Chaein (PURPLE KISS) Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Chaein is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, composer, producer, performer, television personality, and dancer who is known as a member of the South Korean girl group PURPLE KISS. Formed by RBW in 2020, the group’s discography consists of several extended plays and tracks such as Into Violet, Hide & Seek, Cabin Fever, MemeM, Geekyland, My Heart Skip a Beat, Nerdy, Can We Talk Again, Ponzona, My My, Sweet Juice, and Zombie.

Born Name

Lee Chae-young

Nick Name

Chaein

Sun Sign

Sagittarius

Born Place

Busan, South Korea

Nationality

Education

Chaein trained with Def Dance Company.

Occupation

Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Composer, Producer, Performer, Television Personality, Dancer

Family

• Father – He is a director.
• Mother – She is a famous cellist in Korea.
• Siblings – Chaein has an older sister who has been a CF model and an artist.

Manager

Chaein has been signed with –

• YG Entertainment (Former)
• RBW

Genre

K-pop

Instruments

Vocals

Labels

As a member of PURPLE KISS, she has been signed with –

• RBW
• Kakao M
• Victor Entertainment

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 3 in or 160 cm

Weight

44 kg or 97 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

Asian

Chaein is of Korean descent.

Hair Color

Black

She has frequently dyed her hair in shades such as ‘blonde’.

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Charming appearance

Chaein Favorite Things

• Food – Pork belly with onion salad
• Color – Hot Pink

Chaein Facts

1. She was 6 years old when she appeared on the SBS show named SBS Star King.
2. Chaein previously trained under YG Entertainment.
3. She is a former member of Future 2ne1, a pre-debut girl group introduced by YG Entertainment in 2012.
4. She appeared as a contestant on the first season of K-pop Star in 2011 but her auditions went unsuccessful. She later participated in the 3rd season of the show in 2014 and was among the 12 finalists.
5. Chaein was introduced as a member of RBW Entertainment’s 365 Practice project in February 2020.
6. She was revealed as the 6th member of PURPLE KISS on July 28, 2020.
7. Her fellow PURPLE KISS groupmates include Dosie, Ireh, Yuki, Na Go-eun, and Swan. Park Ji-eun was also a member of the group but she left on November 18, 2022, due to poor health issues.
8. PURPLE KISS released its debut extended play Into Violet on March 15, 2021, via RBW and Kakao Entertainment and it included songs like Can We Talk Again, Hello, Skip Skip, Period (퍼펙트), and My Heart Skip A Beat. The EP peaked at #11 on the South Korean Albums (Gaon) chart.
9. With PURPLE KISS, she released the group’s 2nd extended play Hide & Seek on September 8, 2021, through RBW and its tracklist included Zombie, Cast pearls before swine (돼지 목에 진주 목걸이), Twinkle, So Why, 2am, and ZzZz. The EP peaked at #5 on the South Korean Albums (Gaon) chart.
10. The song Zombie from Hide & Seek was placed at number 6 in Dazed‘s list of “The Best K-Pop Tracks of 2021”.
11. On March 29, 2022, PURPLE KISS released its 3rd extended play titled MemeM and it peaked at #7 on the South Korean Albums (Gaon) chart. It consists of songs like memeM, 날좀봐 (Oh My Gosh), Pretty Psycho, Joah (좋아), Cursor, and Hate Me, Hurt Me, Love Me.
12. The track Pretty Psycho from MemeM was ranked #4 in Genius‘ “25 Best K-Pop B-Sides of 2022” list.
13. Three words to describe Chaein are charm, excitement, and funny.
14. She has 2 dogs named Willy and Bella.
15. Some of her hobbies include drawing and dancing.
16. Chaein loves eating cake and can eat an entire cake all by herself.

Featured Image by PURPLE KISS / Instagram