SEUNGMIN
PROFILE
| GIVEN NAME | Kim Seungmin 김승민 (金昇玟) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2000-09-22 (September 22nd, 2000) |
| NATIONALITY | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| MANAGEMENT | JYP Entertainment |
| GROUP | Stray Kids |
| OFFICIAL POSITION(s) | Main Vocal |
| DEBUT | 2018-03-25 as Stray Kids with EP I am NOT |
| MBTI | ISFJ |
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CAREER SUMMARY
PRE-DEBUT
Seungmin was born in Seoul. He briefly lived in Los Angeles, California and became fluent in English. Seungmin was part of the dance club “Ambition” in Chungdam High School. Before becoming a trainee of JYP Entertainment, Seungmin was a trainee in Plan A Entertainment.
In 2017, he auditioned at the 13th open auditions of JYP Entertainment, and passed in 2nd place out of all applicants and became an official trainee of JYP Entertainment. Soon after joining, he was chosen as one of the debut members to appear on the survival audition program Stray Kids. On the show, Seungmin’s diligent attitude and constant practice received good marks.
Seungmin was a trainee for about a year before his debut.
AFTER DEBUT
In 2018, Seungmin debuted as a member of Stray Kids, an 8-member group under JYP Entertainment, with Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, and I.N with “District 9.” Though he was not announced as a main vocal upon debut, Seungmin is now regarded by the fans and members as the main vocal of Stray Kids.
In 2018, Seungmin was one of the MC for arirangTV’s After School Club, conducting interviews in English with K-Pop idols and K-Pop fans. In 2019, Seungmin was one of the regulars for We K-Pop of KBS WORLD, introducing new K-Pop artist each week to global fans worldwide.
In 2021, when Stray Kids was on KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR, Seungmin’s superior vocal abilities shown in stages such as “Love poem” received praise. In the same year, Seungmin released his first OST, “Here Always” for the K-Drama Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.
In 2023, Seungmin appeared on episodes of King of Masked Singer.
POSITIONS
VOCAL
Seungmin is widely regarded as the main vocal of Stray Kids, and is part of the unofficial sub-unit VOCALRACHA. Seungmin has a lower tone compared to the other vocal line members of Stray Kids. He has a soft but stable voice that works well with sentimental ballad tracks. Since 2021, Seungmin has steadily been releasing more ballad OSTs for K-Dramas.
On Stray Kids title tracks, Seungmin often sings the melodic pre-chorus and the bridge, which connect the rap verses to the chorus and ties the whole song together. Examples include some of the most popular hits of Stray Kids, such as “Rockstar,” “Back Door,” “God’s Menu,” “S-Class,” and “Thunderous.”
DANCE
Even though Seungmin is regarded as the vocal member and not of the dance line, Seungmin has had the most improvement in his dance skills since debut. His dancing is most praised for his clean execution. He is known to have a “calmer” stage presence than some of the other members, more of a “model student” vibe in a team of rebels and misfits.