Kang Hye-yeon (Korean: 강혜연; born December 8, 1990) is a South Korean trot singer. She is a former member of the girl groups EXID and Bestie, and has been active as a trot singer since the disbandment of the latter in 2018.
Early life
Kang was born in Jeju City, her mother's hometown, but grew up in Incheon. She has been playing piano since she was four, and started dreaming of becoming a singer after seeing Maya perform at the Inha University festival when she was in sixth grade.
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