Bailey Sok
Bailey Drew Sok (Korean 석 베일리 드류, born as 석 유진 (Sok Yu-jin, Seok Yujin) on February 24, 2004 in Placentia, Orange County, Califonia, also known by her stage name 베일리 (Bailey)) is a Korean-American professional dancer, international choreographer, celebrity choreographer, dance teacher, singer (K-Pop, Rap), actress and model, an amateur golfer and a philanthropist with Korean roots. She is currently living in South Korea.
| Bailey Drew Sok (석 유진) | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | 21 |
| Birthdate | February 24, 2004 |
| Nationality | Korean-American |
| Hometown | Placentia, Orange County, California |
| Height | 5'5" |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black Pink & Blonde (at one time) |
| School Grade | Class of 2022 |
| Professional Information | |
| Profession | Choreographer Dancer Dance Teacher Singer (Kpop) Actress Model Amateur Golfer |
| Affiliations | World of Dance S-Rank Kinjaz ALLDAY PROJECT THEBLACKLABEL |
| Dance Studios | Dance Precisions Just Plain Dancin' |
| Titles | see below |
| Friends and Family | |
| Parents | Judie Sok (mother; former Miss Korea) Andrew Sok (father) |
| Siblings | Kylie Sok Brittney Sok |
| Friends | Anna Cathcart Ken San Jose Josh Price Julian DeGuzman Gabe De Guzman Logan Sienna Lalau Jenna Alvarez Tate McRae Big Will Simmons Tahani Anderson Sean Lew Kaycee Rice Logan Edra Audrey Lane-Partlow |
| Pets | Thumper (dog) |
| Nicknames | Bai, Bails |
Bailey Sok has worked with a lot of K-Pop artists, such as Red Velvet, Seulgi, Taeyang, Jimin of BTS, Lisa from Blackpink, Taemin, SHINee, Aespa, Jackson Wang, Kai, Lay Zhang, Minnie of (G)i dle, Wengie and Meovv. As a dancer she has appeared on TV shows like America’s Got Talent and NBC’s World of Dance. She’s also been featured in many dance videos on YouTube that have gone viral and in music videos of many famous artists, such as Tate McRae, Jackson Wang, KSI, K Camp and Justin Park. She’s also been noticed by celebrities like Rihanna, Billie Eilish, Ciara, Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Cardi B, Anderson Pask from Silksonic, DJ Khalid, Smino, Jennifer Anniston, Lee Youngji, Ed Sheeran, DK of Ikon, Zico, Jay Park, Keyshia Cole, Dwayne Wade and a few others. At the age of 14, Bailey had become an international dance teacher and choreographer.[1][2][3] She’s also acted and made her debut as an actress playing Viv Anderson on Brat's YouTube series Zoe Valentine during season 2.[4] Since June 2025, she is officially a member of the new K-Pop Group ALLDAY PROJECT and signed for THEBLACKLABEL.
She performed in season 9 of America's Got Talent with her group Buns & Roses.[5][6][7] In 2018, she competed with S-Rank in season two of NBC's World of Dance in the Upper Team division between the adults teams. Bailey was the youngest member on her team being only 13 years old in her crew. S-Rank won their division and made it the world finals. She has performed with Janet Jackson, Meghan Trainor, Alessia Cara, Jason Derulo, Marshmello, who she co-choreographed to his song "Happier". She also performed with Sofia Carson and DJ Steve Aoki on Radio Disney's ARDYs.[8] Bailey was interviewed for Dance Network's To the Pointe [9] and Showstopper.
She started dancing when she was 2.5-3 years old. Bailey was first on stage when she was five years old, took her first industrial classes at the age of five and started competing at the age of five. She was a competitive dancer for Dance Precisions before she moved to Just Plain Dancin'. Bailey was part of Molly Long's dance group Molly's Monsters whose dance videos would go viral.[2]
Bailey started home schooling when she was in the 8th grade. She’s taken classes in acting and vocal lessons. Bailey is a versatile dancer having trained in ballet, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop and other styles. She’s mostly focusing on hip-hop now. She was strongly influenced by her teacher and later team leader of S-Rank Melvin Timtim. Bailey plays golf too, since she was five and it has become her second passion.
