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= Aron (Singer) = Aaron Youngmin Kwak(Hangul:곽영민; born May 21, 1993), more commonly known as Aron, is an American- Korean rapper, dancer and singer of South Korean boy group NU'EST. He is the oldest member of NU'EST and acts as the representative English speaker of the group.

Pre-Debut
Aron was scouted at the same Korean festival that 2PM's Nichkhun was also scouted at. He also participated in the “Pledis USA Personal Audition” in 2011 singing and rapping Ne-Yo’s ‘So Sick’, where he received the highest score and was immediately casted by the company.

Prior to debut Aron made an appearance in “Love Letter” as a part of After School Boys. He was also featured along with JR, Minhyun and Ren in a commercial for New Balance with After School’s Lizzy. On January 19th, 2012, Pledis released teaser pictures of members, Minhyun and Aron, NU'EST joining JR in the line up of members revealed.

2012-2016
On March 15th, 2012, Aron officially debuted along side JR, Ren, Baekho and Minhyun as a member of the group NU'EST and performing their debut song “Face” on M! Countdown was his first appearance as a member of the group. They went on to release Happy Pledis 2nd Album, Re:BIRTH, NU'EST Best In Korea, Bridge the World, and a few EP’s Action, Hello, Sleep Talking, Shalala Ring, I’m Bad, Na.Na.Na.Namida, Q is and CANVAS.

Aron collaborated with Chad Future on the “Got it Figured Out” music video. He was also a DJ for Music Access of Arirang from April 8th,2013 to April 19th, 2015 wherein August 14th, 2015 he then started hosting as a DJ for his own show called “Aron’s Hangout” on SBS PopAsia later leaving the program on April 22, 2016.

2017-Present
He was unable to participate with the rest of the members of NU'EST in Produce 101 (season 2) due to a knee injury. Aron watched his members on tv and participated in the voting. During this time, he was also featured in Raina’s solo “Loop” as well as the music video. After the program, Produce 101 (season 2), ended with Minhyun being chosen to temporarily debut with Wanna One, that left the rest of the members to start preparing for a comeback in the second half of 2017. Aron, JR, Ren, and Baekho formed the sub unit NU'EST W with the W representing wait, signifying that they will wait for Minhyun’s return to the group. The sub unit soon afterwards released a special single called “If You (있다면)” among other songs and mini albums released.

On August 28th, 2018, Aron was invited to appear as a guest on a show called Problematic Men where he shocked the cast with his SAT scores to which he said "Out of the total score of 2,400, I got 2,180," adding, "I got 14 questions wrong." along with a detailed explanation, "I got 3 wrong in math, 11 in reading, and the full perfect score in the essay.". Which placed him within the top 0.5% of performers on his SAT report card.

Personal Life
Aron was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,USA. His family consists of his parents, and his two younger siblings, Hannah and Grace Kwak. He attended Loyola High School which is an all-boys Jesuit Preparatory school located in Southern California. He was later accepted into New York University’s journalism program in 2011 but decided to decline the acceptance in order to pursue his music career instead. Aron is the owner of 3 dogs Noah, Kkotsooni, whom he rescued after she was abandoned in a parking lot, and Mel who now lives in Busan with Minhyun’s sister Sujin as he didn’t have time to take care of him.

Controversies
A clip from label mate’s, Seventeen, show “Seventeen TV” from 2015 surfaced showing Aron cursing at and referring to members as “retarded” this caused a huge outrage from fans of both groups. Shortly after the news broke out, Aron released a statement of apology.

Health
During NU'EST’s showcase comeback rehearsal on March 13th, 2013 Aron injured his thigh while practicing and was rushed to the hospital. On July 20th, 2013 it was reported that Aron had symptoms of fever and nausea and was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with acute enteritis. He was unable to participate in Produce 101 (season 2) in 2017 due to a knee injury. Due to a viral eye infection on January 16th,2018 Aron had to reduce his schedules as medical professionals advised to minimize physical contact with other people.

Discography
main article: NU'EST

Filmography
main article: NU'EST