Lee Jinki (born December 14, 1989), better known by his stage name Onew, is a South Korean singer, dancer, host, and musical actor. Debuting in 2008 as the leader and lead vocalist of K-pop quintet boy group SHINee under the label of SM Entertainment, he has since branched out into musicals, MC-ing, and acting. The singer contributed to singles for Lee Hyeon-ji (for "Vanilla Love Part 2"), Girls' Generation member Jessica for the song "One Year Later" in the Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) mini-album, and a duet with Kim Yeon-woo for the song, "The Name I Loved" from the third mini album by SHINee, "2009, Year Of Us." Onew recorded a song titled "In Your Eyes" for the drama series To The Beautiful You. The song was released on the album To The Beautiful You OST Part 2 on August 22, 2012. Onew also sang the OST "Moonlight" for the drama Miss Korea, which was released on January 3, 2014. Onew starred in two musicals in 2010, debuting in the musical 형제는 용감했다 (Brothers were Brave) alongside singer Lee Ji-Hoon. He then starred in the Korean production of Rock of Ages playing the lead role, Drew. His performance for both musicals received praise from notable seniors in the Korean show business. He was a cast member for the SM Korean rendition of Singin' In The Rain, but had to stop his activities due to vocal chord complications. In May 2018, Onew was featured in Kim Yeon-woo's fifth studio album with the song "Play the Field", which he helped write. Onew's debut EP, Voice, was released on December 5, 2018, with the lead single "Blue". He was unable to promote the EP as he enlisted for his mandatory military service on December 10, 2018, On April 11, 2022, Onew's second EP, Dice, was released with the lead single of the same name. As a pre-release of his Japanese debut album, Onew released a digital EP, "Who Sings? Vol.1", on June 1, 2022. The EP includes four cover songs: Kazumasa Oda's "Kirakira", which was released on May 18, Motohiro Hata's "Uroko", which was released on May 25, Misia's "Everything", and Dreams Come True's "Yasashii Kissete". On July 6, 2022, Onew released his first Japanese studio album, Life Goes On, with the lead single of the same name. On March 6, 2023, Onew released his first Korean studio album, Circle, with the lead single "O (Circle)", which contains ten songs. On June 9, 2023, it was announced that Onew would be unable to participate in the Korean concert of SHINee's tour, SHINee World VI: Perfect Illumination, and promotions for their eighth studio album due to health issues. On April 3, 2024, it was announced that Onew had signed with a new agency, Griffin Entertainment, for his solo activities after his contract with SM Entertainment ended in late March. His group activities with SHINee will remain unchanged under SM. On April 21, 2024, Onew made his first public appearance after about 10 month health hiatus. On September 3, 2024, Onew released his third EP, Flow, with the lead single "Beat Drum". The album, for which he participated in producing and writing the lyrics for all its tracks, contains six songs including the pre-released single "All Day". On November 6, Onew released a song titled "For You" as a soundtrack for the popular webtoon No Office Romance! On January 6, 2025, Onew released his fourth EP, Connection, with the lead single "Winner". The album contains six songs including the pre-released single "Yay". On March 24, Onew announced his first English digital single "Mad", released on April 21. On April 7, Onew announced that he would release his second full-length album sometime in July. On June 13, Onew released a trailer video for his second full-length, Percent, which was released on July 15, with "ANIMALS" as the title track.