Hyoyeon
Hyoyeon is a Girls’ Generation singer and dancer who makes electronic music and plays DJ sets around the world as HYO.
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Overview
- Name
- Kim Hyo-yeon (김효연)
- Born
- September 22, 1989 · Incheon, South Korea
- Known as
- Hyoyeon · HYO · DJ HYO
- Group debut
- Girls’ Generation · August 2007
- Solo beginnings
- “Mystery” in 2016; DJ debut as HYO with “Sober” in 2018
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Incheon, Hyoyeon began formal dance training in elementary school and entered SM Entertainment through its 2000 casting system. She debuted with Girls’ Generation in August 2007. The group’s “Gee” became one of the songs that brought many listeners to Girls’ Generation and K-pop.
Finding HYO.
Her first solo single, “Mystery,” arrived in December 2016. In 2018, “Sober” introduced her DJ identity, HYO. She told Bandwagon that DJing grew from wanting to share the songs on her playlist and enjoy them with listeners. Releases such as “DESSERT,” “Second” and her first mini album “DEEP” built out that electronic catalogue.
On the road and online.
Her first North American DJ tour in 2023 visited eight cities in the United States and Canada, followed by the CHERRY BLOSSOM tour in 2024. Her online work has also fed back into music: Girls’ Generation-HRS, with Yuri and Sooyoung, began as a project on Hyo’s Level Up before releasing “Skibidi” in August 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026SkibidiGirls’ Generation-HRS member and performer
- 2026MOVEURBODYPerformer; contributed to lyrics, composition and arrangement
- 2025YESSolo artist
- 2025MoneyCollaborating artist with Slushii
- 2023PictureSolo artist
- 2022DEEPSolo artist; first mini album
- 2021SecondSolo artist, featuring BIBI
- 2020DESSERTSolo artist, featuring Loopy and Soyeon
- 2018SoberDJ debut as HYO, featuring Ummet Ozcan
- 2016MysteryFirst solo single
- 2009GeeGirls’ Generation member and performer
Awards
Quotes
I want to be more confident and show my honest side.Hyoyeon, Bandwagon interview
In a 2024 interview, she discussed how performing as DJ HYO gave her room to express herself.
Trivia
- She formed the childhood dance duo Little Winners with Min, who later joined miss A.
- SHINHWA’s “All Your Dreams” is one of her go-to karaoke songs.
- The HyoRiSoo unit grew out of her YouTube series before becoming Girls’ Generation-HRS.
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