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.png) LE in April 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ahn Hyo-jin |
| Also known as | Elly |
| Born | December 10, 1991 Cheonan, South Chungcheong, South Korea[1] |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Banana Culture Entertainment |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 안효진 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | An Hyo-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Hyochin |
Ahn Hyo-jin (Hangul: 안효진; born December 10, 1991),[2] professionally known as LE (/ˈɛli/), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. She has been a member of the K-pop girl group EXID since 2012.[3] She was previously a member of the underground hip hop group, Jiggy Fellaz, performing under the stage name, Elly.[4]
Career
EXID
EXID officially debuted on February 16, 2012 with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".[5]
Solo activities
In May 2012, LE collaborated with Gavy NJ on their song, "Don't Call Me"; she sang the rap part.[6]
In February 2013, producer Brave Brothers revealed that LE had collaborated with B2ST's Junhyung and Big Star's Feeldog in a project group and would be releasing a single on February 21, 2013. A teaser was released on February with a "19+" rating, which was previously acknowledged in the single cover, "19+ Profanity Included – Absurd", and on February 20, Brave Brothers released LE's version of the "You Got Some Nerve" MV teaser.[7]
A "15+" version of the song was released on February 21, with the curse words in the song bleeped out. The original song was rated "19+", but representatives of Brave Brothers said "You Got Some Nerve was scheduled to be released as is with a 19+ rating, but due to the interest and requests of the fans, we decided to beep out the profanity that was the reason for the 19+ rating." The explicit version of the song and its music video was released on February 25, 2013.[8][9] Some fans were angered by this, saying "Then why did they attract attention by writing 19+ on the poster? You've got some nerve" while a media outlet revealed that the song had never been sent to the TV networks to be reviewed and expressed disappointment on Brave Brothers' attitude on the situation due to their "media play" and mocking their fans.[8][10]
In July 2014, LE was featured in Hyuna's mini-album "A Talk" and helped write the lyrics for the songs "French Kiss" and "Blacklist".[11]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [12] | ||||
| Collaborations | ||||
| "Whenever You Play That Song" (그 노래를 틀때마다) with Huh Gak |
2011 | 3 |
|
Non-album singles |
| "You Got Some Nerve" (어이없네) with Junhyung, Feeldog |
2013 | 13 |
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| "Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day" (우리의 밤은 당신의 낮보다 아름답다) with Bomi, Namjoo, Seo In-young, Lee Seok-hoon, ₩uNo, Yang Da-il, Brother Su, Chancellor, Kang Min-hee |
2017 | 89 |
|
Merry Summer |
| As featured artist | ||||
| "Don't Call Me" (연락하지마) Gavy NJ feat. LE |
2012 | 17 |
|
Non-album single |
| "The Song of Love" (사랑의 노래) The SeeYa feat. LE |
2014 | 66 |
|
Crazy Love |
| "잘가요 Mr.Kim" (Goodbye Mr. Kim) ALi feat. LE |
2015 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Gwi Arae" (귀아래) Verbal Jint and Sanchez feat. LE |
71 |
|
Yeoja | |
| "Hold Over" (제껴) Wheesung feat. LE |
2016 | 38 |
|
Transformation |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [20] | ||||
| As featured artist | ||||
| "Sweet Girl" K.Will feat. LE |
2014 | 61 |
|
One Fine Day |
| "Blacklist" Hyuna feat. LE |
70 |
|
A Talk | |
| "Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim" (임박사와 함께 춤을) Im Chang-jung feat. LE, Epaksa |
97 |
|
Best Man | |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| 2011 | "Trouble Maker" | Trouble Maker | Trouble Maker | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Rado | No | — |
| "Whenever You Play That Song" | Huh Gak and LE | Non-album single | Yes | Rado | No | — | |
| 2012 | "I Do" | EXID | Holla | Yes | EXID | No | — |
| "I Feel Good" | EXID | Hippity Hop | Yes | Rado | No | — | |
| "Whoz That Girl" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu-sung | No | — | |||
| "Think About" | Yes | Junhyung, Kim Tae-joo | No | — | |||
| "Call" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Better Together" | Yes | Ji-in, Won-taek | No | — | |||
| "Look At Me" | Jewelry | Look At Me | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "Talk That" | Secret | Non-album single | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu-sung | No | — | |
| 2013 | "Now" | Trouble Maker | Chemistry | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Rado | No | — |
| "You Got Some Nerve" | Junhyung, Feeldog, LE | Non-album single | Yes | Junhyung, Brave Brothers, Cha Kun | No | — | |
| 2014 | "Black List" | Hyuna feat. LE | A Talk | Yes | Hyuna | No | — |
| "French Kiss" | Hyuna | Yes | Big Sancho, Brian Lee | No | — | ||
| "Sweet Girl" | K.Will feat. LE | One Fine Day | Yes | Rado | No | — | |
| "Round" | Boys Republic | Real Talk | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Brian Lee | |
