Inkigayo on November 4.
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