Seola | |
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Born | Kim Hyun-jung December 26, 1994[1] |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2016–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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Member of |
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Formerly of | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김현정 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeon-jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏnchŏng |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 설아 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seol-a |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏl A |
Kim Hyun-jung (Korean: 김현정; born December 24, 1994), 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.
See also: WJSN |
Seola was revealed to be a member of WJSN and its "Sweet Unit" on December 24, 2015.[2] 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".[3][4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] The group is composed of four members: Yoojung, Doyeon, Seola, and Luda.[8] On June 1, 2018, they released the single "Strong" along with a music video.[9][10]
On June 14, 2018, Seola released "Love Virus" for the soundtrack of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim alongside labelmate Kihyun.[11][12]
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.[13][14]
In August 2020, Seola starred in the Netflix original series Goedam.[15][16]
In April 2021, WJSN's second sub-unit named The Black was formed with Seola and fellow members Exy, Bona, and Eunseo.[17]
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.[18][19]
In January 2022, Seola released "100 percent" for the soundtrack of Best Mistake 3 with groupmate Yeonjung.[20]
In April 2023, Seola was selected as a DJ on KBS Radio's Station Z.[21][22]
On January 23, 2024, Seola made her solo debut with the single album Inside Out.[23]
See also: WJSN discography and WJMK (group) § Discography |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [24] | |||
Inside Out |
Track listing
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Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
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KOR DL [26] | |||
"Flower" | 2023 | 160 | Non-album singles |
"Teddy Bear" | 58 | ||
"Without U" | 2024 | 28 | Inside Out |
Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
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KOR DL [27] | |||
"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. |
All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless otherwise stated.[28]
Year | Artist | Song | Album | Lyrics | Music | ||
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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) |
See also: WJSN § Filmography |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | Urban Myths | Ji-hye | Segment: "The Closet" | [29][30] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | Chicago Typewriter | Herself | Cameo (Episode 3) | [31] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2017 | Good Morning Double-Decker Bus | Shi Young | [6] |
2019 | In-Out Sider | Somin | [32] |
2020 | Goedam | Min Young | [33] |
2021 | Love in Black Hole | Eunha | [34][35] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | King of Mask Singer | Contestant | Using stage name "Observatory" (Episode 173–174) | [36] |
Year | Title | Director(s) | Duration | Ref. |
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2024 | "Without U" | Studio GA.ZE SOZE | 3:14 | [37][38] |