Chaeyoung

Chaeyoung is the main rapper of the nine-member group TWICE, which debuted under JYP Entertainment in October 2015. Over the years she grew from the group's youngest rapper into a credited lyricist and one of its more self-directed creative voices. In September 2025 she released her first solo album, LIL FANTASY vol. 1, becoming the fourth TWICE member to go solo, and she holds credits on every track. The record leans into an experimental, gothic, psych-pop sound and drew year-end praise from Rolling Stone, Billboard and Forbes. In August 2026 she announced she had left JYP to continue solo work independently under the Lil Fantasy name while staying a member of TWICE.

Where they grew up

Chaeyoung is listed as born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, and she has an older brother. She became publicly known before her debut when a clip of her doing the "Eagle Dance" at a church event spread online in 2011. She then joined JYP Entertainment as a trainee, with one profile counting about three years of training before TWICE debuted in October 2015. Her Korea Herald announcement in 2026 counted 14 years with the agency including her trainee period. Alongside music she turned to drawing, which she says she does most when she is going through hard times, and that artwork later became the world of her solo album.

Birth details: nolae.eu