Jo Eun-sim (; born December 26, 1986),
better known by her stage name, Song Ga-in (), is a South Korean female
trot
The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It has a wide variation in possible speeds, but averages about . A very slow trot is som ...
singer. She is the winner of the 2019 reality television show ''
Miss Trot
''Miss Trot'' () is a South Korean reality television show. It was aired on TV Chosun every Thursday starting from February 28 and ended on June 1, 2019.
The show had a male version spin-off, Mr Trot, premiered on January 2, 2020.
The seco ...
.''
She often appears on
KBS' ''
Golden Oldies''.
Early life and education
Song was born Jo Eun-shim on December 26, 1986, in
Jindo County,
South Jeolla Province
South Jeolla Province (), formerly South Chŏlla Province, also known as Jeonnam (), is a province in the Honam, Honam region, South Korea, and the Provinces of Korea, southernmost province in mainland Korea. South Jeolla borders the provinces of ...
, South Korea.
Her mother, Song Sun-dan, teaches ''Jindo ssitgimgut'', a
shaman
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...
exorcism
Exorcism () is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be do ...
ritual that is classified as one of South Korea's "
Intangible Cultural Properties." Her older brother, Jo Seong-jae, is a member of the traditional Korean music group Baraji.
Song began singing traditional
pansori
' () is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer.
The term ' is a compounds of the Korean words and , the latter of which means "sound." However, ''pan'' has multiple meanings, and scholars disagree on which ...
when she was in middle school and later attended Gwangju Arts High School. She majored in traditional Korean music at
Chung-Ang University.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Soundtrack appearances
Compilation appearances
Filmography
Film
Television series
Television shows
Web shows
Ambassadorship
*Public Relations Ambassador for the Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (2022)
* Hanbok Ambassador (2022)
* 2022 Incheon International Airport Honorary Gatekeeper (2022)
Awards and nominations
Listicles
Notes
References
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1986 births
Living people
Trot singers
MBK Entertainment artists
21st-century South Korean women singers
South Korean broadcasters
South Korean women television presenters
South Korean television presenters
People from Jindo County
Chung-Ang University alumni