Ko Woo Rim is a South Korean singer and the youngest member of the boyband Forestella. He is also an independent artist, having signed an exclusive contract with Beat Interactive for his solo productions. 

This year, he and his girlfriend, figure skater Kim Yuna announced that the two of them are planning on getting married in a private ceremony in October, 2022.

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As a child, Rim was musically-inclined thanks to his mother, who is a classically-trained former singer. While he first started by learning the piano with intention of becoming a pianist, thanks to the encouragement from his middle school homeroom teacher, he ended up taking vocal lessons after she heard him sing. Subsequently, Rim was enrolled at the Gyeongbuk Arts High School where he specialised in vocals. During his time at Gyeongbuk Arts, he entered regional and national singing competitions. 

He joined the Seoul National University in 2015 as a voice major. It was there that he met future LA POEM member, Park Ki Hun. The following year, the two entered the Toulouse International Singing Competition in France, along with Letteamor member Gil Byeong Min. The competition was Kim’s first competition abroad. He did well, reaching the semi-finals. 

From 2017 to 2018, Kim entered the Phantom Singer competition. His return from Toulouse made him feel that being only a classical singer was limiting and hence he wanted to challenge himself. He auditioned for Phantom Singer with two other SNU singers.

While he passed the auditions, he was eliminated during the ‘1vs1’ where he lost to EDITION member Sime Kosta. However, judges gave him a a free pass preventing his elimination. He was drafted to sing a duet by Cho Min Kyu in a duet competition. Prior to the finals, Forestella was formed. At the finals, the newly formed boyband took to the stage and won. 

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In March 2018, Forestella debuted their first studio album, Evolution. That same year, Kim took part in the Don Giovanni opera, playing Don Pedro/Il Commendatore at his debut performance at the Seoul Arts Center.