Min Myeon-jin (FREYA)

Min Myeon-jin (민면진) better known as FREYA was the Main Vocalist and Visual of GCM, and currently Main Vocalist and Lead Dancer of Girls’ Area.

Early Life & Education
Min Myeon-jin was born April 25th 1996 in Taganrog, Russia to two Korean parents. In Russia her classmates new her as Filipa, but often giving her many nicknames such as Freya. In 2005 Myeon-jin moved to South Korea with her parents and big sister. Because of the diffrence in language, she’d often get extra lessons at home. Myeon-jin speaks Korean with a Russian accent because of this.

Myeon-jin dosen’t talk much about her homelife but remeMbers it as a time full of joy and living with 5 crushes.

Career
Myeon-jin was scouted by TS Entertainment in 2009 after hearing her sing at a kareoke bar. Myeon-jin explained that she was initially surprised by the manager and tried to turn it down because she thought she had no possible ability to become a solo singer, let alone in a group, but the manager begged her to at least try to audition once and see how it goes. Myeon-jin went because she felt that they were making a scene and her saying no would be rude.

Suprise hit the girl when she was excepted. Being only 11 years old she was a very conscious girl and having to ask permission by her parents first. To her shock they had felt that she had a talent in singing from a young age, though never mentioned it. After some convincing, Myeon-jin lifted her attitude.

After the groups disbandment in 2018, the then 20 year old left TS Entertainment in hopes of maybe getting a new start. Myeon-jin went straight to JYP’s doors, auditioned, and debuted in 2019 with 8 other girls to form Girls’ Area. Being the only member to re-debut in a group so far, Myeon-jin says there is something special waiting in the waters, we just have to open our eyes.