Jung Ye-rin (; born August 19, 1996), known mononymously as Yerin (), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group GFriend and is currently active as a soloist.
Early life Yerin was born on August 19, 1996, in Incheon. She attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated in 2015.
Career 2015–2021: Activities with GFriend In January 2015, Yerin officially debuted as a member of GFriend with their first extended play, Season of Glass. She made her acting debut two months later playing a supporting role in the web drama Midnight's Girl. On April 13, 2015, she appeared in Super Junior Heechul and TRAX Jungmo unit M&D's music video "I Wish".
In January 2016, Yerin was chosen as a new MC for SBS MTV's music program The Show, alongside Zhou Mi. On October 17, 2016, she featured the song "Future Boyfriend" with El Camino.
In 2017, Yerin collaborated with Cao Lu and Kisum on the single "Spring Again". Later that year, she participated in SBS's reality-documentary show Law of the Jungle, featuring in the episodes in Komodo.
2021–present: Solo activities In June 2021, Yerin signed with Sublime Artist Agency as a solo artist and actress.
In February 2022, Yerin hosted an entertainment show of MBN "Catch Job" with broadcaster Cho Woo-Jong. In May 2022, Yerin made her solo debut with the extended play Aria. She is set to be an MC in MBC's Crazy Encounter Season 4.
On March 31, 2023, Sublime Artist Agency announced that Yerin would be leaving the company after deciding not to renew her exclusive contract. On April 17, Bill Entertainment announced that Yerin signed an exclusive contract with the agency. Additionally on June 21, they announced that she would be coming back with her second solo album. Her second EP Ready, Set, Love was released on August 23.
On August 13, 2024, it was announced that Yerin would be releasing her third EP Rewrite on September 4.
In 2025, Yerin signed an exclusive contract with A-Side Company, before releasing her first digital single "Awake" on September 24.
On May 26, 2026, A-Side Company announced that Yerin's fourth EP Reach You would be released on June 9.
Discography
Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chartpositions Sales KORPeak chart positions on the Circle Album Chart:
Aria Released: May 18, 2022 Label: Sublime Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 8 KOR: 41,303 Ready, Set, Love Released: August 23, 2023 Label: Bill Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 18 KOR: 13,645Cumulative Sales of Ready, Set, Love:
Rewrite Released: September 4, 2024 Label: Bill Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 30 KOR: 9,040Cumulative Sales of Rewrite:
Reach You Released: June 9, 2026 Label: A-Side Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 22 KOR: 6,136
Single albums + List of single albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Awake Released: September 24, 2025 Label: A-Side Formats: Digital download, streaming 23 KOR: 4,248Cumulative Sales of Awake:
Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart positions Sales(DL) Album KORGaon Digital Chart As lead artist "Aria" 2022 — rowspan="5" Aria "Bambambam" () 2023 — Ready, Set, Love "Wavy" 2024 — Rewrite "Awake" 2025 — Awake "Shooting Star" () 2026 — Reach You Collaborations "Spring Again" () 2017 37 KOR: 82,419 rowspan="2" "Colors" 2022 — As featured artist "Future Boyfriend" () 2016 — rowspan="2" rowspan="2" "Sorry for Loving You" 2021 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territoryN/A denotes data that are not available.
Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtracks, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album "Spring" 2022 Good Job OST Part 4 "All I Need Is You" () 2023 The Witch Store Reopens OST Part 3
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORDown. "Believer" 2022 134 Aria "Lalala" 146 "Time" () 145
Composition credits All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.
Title Year Album Artist Composer Lyricist Arranger "Hope" 2019 Fever Season GFriend "Secret Diary" 2020 回:Walpurgis Night
Videography Music videos Title Year Director(s) "Aria" 2022 Kim Young-jo, Yoo Seung-woo (Naive) "Bambambam" () 2023 Kim Byung-joon (Maybe More That) "Wavy" 2024 "Awake" 2025 Jang Soha (Gudalsfilm) "Shooting Star" () 2026 Han Sangbum (IOFX MMC Production)
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2023 New Normal Hae-kyung Closing film at 26th BIFFF
Web series Year Title Role 2015 Midnight's Girl Ye Eun 2023 The Witch Store Reopening Lee Hae-na 2024 Sea Village Cloud Pension Gu Ru-mi
Television shows Year Title Role 2016 The Show MC 2021 Beauty Time 3 Cast member 2022 Catch Job MC My House Sangjeon Cast member Crazy Encounter Season 4 MC
Web shows Year Title Role 2022 Sing in the Green Cast member
Radio shows Year Title Role 2021 On Air Spin-off DJ 2022 Got7's Youngjae's Best Friend Special DJ
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