Rei Ami Profile, Age, Birthday, Height & (Updated Facts!)

Rei Ami is a Korean-American singer-songwriter and rapper. She provided the singing voice of Zoey from KPop Demon Hunters. She debuted on August 14, 2019 with the single “MAKE IT MINE”.

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Rei Ami Profile

Stage Name	Rei Ami
Birth Name	Sarah Yeeun Lee
English Name	Sarah Lee
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Birthday	May 25, 1995
Active Years	2018–present
Age	30 (in 2025)
Zodiac Sign	Gemini
Height	N/A
Weight	N/A
Nationality	Korean-American
Blood Type	N/A
MBTI	N/A

Rei Ami Facts:

Early Life

– Rei Ami was born in Seoul, South Korea.
– She grew up in Germantown, Maryland, United States after her family relocated from Korea when she was 6 years old.
– She graduated from University of Maryland.

Personal Life

– She said that her name is pronounced as “ray-ahh-mee” and not “ray-uh-mee”.
– She grew up in a Christian family and performed at church services.
– She got diagnosed with depression during her first year of college and found comfort in music during the time.
– She picked the stage name Rei Ami after getting inspired by Sailor Moon’s Sailor Mars (Rei Hino) who has a strong personality and Ami is named after another character in the series Sailor Mercury (Ami Mizuno) who is very intelligent.
– Her social bios phrase is “hello kitty with a knife.”
– She felt the most proud of her success when she went to H MART to buy some noodles and saw a five year old singing “Golden” which really made her emotional and she cried at the mart. (Jimmy Fallon Show )
– She feels Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury represent the two sides of her personality as one is bold and strong while the other is sweet and sensitive.
– She is known for her duality in music and said she is also the same personality wise and can go from crying to being happy in a moment.
– Rei Ami first met EJAE during the recording session for the song “Golden”.
– She released her first song five years after she started recording and writing because she didn’t feel ready.
– She has an older sister.
– She loves R&B music and grew up listening to it.
– She initially wanted to play safe and made a lot of sad R&B songs because she thought that was what people wanted to hear but she went through personal challenges that made her embrace her real self more and she released her debut track. (Ones to Watch)
– She got into hip hop during high school when her friend recommended her to Kendrick’s section.
– She started practicing piano and guitar when she was young.
– She wrote her song “DICTATOR” when she had recently gotten her wisdom tooth removed and was high on Vicodin.
– She works full time for a packaging company and she manages their international and domestic programs. But she said the company is lax and gives her freedom to pursue music. (Ones to Watch)
– Her Chinese zodiac sign is Pig.
– If there is one thing she could say to her 18 year old self, it would be to stop caring about people’s opinion.
– She cried during recordings of HUNT/R songs because of the pressure.

Career

– Rei Ami got popular after her song “Freak” (ft. Sub Urban) went viral in 2020.
– She got signed to Visionary Records after her single “Snowcone” got popular and she had filmed its visualizer with a budget of $100.
– She won the “Best OST” award at the K-World Dream Awards for “Golden” along with Ejae and Audrey Nuna.
– She is known for her unique music style that is unpredictable and genre-blending.

Likes & Dislikes

– Her favorite food is oxtail soup and her mom used to make that during winter mornings before school. (Billboard News)
– She is a big fan of Ant Saunders, especially his song “Yellow Hearts”.
– She likes early 2000s music like 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop,” the Pussycat Dolls, Fergie, old The Black Eyed Peas, Destiny’s Child and Beyonce.
– She became a fan of Billie Eilish after listening to her song “Copycat”.
– She is a huge fan of anime.
– She loves rice more than noodles or carbs. Billboard News)
– Her favorite place in L.A is the H Mart and she said frequently visits the place.