| "The Song of Love" | The SeeYa feat. LE | Crazy Love | Yes | Rado, Youngjoo, Conan | No | — | |
| "Hurt" | Zia feat. LE | After 11 Days | Yes | Jang Won-gyu, Jerry L, Meng2 | No | — | |
| "Up & Down" | EXID | Ah Yeah | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |
| 2015 | "1M" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory | No | — | ||
| "With Out U" | Yes | — | Yes | Skim | |||
| "Thrilling" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Polar Bear | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Polar Bear | |||
| "Ah Yeah" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Pat Pat" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Gwi Arae" | Verbal Jint and Sanchez feat. LE | Yeoja | Yes | Verbal Jint | No | — | |
| "My Friend's Boyfriend" | DIA | Do It Amazing | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory, Polar Bear | No | — | |
| "You're Pitiful" | Fiestar | Black Label | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, 4th Batter, Yezi, | No | — | |
| 2016 | "Hot Pink" (Remix) | EXID | Street | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Taebin Jang, Shinsadong Tiger, Uppercut, Beom Lee, Nang Lee |
| "Cream" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Good" | Yes | IL | Yes | IL | |||
| "LIE" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Only One" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
| "Of Course" | Yes | — | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Don't Want a Drive/Will You Take Me" | Yes | — | Yes | — | |||
| "I Know" | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Like The Seasons" | Yes | Monster Factory, Samuel Ku | No | — | |||
| "Hold Over" | Wheesung feat. LE | Transformation | Yes | XEPY | No | — | |
| 2017 | "Boy" | EXID | Eclipse | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Jion |
| "How Why" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Night Rather Than Day" | Yes | Kee Bomb, Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Seong-geun | Yes | Kee Bomb, Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Seong-geun | |||
| "Velvet" | LE | Yes | — | Yes | Samuel Ku, MO'I, Heth | ||
| "Too Good To Me" | EXID | Full Moon | Yes | An Dae-hun | Yes | An Dae-hun | |
| "DDD" | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Weekend" | LE and Hani | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | ||
| 2018 | "Lady" | EXID | Non-album single | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger |
Source: Korea Music Copyright Association.
Filmography
Variety shows
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tribe of Hip Hop | JTBC | Mentor |
References
- ^ "[아이돌 고향을 찾아서②] 예향, 명창 낳고 아이돌 키웠다". The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "LE". Daum 100 (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "EXID out with third EP through temporary shake-up". Yonhap News Agency. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Park, Geon-un (2010-11-18). "언터쳐블, 2집 수록곡 'Jiggy Get Down' 19금 판정..왜?". Asia Economy (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "EXID reveals debut MV, "Whoz That Girl"". AllKpop. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Gavy NJ releases MV for Don't Call Me". AllKpop. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "[Video] Exid's Le Ignores Your Phone Calls in 'You Got Some Nerve' Teaser". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ a b Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "Brave Brothers' 'You Got Some Nerve' Censored for 15+ Rating". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ Smith, Corynn (February 25, 2013). "Idols Gone "Bad?" Feeldog, Junhyung and LE Sound Off in "You've Got Some Nerve" MV". MTV K. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ Sin, Wong-cheol (February 21, 2013). [단독] 용감한형제 신곡 '어이없네', 19금 심의 애초에 받은 적이 없었다 [Brave Brothers song "You Got Some Nerve", 19+ rating review never took place]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|script-title=: missing prefix (help) - ^ "HyunA reveals tracklist for her upcoming mini album 'A Talk' featuring Yoseob and LE". AllKpop. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
- "Whenever You Play That Song charting".
- "You Got Some Nerve charting".
- "Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day charting".
- "Don't Call Me charting".
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- ^ Cumulative sales of "Whenever You Play That Song":
- ^ Sales of "You Got Some Nerve":
- ^ Sales of "Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day":
- ^ Sales of "Don't Call Me":
- "2012년 05월 Download Chart".
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- "2012년 05월 Download Chart".
- ^ Sales of "The Song of Love]":
- "2015년 02주차 Download Chart".
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- "2015년 02주차 Download Chart".
- ^ Sales of "Gwi Arae":
- "2015년 37주차 Download Chart".
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- "2015년 37주차 Download Chart".
- ^ Sales of "Hold Over":
- ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
- ^ Sales of "Sweet Girl":
- ^ Sales of "Blacklist":
- ^ Sales of "Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim":
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