Minhwi Lee

Minhwi Lee was born in Anyang, Gyeonggi in 1989. She graduated from the Korea National University of Arts, and made her debut in 2011 as a member of the indie duo Mukimukimanmansu under the stage name Mansu.^[1] The band's music gained huge popularity as a meme due to its unique style, and released a studio album 2012.^[3][1] The band was disbanded in May 2013.^[4]

Minhwi Lee produced the soundtrack for A Midsummer's Fantasia in 2015.^[5] Her first solo studio album, Borrowed Tongue (빌린 입), was released in 2016. The album was awarded The Best Folk Album at the 2017 Korean Music Awards.^[2][6] She majored film score at New York University and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris She produced a variety of film score, including Family in the Bubble (2017) and Vestige (2022), as well as drama soundtracks such as One Day Off (2023).^[6][7]

In 2020, she formed the group Sam-seung with Seo Kyungsoo and Choi Kyeongjoo, and released the studio album Imaginary Scheme (상상도).^[8] In November 2023, she released her second studio album Hometown to Come (미래의 고향).^[9]

• Borrowed Tongue (빌린 입) (2016)
• Hometown to Come (미래의 고향) (2023)

• 2012 (2012)

• Imaginary Scheme (상상도) (2012)