Rakiyah (라카이야) is an American singer. She made her Korean debut on October 23, 2020 with the digital single "Like You".
Career[]
2018: American debut[]
2020: Korean debut, Into The Cosmos[]
On October 19, Rakiyah announced that she will be making her Korean debut on October 23 with the release of the digital single "Like You".[1]
On December 5, Rakiyah published some photos on her social medias, from a photoshoot, with the caption "Loading".[2] The next day, she published a video of the same photoshoot, announcing her new EP, titled Into The Cosmos, to December 26.[3]
Personal life[]
Education[]
Rakiyah studied in America and graduated in Industrial & Aerospace Engineering. In 2017, she moved to Seoul, South Korea to attended Hanyang University as an exchange student for 2 years.[4]
Discography[]
Korean[]
EPs[]
- Into The Cosmos (2020)
Digital singles[]
- "Like You" (2020)
English[]
Digital singles[]
- "Alter Ego" (2018)
- "Q.T" (2019)
- "I.T.I.D" (2020)
Trivia[]
- She has 7 siblings.[5]
- Her favorite foods are cereal, mangoes and pancakes.[4]
- Her favorite color is coral pink.[4]
- She was a ballerina as a teen.[4]
- She started to appreciate Korean culture after a friend recommended the drama Boys Over Flowers.[4]
- She has a cosmetics company, named Rue Gloss.[4]
- The first K-pop song she ever heard was Jay Park's "You Know".[4]
- Her favorite Korean food is sundubu-jjigae.[4]
- She is a fan of BTS, and her bias is Jimin.[4]
- She met Jay Park, Sik-K, Woodie Gochild, Zion.T and Wonho when she lived in Korea.[4]
Gallery[]
Promotional[]
Miscellaneous[]
Official colors
References[]
- ↑ Allkpop: Soloist Rakiyah Will Be Making Her Korean Debut With 'Like You' on October 23
- ↑ @rakiyahinspace on Twitter (December 5, 2020)
- ↑ @rakiyahinspace on Twitter (December 6, 2020)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Rakiyah's website: Diary
- ↑ Twitter: Rakiyah reveals she has 7 siblings