Yeri (Red Velvet) Maknae

Kim Yerim also known as Yeri (Red Velvet)

Kim Yerim also known as Yeri, is a South-Korean singer and dancer. Yeri joined SM Entertainment after auditioning at the SM Weekly Audition in 2011. She is the maknae of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet and was introduced to the group as a new addition on March 10, 2015.

Stage Name: Yeri (예리)

Birth Name: Kim Ye Rim (김예림)

English Name: Katy

Position: Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Maknae

Birthday: March 5, 1999

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Height: 160 cm (5’3″) (Official) / 158 cm (5’2″) (Approx. real height) *

Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)

Blood Type: O

MBTI Type: INFP

Instagram: @yerimiese

Youtube: yerimiese

Pre-debut

Yeri auditioned for SM Entertainment in 2011 during their SM Weekly Audition and passed. Yeri was part of the SM Entertainment pre debut team, SMROOKIES. During the SM Town Live World Tour IV, Yeri performed alongside other female SMROOKIES.

2015–present: Red Velvet, solo activities

On March 11, 2015, Yeri was introduced as the newest member of Red Velvet. She made her official debut as a member on March 17, 2015 with the group's first mini album Ice Cream Cake.

Yeri was one of the MC's for MBC's music show, Show! Music Core from May 9 to November 15 alongside Minho from SHINee and N from VIXX. In May 2016, she became an MC alongside Leeteuk for SM's web variety show, The Visible SM. J-Min and Shim Eun Jee released the music video for the digital single, "Way Back Home", which featured Yeri as the female lead. On March 20, 2018, the SBS variety department announced that Yeri would be part of the cast for the Thailand edition of Law of the Jungle.[8] In April 2018, it was announced that Yeri would be taking part of the JTBC variety show, Secret Unnie, where she would be partnered with Han Chae-young.

On May 2020, SM Entertainment announced that Yeri would be hosting her own web show, Yeri's Room, which would air on DUM DUM Studio. The first episode of the first season aired on June 8 until December 23. On December 10, it was announced that Yeri's Room would be returning soon with their second season sometime in February 2021. On March 5, 2021, DUM DUM Studio announced that the production of the second season of Yeri's Room had been canceled due to unforeseen business circumstances of SM C&C.

Yeri made her acting debut on the fourth season's first episode, Mint Condition, of tvN's drama, Drama Stage 2021. On April 7, SM Entertainment made a statement stating that Yeri had been casted for the main lead of the web drama Blue Birthday.

On August 22, 2022, SM revealed that the next STATION release is "Nap Fairy", which is a collab between Yeri and Sam Kim and will be released on August 25.

On November 21, 2022, XsportsNews reported that Yeri had been casted in an OTT web drama, 청담국제고등학교, where she will be playing the role of Baek Jena.

Education

On February 9, 2018, she graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School.

Digital singles

"Dear Diary" (2019)

Collaborations

"Woman On The Beach (from Cool Summer Project)" (with Ravi and Jeon Woong) (2020)

"Sorrow (from Cool Summer Project)" (with Ravi and Kim Woo seok) (2020)

"Nap Fairy" (with Sam Kim) (2022)

Features

Giant Pink - "Tuesday Is Better Than Monday" (2019)

Babylon - "Your Warmth" (2019)

OSTs

"DreamWorks Trolls X SM STATION" (with NCT) (2018)

"Blue Birthday OST" ("It's You") (2021)

Participation release

SMTOWN - 2021 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU Express ("Snow Dream 2021" with Haechan, Chenle, Jisung, Ningning) (2021)

Other releases

"1000" (2018)

Films

SMTown: The Stage (2015)

Trolls World Tour (2020)

Dramas

Descendants of the Sun (KBS2, 2016)

Drama Stage 2021 (tvN, 2021)

Web dramas

Blue Birthday (Naver TV, 2021)

청담국제고등학교 (OTT, TBA)

Music shows

Show! Music Core (MBC, 2015) - MC

Variety shows

The Viewable SM (V Live, 2016) - MC

Secret Unnie (JTBC, 2018)

Law of the Jungle in Thailand (SBS, 2019)

Yeri's Room (Youtube, 2020)

Music video appearances

Red Velvet - "Happiness" (2014)

J-Min X Sim Eun Jee - "Way Back Home" (2016)

Endorsements

On January 3, 2020, Yeri revealed on her Instagram that she worked with the makeup brand COLETTE and helped create shades for the brand. Days later, COLETTE announced that Yeri would also be the first muse for the brand. On July 2, 2020, an official from APRILSKIN Korea announced that they selected Yeri as their new brand exclusive model. The company explained they chose Yeri for her ‘sensuous and trendy image’ that matched well with their concept.

COLETTE (2020)

APRILSKIN Korea (2020)

Trivia

Yeri was 16 years old when she debuted with Red Velvet in 2015.

She is the youngest member of Red Velvet (born Mar 5, 1999).

Her family consists of her parents and 3 younger sisters.

She was born in Seoul, South Korea.

Her MBTI is INFP.

She graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2017.

She is good friends with Chaeyoung, Key, Taeyeon and actress Kim Sae Ron.

She used to be friends with Jonghyun before his death. On the two-year anniversary of his death, she posted a letter on her Instagram with a message to him.

On February 28, 2020, she, alongside label mates Seulgi, Joy and U-Know, donated 30 million won each to the Community Chest of Korea in order to help the fight against the outbreak of COVID-19.

Yeri`s favourite singer is Ariana Grande

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