Elly (rapper)
Ahn Hyo-jin (Korean: 안효진; born December 10, 1991),[2] professionally known as Elly (/ˈɛli/; stylized in all caps) and formerly known as LE, is a South Korean rapper, producer and songwriter. She has been a member of K-pop girl group EXID since 2012.[3] She was also previously a member of the underground hip hop group, Jiggy Fellaz.[4]
Elly | |
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 Elly in May 2019 | |
| Born | Ahn Hyo-jin December 10, 1991 |
| Other names | LE |
| Occupations |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | |
| Member of | EXID |
| Formerly of | Jiggy Fellaz |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | An Hyo-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | An Hyochin |
| Signature | |
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Career
EXID
EXID officially debuted on February 16, 2012, with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".[5]
Solo activities
In May 2012, Elly collaborated with Gavy NJ on their song, "Don't Call Me".[6]
In February 2013, producer Brave Brothers revealed that Elly had collaborated with B2ST's Junhyung and Big Star's Feeldog in a project group and would be releasing a single on February 21, 2013. A teaser was released on February with a "19+" rating, which was previously acknowledged in the single cover, "19+ Profanity Included – Absurd", and on February 20, Brave Brothers released Elly's version of the "You Got Some Nerve" MV teaser.[7] A "15+" version of the song was released on February 21, with the curse words in the song bleeped out. The original song was rated "19+", but representatives of Brave Brothers said "You Got Some Nerve" was scheduled to be released as is with a 19+ rating, but due to the interest and requests of the fans, they decided to beep out the profanity. The explicit version of the song and its music video was released on February 25, 2013.[8][9] Some fans were angered by this, wondering "why attention was attracted by writing a 19+ rating on the poster," while a media outlet revealed that the song had never been sent to the TV networks to be reviewed and disappointment was expressed on Brave Brothers' attitude toward the situation due to "media play" and mocking fans.[8][10]
In July 2014, Elly was featured in Hyuna's mini-album, A Talk, and helped write the lyrics for the songs "French Kiss" and "Blacklist" and was featured on the latter.[11]
Elly helped co-produce the debut single album of girl group Tri.be alongside EXID producer and longtime collaborator Shinsadong Tiger.[12]
On March 25, 2020, Elly left Banana Culture.[13]
On February 2, 2021, Elly announced on her Twitter account that she has changed her professional name back to "Elly" after fans noticed that her writing credits on Tri.be's album, Tri.be Da Loca, featured her updated name.[14][15] EXID's most recent single album, X, released in September 2022 for their 10th anniversary, also featured this updated name in promotions.[16]
On April 17, 2023, Elly signed an exclusive contract with TR Entertainment.[17]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [18] | ||||
| Collaborations | ||||
| "Whenever You Play That Song" (그 노래를 틀때마다) (with Huh Gak) | 2011 | 3 |
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Non-album singles |
| "You Got Some Nerve" (어이없네) (with Junhyung, Feeldog) | 2013 | 13 |
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| "Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day" (우리의 밤은 당신의 낮보다 아름답다) (with Bomi, Namjoo, Chaeyeon, Seo In-young, Lee Seok-hoon, ₩uNo, Yang Da-il, Brother Su, Chancellor, Kang Min-hee) |
2017 | 89 |
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Merry Summer |
| As featured artist | ||||
| "Don't Call Me" (연락하지마) (Gavy NJ feat. LE) | 2012 | 17 |
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Non-album single |
| "The Song of Love" (사랑의 노래) (The SeeYa feat. LE) | 2014 | 66 |
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Crazy Love |
| "잘가요 Mr.Kim" (Goodbye Mr. Kim) (ALi feat. LE) | 2015 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Body 2 Body" (귀아래) (Verbal Jint and Sanchez feat. LE) | 71 |
|
Yeoja | |
| "Hold Over" (제껴) (Wheesung feat. LE) | 2016 | 38 |
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Transformation |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [26] | ||||
| As featured artist | ||||
| "Sweet Girl" (K.Will feat. LE) | 2014 | 61 |
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One Fine Day |
| "Blacklist" (Hyuna feat. LE) | 70 |
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A Talk | |
| "Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim" (임박사와 함께 춤을) (Im Chang-jung feat. LE, Epaksa) | 97 |
|
Best Man | |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| 2011 | "Trouble Maker" | Trouble Maker | Trouble Maker | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Rado | No | — |
