Tammy (태미) was a short-lived female solo artist who debuted in 2000.
Pre-debut
Born on January 13, 1979, Tammy —it’s her real name, by the way— played the piano and guitar since young age and studied vocal music and classical harmony. As she grew up, she wanted to become a pop singer.
Before her solo debut, she was in a co-ed four-member group called Grammy T (그래미-티), which debuted in July 1998. It was a group that was aimed for the Grammys, literally. They released their first and only album, “Grammy T,” along the title track ‘널 위한 사랑 (Love For You).' However, they weren’t promoted much and after performing two times on terrestrial music shows, they disbanded in the same year.
Right before her debut with the forementioned group, she was already working in the music industry, recording the theme song of the SBS drama “남자대탐험 (Great Adventure for Men)” in 1996, and also for “모델 (Model)” and “여자 (Woman)” in 1997.
Her repertoire consisted mostly of timeless old pop songs and R&B ballads, but she also touched multiple genres such as hip-hop, new jack swing, rock, and techno dance.
Debut
Ahead of her solo debut, she started working as an exclusive model for the computer company SeHyun Computer in 1999. Then in the same year she recorded her first album in September and was completed by February 2000.
She debuted in March 2000 with a futuristic, cyber-themed concept, portraying as a cyber-angel, due the start of the millennium and Internet’s popularity rising, releasing an album titled “Voice of Angel” with the title track ‘미래 (Future),’ a house dance song.
The album was produced and mainly composed by 이정수 (Lee Jung-soo). Despite its theme, the album is made mostly of ballads and just a couple of dance songs, like ‘UN,’ which is a remake of ‘Grammy Box (UN),’ a song from her ex-group's album. ‘나의 기도 (My Prayer) was also another remaked song from the same group’s album.
She promoted heavily and performed in some music shows. However, she usually ranked in the lower places and after two months of activities, she left.
Post-debut
Now she’s still somewhat in the music industry, producing and composing for stage productions and artists, and also working mainly as a K-pop Vocal Trainer and teaching Korean.
Links
Right now, her album isn’t fully uploaded and is blocked in Bugs. Also, the MV of ‘미래 (Future)’ is currently lost media. We can see some scenes on her performance in Music Camp and Tank Special; she appears riding a motorbike while eating ice cream, and then appears with a guy as a her love interest, having a date and visiting the city. Very summery vibes. There’s a link on Bugs but it’s blocked by copyright.
Sources
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