Yoojung/ Choi Yoo-jung (Weki Meki)
Yoojung (유정; full name Choi Yoojung) is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and actress under Fantagio. She is a member of the girl group Weki Meki and a former member of the project girl group I.O.I and special unit WJMK.
She made her solo debut on September 14, 2022 with the single album "Sunflower".
Stage Name/Birth Name: Choi Yoo Jung (최유정)
English Name: Emily Choi
Birthday: November 12, 1999
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rabbit
Height: 157 cm (5’2″)
Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
Shoe Size: 225mm
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: ISTP from INFP (Source: Universe)
Representative Emoji: 🌻
Instagram: @dbeoddl__
TikTok: @wm_choiyoojung
2016–2017: Produce 101, I.O.I
In January 2016, Yoojung appeared as a contestant on the survival show Produce 101 where she represented Fantagio Music. She ranked 3rd place in the finale, thus becoming a member of I.O.I. The group officially debuted on May 4, 2016 with their first mini album Chrysalis.
On January 29, 2017, the group disbanded following the release of their third and final digital single "Downpour".
2017: Debut with Weki Meki
On May 1, 2017, Fantagio Music announced that Yoojung, alongside fellow I.O.I member Doyeon, would be debuting in a new girl group together.
On June 3, Yoojung was introduced as the first member of Weki Meki. The group made their debut on August 8 with their first mini album Weme.
2019: V-1
On September 13, she became a contestant on the vocal reality survival show V-1. She was eliminated in the first round after losing to her fellow member Suyeon.
2022: Solo debut
On August 23, it was announced that Yoojung would make her solo debut sometime in September. On August 26, Fantagio announced that she will release her first single album, "Sunflower", on September 14.
Hiatus
On October 16, 2019, Fantagio announced that Yoojung would be taking a hiatus due to heath issues.
On February 5, 2020, it was announced that Weki Meki would be returning with the digital single album "Dazzle Dazzle" on February 20. In addition, Yoojung would also be returning from her hiatus.
Single albums
"Sunflower" (2022)
Collaborations
"Flower, Wind and You" (with Huihyeon, Chung Ha & Somi) (2016)
"Uh-Ra?" (with Ahn Byeong Woong) (2022)
Features
DOTOLI - "with a summer night" (2021)
Raiden - "It Wasn't Me" (2021)
JinJin & Rocky - "Lazy" (2022)
BOOKKU DDOONG - "SSOOK DDOONG" (2022)
OSTs
"Single & Ready to Mingle OST" ("Again and Again" (with Doyeon)) (credited as Weki Meki) (2020)
"Cold Blooded Intern OST Part.1" ("Break It Down") (2023)
Dramas
To Be Continued (Naver TV Cast, 2015)
Idol Fever (Naver TV Cast, 2017)
Cast: The Golden Age of Insiders (tvN, 2020)
Single & Ready to Mingle (KOKTV, 2020)
Sound Candy – Your Sound That Fills Me (TVING, 2023)
Reality shows
Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant
Golden Tambourine (Mnet, 2016–2017)
Produce 101 Season 2 (Mnet, 2017) - MC (Ep. 5)
The King of Mask Singer (2017) - (Eps. 131–132)
V-1 (tvN, 2019) - contestant
Variety shows
Blossom with Love (TVING, 2023)[11]
Music video appearances
ASTRO - "Breathless"
Golden Tamborine - "Rise and Fall" (2017)
Choi Yoojung Facts:
– She ranked 3rd on Produce 101 to become a member of I.O.I.
– She was the center for Produce 101’s theme song “Pick Me“.
– She is from Guri, Gyeonggi province, South Korea.
– Yoojung is an only child.
– Her nicknames are “Wink Fairy” and “Yoodaeng”.
– She went to Seoul Music High School and then SOPA.
– She has several tattoos, one of them is a sunflower. It was her late grandfather’s nickname for her.
– She trained for four years and seven months.
– Her hobbies are dancing, painting, and photography, and her specialties are writing lyrics and raps and covering boy group songs.
– Her favorite senior groups are BTS and 2NE1.
– She spends money on weird things most of the time.
– Her favorite movie is “Gone With The Wind”.
– She likes mint chocolate as her ice cream flavor.
– She is afraid of thunder (Source: Yoojung’s Vlog).
– She can do an unassisted handstand from a kneeling bow, while tucking her hands around thecback of her neck, then finishing by doing a forward roll.
– She is the best in the group in impersonations and special talents.
– Her favorite subject during school was written English, whilst her least favorite was Math.
– Her role model is Rihanna.
– She is one of the best cooks in Weki Meki.
– She is one of Weki Meki‘s mood makers.
– Her strengths are that she’s cheerful, sociable, and loves to smile; her weakness is that she sleeps everywhere and is slow to open up to strangers.
– She can impersonate an orangutan and do a “grandmother” voice.
– She can do an unassisted handstand from a kneeling bow, although she doesn’t do this often.
– As of 2022, she has drivers license (Source: Universe).
– She and MCND‘s Castle J have been friends for 10 years now (source: Yoojung’s instagram)
– She is close with Fromis_9‘s Jiwon and IZ*ONE‘s Chaeyeon and Jo Yuri.
– She’s friends with Billlie‘s Moon Sua.
– She is also a friend of Dreamcatcher’s Gahyeon.
– She is in a subunit with Doyeon and with WJSN members called WJMK as well as I.O.I.’s subunit.
– During KBS Festival Song 2016, she performed the song ‘Be Mine‘ by INFINITE with Red Velvet‘s Seulgi, GFRIEND‘s SinB, Chungha, and TWICE‘s Momo.
– She and GFRIEND‘s Yerin are in a tv show called “The Future Diary” (2018, Ep 3).
– On October 16, 2019 it was announced that Yoojung will go on hiatus because of health issues. On February 6, 2020 it was announced she ended her hiatus.
– She was a contestant of V-1 (Eliminated in episode 1).
– She appeared in ASTRO‘s MV for ‘Breathless‘.
– She acted in several dramas: “To Be Continued” (2015, cameo), “Idol Fever” (2017), “Be Melodramatic” (2019, Ep. 3), “Cast: Age of Insiders” (2020), “Melo Not Solo” (2020).
– She participated in rap making for some of their songs (“Stay With Me”, “Pretty Boy”, “Crush”, and “True Valentine”) and vocal verse making (“Just Us”).
– She has several features with other artists: DOTOLI – “with a summer night”, Raiden – “It Wasn’t Me”, JinJin & Rocky – “Lazy”, and BOOKKU DDOONG – “SSOOK DDOONG”.
– She, Sei, and Doyeon, alongside several members from (G)-IDLE and IZ*ONE performed ‘Into The New World‘ by Girls’ Generation during Storage M Stage (February 25th 2021).
– She sang an OST for Golden Tambourine, titled “Rise and Fall” (with Yoo Se-yoon, Shim Hyung-tak and Jo Kwon).
– She appeared on the King Of Masked Singer, as Fourleaf Clover (December 10th 2017).
– On the 14th Sept. 2022, she made her solo debut with the single ‘Sunflower‘.
– Yoojung’s Ideal Type: Yoojung said in 2021 she doesn’t care about genders in an ideal type, she cares more about feelings. Earlier she named actor Park Hae Jin and Highlight’s Yoon Dojoon as examples of her ideal type.
최유정 CHOI YOOJUNG - Sunflower (P.E.L) M/V
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