Seola (singer)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Seola
Seola in March 2019
Born	Kim Hyun-jung Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea^[citation needed]
Occupations	Singer actress
Years active	2016–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Starship Yuehua
Member of	WJSN WJSN The Black
Formerly of	Y-Teen WJMK
Korean name
Hangul	김현정
Hanja	金炫廷
Revised Romanization	Gim Hyeon-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hyŏnchŏng
Stage name
Hangul	설아
Hanja	雪娥
Revised Romanization	Seol-a
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏl A

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

See also: WJSN

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

For Seola's discography with WJSN and WJMK, see WJSN discography and WJMK discography.

Single albums

List of single albums with selected details, chart positions and sales

Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [22]
Inside Out	Released: January 23, 2024 Label: Starship Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	8	KOR: 39,342[23]

Singles

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album

Title	Year	Peak chart position	Album
		KOR DL [24]
"Flower"	2023	160	Non-album singles
"Teddy Bear"		58
"Without U"	2024	28	Inside Out

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album

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)

Videography

For Seola's videography with WJMK, see WJMK (group) § Videography.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)	Duration	Ref.
2024	"Without U"	Studio GA.ZE SOZE	3:14	[27][28]

Filmography

For Seola's filmography with WJSN, see WJSN 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

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2017	Good Morning Double-Decker Bus	Shi Young	[5]
2019	In-Out Sider	Somin	[32]
2020	Goedam	Min Young	[33]
2021	Love in Black Hole	Eunha	[34][35]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	King of Mask Singer	Contestant	Using stage name "Observatory" (Episode 173–174)	[36]

References

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2. Seon, Mi-kyeong (February 25, 2016). "우주소녀 "많은 일 겪으며 준비, 데뷔 상상도 못했다"". OSEN. Naver. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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6. [Oh!쎈 컷] "큐티 걸크러시"..우주미키 루다X유정, 프로젝트 유닛 출격 [[Oh!sen Cut] "Cutie Girl Crush"... WJMK Luda X Yoojung, Project Unit Formed]. mosen.mt.co.kr (in Korean). May 11, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
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16. "우주소녀 설아, 웹드라마 '러브 인 블랙홀' 캐스팅...낭만 가득한 은하 役".
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18. 100 percent - 설아 (우주소녀),유연정 (우주소녀) [100 percent - Seola (WJSN), Yoo Yeon-jung (WJSN)]. Melon (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
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21. Park, Jae-hwan (January 1, 2024). "우주소녀 설아, 데뷔 8년 만에 첫 솔로 "인사이드 아웃"" [Cosmic Girls' Seola, first solo "Inside Out" after 8 years of debut]. KBS Entertainment (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Naver.
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24. Peak chart positions for singles on the Circle Download Chart:
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    • "Teddy Bear". Circle Chart. July 16–22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
    • "Without U". Circle Chart. January 21–27, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
25. Peak chart positions for soundtracks on the Circle Download Chart:
    • "Love Virus". Circle Chart. June 10–16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
    • "At the End of the Day". Circle Chart. January 3–9, 2021. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
    • "Happy Ending is Mine". Circle Chart. October 24–30, 2021. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
    • "100 Percent". Circle Chart. January 2–8, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
    • "Lover". Circle Chart. December 11–17, 2022. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
    • "Stay". Circle Chart. December 24–30, 2023. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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28. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
29. Kim Na-yeon (March 29, 2022). "셔누·주학년·아린 스크린 데뷔..'서울괴담', 4월 27일 개봉[무비타이밍]" [Shownu, Hakyeon Joo, and Arin screen debut... 'Seoul Ghost Story', released on April 27 [Movie Timing]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Naver.
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31. "Chicago Typewriter - Cast (Korean Drama, 2017, 시카고타자기)". HanCinema. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
32. Kim, Joo-won (June 14, 2019). "우주소녀 설아, 웹드라마 '인싸가 된 아싸짱'서 첫사랑 매력 '상큼 비주얼'". Sedaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
33. "Goedam | Netflix". Netflix. August 20, 2020. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
34. Kim, Soo-jin (June 8, 2021). BAE173 한결·도하 우주소녀 설아·SF9 재윤·다이아 기희현, 웹드라마 '러브 인 블랙홀' 출연..라인업 기대감↑ [BAE173's Hangyul, Doha, Cosmic Girls' Seola, SF9's Jaeyoon, and DIA's Ki Hui-hyeon appear in the web drama 'Love in Black Hole'.]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
35. Kim Soo-jin (October 22, 2021). "우주소녀 설아, 웹드라마 '러브 인 블랙홀' 주연+OST 가창" [Cosmic Girls' Seol-a, web drama 'Love in Black Hole' starring + OST singing] (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Naver.
36. Lee, Mi-young (October 21, 2018). '복면가왕', 첨성대는 우주소녀 설아…실력돌 추가 ['King of Mask Singer', Cosmic Girls Seol-a of Cheomseongdae... Add skill stone]. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2021.

External links

• Seola at HanCinema