Kenzie (songwriter)

For the British rapper, see Kenzie (rapper).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kenzie
Birth name	Kim Yeon-jung
Born	(1976-02-03) February 3, 1976
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop R&B electropop hip hop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter Record producer
Years active	2002–present
Labels	SM

Korean name
Hangul	김연정
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeon-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏnjŏng
Stage name
Hangul	켄지
Revised Romanization	Kenji
McCune–Reischauer	K'enji

Kim Yeon-jung (Korean: 김연정; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Kenzie, is a South Korean songwriter and record producer who signed under SM Entertainment. She has written and produced mostly songs for SM artists such as BoA, Isak N Jiyeon, Super Junior, The Grace, TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), Exo, Red Velvet, SuperM, and NCT, as well as non-SM acts such as Twice, CIX, BAE173, and The Boyz.

Biography

Kim is a '99 Alumna of Berklee College of Music, having majored in music production and engineering (MP&E). She moved to the US to further her studies though her goal was still to be a music producer and composer in her native country, South Korea. Although she had been trained in classical music and knew how to play piano and trumpet, she had acquainted herself with the pop scene, and through the knowledge of the success of S.M. Entertainment groups like S.E.S. and H.O.T., she set herself a goal to work with S.M., which she accomplished after graduating and meeting the CEO Lee Soo-man himself.

Her favorite songs of her own are the top selling number 1 hits, BoA's "My Name" and Girls' Generation's debut song "Into The New World", "Oh!" , alongside f(x)'s debut song "La Cha Ta". For future goals, she wants to expand her horizons in the music field and work with American and European artists to further explore and showcase the multi-cultural sound of her music, which includes Western and Eastern influences.

In 2018, she was also in charge of arranging the debut song for girl-group Nature under n.CH Entertainment titled "Allegro Cantabile". It was a remake of the anime opening title song "Nodame Cantabile".

Production and songwriting discography

Main article: List of songs written by Kenzie

External links

• SMTown Official Site