Min-seo drops 'DEAD LOVE' R&B single while starring in SBS football show

Min-seo (Kim Min-seo, 29) is juggling two full-time gigs right now. Music and football.

Two singles, two sounds

DEAD LOVE just landed—a lo-fi hip-hop-inflected R&B track that leans into a deliberately cold emotional register. The single sidesteps the typical breakup song formula in favor of something more forceful. Before that came Deep Dawn in March 2026, a mid-tempo pop track that mixed retro sensibility, synth-pop production, and rock guitar energy into a coming-of-age story.

Both singles trace back to her first mini-album The Diary of Youth, which featured the title track 2cm with Paul Kim. Her official debut was the 2018 digital single 멋진 꿈, though she'd already notched back-to-back music show wins in 2017 with 좋아—first place on SBS Inkigayo and KBS 2TV Music Bank.

Jersey 27, four goals

On the variety circuit, Min-seo plays defender wearing number 27 for FC발라드림 on SBS 골 때리는 그녀들. In Season 8's G League, she started five matches and scored four goals with two assists. Four goals from a defender is not nothing.

Her acting resume includes the film 1980 (playing 철수 이모), the film 맨홀 (as 차희주), and the drama 이미테이션 (as 유리아, a member of fictional girl group 티파티). She's also appeared in web dramas 좀 예민해도 괜찮아 2 and 어쨌든 기념일.

Min-seo's fanclub goes by 민들레—meaning "Let's listen to Min-seo's songs"—and she has a dandelion tattoo on her right arm to match. When asked about her recent short haircut, she kept it simple: "Yes, well... I cut it."