MEET TAEYEON

“In Korean, we have a word, Baeryeo, that means consideration, care and attention, and it’s kind of my life motto. I always keep this concept in mind.”

About

Birth name: Kim Taeyeon (김태연)
Stage name: TAEYEON (태연)
Birthday: March 09, 1989
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Nicknames: Taengoo, Taeng, King Taeyeon, "trust and listen to taeng", Irreplaceable Taeyeon, One and Only Taeyeon

Taeyeon is a south korean singer signed under SM Entertainment. She debuted in 2007 as the leader and main vocalist of the girl group Girls' Generation (소녀시대, SNSD), becoming a member of its subunits TTS (TaeTiSeo) and Oh!GG later on, as well as part of the project SM The Ballad. Lastly, she debuted in the new super girl group Girls On Top (GOT) in 2022 as the leader of the GOT The Beat unit.

She made her official solo debut in 2015, with the EP "I", of which she cowrote the same titled title track. Before that, she had already been known as a soloist due to her participation in the soundtracks of dramas and movies - she's referred to as the "OST Queen". The nickname is well earned - her first release, from 2008, was the OST "If", which is known as an extremely hard song to cover and is a popular song choice in karaoke's and for covers to this day. Her unnofficial chinese solo debut was with the chinese version of "Bye", OST from Mr. Go, in 2013. In the same pattern, her unnoficial japanese solo debut happened in 2017 with the release of "Rescue Me", OST of the drama Final Life, which was followed by her official debut with the japanese song "Stay", in 2018.
Here's an introduction to her career path:

solo discography

MOST RECENT RELEASES

ALBUMS & MINI ALBUMS

FEATURES

SINGLES

UNRELEASED

OST

Self-written and co-written songs: I (debut song, from her 1st mini album), Pray (unreleased), To The Moon (from What Do I Call You - The 4th Mini Album) and Can't Control Myself (the pre-release single from INVU - The 3rd Full Album).
While she occasionally writes or participates in writing songs, Taeyeon has spoken before about preferring not to write her own songs to avoid people misinterpreting and twisting her words.
Self-composed songs: Pray (unreleased), To The Moon (from What Do I Call You - The 4th Mini Album)
Vocal director: Circus (from Something New - The 3rd Mini Album), Here I Am (from Purpose - The 2nd Album)
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*Not all songs from her discography are mentioned here since some songs (mainly older collaborations and some OSTs) aren't available on Spotify or Apple Music.

Variety Shows
and where to watch

OTHER CONTENT

Taeyeon has always enjoyed contact with her fans, especially during concerts and fan meetings, but also through vlogs uploaded on her personal youtube channel, on her new solo youtube channel or in one of her groups'. She also often likes to go live on her personal Instagram or her dog's to chat (most of which can be found on youtube with eng subs).
No matter the way, she always kept an open and honest relationship with fans, treating them as friends and often joking around.