Seola (singer)

Kim Hyun-jung (), known professionally as Seola (; stylized as SeolA), is a South Korean singer and actress, best known as a member of the South Korean girl group WJSN.

Career

2016–2017: Debut with WJSN, and acting debut

Seola was revealed to be a member of WJSN and its "Sweet Unit" on December 24, 2015. WJSN debuted on February 25, 2016, with the release of their debut EP '' Would You Like?'', including the lead singles "Mo Mo Mo" and "Catch Me".

In August 2016, Seola, alongside group members Exy, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, Yeoreum, and Dayoung collaborated with label mates Monsta X to form the unit "Y-Teen". Y-teen was a project unit group that promoted as CF models for KT's phone fare service and would release EPs, music videos, and various entertainment content.

In November 2017, Seola made her acting debut when she was cast for a supporting role in Naver TV's short web-drama ''Good Morning Double-Decker Bus''.

2018–present: WJMK, The Black and solo debut

On May 2, 2018, Starship Entertainment and Fantagio collaborated to form a special four-member unit named WJMK, consisting of members of their respective girl groups WJSN and Weki Meki. The group is composed of four members: Yoojung, Doyeon, Seola, and Luda. On June 1, 2018, they released the single "Strong" along with a music video.

On June 14, 2018, Seola released "Love Virus" for the soundtrack of ''What's Wrong with Secretary Kim'' alongside labelmate Kihyun. In June 2019, Seola starred in Naver TV's web drama ''In-Out Sider'' as Jung So-min, an icon of students' first love, who has everything from appearance, personality, and studies to missing. In August 2020, Seola starred in the Netflix original series ''Goedam''. In April 2021, WJSN's second sub-unit named The Black was formed with Seola and fellow members Exy, Bona, and Eunseo. In June 2021, Seola was cast as the female lead in web drama ''Love in Black Hole'' as the character Eunha, who finds a white hole in her room and searches for traces of the person she likes. In January 2022, Seola released "100 percent" for the soundtrack of ''Best Mistake 3'' with groupmate Yeonjung''.'' In April 2023, Seola was selected as a DJ on KBS Radio's ''Station Z''.

On January 23, 2024, Seola made her solo debut with the single album '' Inside Out''.

Discography

Single albums

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless otherwise stated.

Videography

Music videos

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television shows

References

External links

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1994 births
Living people
K-pop singers
People from Mapo District
Singers from Seoul
Actresses from Seoul
South Korean women pop singers
Starship Entertainment artists
Cosmic Girls members
South Korean female idols
21st-century South Korean women singers
South Korean film actresses
South Korean web series actresses
21st-century South Korean actresses