f(x) is a five-member multi-national K-pop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2009. The quintet composes of Chinese leader Victoria, Taiwanese-American member Amber, Korean members Luna and Sulli, and Korean-American member Krystal.
f(x) Krystal
Full Name: Krystal Jung/Jung Soo Jung (Korean Name)
Position: Lead Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: October 24, 1994
Height: 165 cm (5‘5)
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Education: Korea Kent Foreign School, Hanlim High School
Languages: Korean, English, Chinese
Fun Facts:
•Is the younger sister of Jessica of Girl‘s Generation/SNSD.
•Her voice sounds more mature than her sister Jessica.
•She believes that Jessica is prettier than her.
•Was in the sitcom “High Kick: Season 3“.
•Co-host of The M Wave music show along with MBLAQ’s Thunder.
•She will pick someone who is uglier than her as a boyfriend because she doesn’t want her him to have a lot of girl fans and stalk him while they are dating.
•She and Sulli are the cooking princesses of their group.
•She loves hats and get‘s irritated when the hats she likes are itchy.
•She would rather have people call her by her Korean name, Soo Jung, over Krystal.
•She is the only member who doesn’t stay in the dorm and lives with her parents.
•She has a bear keychain with Harvard University written on it.
•During an SM Town concert in LA, Krystal signed for all the fans at Sheraton Hotel until the security lady told her to stop.
f(x) Victoria
Full Name: Song Qian
Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Leader
Birthday: February 2, 1987
Height: 168 cm (5‘6)
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Qingdao, Shandong, China
Education: Beijing Dance Academy
Languages: Korean, Chinese
Fun Facts:
•She was casted in 2007 in Beijing, China through SM‘s Casting System.
•She is known for her incredible flexibly and often demonstrates it often on variety and reality shows.
•She was in Kangta‘s “In My Heart Someday” and “Breaka Shaka”MV.
•She was in TRAX‘s “Let You Go” and “Blind” MV.
•She was ‘married‘ to 2PM‘s Nichkhun for the reality show “We Got Married” (In which Nichkhun said that he persistently asked the staff of WGM to be paired up with her pacifically).
•Starred in the Taiwanese drama “Prince from a lost Castle/Love Broke Into The Door“.
•She is the mom of f(x) and is often the one who cooks for the other members.
•If she had a super power, she would want the power to become invisible.
•For her, the most perfect women in the world is Song Hye Gyo.
•Idols she is close to are Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Zhou Mi and Henry of Super Junior M, Gyuri of KARA, and Tiffany of Girls Generation/SNSD.
•She always brings tissues with her where ever shes goes.
•She says the member that first stood out to her the most was Amber because of her boyish aura.
•For 24 years she thought her O blood type was O and only recently realized her real blood type is A.
•Her first kiss was with a guy she dated for two years before she went to college.
•She tried tumbling while wearing heels for the first time while shooting the teaser video for “LA chA TA”.
•Rain taught her how to do popping while filming for a commercial.
•It’s her dream to go to China with f(x) members to pursue an active career there as well.
f(x) Sulli
Full Name: Choi Jin Ri
Position: Vocalist, Rapper, Visual
Birthday: March 29, 1994
Height: 170 cm (5‘5)
Blood Type: O
Birth Place: Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Religion: Christianity
Fun Facts:
•She dislikes tight clothes and is more comfortable in a box t-shirt and hot pants with leggings under neath.
•She debuted as a child actress and had acted in a lot of dramas and movies before debuting with f(x) such as Seo InYoung in the drama “Saving Mrs. Go Bong Shil“.
•Was the voice of “Shelly“ in the Korean version of “Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage“.
•Was a co-host of Inkigayo in 2010-2011.
•She dislikes her fingers. She wishes she could have long and thin fingers.
•Her ideal type is someone who is responsible, caring, and mature.
•She once stated “If I was picked as an ideal type? I would be so happy!”
•Due to her friendly nature she befriended Super Junior‘s Heechul during their trainee days (He was a bit of an outcast at the time).
•In the f(x) dorm she shares a room with Victoria.
•She and Krystal are the cooking princesses of their group.
•She is friends with KARA’s JiYoung. They even made themselves nicknames: Egg White and Yolk.
Full Name: Amber Josephine Liu/Yoo Il Woon (Chinese Name)
Position: Vocalist, Main Rapper
Birthday: September 18, 1992
Height: 167 cm (5‘5)
Blood Type: B
Birth Place: San Fernando Valley, California, USA
Religion: Christianity
Languages: Korean, Chinese, English
Fun Facts:
•She is Taiwanese-American.
•When f(x) completed their first performance, she called her mom and the first words that came to mind was “Oh my God!!”
•Is currently one of the main cast members in the reality show“Invincible Youth: Season 2“.
•She was featured in Taiwanese singer Danson Tang’s single “I’m Back“.
•Her ideal type is a guy who looks cool but cute when he smiles.
•She says the member that first stood out to her the most was Luna because of her voice.
•In America, when she asked to use the bathroom sometimes the person would point to the men‘s bathroom.
•When she was younger she was a fan of Linkin Park and use to imitate rapper Mike Shinoda.
•When she first heard KPOP, she began to listen to R&B artist such as Wheesung.
•When she first came to South Korea to become a trainee, she felt like a complete stranger because the environment was completely different. She would ask herself “Why am I here?”, but member Krystal helped her out a lot since she also knows English and she gradually learned Korean more.
•Her boyish image was something she wasn’t aware of because in the US she was considered normal.
f(x) Luna
Full Name: Park Sun Young
Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Birthday: August 12, 1993
Height: 163 cm (5‘4)
Blood Type: A
Religion: Christianity
Fun Facts:
•She has wanted to be a singer since she was 7 years old.
•After f(x) first performance she was in a daze because it was so surreal that she had finally debuted.
•Her favorite season is autumn.
•She has participated in several drama OST‘s such as “God of Study“, “Please Marry Me” and “Cinderella‘s Sister“.
•She played “Elle Woods” in the musical “Legally Blonde“.
•She played “April“ in the musical “Coyote Ugly“.
•Was a host on MTV‘s “The Show” along with Secret‘s Hyosung.
•She is best friends with solo singer IU.
•Loves to eat pizza, but can‘t eat it as much as she wants to because of her diet.
•Her role models are Lee Junhyung, BoA, Whitney Houston, and Brown Eyed Soul.
•She has a twin sister and a brother.
•She says the member that first stood out to her the most was Sulli of her innocent smile.
•She feels that her voice is the weakest in her family.
•She is good friends with the Wonder Girl‘s Lim since they went to the same school.
F(x) Music Video
A year after, they returned with their second EP Electric Shock. Electric Shock reached the number one spot on both the US and Canadian iTunes electronic albums chart soon after its release. The lead single off their EP gave the group multiple recognition in the music industry. Electric Shock holds the record as f(x)'s song with most music wins.
In March 2013, they became the first Kpop group to perform at 2013 SXSW South By Southwest. After 13 months from the release of Electric Shock, Pink Tape, was released in July 29. The group received critical accalaim & huge success, most notably being described "experimental, steeped in quirky, boundary-pushing electronic sounds with woozy harmonies", thus being the only Kpop album released in 2013 to be ranked as "The 41 Best Albums of 2013", by Fuse TV, an American music channel. Rum Pum Pum Pum swept all 9 Korean charts soon after its release, and most notably, the song ranked #3 on billboard's "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2013