KEY
KEY is a South Korean singer and songwriter from SHINee whose solo music pairs dance-pop with carefully imagined visual worlds.
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Key’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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Overview
- Name
- Kim Ki-bum, known as KEY
- Born
- September 23, 1991
- From
- Daegu, South Korea
- Breakout
- Debuted with SHINee in May 2008
- Solo debut album
- FACE, released in 2018
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Daegu, Key secretly studied dance and pursued auditions while his parents hoped he would become a doctor. In his own account for Allure, he recalled travelling to Seoul on weekends to train. He debuted with SHINee in 2008.
Finding his own sound.
His first solo album, FACE, arrived in 2018 with One of Those Nights featuring Crush. BAD LOVE let him take a more direct creative role, building a world around retro sounds, science fiction and his own visual ideas. Gasoline followed in 2022, with his lyrics on four songs, including the title track and Proud.
Music and everyday life.
Alongside his records and KEYLAND concerts, fans have followed Key on television through Home Alone. That work earned him a Producers’ Special Award at the 2024 MBC Entertainment Awards, presented in January 2025. His third solo studio album, HUNTER, followed that August.
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Solo music
With SHINee
- 2026AtmosSHINee member · Sixth mini-album
- 2025Poet | ArtistSHINee member · Single
Awards
Quotes
Without my journey, without my career and everything I went through, there would be no ‘Bad Love’.KEY, NME
He was explaining how his experiences shaped the creative direction of his 2021 mini-album.
Trivia
- His official SHINee profile lists water skiing among his hobbies and specialities.
- His Japanese mini-album Hologram includes a Japanese version of One of Those Nights.
- BOK-SILLee, his signature character, appeared in the Hello Kitty collaboration.
Find Key
Follow Key on Instagram and find his videos and updates on SHINee’s official channels.
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