엠버

Amber Josephine Liu (born September 18, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, United States) also known as Amber (엠버), is an American singer-songwriter currently active in South Korea. She is a member and the rapper of the South Korean girl group f(x). Amber made a solo debut and released her first EP titled Beautiful on February 13, 2015. Amber released her mixtape Rogue Rouge for free on Soundcloud on April 15th, 2018. Amber was cast from S.M. Entertainment's Los Angeles global audition in 2008, where she and one male were selected to be trainees for SM Entertainment. After a year and a half of training, she debuted under the new South Korean girl group f(x) in September 2009. She has composed and written lyrics for some of the group's songs such as "Goodbye Summer" which was a track in their second studio album Pink Tape, and "Summer Lover" from their third studio album Red Light. She frequently collaborated with other S.M. Entertainment artists. Label mate Yuri of Girls' Generation performed a cover of Ciara's song "1, 2 Step" at their first concert, Into the New World, held on December 19 and 20, 2009 in Seoul and featured Amber as a rapper and dancer. The song was then included in their first live album. In June 2010, she was featured in the lead track of Taiwanese singer Danson Tang's third Mandarin studio album The First Second. She performed the Korean and English rap parts of the song, and was also featured in the song's music video. In 2013, she was featured in the Korean version of the title track of Henry's debut album, called "1-4-3 (I Love You)". Aside from featured songs, Amber also worked with fellow group mates Luna and Krystal for the soundtrack of KBS drama God of Study, in a song called "Spread its Wings". Amber officially debuted as a solo artist, releasing her debut EP Beautiful on February 13. The first single, "Shake That Brass", had Girls' Generation's Taeyeon as the featured artist. A few days prior to the release of the album, a lyric video for the title track, "Beautiful", was released. The music video contained childhood photos of the singer, as well as photos since her debut as a member of f(x). Its lyrics tells the story of the difficulties she faced as she chased after her dreams of being an entertainer and how she liked herself the way she is. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.