Villain was born on September 16, 1997, as Lee Daeun (이다은). He is from California, but grew up in Dubai and Canada.

Villain is a member of the korean boy group PLT. His positions in the group are singer, songwriter, composer and producer. He is the youngest member of the group. Villain is also a part of the R&B crew Alphadict. He has also worked as a producer at BigHit Entertainment.

Villain has a tattoo on his legs that says ‘heronamevillain’. As an explenation for the tattoo he says, that he knows that his music might not fit the name villain, but that his full stage name is heronamevillain. He says the meaning behind it is that he wants to be and to have the characteristics in his that would seem like an unhateable villain. Someone who is a villain and a hero at the same time.