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Birth Name: Kang Ae-ra/ Iris Kang Stage Name: AE-RA Birthday: November 3 1999 Height: 5'3 Nationality: British-Korean Instagram: aera.was.here Tiktok: aera.kang TWITCH: iris.not.irish
- AE-RA was born on Jeju but moved to Britain at just 2 months old. She later moved back to Korea in 2013 at the age of 14 to live with her Grandmother in Seoul, where she was later scouted by RAVEN Records.
-She was a trainee for 2 years and made her debut as a soloist in 2015 but unfortunately due to lack of funding RAVEN Records later shut down leaving AE-RA with out a company.
-She joined HOVER Labels in December of 2015.
-Ae-ra joined Produce 101 where she competed to become a memeber of Mnets temporary group I.O.I She landed up making the final cut and became the 12th member. -She finished 5th in the competition
-After I.O.I disbanded AE-RA made her solo comeback with the song 4 Walls
-She is close friends with YangYang of NCT, Jennie of Blackpink and SOOJIN of G-(idle)
-She and Yang Yang became friends after the two bonded over their love of F1
-She is close to all I.O.I members and often hangs out with them
- She became an ambassador for TAG Heur and Louis Vuitton in 2017
-She made her acting debut in 2017 with the drama Strong Girl Bong-Soon
-She said her favourite place to visit is her grandmothers home
-Her guilty pleasure is pineapple on pizza
-Her celebrity crush used to be Sebastian Vettel
-Her fictional crush is Osferth from The Last Kingdom
-She was named after South-Korean Actress Shin Ae-Ra -
She has a dog named Pretzel
-She said her biggest dream is to see F1 in Monaco or Monza.
-Her favourite team is Williams and her favourite team principal is James Vowles
-Her current favourite driver on the grid is Max Verstappen
-Her favourite TV show is Running man and would love to appear on it one day.
-She recently moved to Jeju Island with her Grandmother where she bought them both a nice house by the sea so her Granny can enjoy her retirement.
-She recently released an EP called Love Me Not featuring songs like Hard to Love, Don't Know what to do and many more
-She used to date SEVENTEEN's Vernon from 2019-2023. The two parted ways in March of 2023
-She opened a Twitch channel called iris.not.irish