In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under. In that same year, she competed on Dance-Off Juniors season 2 episode 1.
In 2018, Bailey got to work with Keone and Mari Madrid and danced in one of the scenes for their Ruth dance book. Bailey appeared on the Korean Show Why Not The Dancer as a background dancer. She’s seen in episode 2 with Brian Friedman and Lia Kim and episode 6 with Ian Eastwood. [3][4] 2019 Bailey appeared in K Camp Lottery (Renegade) music video In Feb 2019, Bailey danced on one of Matt's class routines on a video with 20M+ views and two more videos with about 10M+ headlining her name. YouTube listed about 20 videos with 1M+ views featuring her name. At just 14 years old Bailey got to work on a K/DA Pop/Stars Dance video for the hugely known League of Legends video game company and contributed with a team of professional dancers - Ellen Kim, Stevie Doré and Eileen Harman - the matrix as dancing heroes for the music video and also for the onfly CGI addon opening show of the 2018 world finals of the e-sports game "League of Legends" with 173M+ views and the behind-the-scene dance video by them within 7M+ views within 3.5 months. - The world final 2019 of the game attracted more viewers than the Super Bowl. [10]
In 2019, Bailey won an award at the Arena Awards for "Rising Star of the Year." She co-choreographed the music video 'EMPIRE' by WENGIE ft. MINNIE of G-idle shortly before which passed 10M+ views in Aug 2020. She also co-choreographed her first music video for Red Velvet to the song "Psycho", [11] which passed 36M+ views in just one week.[12] She performed in two concept videos of the The Kinjaz's Sakura project. [13] [14]
At 15 years old, she taught dance workshop classes in Australia - going to Sidney, Melbourne and Brisbane a full continental tour [15] [16] [17] - she also taught classes in Korea, Portugal, Japan and as part of the faculty of Europe's biggest convention Fair Play Dance Camp in Krakow, Poland being their youngest teacher ever and performed a nice showcase there as well as in Singapore. Bailey also appeared on MTV Asia with S-Rank. She played Viv Anderson on season two of Brat's YouTube series Zoe Valentine and showed off her acting talent. She made also a promo to Bailey Sok | Descendants 3 | Good to Be Bad | Disney Channel x DanceOn.
In 2020, she co-starred on KSI's new music video Poppin (feat Lil Pump & Smokepurpp). She has appeared in a Radio Disney commercial and also choreographed for Disney's new dance series On The One! episode two. [18] She competed again in NBC World of Dance this time with Kida the Great, which was taped before the coronavirus quarantine. Their performance together gave JLo the goosies. Their last performance on the show was choreographed by Keone Madrid. After NBC’s World of Dance Bailey once again worked with Keone Madrid but this time he worked with Bailey & Kida on a concept video "HIT A LICK". Bailey co-choreographed for Lee Tae-min's (김태우) (Shinee, SuperM) music video "IDEA"[19], SMTown along with Keone Madrid, Ian Eastwood and Kasper (김태우 92/5/24). She once again choreographed for another K-Pop's group this time for the K-Pop group SHINee's, "Don't Call Me" music video. She starred in the concept video for "K/DA – DRUM GO DUM mit Aluna, Wolftyla, Bekuh BOOM" which on November 21, 2020 passed 1.4M+ views within 19 hours.
In 2021 Bailey filmed as the character Lucky for the upcoming movie Keep Moving The Movie.[20] Bailey also appeared in a scene with actress Kate Hudson on episode 3 of the Apple TV show "Truth to be Told". On April 9th. she taught her first class which was sold out at the Millennium Dance Complex LA, and broke the record being the youngest teacher they ever had at 17. [21] Bailey is also a model and has paid sponsorships with Givenchy, Yslbeauty, Rayban, Spotify, Samsung and Nike.[22] Bailey appeared in a Samsung commercial that ran internationally. Bailey also worked with Nike on a commercial ad. The Bailey x Nike commercial ad was played on a giant screen billboard at the Stables Center and also on 3 giant billboard screens in front of Stables Center in LA as well - Nike billboards. She also became an official member of the dance group The Kinjaz and is among the first females to join along with being the youngest member they have had. As a philanthropist she has helped to support Red Cross Australia, for the bush fire victims.[23] As well as making bake goods and donating her earnings from classes she has taught to support charities on different occasions. Bailey co- choreograph for Aespa's (에스파) "Savage" [24]. The "Savage" music video passed 100M+ views in 20 days. Bailey also co-choreographed for K-Pop Kai’s "Peaches" music video.
