Soloist Profiles

Eric Nam - Nam Nation

Stage name: Eric Nam [88'liner]
Birth name: Nam Yoon Do
Nationality: South Korean/American
Years active: 2013 - present
Entertainment: CJ E&M

– He has 2 younger brothers: Eddie and Brian.

– Eddie is his manager.

– He and his brothers used to watch Shinhwa a lot, then they tried to imitate their dance moves.

– He used to have a crush on BoA and Lee Hyori when he was younger.

– He speaks fluently English and Korean, and a good level of Spanish and Mandarin.

– He is considered "Nation's boyfriend".

– He's also learning Japanese.

– He auditioned for SM Entertainment when he was in high school, but he didn't make it.

– He is currently under CJ E&M.

– He played soccer and was a part of the orchestra in high school.

– When he was younger, he was a part of the Atlanta Boy Choir and got to tour Italy when they sang mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

– He can play the piano and the cello.

– He spent quite a bit of time in Latin America, including Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, and Bolivia for experiencing the culture and for understanding how their economy works.

– He also spent some time in India before traveling to Korea for his audition.

– His favorite color is red.

– He likes trying new food,
meeting new people, visiting new places.

– Eric's hobbies are songwriting, staying at home and allowing himself to watch TV and eat, and massages.

– Eric is allergic to apples.

– He's friends with the American singer Khalid.

– Before becoming a singer Eric was a business analyst, but he chose the path of singing because he didn't want to regret missing his window of opportunity.

– Before making it to the K-Pop industry, he was already making cover songs and posting them on YouTube.

– After seeing a viral Youtube cover (2ne1's "Lonely"), MBC invited Eric to participate to "Birth of a Great Star 2" (a show similar to X Factor).

– After 8 months, Eric placed within the Top 5 contestants in "Birth of a Great Star 2", and started his entertainment career in Korea.

– He debuted on January 23, 2013, with the release of his mini-album "Cloud 9", with title track "Heaven's Door".

– For 2013 to 2016, Eric was the MC of Arirang TV's most popular programs, "The After School Club|, and its spin off, "The ASC After Show".

– In April 2014, Eric returned to Korea's music scene with his first digital single "Ooh Ooh" (우우).

– In February 2015, Eric was featured on Amber Liu's mini-album "Beautiful" on the song "I Just Wanna".

– In March 2015, he released his single "I'm OK".

– In May 2015, Eric released his single, "Dream", featuring 15&'s Jimin for Charity Project.

– In December 2015, Eric signed an exclusive contract with CJ E&M.

– On March 4, 2016, he released a duet track with Red Velvet's Wendy – "Spring Love".

– On March 24, 2016, Eric released his second mini album, "Interview" with the title track "Good For You".

– On June 10, 2016, Eric released his first U.S. single, "Into You" in collaboration with the electronic band, KOLAJ.

– On April 16, 2016, Eric hosted and performed at SNL Korea, receiving one of the highest ratings of the season.

– In April 2016, Eric joined the show "We Got Married" where he was paired with Solar from Mamamoo.

– In July 2016, Eric released his digital single "Can't Help Myself" with the lyrics written by Epik High's Tablo.

– In November 2016, Eric together with comedian Yang Se Hyung became the host of the new MNET talk show "Yang and Nam Show".

– On January 26, 2017, he collaborated with Gallant and Tablo on the single release of "Cave Me In".

– Eric went to college with pH-1, and they still catch up regularly.

– Eric Nam is MC in ASC (After School Club) along with 15&'s Jimin, DAY6's Jae, U-KISS's Kevin.

– He was in "The Friends in Costa Rica" together with MYTEEN's Song Yuvin nand Sam Kim.

– He has his own podcast called Kpop Daebak Show with Eric Nam.

– On Nov 14, 2019 he released his 1st English album called "Before We Begin".