Woo Hye-rim | |
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Hyelim at a fanmeet in July 2016
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Native name | 우혜림 |
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Woo Hye-rim Christina Woo September 1, 1992 Seoul, South Korea |
Nationality | South Korean |
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Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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Genres | K-pop |
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Years active | 2010–present |
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Hangul | 우혜림 |
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Revised Romanization | U Hye-rim |
McCune–Reischauer | U Hye-rim |
Woo Hye-rim (born September 1, 1992), also known as Hyerim, Hyelim or Lim, is a South Korean singer-songwriter. She was best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls.
Woo Hye-lim was born on September 1, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. She has been a Hong Kong resident for 14 years. She can speak Korean, English, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. Her father is a grandmaster and promoter of Taekwondo, with the highest 9th-degree black belt in the discipline.
Originally, Lim was a part of 5-member group in training in 2009. While still in training, the group flew to China where they appeared in numerous variety shows performing dance routines and songs to showcase their talent to the Chinese audience. As the group had no official name they were widely known to the Chinese audiences as "JYP Sisters" or simply as "Sisters". They were also dubbed by JYPE as the "Chinese Wonder Girls". However, before the group could officially debut, two of their members withdrew leaving only three of members which included Lim herself as well as Jia and Fei.
On January 22, 2010, she was announced to join the Wonder Girls, after member Sunmi put her musical career on hiatus. Her making official debut stage with the group on February 5, 2010 in a performance in Shanghai.
In 2013, she became a co-hosted for EBS radio broadcast English Go Go!.From August 20, 2013 to March 10, 2014 she also became the host of Arirang TV's Pops in Seoul.
On June 24, 2015 It was announced that Wonder Girls will be making comeback after two-year hiatus as a band.
Hyerim released a collaboration single with Bernard Park titled "With You" on April 3, 2016 as part of JYP Entertainment's JYP Duet Match project.
On January 26, 2017, it was announced that Wonder Girls were to disband after their contracts had expired. Lim remained her career with JYP Entertainment after deciding renew her contract. The group will release their final single, Draw Me, on February 10.