In 2022, Bailey appeared as the lead dancer in Tate McRae’s She’s All I Wanna Be music video. She also taught in a few cities as part of the faculty with Kaos Dance Convention. She choreographed also for Aespa's new Song MV and live performance "illusion".[25] Bailey worked with Spotify to promote Roblox Spotify Island K-Park which they made an avatar for Bailey that appears in the game. Bailey worked with Jackson Wang and appeared in his music video "Cruel" as the female lead where she played the Queen. She also got nominated along with her Kinjaz brother Anthony Lee for the World Choreography Awards in the category Digital Content Independent for their collab video for "Somebody that I used to know". At the end of 2022 Bailey co-choreographed Seugli’s 28 reasons.
In the beginning of 2023, Bailey choreographed for TAEYANG - 'VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS)' music video released on January 13 which passed 29M+ views in one day.[26][27] Bailey yet again choreographed another music video for Taeyang for his new song Shoong! ft. Lisa from Blackpink. In May of 2023 Bailey co-choreographed yet again for Aespa, this time it was for the 'Spicy' performance and 'Spicy' music video. On the 9th of May, Bailey won the Dance Creator of the Year in Adweek’s Creator Visionary.[5] Bailey also worked with Nike and did a shoot and filmed a promo for Nike which was shared on the Nike website and also Nike’s Women Instagram account. Afterwards she choreographed a show dance break for Lisa (Lalisa Manobal, Thai. ลลิสา มโนบาล) of Blackpink.[28] Bailey also worked with Somi for 'Gold Gold Gold' with Lee Jung. She co-choreographed Red Velvet's Knock Knock for their 2024 FANCON tour.
In 2024, She also co-choreographed for the MEOVV's music video of their debut single MEOW.[29] She then also co-choreographed their song BODY. On July 1, the teen film Dance Rivals from director Nayip Ramos was released; it was where Bailey was a member of the competing crews (Trailer).[30]
On June 8, 2025, Bailey revealed that she signed for THEBLACKLABEL as member of the ALLDAY PROJECT. She was picked by rapper and producer Teddy as part of the new co-ed group he was forming. Their debut single FAMOUS was released on June 23, 2025 6PM (KST).[31][32] Instantly her Instagram followers awakening and she had over 50,000 more in one day. So all internet rumors[33] were true, she is becoming an idol. On June 16, 2025, ALLDAY PROJECT's official music video ‘FAMOUS’ had 3.8M+ views in one day and was #17 in trendy music videos. Documentation ALLDAY PROJECT - ‘DAY 1’ with an introduction of all members. What is ALLDAY PROJECT? On June 23, 2025, ALLDAY PROJECT release two versions of performance videos to their song Wicked - VER. A - MOVIE SET and VER. B - BASEMENT. On June 25, 2025, ALLDAY PROJECT had their first live performance on Mnet of FAMOUS and one day later to Wicked Live. 2 days they perform the songs on MBCKpop (Famous and SBSKpo (FAMOUS, Wicked). On November 17, 2025 their new ALLDAY PROJECT - ‘ONE MORE TIME’ M/V was released.
So it gets hard to keep up about her career as Kpop idol in a way her PR managers cannot do better and that's about it.
