Profile and Facts of Suran
Suran’s Profile!
Name: Shin Su-ran (신수란) Stage Names: Elena (엘에나), Baily Boo (베일리 슈), and Suran (수란) Date and Place of Birth: July 15th, 1986, Busan, South Korea Zodiac: Cancer Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer Genres: R&B, K-pop, Hip-Hop Years active: 2014 – Present Labels: Million Market Twitter: @suranelenashin Instagram: suranelenashin Facebook: suranofficial Daum Café: suranofficial VLive: 수란(SURAN)
Facts About Suran!
Suran has collaborated with many artists including DEAN, Block B‘s Zico, BTS‘s Suga. She debuted on July 9th, 2014, in a duet called LODIA with the release of the single “I Got A Feeling.” Her first single as a solo artist is “I Feel,” released on December 17th, 2014. Suran’s second single “Calling in Love” feat Beenzino was released in 2015. She was a computer science major in college. BTS’s Suga produced her chart-topping pre-release track “Wine” (in 2016) that has sold over 500,000 digital downloads. She started her singing career in her late 20s. In 2017, she appeared on MBC’s King of Mask Singer as a contestant named “Skip to the End, Hello.” She has sung many drama and movie soundtracks, including the ones for Jealousy Incarnate and Strong Woman Do Bong Soon. She won the Best R&B/Soul Award at the 32nd Golden Disc Awards 2018. At the 2017 MelOn Music Awards, she won the Best R&B/Soul award for “Wine” and also won the Hot Trend award for her collaboration with BTS’s Suga. She was chosen to be a singing coach on MIXNINE.
Suran’s Discography
Singles: As a featured artist: Soundtrack Songs
Awards and Nominations
Suran and BTS’s Suga Dating Rumor
Suga, one of the members of Bangtan Boys or BTS, recently surprised fans with the news that he has a lover. The news about the special relationship between Suga and Suran originated from the speculations by netizens. The issue surfaced after solo singer Suran uploaded a photo on Instagram. She uploaded a photo of a breakfast dish, namely two cups of bread, a cup of coffee, and egg yolks. She wrote the word yoongi in her photo caption. Apart from being connected by a photo post, they were previously bound and close because of their collaboration on the song titled “Wine.” In 2017 Suran released her song titled “Wine.” The song was produced by BTS’ Suga and Slow Rabbit. Other than Suran, JUNE, and Changmo also participated in the making of the song. Then, for this song, the two of them won an award for the same category at the Melon Music Awards, namely the “Hot Trend Award.” Not only that, but rumors about them dating also appeared when she posted photos on Instagram wearing the same yellow long-sleeved shirt Suga had worn. It made netizens think that the long-sleeved shirt was a couple’s shirt. And Suran was also seen uploading it on Instagram Stories and she was playing with a chocolate poodle that people recognized as belonging to Suga. All these things increased the public’s curiosity and made them believe and think that they are indeed dating. Even more so when Suran admitted that Suga was beside her when she was depressed. Suran also said that it was Suga who extended his hand when she felt under pressure. Actually, they had known each other even before working together on the song “Wine.” Moreover, even after Suga helped Suran out of her depression, she herself said that she wanted to work with Suga. All the things that Suga had done for Suran were very sweet, so the public speculated that they were indeed lovers. However, it turned out that the public’s speculations were wrong. Both Suran and Suga, explained clearly that their relationship is strictly professional and their affection and attachment is limited by the boundaries of their work. Additionally, there was the issue with Suran’s Instagram post where she had written the word yoongi, which was a misunderstanding cleared with her explaining the initials “S love S.” On March 31st, 2018, Suran uploaded a photo on Instagram to clarify the rumors about her dating BTS’s Suga. Suran then explained the meaning behind her Instagram post from March 27th, 2018. She wrote, “Hello, this is Suran. First, I want to express my sincere apologies to anyone I might have accidentally hurt.” She then explained, “I use that sentence to express ‘shining’ as in the word ‘sparkling sparkle.’” So, what she wrote was “sparkling” using the same spelling as BTS’s Suga real name.
