Background
Her mother, Jungmi Kim, is Korean. Shannon has twin half brothers, Christian Lees and Jonah Lees, from her father"s previous relationship.
Her mother, Jungmi Kim, is Korean. Shannon has twin half brothers, Christian Lees and Jonah Lees, from her father"s previous relationship.
She is currently signed under Directory of American Philosophers Sound, a division of MBK Entertainment. Shannon"s father, Chris Williams Lees, is Welsh. Her Korean name is Arrum (Hangul: 아름.
ready reckoner: Areum).
Shannon is also known as "Shannon Pix", which is the name caused by misrepresentation during her appearance on Business School"s Star King. According to her official Twitter account, she once considered using "Shannon Pix" as her stage name instead of "Shannon Williams". Both of them are actors and musicians.
While attending Sylvia Young Theatre School in the United Kingdom at the age of 7, Shannon was given the role of Cosette in Les Miserables musical performances.
Pre-debut She later came to South of Korea in 2010 to appear on Business School"s Star King. On the show, she expressed her singing excellence which received attention in 2011.
However, in July 2013, before debuting with F-ve Dolls, Shannon was withdrawn. The reason is that she wanted to be like her role model BoA. Core Contents media stated launched a plan to debut her as a solo artist that would take about 1–2 years of training.
On 23 November 2013, Shannon appeared on an Indiana University episode of JTBC"s Hidden Singer 2, and she was able to enter the final round.
2014: Debut with Daybreak Rain On 18 January 2014, she performed Indiana University"s "Good Day" and Beyonce"s "Listen" on the King of King round of JTBC"s Hidden Singer 2, but she was unable to appear on the final stage. On 29 January 2014, she released her new single, "Remember You", which featured Jongkook from Speed. On 12 February 2014, Shannon and Dani performed "Let lieutenant Go", a song from the film Frozen, and Rihanna"s "Diamonds" on Business School Music Television"s Speed showcase called Speed Day.
On 1 December 2014, Shannon released her debut single, "Daybreak Rain" debuted at number 32 on Gaon digital chart.
On 26 December 2014, she released a collaboration single, "Breath", with Vasco and Giriboy. 2015-present: Eighteen, Moorim School drama On 5 March 2015, Shannon announced the impending release of her first mini album Eighteen and single "Why Why".
On 17 September 2015, it was announced that she will be appearing in the upcoming drama Moorim School, as Shannon, which start airing on 11 January 2016. This was her first drama acting job in of Korea.
Prior her debut, Shannon was released single album, Day and Night featuring Areum (former member of T-ara) and Gun-ji (Gavy New Jersey) in 2012. In 2013, Shannon was recruited as a new member of F-ve Dolls.
