LeeHi (이하이)

LeeHi (이하이)

Artist

Lee Hi (이하이) is a South Korean singer-songwriter under the hip-hop label AOMG. She is best known as a competitor of K-pop Star Season 1.

Lee Hi started off her career with the agency YG Entertainment. Ahead of debut, she featured on labelmate Epik High’s single “It’s Cold” on October 8, 2012. Shortly after, Lee Hi debuted with the single “1, 2, 3, 4” on October 28, 2012, and peaked at #1 on the Korean charts in the first week of sales with over 600,000 downloads.

Her first full-length album First Love was released in two parts, part 1 on March 7, 2013 and part 2 on March 28, 2013. By the end of the year, it was revealed she and Park Bom would debut as the sub-unit “BOM&HI”. In November 2014, LEE HI and Akdong Musician’s Lee Su-hyun formed the sub-unit Hi Suhyun and released digital single “I’m Different” featuring iKON’s Bobby.

On March 9, 2016, Lee released the mini-album Seoulite with lead singles “Breathe” and “Hold My Hand,” where “BREATHE” went on to winning her the Digital Bonsang award at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

After Seoulite, Lee Hi entered a long hiatus and returned in 2019 with a new EP named 24º C. The title track, “No One,” features rapper B.I and the song topped all charts in South Korea, including Melon, Genie and Mnet. 24º C also marks her last release with label YG Entertainment.

On September 9, 2021, Lee Hi came back with the full-length album 4 ONLY.