Loona Heejin Biography
Loona Heejin Biography
Loona Heejin Biography
HeeJin was born as Jeon Hee-Jin on October 19, 2000 in Bundang District, Seongnam, Gyeonggi
Province, South Korea. She is the youngest of three daughters in her family. She attended Baek-suk
Elementary School and Saint Paul Girls’ Middle School in Chungnam, South Korea. At some point
during her childhood, she lived for one month in Brazil.[2]
HeeJin first wanted to become a singer when she was in middle school. At one time, both her sisters
had similar dreams, but those dreams were ultimately unrealized. HeeJin has stated that one of the
reasons she became a singer was to make her sisters’ unfulfilled dreams come true, and has cited her
sisters as being her biggest supporters.[3]
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In pursuit of her goals, HeeJin traveled long distances in order to attend a dance academy. Her father
began discouraging her dreams of becoming a singer after she was rejected at 20 different auditions.
However, in 2015 she was cast through social media by BlockBerryCreative and became a trainee.
HeeJin trained for one year before she was selected to be the first member of the agency’s upcoming
girl group.[3]
2017: “My Sunday”, commercial films, LOONA 1/3, “Singing in the Rain”,
Woomanna, MIXNINE
On January 16, HeeJin and HyunJin released their second duet, “My Sunday”, as a part of member
YeoJin’s debut single.
On February 14, HeeJin was revealed as a member of the sub-unit LOONA 1/3, and debuted with
“Love & Live” on March 13.
HeeJin has had cameos and supporting roles in the highest number of solo music videos out of all
members of LOONA. On April 17, HeeJin was included in member ViVi’s music video “Everyday I
Love You”, alongside HyunJin, HaSeul, and YeoJin. On June 23, she was featured on a special version
of JinSoul’s “Singing in the Rain” where she covered the rap portion of the song. On December 9, she
appeared in HyunJin’s special music video “Around You - Woomanna Special Ver.” which featured
scenes from the web drama Woomanna; HeeJin starred in first season and second seasons of
Woomanna in main role.
In October, HeeJin, along with fellow LOONA members HyunJin and HaSeul, auditioned for the
survival reality show MIXNINE. After passing the audition, she became a contestant as a representative
of her agency and idol group.[4] HeeJin made it until the final episode, but was eliminated when the
boys’ team won against the girls’.[5]
HeeJin starred in a number of commercial films in 2017, including for Innisfree on January 18, Law of
Creation on May 16 (with LOONA 1/3), HANYUL on May 21, and HIGH CUT on September 4.
2020: "Bad"
On April 26, HeeJin starred as the main role in BEN's music video 'Bad'