On August 20, the video for ” 24 Hours ” was finally released, a pop-tango song produced by JY Park with a highly sensual concept, totally different from what Sunmi did in Wonder Girls. On August 15, a second video of the MV was revealed, where Sunmi was shown dancing tango in the arms of a man, while singing the chorus of the song. On August 13, a video teaser of the music video was revealed, showing Sunmi sitting watching a clock, and then, together with a man. Sunmi singing ” 24 Hours ” at the Green Ribbon Marathon Hope Concert in September 2013. On August 12, JYP Entertainment revealed three teaser images of Sunmi, showing her with short pink hair in a simple white outfit with black text, which said in Korean: “24 hours is not enough”, in addition to confirming that the video for the single would be released on August 20, and then digitally on August 26. On August 5, 2013, after 3 years of hiatus, a representative from JYP Entertainment confirmed that Sunmi would soon return to the music industry as a solo artist, becoming the first JYP Entertainment singer to do so. On February 11, 2011, it was announced that she had joined the Dongguk University, where he specialized in performing arts.Ģ013–2016: Debut as a soloist and return to the Wonder Girls She then returned to South Korea and resumed her studies. Sunmi also mentioned that after having gone through a bad economic period in her family that prevented her from continuing her studies, now that she could do it again, Sunmi wanted to take the opportunity. It was later announced that Sunmi’s recess decision was partly due to the pressure her mother was exerting on her, because when she was living in the United States, the girls had to take a break from school, as their mother wanted to that she will continue with her studies. JYP Entertainment mentioned that he would not depart from the artistic milieu and that his departure was not official, so he became an inactive member of the group. On January 22, 2010, JYP Entertainment announced, through an official statement, that Sunmi would leave the group to pursue his academic studies. The group’s debut album, The Wonder Begins, was released on February 13, 2007, which also included the single “Irony”. The show was broadcast from Septemto February 22, 2007.Ģ007–2010: Premiere with Wonder Girls and temporary departureĬounting on the final formation of the group with Sunye, Yeeun, Sohee, Hyuna and Sunmi Wonder Girls finally made their debut on February 10, 2007, at Show! Music Core of MBC, with the single ” Irony “. Before debuting, the group participated in a reality show called MTV Wonder Girls, which accompanied the members who were preparing for their debut. She then moved, lived and trained for a year with the other members of the group, which makes her training period two and a half years.Īfter more than a year of training, his agency decided it was time for the group to debut. After training for a year and six months, she was selected to debut in the Wonder Girls group, being the fourth member of the group. Sunmi was discovered by JYP Entertainment while attending elementary school and was recruited by the agency in mid 2004. She adopted her stepfather’s surname, Lee, while at university and merged her original name and surname, becoming Lee Sun-mi. He attended Hwangnam Primary School, Chungdam Secondary School, and currently attends Dongguk University, specializing in musical theater. Sunmi was born on in Iksan, North Jeolla, South Korea. She is one of the most successful soloists. In August 2013, he made his debut as a soloist with the release of the single “24 Hours”. She is popularly known for being a member of the Wonder Girls girl group. Lee Sun-mi ( hangul : 이선미 hanja : 李善 美 rr : I Seon-mi MR : Ri Sŏn-mi born on May 2, 1992 ), most often credited only as Sunmi ( hangul : 선미 ), is a South Korean singer and songwriter.