Irene

Bae Joo Hyun (배주현) professionally known as Irene (Korean:아이린) is a South Korean singer and dnacer under SM Entertainment. She is a member of girl group Red Velvet and its sub-unit Irene & Seulgi. She debuted with them in Aug 1, 2014 with their single "Happiness".

Early Life
Irene was born on March 29, 1991 in Daegu, South Korea. She attended Haknam High School.

Beginnings with Red Velvet
On Dec 9, 2013, SM Entertainment announced 3 new rookies, Irene, Lami, and Jaehyun from their project SMRookies. A day later on Dec 10, a video was revealed of Irene, revealing her face and visuals. After the launch of their SMRookies website, SR14G (“SM Rookies 2014 Girls”) rookie members Seulgi and Irene danced to song "Be Natural" originally by label-mate girl group S.E.S. She made her debut with the group on August 1, 2014 with the single "Happiness" as their leader, lead dancer, vocalist, visual, and rapper.

2016-present; Solo activities
On Dec 19, Irene and Park Bo-gum were MC's for Music Bank. On July 25, 2016 Irene made her acting debut on Women at a Game Company as the female lead, Areum. After Park Bo-gum and Irene stopped being MC's for Music Bank, they reunited on April 27, 2017 and continued being special MC's for the show. On April 21, 2020 SPOTV News reported that Irene and Seulgi were to make debut as a unit, and were in the final stage for preparation for their album. SM later confirmed the unit's debut, but said the debut date would be finalized. On May 27, at midnight KST a Twitter update announced the name of their comeback being "Monster" and that the unit name would be called Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi along with the logo being revealed as well.

Discography

 * "The Only" (feat. Irene)

Filmography

 * The Female Employees of a Game Company