Kim Ki-bum (Hangul: 김기범), more commonly known by his stage name Key (Hangul: 키; born September 23, 1991 in Daegu, South Korea) is a singer, dancer, rapper, TV host, radio DJ, and member of the South Korean idol group, SHINee. Key was discovered at the 2005 S.M. National Tour Audition Casting. Prior to his debut, he appeared in Super Junior's Wonder Boy music video as an extra dancer, and made his debut with SHINee in May 2008 with the song 누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay). He made his solo debut in November 2018 with the single Forever Yours and followed up with his first full album “Face - The 1st Album” and title track 센척안해 (One of Those Nights) later the same month. On November 18, 2010, Key took his college entrance exam. At that point he had already graduated from high school, and was taking the exam a year late as he had been unable to take it the previous year. Key is also known for his multilingual talents. Since he spent six weeks on an exchange in America, out of his fellow band members, Key has the strongest fluency abilities in English. As well he is excelling the best at Japanese, as SHINee prepares for their Japanese debut. Key featured in label-mate Xiah's solo performance of Xiahtic in TVXQ's concert, 2009: The 3rd Asia Tour Mirotic, in Seoul. In 2010 Key was featured in the song 치유 (Healing) (feat. Key From SHINee) on TRAX's mini album Trax Mini Album Volume 1. Later, it was also announced that Key would have a small part in Girls' Generation’s song 화성인 (Boys & Girls) (Korean: 화성인 바이러스 (Boys & Girls) on their second studio album Oh! - The Second Album. Key has also appeared on television shows such as Idol Maknae Rebellion as a guest star alongside his Shinee group mates Taemin, Jonghyun and Onew in several episodes. Together with other idol group members: Dongho from U-KISS, Shorry J from Mighty Mouth, Jinwoon from 2AM, Yunhwa from T-Max, Seunghyun from F.T. Island and in the later part, Mir from MBLAQ. Key was part of the cast of the show Raising Idol, also known as Keydol by his fans. Key featured in Girls' Generation's first live album The 1st Asia Tour: Into The New World Album in the song Barbie Girl with Jessica Jung. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.