Seola (singer)
South Korean singer and actress
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Kim Hyun-jung (Korean: 김현정), known professionally as Seola (Korean: 설아; 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.[1] 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".[2][3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] The group is composed of four members: Yoojung, Doyeon, Seola, and Luda.[7] On June 1, 2018, they released the single "Strong" along with a music video.[8][9]
On June 14, 2018, Seola released "Love Virus" for the soundtrack of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim alongside labelmate Kihyun.[10][11] 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.[12][13] In August 2020, Seola starred in the Netflix original series Goedam.[14] In April 2021, WJSN's second sub-unit named The Black was formed with Seola and fellow members Exy, Bona, and Eunseo.[15] 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.[16][17] In January 2022, Seola released "100 percent" for the soundtrack of Best Mistake 3 with groupmate Yeonjung.[18] In April 2023, Seola was selected as a DJ on KBS Radio's Station Z.[19][20]
On January 23, 2024, Seola made her solo debut with the single album Inside Out.[21]
Discography
Single albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [22] | |||
| Inside Out |
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8 |
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Singles
Soundtrack appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR DL [25] | |||
| "Love Virus" (with Kihyun) |
2018 | 67 | What's Wrong with Secretary Kim OST |
| "See Saw" (with Park Kyung) |
2020 | — | Backstreet Rookie OST |
| "At the End of the Day" | 2021 | 129 | Growing Season OST |
| "Happy Ending is Mine" | 158 | Love in Black Hole OST | |
| "100 Percent" (with Yeonjung) |
2022 | 132 | Best Mistake 3 OST Part 1 |
| "Lover" | 137 | Summer Strike OST Part 8 | |
| "By My Side" | 2023 | — | The Beloved Little Princess OST |
| "Stay" (with Cravity's Taeyoung) |
189 | Man and Woman OST Part 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||
Composition credits
All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless otherwise stated.[26]
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Lyrics | Music | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
| 2020 | WJSN | "Our Garden" | Neverland |  |
Jinli (Full8loom), Exy | |
Glory Face (Full8loom), Jinli (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom) |
| 2021 | "New Me" | Unnatural | |
Jinli (Full8loom), Exy | |
Glory Face (Full8loom), Jinli (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom) | |
| 2024 | Seola | "NO GIRL" | Inside Out | |
Brother Su | |
Brother Su |
| "Let’s Talk (Loneliness)" | |
Jinli (Full8loom), Youra | |
Jinli (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom) | |||
| "Without U" | |
Jinli (Full8loom) | |
woojin (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom) | |||
Videography
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Urban Myths | Ji-hye | Segment: "The Closet" | [29][30] |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Chicago Typewriter | Herself | Cameo (Episode 3) | [31] |
Web series
Television shows
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | King of Mask Singer | Contestant | Using stage name "Observatory" (Episode 173–174) | [36] |
