Lee Chae-young이채영이채영
Lee Chae-young is a member of fromis_9, the five-member girl group under ASND. She came through Mnet's Idol School in 2017, debuted on 24 January 2018, wrote the lyrics of 'Cold Blood' on the 2026 album Glow ME, and is honorary general manager of the e-sports club Hanwha Life Esports.
Lee Chae-young (이채영) is a member of fromis_9. The group debuted as nine on 24 January 2018 with the mini album To. Heart, and five members signed with the newly founded ASND in 2025 and resumed under the same name.
She was chosen for that line-up the year before. Herald Muse reported that the final episode of Mnet’s Idol School, broadcast on 29 September 2017, settled the nine who would debut, and Lee Chae-young was one of them. The programme, which began in July 2017, followed trainees living together and preparing stages.
The second full-length album Glow ME, released on 21 July 2026, carries ‘Cold Blood’, the first song she has written lyrics for. The track list Sports Kyunghyang published on 8 July 2026 shows it as a unit track by Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-kyung and Baek Ji-heon. How she came to write it is the subject of a separate K-Culture Radar story. In the August 2026 issue of Esquire Korea she described the song’s narrator, saying that when she sees someone who is extremely cold, she takes it that there is some hidden pain inside them.
Lee Chae-young is honorary general manager of the e-sports club Hanwha Life Esports, a role she carries through content the club makes on its own YouTube channel. Xports News reported on 1 July 2026 what she said about the club reaching an international tournament: that she was genuinely glad it had qualified, and that she sincerely hoped it would do well there.
She has thrown a ceremonial first pitch in two consecutive seasons. TopStar News reported on 26 March 2026 that she would pitch at the Samsung Lions against Lotte Giants opener at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on 28 March, and noted in the same piece that she had also pitched in the second game of the 2025 opening series.
Start with ‘Vitamin ME’, the title track of the second full-length album Glow ME, and with ‘Cold Blood’, the song she wrote lyrics for. Official music videos and the group’s self-produced content are on the fromis_9 YouTube channel. K-Culture Radar links to official uploads rather than rehosting them.
Marie Claire Korea shoot and interview
She sat for it with Lee Na-kyung, and said the group were like thin glass in their early days but no longer break easily.
Explainer · Read the story'Cold Blood', her first lyric-writing credit, on the second full-length album Glow ME
The first song she wrote lyrics for sits seventh on the record.
Explainer · Read the storyCeremonial first pitch at the KBO League opening game
She threw at Daegu Samsung Lions Park, at the Samsung Lions against Lotte Giants opener of the 2026 season. It was her second year, after the second game of the 2025 opening series.
TopStar News · Source 1Confirmed as a debut member in the final episode of Mnet's Idol School
The girl-group programme began in July 2017. Its last episode settled the nine who would debut, and Lee Chae-young was among them.
Herald Muse · Source 2ASND
fromis_9 are a five-member girl group under ASND: Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-kyung and Baek Ji-heon. Nine members debuted on 24 January 2018, and five resumed under the same name in 2025. The second full-length album Glow ME followed in July 2026.
fromis_9 played three nights at Korea University's Hwajung Gymnasium in Seoul from 4 to 6 September 2026, opening their Asia tour TOMORROW GLOW. Sports Khan reported that the show ran from 'Rewind' to 'Vitamin ME', with two unit stages, fan songs and an encore. More cities are to be announced.
fromis_9's Baek Ji-heon is a regular on tvN STORY's Naked Korean History 2 (벌거벗은 한국사2), which first aired on 9 September 2025. A month earlier, on 13 August, she was cast as Kwon Na-eun in the film Nerd Rhapsody. Here are the two jobs she has taken outside the group.
'Cold Blood', the seventh track on Glow ME, the second full-length album fromis_9 released on 21 July 2026, is the first song Lee Chae-young wrote lyrics for. Here is what she said about it, the day before release and a month later.
The reports behind the facts above, for the ones no story on the site covers yet. A row with a story cites its sources there; the act's own channel and a brand's official page are linked in the rows themselves.
