| Mint | |||||||||||
| Native Name: | กุญช์ภัสส์ พรปวีณ์วรกุล | ||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | th | ||||||||||
| Alias: | Mintty | ||||||||||
| Landscape: | no | ||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Goonshipas Peonpaweevorakul | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1994 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | –present | ||||||||||
| Origin: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Genre: | K-pop | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Singer | ||||||||||
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Goonshipas Peonpaweevorakul (Thai: กุญช์ภัสส์ พรปวีณ์วรกุล; ; born June 23, 1994), better known by the nickname Mint (; Thai: มิ้นท์), also known as Mintty, is a Thai singer based in South Korea. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Tiny-G.
She started dancing when she was 5, and at 11 years old was chosen to be a backup dancer for Thailand's most famous singer, Thongchai McIntyre. She has been in Thailand's dancing industry ever since.[1] [2] [3]
In 2009, Mint participated in a cover dance contest in "Snowy Korea", an annual Korean festival in Thailand.[4] [3] [5] She showed her exceptional dancing skills and was noticed by JYP Entertainment and GNG Production.[3] [5] [1] She chose to be with GNG, which is how she started her career in South Korea.[3] [1] [5]
In 2012, she debuted in the girl group Tiny-G as the group's main dancer/lead rapper/sub-vocalist alongside J.Min (leader, main vocals), Dohee (lead vocals) and Myeong Ji (main rapper, sub-vocalist).[3] A representative from Tiny G's agency described them as, "Tiny G is a four-member girl group with an average height of 153cm.[3] Although they are petite, they are a hip hop group who can b-boy. [...] They are short, but will present music of powerful feeling to separate themselves from the many other girl groups." The name "Tiny G" is a combination of the English words "tiny" and "giant".[6]
Before their debut, the group appeared on MBC's show Show Champion on April 24, 2012 and performed the track "Polaris", which singer Jay Park and actress Lee Si-young had made for them as a gift through MBC's Music and Lyrics.[7] The instrumentation was composed and produced by Cha Cha Malone and Jay Park. The song "Polaris" and was released on May 5. After Music and Lyrics was broadcast, Tiny-G became the number one searched term on many Korean search engines.[8]
Their debut single "Tiny-G" was released on August 23, 2012,[9] along with the music video.[10] They made their debut on M! Countdown with "Tiny-G".[11] The group released their second single, "미니마니모 (Minimanimo)" on January 21, 2013.[12] The music video was released the same day.[12] On June 13, 2013, the group performed an OST for the game Dragon Nest titled "Here We Go".[13] On October 1, 2013, they released their third single, "보고파 (Bogopa, Miss You)".[14] The music video was also released the same day.
Following member Myungji's departure, Tiny-G came back as a trio on July 3 with the song "Ice Baby".[15]
On November 2, 2014, it was revealed that Mint would be a part of Tiny-G's first subunit "Tiny-G M" along with J.Min.[16] Promoting mainly in Thailand, the duo released their first single, "The Only One", featuring Thai artist Natthew.[17] The music video was released on November 25 and featured appearances by Natthew and Tiny-G member Dohee.[17]
On February 10, 2015, GNG Production announced that Tiny-G was going into an indefinite hiatus, with Dohee continuing on as an actress, while Mint and J.Min would continue on with their singing careers.[18] [19]
Mint was a guest actress in the Thai series Plerng Tawan which has aired since August 31, 2015. She was a guest in the short series Zeal 5.
On April 7, 2016, Mint signed onto a new agency, JSL COMPANY.[20] [21] On April 14, 2016, she released her first solo single 'Already Go Lady (Ulleri Ggolleri, Already Go Lady)' under the new stage name 'Mintty'.[22] The music video was also released the same day.[22]
In 2017 she joined the cast of web drama The Idolmaster KR as well as the attached girl group "Real Girls Project".[23]
Mint also went on to participate in KBS' The Unit Idol Rebooting Project but was eliminated at place 38.