Dances
Solos
| Year | Dance Name | Dance Style | Competition | Place Awards |
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| 2012 | Don't Upset the Rhythm | Jazz | KAR (Claremont) | 3rd in Secondary 8 & Under Solos |
| 2013 | Inside the Tornado | unknown | Starpower Nationals (Orlando) | 1st in Power 8 & Under Solos |
| Rhythm Nation | Jazz | Starpower Nationals (Orlando) | entered in competition | |
| Starpower (Pomona) | 3rd in Petite Diamond Solos | |||
| 2014 | Bulletproof | unknown | KAR (Redondo Beach) | 3rd in Secondary 9-11 Solos |
| Cooties | Jazz | Thunderstruck (Long Beach) | 2nd in Petite Shining Star Solos | |
| KAR (Claremont) | 3rd in Primary 8 & Under Solos | |||
| Starpower (San Diego) | 4th in Power 8 & Under Solos | |||
| Showbiz (Riverside) | 10th in Petite Solos |
Trios
| Year | Dance Name | Dance Style | Other Dancers | Competition | Place Awards |
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| 2011 | It's in His Kiss | Jazz | Ava Siniscalchi Lauren Wallingford |
Starpower (San Diego) | 1st in Power 8 & Under Duo/Trios |
| Thunderstruck (Long Beach) | 1st in Petite Shining Star Duo/Trios | ||||
| Showbiz (Riverside) | 9th in Petite Duo/Trios | ||||
| 2013 | Wind it Up | Jazz | Peyton Heitz Kaylee Quinn |
Starpower (Lakewood) | 1st in Age 8 & Under Power Duo/Trios |
World of Dance
These scores represent S-RANK's scores.
| Qualifiers ("One Time Comin") | |
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| Ne-Yo | 92 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 91 |
| Derek Hough | 90 |
| AVERAGE | 91 |
| Duels Round ("Drop It Like It's Hot") | |
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| S-RANK | 94.3 |
| ThaMOST | 85 |
| The Cut ("DNA") | |
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| Ne-Yo | 91 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 93 |
| Derek Hough | 93 |
| AVERAGE | 92.3 |
| Divisional Final ("Gas Pedal") | |
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| Ne-Yo | 96 |
| Misty Copeland | 93 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 94 |
| Derek Hough | 93 |
| AVERAGE | 94 |
| World Final Dance #1 ("Headband") | |
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| Ne-Yo | 91 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 95 |
| Derek Hough | 93 |
| AVERAGE | 93 |
| World Final Dance #2 ("It's Goin' Down") | |
| Ne-Yo | 94 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 94 |
| Derek Hough | 94 |
| AVERAGE | 94 |
| GRAND TOTAL AVERAGE | 93.5 |
S-RANK even though didn’t win the finals they still won the divisional finals and won some money.
In 2020, Bailey competed with Kida the Great as Bailey & Kida on NBC's World of Dance. They made it to up to the semi-finals.
| The Qualifies ("Off the Rip") | |
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| Ne-Yo | 
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| Jennifer Lopez |
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| Derek Hough |
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| AVERAGE |
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| Duels Round ("Iris") | |
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| Bailey & Kida | |
| Ne-Yo |
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| Jennifer Lopez | 
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| Derek Hough |
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| James & Harris | |
| Ne-Yo |
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| Jennifer Lopez |
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| Derek Hough |
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| The Semi Finals | |
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| Keagan Capps ("Bohemian Rhapsody") | |
| Ne-Yo | 89 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 90 |
| Derek Hough | 93 |
| AVERAGE | 90.7 |
| Upeepz ("Bebot”) | |
| Ne-Yo | 89 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 88 |
| Derek Hough | 90 |
| AVERAGE | 89 |
| Jake & Chau ("Say You Love Me”) | |
| Ne-Yo | 96 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 95 |
| Derek Hough | 95 |
| AVERAGE | 95.7 |
| Bailey & Kida ("Momma I Hit a Lick") | |
| Ne-Yo | 91 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 93 |
| Derek Hough | 93 |
| AVERAGE | 92.3 |
| MDC 3 ("This Woman’s Work”) | |
| Ne-Yo | 94 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 98 |
| Derek Hough | 98 |
| AVERAGE | 96.7 |
| Oxygen ("Toccata”) | |
| Ne-Yo | 98 |
| Jennifer Lopez | 97 |
| Derek Hough | 94 |
| AVERAGE | 96.3 |
Just the two best scoring acts advanced to the final. So Bailey & Kida got eliminated.
