Ahn Hyo-jin (Korean: 안효진; born December 10, 1991),[2] professionally known as Elly (/ˈɛli/; stylized in all caps) and formerly known as LE, is a South Korean rapper, producer and songwriter. She has been a member of K-pop girl group EXID since 2012.[3] She was also previously a member of the underground hip hop group, Jiggy Fellaz.[4]
EXID officially debuted on February 16, 2012, with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".[5][unreliable source?]
Solo activities
In May 2012, Elly collaborated with Gavy NJ on their song, "Don't Call Me".[6][unreliable source?]
In February 2013, producer Brave Brothers revealed that Elly had collaborated with B2ST's Junhyung and Big Star's Feeldog in a project group and would be releasing a single on February 21, 2013. A teaser was released on February with a "19+" rating, which was previously acknowledged in the single cover, "19+ Profanity Included – Absurd", and on February 20, Brave Brothers released Elly's version of the "You Got Some Nerve" MV teaser.[7] A "15+" version of the song was released on February 21, with the curse words in the song bleeped out. The original song was rated "19+", but representatives of Brave Brothers said "You Got Some Nerve" was scheduled to be released as is with a 19+ rating, but due to the interest and requests of the fans, they decided to beep out the profanity. The explicit version of the song and its music video was released on February 25, 2013.[8][9] Some fans were angered by this, wondering "why attention was attracted by writing a 19+ rating on the poster," while a media outlet revealed that the song had never been sent to the TV networks to be reviewed and disappointment was expressed on Brave Brothers' attitude toward the situation due to "media play" and mocking fans.[8][10]
In July 2014, Elly was featured in Hyuna's mini-album, A Talk, and helped write the lyrics for the songs "French Kiss" and "Blacklist" and was featured on the latter.[11][unreliable source?]
On February 2, 2021, Elly announced on her Twitter account that she has changed her professional name back to "Elly" after fans noticed that her writing credits on Tri.be's album, Tri.be Da Loca, featured her updated name.[14][unreliable source?][15][better source needed] EXID's most recent single album, X, released in September 2022 for their 10th anniversary, also featured this updated name in promotions.[16][better source needed]
On April 17, 2023, Elly signed an exclusive contract with TR Entertainment.[17]
^Sin, Wong-cheol (February 21, 2013). [단독] 용감한형제 신곡 '어이없네', 19금 심의 애초에 받은 적이 없었다 [Brave Brothers song "You Got Some Nerve", 19+ rating review never took place]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2014.
^Ahn Hyo-jin [@@ahn__ellybaby] (February 2, 2021). 아 그리구 여러사람들이 물어보는데 이제 난 내 본캐인 ELLY로 돌아가려해😌❤️ [Ah, also since many people have been asking, I'm trying to go back to my original name ELLY😌❤️] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
