Neon Bunny

In this Korean name, the family name is Lim.

Lim Yoo-jin (Korean: 임유진), better known by her stage name Neon Bunny (야광토끼), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. At the ninth annual Korean Music Awards in 2012, she won Best Pop Album for Seoulight.^[1]

Neon Bunny
Born	Lim Yoo-jin
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Doggy Rich, Flau
Korean name
Hangul	임유진
RR	Im Yujin
MR	Im Yujin
Stage name
Hangul	야광토끼
Hanja	夜光토끼
RR	Yagwang Tokki
MR	Yagwang T'okki

Life and career

Prior to her solo debut, Neon Bunny was a session keyboard player for the South Korean indie rock group The Black Skirts.^[2] She debuted in 2011 with the album Seoulight.^[3] After making her debut, she released an EP entitled Happy Ending in 2012 as a follow-up to Seoulight.^[4]

In 2014, Neon Bunny released the single "It's You."^[5] In 2015, she released "Romance in Seoul," which was ranked at number 8 on Noisey's "Top 20 K-pop Songs of 2015" list.^[6] In 2016, she released "Forest of Skyscrapers," the video of which was inspired by Wong Kar-wai's films and Japanese animation like Akira.^[7]

On July 13, 2016, she released the second album, Stay Gold, which includes "It's You," "Romance in Seoul," and "Forest of Skyscrapers."^[8] It was named by Bandcamp as one of the best Korean electro-pop releases of 2016.^[9]

On November 25, 2017, she released the single "Now." The single was written, arranged and produced by Neon Bunny, and mixed and mastered by Cliff Lin.^[10]

Discography

Albums

• Seoulight (2011)
• Stay Gold (2016)
• Kosmos (2021)^[11]

EPs

• Happy Ending (2012)

Singles

• "It's You" (2014)
• "Romance in Seoul" (2015)
• "Forest of Skyscrapers" (2016)
• "Now" (2017)
• "Tell Me" (2018)
• "Girl" (2019)

Compilations

• "Lost in Love" from My Secret Hotel OST Part 2 (2014)

Guest appearances

• Demicat – "Singing Bird" from Out Loud (2013)
• Smells – "Listen to Your Heart" from Up and Down (2013)
• Spazzkid – "Daytime Disco" (2014)
• Demicat – "Light" from Oredorok (2017)
• Night Tempo – "Overture" from Moonrise (2018)
• Swimrabbit – "Azilangi" (2018)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Cyworld Digital Music Awards	Tam Eum Mania (April)	"Can't Stop Thinking About You"	Won	[12]
2012	Korean Music Awards	Best New Artist	Seoulite	Nominated	[13]
		Best Pop Album		Won	[14]
		Best Pop Song	"Polar Bear"	Nominated	[15]
2017		Best Dance & Electronic Album	Stay Gold	Nominated	[16]