Kiss of LifeMain Vocalist
Belle
벨Shim Hye-won (Annabelle Shim) (심혜원)
Main vocalist of Kiss of Life — a Seattle-born singer-songwriter who wrote for other artists before her own debut.
- Age
- 22
- Mar 20, 2004
- Height
- 168 cm
- 5′6″
- MBTI
- ENFP
- self-reported
- Debut
- 2023
- with Kiss of Life
At a glance
Profile
- Stage name
- Belle (벨)
- Birth name
- Shim Hye-won (Annabelle Shim) (심혜원)
- Position
- Main Vocalist
- Birthday
- March 20, 2004 (age 22)
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkey
- Height
- 168 cm (5′6″)
- Blood type
- AB
- MBTI
- ENFP
- Nationality
- Korean-American
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Representative colour
- Pink
- Representative emoji
- 🧚🏼
11 facts
About Belle
Daughter of 1990s singer Shim Shin. Wrote and composed for other artists through SM Entertainment’s song camp — including Le Sserafim, Purple Kiss and Miyeon — before her own debut.
- 01
Born in Seattle, Washington, and moved to South Korea as a child.
- 02
Daughter of Shim Shin, a prominent Korean singer of the 1990s; she has an older brother.
- 03
Appeared on television as a child, including SBS’s Global Junior Show in 2012.
- 04
Started writing songs at 17, posting demos to SoundCloud and Instagram, and joined SM Entertainment’s songwriting camp.
- 05
Pre-debut credits include Purple Kiss’s “Find You” (2021) and songs for Miyeon and Kid Milli; she also sang backing vocals on Mark’s “Child” and Le Sserafim’s “Unforgiven”.
- 06
Co-wrote Kiss of Life tracks such as “Shhh”, “Countdown”, “My 808” and “Says It”.
- 07
Her pre-release solo “Countdown” is her own composition, which earned her a composer prize at the Proud Korean Grand Prize in July 2023.
- 08
Trained for a little over a year and came to the group through S2’s sub-label Aura Entertainment.
- 09
Sang “See the Light” for the soundtrack of the 2024 drama My Sweet Mobster.
- 10
Cites Sabrina Carpenter as an inspiration; loves pink, shopping and making bracelets. Favourite ice cream: mint chocolate.
- 11
“Belle” means “beautiful” in French.
1 track
Solo & unit tracks
Songs on Kiss of Life releases that feature Belle on her own or in a unit.
- EP
“Countdown”
Belle solo · Kiss of Life
3 other members
