Winter (aespa) | Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual

Group debut

November 17, 2020 (aespa)

January 3, 2022 (GOT the beat)

2020: Debut with aespa

On October 27, 2020, Winter was revealed as the first member of aespa. The group debuted on November 17 with the digital single "Black Mamba".

On December 6, she was among the artists who performed BoA's 20-year career tribute at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards. She performed BoA's debut song, "ID; Peace B".

2021: GOT the beat

On December 27, 2021 it was revealed that she alongside her groupmate Karina would be part of the new unit "GOT the beat" from the project Girls On Top alongside BoA, Taeyeon & Hyoyeon from Girls' Generation and Wendy & Seulgi from Red Velvet making their debut with the digital single "Step Back" on January 3, 2022

Fun Facts and Trivia

Age trivia: Winter was 19 years old when she debuted with aespa in 2020.

Winter is the second shortest member of aespa with a height of 165 cm (5'5'').

Winter is the first confirmed member of aespa. She was announced on October 26, 2020.

Nickname: baby rabbit, gyeoulie (Winter in Korean), mindungie.

Fans are comparing her visuals to Taeyeon from SNSD.

Training period: 3 years.

Talents: dancing and vocals.

Special skills: tongue-twisters.

Languages: Korean, Japanese.

She believes aliens exist (there are other creatures in the universe).

She wanted to be a singer since she was little.

She thinks being a soldier is very attractive because many people in her family served in the military.

She loves roller coasters. Her roller coaster partner is Ningning because Giselle and Karina can’t ride roller coasters.

Morning routine: EWU (eating as soon as waking up).

Winter is a good cook and she often cooks for the other members.

If she had to choose between a meal and chocolates, she’d choose chocolates.

She really enjoys snacks – jellies, chips, and chocolates.

Most used emoji: emoji with sunglasses.

Winter’s birthday is on Jan 1, 2001 (1/1/1).

Favorites

Favorite word: milk, love.

Favorite color: ivory.

Favorite season: autumn.

Favorite animal: polar fox, desert fox, husky, dog, cat.

Favorite food: chocolate, snacks, jelly, taro smoothie, bean noodle, lasagna, cake, bread, cookies, milk

Favorite soul food. Lasagna.

Favorite movie: Tenet and American Sniper.

Favorite thing to do: watching movies (especially action and war movies and movies that are hard to understand).

Favorite amusement park ride: roller coaster.