Ahn Ye-eun (; born May 21, 1992), is a South Korean genre-bending singer-songwriter, who is best known as the runner-up of ''

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''. She is well known for singing the soundtrack for the TV series '' The Rebel''.

Early life and education

Ahn was born with

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, and she said she had spent almost her entire childhood in hospitals. She started learning piano at the age of four. Influenced by

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, the lead singer in

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, and female-fronted bands such as

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and

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, Ahn had wished to become a singer since middle school. She was attending the Applied Music department of Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts. In 2019, a social media post accused Ahn of past school violence, but she and her agency since refuted the legitimacy of this accusation.

Artistry

Ahn's musical style mixed traditional folk and

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. Her mostly musical style is

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, a traditional Korean narrative singing. Ahn's discography saw more modern and new pansori that kept the base elements of pansori while adding a different touch such as the inclusion of more instruments. The switch between similar-sounding instruments of different cultures appears in her songs. Ahn's music has various motifs, most from Korean folktales and historical events, while others from the Proust phenomenon,

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, etc. Her debut album ''Ahn Ye-eun'' was about

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. She released four horror songs since 2020, which started out "curiosity about whether music alone can make people feel scared".

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Compilation appearances

Filmography

Variety/Reality show

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahn, Ye-eun 1992 births Living people Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts alumni People from Songpa District People with congenital heart defects 21st-century South Korean singer-songwriters Singers from Seoul K-pop Star participants 21st-century South Korean women singers South Korean women singer-songwriters