From a dance school in Tainan
Tzuyu is a member of the nine-member girl group TWICE. In 2012 she caught the eye of a JYP Entertainment scout at a dance school’s recital in Tainan, Taiwan (NOWnews), and after two auditions she became a trainee on 15 November that year (Liberty Times). On MBC every1’s Weekly Idol in 2015 she explained: “They happened to see me at a dance academy and cast me” (Maeil Shinmun).
Tzuyu as a solo artist
On 6 September 2024 she released her first mini album, abouTZU, with the title track ‘Run Away’. It was the third solo record to come out of TWICE, after Nayeon’s and Jihyo’s. The agency said the title joins the English word “about” with “TZUYU”. Tzuyu said: “Just like the album’s name, ‘everything about Tzuyu’, I took part in the album work myself, and hard. I also took part in the jacket shoot, to show as much of everything about me as I could” (Electronic Times).
The title track ‘Run Away’ has lyrics by J.Y. Park and music by a team of writers including Johnny Simpson, who has worked with Lauv and OneRepublic. Peniel of BTOB and pH-1 feature on the six tracks, and Tzuyu wrote the lyrics of the closing track, ‘Fly’, alone. On release day the album topped the iTunes album chart in eleven regions outside Korea and sold more than 220,000 copies in a day (Star News). On the radio she looked back on the preparation as feeling “like getting ready for an exam”, hard because it was the first time she had prepared an album from beginning to end herself (Xportsnews).
Stages in Taiwan
On the last of TWICE’s three concerts at the Taipei Dome in March 2026, Tzuyu said: “My dream was to come to Kaohsiung and Taipei with the members and hold concerts. Thank you for making my wish come true” (CNA). On 3 July she took the stage on the first day of the Kaohsiung Beer Music Festival for her first solo performance in Taiwan, singing ‘Run Away’, TWICE’s ‘What Is Love?’ and Stefanie Sun’s ‘第一天’ (“the first day”) (FTNN, NOWnews). On 8 September she was announced as a host of AAA 2026, the Asia Artist Awards, at Kaohsiung National Stadium on 5 and 6 December (Money Today).
Brands
In January 2022 the fashion brand ZOOC chose her as its muse for the year (Korea Duty Free News), and since that October she has been the muse of Visée, KOSÉ’s make-up brand in Japan (KOSÉ). In March 2026 7-ELEVEN in Taiwan made her the brand ambassador of 星級饗宴 (“star-rated feast”), a series developed with a hotel in Tainan (ETtoday).