- For other people known as 'Jungmin', see Jungmin.
MUU (뮤) is a South Korean singer. She is a former member of the girl groups LUNARSOLAR and A-Daily under the stage name Taeryeong, as well as a pre-debut member of BLACKMAMBA.
She made her solo debut on September 17, 2022 with the digital single "Happy Trip".
Career[]
2016: Produce 101, new agency[]
In January 2016, she became a contestant on the survival show Produce 101, where she represented Yama&Hotchicks Entertainment. She was eliminated in episode 8 after ranking 57th place.[1]
Sometime after her elimination from the competition, she left Yama&Hotchicks Entertainment to join STARMUSIC Entertainment.
2017–2018: BLACKMAMBA, MIXNINE, and A-Daily[]
In 2017, she became a pre-debut member of ONO Entertainment's girl group BLACKMAMBA.
In October, she became a contestant on the survival show MIXNINE. She was eliminated in episode 10 after ranking 46th place.[2]
By the end of the year, she left both ONO Entertainment and BLACKMAMBA.[citation needed]
In October of 2018, Jungmin appeared as a member of A-Daily under the stage name Taeryeong, however, she then left sometime in the same year and was also unable to make her official debut with them.[3]
2020–2022: LUNARSOLAR[]
On July 16, 2020, she was revealed as the fourth and final member of LUNARSOLAR.[4] The group officially debuted on September 2, 2020, with the single album "SOLAR : Flare".
On May 22, 2022, J Planet announced that they decided to terminate the exclusive contract and all members decided to part their ways.[5]
2022: Solo debut, new agency and stage name changing[]
On September 17, 2022, she made her solo debut with the digital single "Happy Trip".[6]
On December 14, it was announced that she has signed with Irion Entertainment.[7]
On December 27, she revealed that she plans to comeback next year as a soloist using her real name, Lim Jungmin, saying also she no longer wants to be remembered as "LUNARSOLAR Taeryeong" but as her real name.[8]
2024: Stage name change, "Shooting Star"[]
On February 17, 2024, she announced that she changed her stage name to MUU.[9] The next day, she announced her second digital single "Shooting Star", set to be scheduled on February 20.[10]
Discography[]
Digital singles[]
- "Happy Trip" (2022)
- "Shooting Star" (2024)
Filmography[]
Web dramas[]
- Sometoon 2021 (Seezn, 2021) - Jinha
Reality shows[]
- Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant
- MIXNINE (JTBC, 2017) - contestant
Trivia[]
- Prior to Produce 101, she trained for 10 months.[11]
- Her nickname is Bunny Princess.[12]
- Her MBTI personality type is INFP.[13]
Gallery[]
Promotional[]
.png "Produce 101 Lim Jeongmin promotional photo (2).png (367 KB)")
.png "Produce 101 Lim Jeongmin promotional photo (3).png (326 KB)")
.png "Produce 101 Lim Jeongmin promotional photo (4).png (315 KB)")
(LUNARSOLAR)
(LUNARSOLAR)
.png "LUNARSOLAR SOLAR - Rise Taeryeong concept photo (1).png (2.44 MB)")
.png "LUNARSOLAR SOLAR - Rise Taeryeong concept photo (2).png (2.26 MB)")
.png "LUNARSOLAR SOLAR - Rise Taeryeong concept photo (3).png (1.93 MB)")
SNS[]
.png "LUNARSOLAR Taeryeong's birthday Twitter post (December 27, 2020).png (2.58 MB)")
.png "LUNARSOLAR Taeryeong's birthday Twitter post (December 27, 2021).png (2.36 MB)")
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