Kim Ji-sook (singer)

Kim graduated from Changhyeon High School [ko]. She was active in a rock band during high school and won the top prize for singing at the Suwon General Arts Festival.^[1] At a practical music academy, she joined Rainbow at recommendation of Kim Sung-hee, a former member of Kara.^[2] Kim graduated from Hanyang Women's University, also Kim Sung-hee's alma mater.

On November 12, 2009, Rainbow released their first music video "Gossip Girl", alongside their EP of the same name.^[3] On January 12, 2012, Kim debuted as a member of the Rainbow subunit Rainbow Pixie alongside groupmates Seungah and Hyunyoung with "Hoi Hoi".^[4]

In June 2012, Kim released "Shall We Fall in Love?" for the soundtrack of I Love Lee Taly with Min Hoon-ki.^[5]

Kim was the 2015 Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency (now Gyeonggi Provincial Southern Provincial Police Agency) Public Relations Ambassador.^[6]

On October 27, 2016, it was confirmed that Rainbow would disband on November 12 with the end of the members' contracts.^[7]

On February 15, 2017, Dmost Entertainment announced that Kim had signed with them.^[8]

In August 2017, Kim made her solo debut with Baesisi, the title track of the same name featuring BTOB's Jung Il-hoon.^[9] In January 2019, DMOST stated that Kim was to make a comeback the next month.^[10]

In November 2019, Rainbow reformed on the group's tenth anniversary.^[11] They released the EP Over the Rainbow on November 14.

In 2021, Kim was cast in Imitation, a television series about idols in the entertainment industry, as Eun-jin, a talented stylist.^[12]

Kim's mother died in 2012 of an undisclosed illness; her mother had hidden the severity of the illness as Kim had been promoting at the time.^[13]

Kim enjoys photography. She took the debut profile pictures for I.B.I, a girl group formed by five former Produce 101 contestants.^[14] Kim also held a charity gallery from February 5 to February 25, 2015, at Gallery Illum in the Chungmuro district of downtown Seoul.^{[citation needed]}

Kim was cast with boyfriend Lee Du-hee [ko] in Don't Be Jealous [ko].^[15] They announced their marriage plans for on the show;^[16][17] they later announced the date as October 31, 2020.^[18]