| "Whenever You Play That Song" | Huh Gak and LE | Non-album single | Yes | Rado | No | — | |
| 2012 | "Whoz That Girl" | EXID | Holla | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu-sung | No | — |
| "I Do" | Yes | EXID | No | — | |||
| "Better Together" | Hippity Hop | Yes | Ji-in, Won-taek | No | — | ||
| "I Feel Good" | Yes | Rado | No | — | |||
| "Call" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Think About" | Yes | Junhyung, Kim Tae-joo | No | — | |||
| "Whoz That Girl Part. 2" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu-sung | No | — | |||
| "Every Night" | Non-album single | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | ||
| "Look At Me" | Jewelry | Look At Me | Yes | — | No | — | |
| "Talk That" | Secret | Non-album single | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu-sung | No | — | |
| 2013 | "You Got Some Nerve" | Feeldog, Junhyung, LE | Non-album single | Yes | Junhyung, Brave Brothers, Cha Kun | No | — |
| "Now" | Trouble Maker | Chemistry | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Rado | No | — | |
| 2014 | "Hurt" | Zia feat. LE | After 11 Days | Yes | Jang Won-gyu, Jerry L, Meng2 | No | — |
| "Sweet Girl" | K.Will feat. LE | One Fine Day | Yes | Rado | No | — | |
| "French Kiss" | Hyuna | A Talk | Yes | Big Sancho, Brian Lee | No | — | |
| "Black List" | Hyuna feat. LE | Yes | Hyuna | No | — | ||
| "Up & Down" | EXID | Ah Yeah | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |
| "Round" | Boys Republic | Real Talk | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Brian Lee | |
| "The Song of Love" | The SeeYa feat. LE | Crazy Love | Yes | Rado, Youngjoo, Conan | No | — | |
| 2015 | "Goodbye Mr. Kim" | ALi Feat. LE | Non-album single | Yes | 4th Batter | No | — |
| "You're Pitiful" | Fiestar | Black Label | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, 4th Batter, Yezi | No | — | |
| "Ah Yeah" | EXID | Ah Yeah | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |
| "Thrilling" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Polar Bear | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Polar Bear | |||
| "Pat Pat" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "With Out U" | Yes | — | Yes | Skim | |||
| "1M" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory | No | — | |||
| "Every Night (Ver. 2)" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Body 2 Body" | Verbal Jint and Sanchez feat. LE | Yeoja | Yes | Verbal Jint | No | — | |
| "Hot Pink" | EXID | Non-album single | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Taebin Jang, Shinsadong Tiger, Uppercut, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |
| "My Friend's Boyfriend" | DIA | Do It Amazing | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Monster Factory, Polar Bear | No | — | |
| 2016 | "Only One" | SoljiHani | Non-album single | Yes | — | No | — |
| "Don't Want a Drive/Will You Take Me" | EXID | Street | Yes | — | Yes | — | |
| "LIE" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "I Know" | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Cream" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Only One" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
| "Of Course" | Yes | — | Yes | Beom Lee, Nang Lee | |||
| "Like The Seasons" | Yes | Monster Factory, Samuel Ku | No | — | |||
| "Good" | Yes | IL | Yes | IL | |||
| "Hold Over" | Wheesung feat. LE | Transformation | Yes | XEPY | No | — | |
| "What You Want" | Cheetah, LE, Yezi, Choi Sung-joon, Cri De Joie | Tribe of Hip Hop 2 Episode 2 | Yes | Cheetah, Yezi, Choi Sung-joon, Cri De Joie | No | — | |
| 2017 | "Good" | LE, Yezi, Jang Ki-yong | Tribe of Hip Hop 2 Semi Final 2 | Yes | Yezi, Jang Ki Yong | No | — |
| "Game of Thrones" | Sse Sse Sse, Hot Chicks, Brand New, HI-LITE | Tribe of Hip Hop 2 FINAL I | Yes | Lee Joo-heon, DinDin, MC Sniper, Cheetah, Yezi, P-Type, Hanhae, Minos, G2, Reddy, Paloalto | No | — | |
| "It's My Mind" | LE, Yezi, NC.A | Tribe of Hip Hop 2 FINAL II | Yes | Yezi, NC.A | Yes | MO'I | |
| "Boy" | EXID | Eclipse | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Jion | |
| "Night Rather Than Day" | Yes | Kee Bomb, Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Seong-geun | Yes | Kee Bomb, Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Seong-geun | |||
| "How Why" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Velvet" | LE | Yes | — | Yes | Samuel Ku, MO'I, Heth | ||
| "DDD" | EXID | Full Moon | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | |
| "Too Good To Me" | Yes | An Dae-hun | Yes | An Dae-hun | |||
| "Weeknd" | LE and Hani | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | ||
| 2018 | "Lady" | EXID | Non-album single | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger |
| "I Love You" | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | VIVE, Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Cover Girl" | LEO feat. LE | Canvas | Yes | LEO | No | — | |
