Mint (singer)

Goonshipas Peonpaweevorakul (Thai: กุญช์ภัสส์ พรปวีณ์วรกุล; rtgs: Kunphat Phonpawiworakun; born June 23, 1994), better known in her nickname Mint (Hangul: 민트; Thai: มิ้นท์), also known as Mintty, is a Thai singer based in South Korea. She was a member of the K-pop girl group Tiny-G.

Biography

She started dancing when she was 5 but started shining at 11 years old when she was chosen to be a back up dancer for Thailand’s most famous singer, Thongchai McIntyre. She has been in Thailand’s dancing industry ever since.^[1][2][3]

Back in 2009 Mint participated in a cover dance contest in "Snowy Korea" which is an annual Korean Festival in Thailand.^[4][5][6][7] She showed her exceptional dancing skills and was noticed by JYP Entertainment and GNG Production.^{[8][9][10][11]} She chose to be with GNG, and that’s how she started her career in Korea.^{[12][13][14][15]}

She started off with Tiny G with 4 members. J.Min (Leader, main vocal), Mint (Rapper), Dohee (Lead vocal) and Myeong Ji (Main rapper, sub-vocalist).^[16][17] A representative from Tiny G’s agency introduced them, “Tiny G is a four-member girl group with an average height of 153cm.^[18][19] Although they are petite, they are a hip hop group who can bboy.”^[20] Their name Tiny G is the combination of English words ‘tiny’ and ‘giant’ for the meaning of “tiny giant.”^[21][22] The representative explained, “They are short, but will present music of powerful feeling to separate themselves from the many other girl groups.”^[23][24]

Before debut, the group appeared on MBC's show Show Champion on April 24, 2012 and performed the track “Polaris”, a song which singer Jay Park and actress Lee Si-young had made for them as a gift through MBC's Music and Lyrics.^[25][26] The instrumentation was composed and produced by Cha Cha Malone and Jay Park. The song was titled "Polaris" and was released on May 5.^[27] After "Music & Lyrics" was broadcast, Tiny-G became the number 1 searched item on many Korean search engines.^[28][29]

Their debut single "Tiny-G" was released on August 23, 2012.^[30][31] The music video was also released the same day.^[32] They made their debut on M! Countdown with "Tiny-G".^[33] The group released their second single, "미니마니모 (Minimanimo)" on January 21, 2013.^[34][35] The music video was also released the same day.^[36][37] On June 13, 2013, the group performed an OST for the game Dragon Nest titled "Here We Go",^[38] and on October 1, 2013, they released their third single, "보고파 (Bogopa, Miss You)". ^[39][40] The music video was also released the same day.

On March 12, 2014, DoHee and J-Min performed an OST for the drama “앙큼한 돌싱녀 (Angkeumhan Dolsingnyeo, Cunning Single Lady)” titled "케미 (Kemi, Mirror Mirror)".^[41][42] On June 27, GnG Production announced that MyeongJi was leaving to focus on her acting career. They released a statement saying "MyeongJi expressed that she wants to officially go into acting to expand on her passion that she's had since her child actress and CF days... MyeongJi's leave was decided on after discussing it fully with the agency and Tiny-G members, and we respect and cheer on her decision."^[43][44] Tiny-G came back as a trio on July 3 with the song "Ice Baby".^[45][46]

On November 2, 2014, it was revealed that Tiny-G would be debuting their first sub-unit under the name of "Tiny-G M" featuring members J.Min and Mint.^[47][48] Promoting mainly in Thailand, the sub-unit released their first single, "The Only One", featuring Thai artist Natthew.^[49][50] The music video was released on November 25 and featured appearances by Natthew and Tiny-G member Dohee.^[51][52] On February 10, 2015, GNG Production announced that Tiny-G was going into an indefinite hiatus.^[53][54] Do-hee will continue as an actress while Mint and J.Min will continue as singers.^{[55][56][57][58]}

Mint was a guest actress in Thai series “Plerng Tawan” that has started airing since August 31, 2015.^[59] And has been a guest in a short series “Zeal 5”.^[60]

On April 7, 2016, Mint has signed into a new agency, JSL COMPANY.^[61][62] On April 14, 2016, Mint has released its first solo single 'Already Go Lady (Ulleri Ggolleri, Already Go Lady)' under a new stage name 'Mintty'.^[63] The music video was also released the same day.^[64]

Mint is a part of THE [email protected] and attached girl group Real Girls Project.^[65]

Discography

Single

References

External links

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