Samuel Kim Arredondo, better known as Samuel, is a Korean-American singer born in 2002 in Los Angeles, California.

He began his career as a contestant on the second season of the South Korean audition show K-Pop Star in 2012. He was also briefly a trainee at Pledis Entertainment and trained alongside the members of Seventeen. However, since he was still very young, he unfortunately did not make it into the group. Although he did not win, he gained attention and was signed by Brave Entertainment.

Samuel debuted in 2015 as a member of the group 1Punch, which disbanded shortly after their debut. In 2017, he launched his solo career and released his first mini-album Sixteen, which performed well on the charts. Samuel has made a name for himself in the K-pop scene and has built a loyal fanbase.