| 2019 | "SWAN" | 7SENSES | SWAN | Yes | — | No | — |
| "Xie Xie REMIX" | BANG YONGGUK | BANGYONGGUK | Yes | Bang Yongguk, Sway D & Liquor | No | — | |
| 2021 | "Loca" | TRI.BE | TRI.BE Da Loca | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger |
| "Doom Doom Ta" | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Rub-A-Dum" | Conmigo | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Jamie | ||
| "Loro" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, BIGBRAD, Judy | |||
| "Would Yun Run" | Veni Vidi Vici | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, CHANGHYUN | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Kim Jamie, CHANGHYUN | ||
| "Lobo" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, BIGBRAD, Judy | |||
| "-18" | Yes | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, BIGBRAD, Judy | |||
| "True" | Yes | BIGBRAD | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, BIGBRAD | |||
| "Santa For You" | Non-album single | Yes | Songsun | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, Songsun | ||
| 2022 | "Kiss" | Leviosa | Yes | BIGBRAD | No | — | |
| "In The Air (777)" | Yes | BIGBRAD, Judy | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger, BIGBRAD, Judy | |||
| "Fire (불이나)" | EXID | X | Yes | BIGBRAD | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |
| "IDK (I Don't Know)" | Yes | BIGBRAD, Judy | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
| "Leggo" | Yes | — | No | — | |||
| "Fire (불이나) (Eng ver.)" | No | — | Yes | Shinsadong Tiger | |||
Source: Korea Music Copyright Association.
Filmography
Variety shows
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tribe of Hip Hop | Mentor |
| 2017 | EXID's Showtime |
References
- [아이돌 고향을 찾아서②] 예향, 명창 낳고 아이돌 키웠다. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). June 23, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- "LE". Daum 100 (in Korean). Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- "EXID out with third EP through temporary shake-up". Yonhap News Agency. April 10, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- Park, Geon-un (November 18, 2010). "언터쳐블, 2집 수록곡 'Jiggy Get Down' 19금 판정..왜?". Asia Economy (in Korean). Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- "EXID reveals debut MV, "Whoz That Girl"". AllKpop. February 15, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- "Gavy NJ releases MV for Don't Call Me". AllKpop. May 2, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "[Video] Exid's Le Ignores Your Phone Calls in 'You Got Some Nerve' Teaser". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "Brave Brothers' 'You Got Some Nerve' Censored for 15+ Rating". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- Smith, Corynn (February 25, 2013). "Idols Gone "Bad?" Feeldog, Junhyung and LE Sound Off in "You've Got Some Nerve" MV". MTV K. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- Sin, Wong-cheol (February 21, 2013). [단독] 용감한형제 신곡 '어이없네', 19금 심의 애초에 받은 적이 없었다 [Brave Brothers song "You Got Some Nerve", 19+ rating review never took place]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- "HyunA reveals tracklist for her upcoming mini album 'A Talk' featuring Yoseob and LE". AllKpop. July 18, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- Benjamin, Jeff (February 17, 2021). "TRI.BE Debut As Universal Music Korea's First K-Pop Group, Super-Producer S.Tiger & Republic Records Onboard". Forbes. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- "'EXID' LE도 바나나컬쳐 떠난다…"새 시작 응원 부탁"". donga (in Korean). March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- LEGGO Nathan (February 5, 2021). "EXID's Main Rapper Is Now Known as "ELLY"". LEGGO News. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- Ahn Hyo-jin [@@ahn__ellybaby] (February 2, 2021). "아 그리구 여러사람들이 물어보는데 이제 난 내 본캐인 ELLY로 돌아가려해😌❤️" [Ah, also since many people have been asking, I'm trying to go back to my original name ELLY😌❤️] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
- @EXID (이엑스아이디) (September 17, 2022). "EXID 10th Anniversary Single Album [X] ELLY Concept Photo". Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Instagram.
- Jeon, Jae-kyung (April 17, 2023). "EXID 엘리, 티알엔터테인먼트와 전속 계약". Naver (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
- Cumulative sales of "Whenever You Play That Song":
- Sales of "You Got Some Nerve":
- Sales of "Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day":
- Sales of "Don't Call Me":
- Sales of "The Song of Love]":
- Sales of "Gwi Arae":
- Sales of "Hold Over":
- "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
- Sales of "Sweet Girl":
- Sales of "Blacklist":
- Sales of "Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim":
External links
Media related to LE (rapper) at Wikimedia Commons