Dance Titles
- Rising Star of the Year 2019
- The Pulse Protégés Elite Alumna since season 2016/2017 (lifetime title)[34][35]
- Regional Petite Miss Showbiz 2013
- Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2014
Runner-Up Titles
- 4th runner up for Regional Petite Miss Dance KAR 2012 with "Don't Upset the Rhythm"
- 2nd runner up for Regional Junior Miss Super Star 2013
- 2nd runner up for National Petite Miss Starpower 2013 with "Rhythm Nation"
- 1st runner up for Regional Junior Miss Dance KAR 2014 with "Bulletproof"
- 2nd runner up for National WCDE Elite Mini Female Dancer of the Year 2014
Accolades, Awards and Nominations
| Year | Title | Category | Nominated | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Industry Dance Awards | Dancers Choice Award - Favorite dancer 17 & under |
Bailey Sok | Nominated | [36] |
| 2019 | Arena Awards | Rising Star of the Year | Bailey Sok | Won | [37] |
| 2022 | World Choreography Awards | Digital Content Independent | Bailey Sok & Anthony Lee - "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
Norminated | [38] |
| 2023 | Adweek’s Creator Visionary Awards | Dance Creator of the Year | Bailey Sok | Won | [39] |
Quotes
By Bailey
- "Work hard and be nice”, which is something her family as always instilled in her.
- “I’m proud of the discipline I’ve learned. Whenever I feel discouraged about my dancing, I’m able to find the mental strength to push on and move forward. It helps make me a better dancer and stronger person.”[40]
Fun Facts
Contact
Inquiries: baileydreww@gmail.com
Additional Pages
References
- ↑ AMINE - RED MERCEDES | BAILEY WORKSHOP in Seoul
- ↑ Bailey Sok ★She's a B**ch ★ Fair Play Dance Camp 2019 ★
- ↑ Bailey Sok (Melbourne) | Joy X Missy Elliott | GROUNDED Moves
- ↑ Bailey Sok
- ↑ AGT Buns & Roses
- ↑ Buns and Roses dancers
- ↑ Buns & Roses on AGT
- ↑ Artists Bailey Sok has performed with
- ↑ Bailey Sok Talks To The Pointe with Kristyn Burtt
- ↑ CNBC - This e-sports giant draws in more viewers than the Super Bowl, and it’s expected to get even bigger
- ↑ Bailey IG
- ↑ Red Velvet 레드벨벳 'Psycho' Performance Video
- ↑ PROJECT SAKURA: "IF YOU EVER"
- ↑ Project Sakura: "One Touch"
- ↑ Bailey Sok X Midnight | KStar Studios Melbourne | GROUNDED Moves
- ↑ Bailey Sok (Sydney) | Joy X Missy Elliott | GROUNDED Moves
- ↑ Bailey Sok Dance Workshop @ Brisbane Australia
- ↑ Sofia Carson & R3HAB – I Luv U | Bailey Sok Choreography | On The One | Radio Disney
- ↑ Bailey's IG Lee Tae-min
- ↑ keepmovingthemovie IG Bailey
- ↑ MDC's IG Bailey SOK
- ↑ Bailey's IG Nike 2
- ↑ Bailey' IG
- ↑ Bailey's IG Aespa
- ↑ Bailey's IG Aespa "illusion"
- ↑ Bailey's IG Taeyang' MV Vibe feat. Jimin of BTS
- ↑ IG TAEYANG•VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS)
- ↑ Bailey's IG LISA
- ↑ X MEOVV Global
- ↑ Vision Films Set to Release Teen Movie 'Dance Rivals'
- ↑ Bailey's IG AllDAY Project
- ↑ theblacklabel IG
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Protégés Elite Alumni
- ↑ The Pulse Alumni show 2014
- ↑ Industry Dance Awards 2018 for favorite dancer 17 & under
- ↑ 2019 Arena Awards • Rising Star
- ↑ Interview: World Choreography Awards Producer Allen Walls at Avalon Hollywood
- ↑ Interview: World Choreography IG dweek’s third annual #CreatorVisionaryAwards spotlight the innovators and influencers
- ↑ DanceSpirit - You Should Know: Bailey Sok
- ↑ World of Dance Performance Kendrick Lamar's - DNA | S-Rank
- ↑ Bailey's Twitter Bithday Congrats Mom