Bak Yeon-ah (; born October 8, 1994), better known as Yoyomi (), is a South Korean trot singer-songwriter and actress.
Early life Park was born on October 8, 1994, in Cheongju, South Korea. She is a graduate of Cheongju Girls' High School.
As a child, she became interested in trot music from her father, who is a trot singer, and from hearing veteran singer Hyeeunyee on the radio. In 2005, Park won the grand prize in the KBS Open Children's Song World competition.
Career Park released her first single, "Sorry Sorry," on July 23, 2013, using the stage name Yun-A, but the song was not successful.
She made her debut as Yoyomi on February 23, 2018, with the single album First Story (), featuring the title track "Who's That Guy" ().
In February 2019, she competed in the reality TV series Miss Trot. She made her acting debut in September 2019 in the TV show Seasoning () playing the character Jeong-soon, an aspiring singer.
In January 2020, Yoyomi performed on the TV show Golden Oldies as a "rising star" of trot music. That March, she competed on King of Mask Singer, where she was eliminated in the second round match. In November, she competed on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend, beating out other singers to win a trot-themed episode of the TV show.
On February 16, 2021, Yoyomi released the single "Corny Love Song" (). The song was written by music producer Park Jin-young and given to Yoyomi after she won an open audition to collaborate with Park. The song debuted and peaked at number 34 on the Circle Download Chart.
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Yoplay () Released: May 29, 2020 Label: OGAM Entertainment
Single albums and EPs Title Album details First Story () Released: February 23, 2018 Label: OGAM Entertainment Cheers () Released: May 9, 2022 Label: OGAM Entertainment
Singles Title Year Album "Who's That Guy?" ()2018First Story "Alarm of Love" () rowspan="28" "Is It One?" () "S-Love" "Stew" ()2019 "Please Don't Stop" () "Please Hold Me Tight" () "Surely" ()"A Road in My Dream" () "How Much More Should I Cry?" () "Attracted" () "Hong Kong Express" () "Worried Our Love Will Have Pain" () "Vitamin C" "If You Love Me" () "I Wanna Know Your Feelings" ()2020 "Woo Zu Zu" () "How About Leaving On A UFO" (UFO를 타고 떠나는 건 어때) "Come Back" () "Moving On" "Itgi Eopgi" () "I Hope It's Always You" () "Come See Me" () "Pop! Burst" () "Just What If" () "Juyeonbaeu" () "Seuriseuljjeok" () "Corny Love Song" () 2021 "Let's Go" () "Cheers (Rock Mix)" (위하여 Rock Mix)2022Cheers "Oneora Iri" () rowspan="6" "Foolish Man" () "You Have Your Own Scent" () 2023 "Swimming" "Love is a Beautiful Sad Color" ()2024 "Fox's Operation" ()
Soundtrack appearances Title Year Album "Salmannage" ()2019Seasoning OST "Happy Virus" () "Right This Moment" ()Right This Moment OST "Life Goes Like That" ()2021Eojjeoda Gajog OST
Awards 2005. KBS 《Open Children's Song World》 Grand Prize 2017. 《The 14th Chupungryeong Song Festival》 Encouragement Award 2018. 《All Together Asia Awards》 Good deed Prize 2018. 《2018 Green Earth Music Show Awards》 Best Trot Award – Women's Category 2019. 《2019 World Star Awards》 Trot Category – Popularity Award 2019. 《27th Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards》 Trot Category – Rookie Award 2019. 《The 11th Seoul Success Grand Prize》 Culture Category – Rookie Singer Grand Prize 2020. 《Korean Traditional Music Awards》 Popularity Award 2020. 《2020 Korea Creator Grand Prize》 Singer Category 2020. KBS 2TV 《Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend》 EP.482, 'Trot National Festival special feature' Part 1, Final Win 2020. Youtube 《GoStarBuStar》 'Park Jin-young's <Corny Love Song> Finding the Owner Project', Final Win 2021. 《7th Korea Culture & Art Star Grand Prize Awards》 Popularity Award 2021. 《27th Korea Entertainment Arts Awards》 Trot Category - Rookie Award 2022. 《2022 Global Beauty & Culture Awards》 Music Category - Grand Prize 2022. 《The 8 Korea Art And Culture Star Awards》 Trot Popularity Award 2022. 《28th Korea Entertainment Arts Awards》 Netizen Award 2023. 《The 9 Korea Art And Culture Star Awards》 Star Trot Popularity Award 2023. 《2023 6th Gayo TV Music Awards》 Trot Category - Grand Prize
Other activities 2018. News Portal 《1004 Club Sharing Community》 Ambassador 2018. 《Green Ribbon Environment》 Ambassador 2019. 《Suncheon》 Honorary Ambassador 2020. 《Kumyoung Entertainment》 Ambassador 2020. 《Enhancing Digital Capabilities》 Ambassador
External links Official Homepage YOYOMI Youtube YOYOMI POP Youtube
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