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Son Seung-Wan 손승완 Born February 21 1994 In Seoul South Korea Known Professionally As Wendy Is A South Korean Singer. She Is A Member Of South Korean Girl Group Red Velvet. Coming From A Family Of Music Lovers Wendy Showed Interest In Becoming A Singer When She Was Only Six Years Old. Besides Her Passion For Singing She Is Also Able To Play Several Instruments Including The Piano Guitar Flute And Saxophone. She Lived With Her Family In Jecheon Until Her Fifth Year Of Elementary School When She Moved To Canada With Her Older Sister To Study Abroad. There She Started Using Her English Name Wendy Shon. While Living In Both America And Canada She Became Fluent In English And Also Learned To Speak Some French And Spanish. Her Family Was Initially Against Her Pursuing A Career In Music And Wanted Her To Focus On Her Studies But While She Was Still In High School They Eventually Allowed Her To Audition To Become A Singer In South Korea. In 2010 She Submitted An Online Audition For Koreaboo's Global Auditions In 2011 With Cube Entertainment. Though She Was Not The Final Winner She Was One Of Fifteen Finalists Personally Picked By Canadian-Korean Singer G.NA And Koreaboo From Over 5 000 Videos To Continue To The Final Round In Vancouver And Open For G.NA's First Solo Showcase. Wendy Originally Did Not Intend To Audition For SM Entertainment But Was Cast By The Company When She Accompanied A Friend To The S.M. Global Audition In Canada In 2012. She Recalled Singing Kim Gunmo's "서울의 달 Moon Of Seoul " And Passed. She Trained For Less Than Two Years Before She Was Introduced As A Member Of S.M. Entertainment's Predebut Group SM Rookies On March 14 2014. On August 1 2014 Wendy Made Her Official Debut As A Member Of Red Velvet. She Made Her Official Solo Debut On April 5 2021 With Her First EP Like Water With The Title Track Of The Same Name. read less