Ryu Hwayoung 류화영 柳和榮 | |
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 Hwayoung at the Cyworld Dream Music Festival, July 2011. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ryu Hwa-young (류화영) |
| Born | April 22, 1993 Gwangju, South Korea[1] |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, lyricist, model |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Core Contents Media (2010–12) EMI Music Japan (2011–12) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 류화영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ryu Hwa-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Hwa-yŏng |
Ryu Hwa-young (Korean: 류화영; Hanja: 柳和榮; born April 22, 1993), better known known mononymously as Hwayoung, is a South Korean idol, rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer and model. She is best known for being a former member of the Korean girl group, T-ara.
Biography
edit1993–2010: Early life
editHwayoung was born on 22 April 1993 in Gwangju, South Korea.[2] Her twin sister, Ryu Hyoyoung, was a former label-mate, and is a member of Coed School and 5dolls. Hwayoung is the younger of the two, with a minute's difference between them.
2010–2011: T-ara
editHwayoung was added into T-ara in July 2010 as their seventh member.[3] She was scouted after she and her sister made an appearance on SBS's variety show Star King. Both of them were then recruited into Core Contents Media, debuting in T-ara and Coed School respectively.
She participated in the collaboration between Davichi and T-ara for "우리 사랑했잖아" (We Fell In Love) in December 2011. [4]. She also participated in the writing of the rap lyrics of 사랑은 다 그런거래요 (Love is All the Same) by fellow labelmate Yangpa. [5]
2012: Contract termination and Twitter "bullying"
editOn July 28, 2012, several members of T-ARA made public tweets that were apparently derisive references to Hwayoung. An official announcement regarding these tweets and a "major announcement about T-ARA" was made July 30th, which revealed Hwayoung would no longer be a member of the group. She is now unsigned from Core Contents Media without further say of what will happen to her career as an idol. Following the announcement of her abrupt contract termination with Core Contents Media, evidence and suggestion of the her experiencing severe bullying by the other members of T-ARA since she joined the group surfaced throughout the web and the media, sparking immense interest and controversy[6]. Much of the public strongly believes that Hwayoung was mistreated by the members of T-ARA and her agency, and has led to T-ARA's fan community to have a scheduled shut down[7], as well as suspension of the members' activities[8][9] and a huge loss of the group's popularity.[10] The official fan page of T-ara changed their page title to "HwaYoung Advocates" after the announcement by CCM. [11]
On August 1, 2012, it was reported that the CEO of Core Contents Media said via Twitter late Monday night that he may reverse the decision of firing Hwayoung if she "apologizes for her actions, I will discuss the possibility of her return with my staff and with the members of T-ara. Before that happens, it is important that she accepts responsibility for what she has done."[12]
References
edit- ^ "류화영 가수". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "류화영 가수". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ (in Korean) 티아라, 7번째 멤버 류화영 영입…전보람으로 리더교체 . Korea Economic Daily. July 16, 2010.
- ^ (in Korean) 티아라 다비치 듀엣곡 '우리 사랑했잖아' 온라인 음원사이트 올킬
- ^ (in Korean) '인가' 양파-이해리-한나, 환상적 하모니..'감성자극'
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/netizens-dig-up-evidence-of-hwayoung-being-bullied
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/t-aras-largest-fan-community-to-shut-down
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/t-ara-to-temporarily-halt-scheduling-future-events
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/t-aras-appearance-at-k-pop-yeosu-expo-super-concert-canceled
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/petition-asking-for-the-disbanding-of-t-ara-gains-over-71700-signatures
- ^ http://kpopsurf.com/t-ara-hwayoung-controversy/
- ^ http://www.hancinema.net/t-ara-s-hwayoung-may-be-reinstated-45875.html