f(x)

f(x) is a girl group from Seoul, South Korea created by SM Entertainment in 2009. A multi-national group, the quintent consists of Korean members Sulli, Luna, Krystal (Korean American); with two Chinese members Amber (Chinese American) and Victoria, the leader.

SM released a teaser preview of the group via YouTube on August 24, 2009, introducing them as "Asia's Pop Dance Group." For five days, SM invidually released information through news portals and posted pictures of each member on SM Town's official website, starting with Sulli on August 26. Amber was revealed on August 27, Krystal on August 28, Luna on August 29, and Victoria last on August 30.

The group's first single "Lachata" was digitally released on September 1, followed by a 40-second teaser of their music video uploaded to YouTube. The music video was released the next day along with the group's first performance of "Lachata" in a showcase held at Samseong-dong Fashion Center, in which the event was hosted by Leeteuk and Sunny. The group debuted on MBC's music show Show! Music Core on September 5, 2009.

Profiles

Victoria

* Birth name: Song Qian
* Date of birth: February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 23)
* Position: Leader, Vocalist, Lead Dancer
o born in Qingdao, Shandong, China
o Female lead in Kangta's "Eternity" music video
o Female lead in SHINee's "Replay" music video
o Female lead in Super Junior-M's "U" music video

Amber

* Birth name: Amber Liu
* Date of birth: September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) (age 17)
* Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist
o Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, California to Taiwanese migrants.

Luna

* Birth name: Park Sun Young
* Date of birth: August 12, 1993 (1993-08-12) (age 17)
* Position: Main Vocalist
o Featured vocalist in a song entitled "Get Down" with SHINee members Minho and Key for their mini-album Year of Us.

Sulli

* Birth name: Choi Jin Ri
* Date of birth: March 29, 1994 (1994-03-29) (age 16)
* Position: Vocalist, Sub-Rapper
o debuted as a child actress in the 2005 Korean television drama The Ballad of Seo-dong
o featured in TVXQ's Vacation, playing Micky's childhood love interest

Krystal

* Birth name: Krystal Jung, Jung Soo Jung
* Date of birth: October 24, 1994 (1994-10-24) (age 15)
* Position: Lead Vocalist
o born and raised in San Francisco, California
o younger sister of Girls' Generation member Jessica
o Female lead in SHINee's "Juliette" music video
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