Song Yuqi

Song Yuqi, known mononymously as Yuqi, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer born on September 23, 1999. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, which debuted under Cube Entertainment in May 2018. In addition to her musical career with the group and as a solo artist, she has established a prominent television presence as a cast member on the Chinese variety show Keep Running and host of the KakaoTV reality series Learn Way.

Born and raised in Beijing, China, Song attended Beijing 101 Middle School. In 2015, she auditioned for Cube Entertainment at the Cube Star World Audition Beijing Station, performing songs by CLC and G.E.M. She moved to South Korea in 2016 to begin her training. Beyond her native Mandarin Chinese, she became fluent in English and attained a high level of Korean proficiency, certifying at Level 5 on the TOPIK test in 2020.

Song was officially revealed as a member of (G)I-dle in April 2018 and made her group debut on May 2, 2018, with the extended play (EP) I Am and its lead single "Latata". She soon expanded into television, joining Keep Running in 2019 and appearing on shows such as The Gashinas and Law of the Jungle in Myanmar. In 2020, she debuted as a songwriter and composer with (G)I-dle's fan-dedicated track "I'm the Trend", followed by credits on "Dumdi Dumdi". That same year, she launched her hosting role on Learn Way and appeared in several survival and travel shows.

In May 2021, Song made her solo debut with the single album A Page, featuring the lead singles "Giant" and "Bonnie & Clyde". She spent much of 2021 promoting as a soloist in China, appearing on competitive music shows like Stage Boom and participating in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics theme song "Salute to the Heroes". Returning to South Korea in late 2021, she continued contributing to (G)I-dle's releases, co-writing and co-composing tracks for albums including I Never Die (2022) and I Love (2022).

Throughout 2023 and 2024, Song took on diverse projects across television, film, and music. She made her acting debut as Zhang Wei in the 2023 Netflix series Celebrity, joined the Studio X+U show Star of Star Girls, and contributed to soundtracks for Love to Hate You, Street Woman Fighter 2, and Marry My Husband. She also featured on Choi Ye-na's single "Hate Rodrigo" and collaborated with Alan Walker and Jvke on "Fire!". In April 2024, she officially launched her Korean solo EP, Yuq1, led by the single "Freak".

Song continued her solo music career with the promotional single "One" for Transformers One in September 2024, followed by the digital single "Radio (Dum-Dum)" in March 2025. In September 2025, Cube Entertainment announced her third single album Motivation, anchored by the lead single "M.O." and a music video for "Gone". Alongside her performance career, she has represented numerous brands, serving as an ambassador or spokesperson for companies including Ray-Ban, Into You, Fendi, Anessa, Tory Burch, and Adidas, as well as an ambassador for the International Day of the Deaf.