Baek Ga-young (; born October 23, 1987), better known by her stage name Hello Ga-young (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. Before beginning her solo project, she was a member of Joa Band, a Korean indie band, from 2009 to 2013. She debuted as a singer-songwriter in December 2013, with her first single "A Song of Old Lovers" (). Her albums were released by her independent music label helloeumak (), before she established a partnership with Interpark Entertainment in 2017. Except for some soundtrack appearances, all of her songs released to date were written by herself. From 2013 to present, Hello Ga-young has released two albums, three extended plays, and seventeen singles.

Career

2009–2013: a bassist of Joa Band The musical career of Baek Ga-young began when she joined Joa Band as a bassist in 2009. Because Joa Band members would typically sing songs they wrote themselves, she began writing and singing her songs while in the band. Her first song in Joa Band was "Life Is Unpredictable (Hot Choco)" (). She composed and sang three more songs, "잘 지내니 좀 어떠니" (Literal meaning: "Are you doing all right?"), "길을 잃기 위해서" (Literal meaning: "For the purpose of getting lost"), and "A World Without Time" (). "잘 지내니 좀 어떠니", which was her first song to be introduced on a television show, "2 Days & 1 Night" of KBS2.

2013–2015: single debut, Those Moments In 2013, she started a small music label, helloeumak, with her friend Cheon See-woo () as an A&R executive. Her debut single, "A Song of Old Lovers", was released on December 30, 2013. On March 20, 2014, her first extended play "Opponent Process Theory" () was released, including two singles "A Song of Old Lovers" and "Just Because I Like You" (), and three more new songs: "I'm Coming to You" (), "Opponent Process Theory", and "Dish" ().

In 2015, Hello Ga-young released her first album, "Those Moments" (). The album ranked second within the first two weeks after the release at K-Indie Chart vol.48, a Korean independent music chart released twice a month by Mirrorball Music. Those Moments remained in the top 30 of the chart for 14 weeks (vol.48~vol.54, from February 11, 2015 to May 25, 2015). On July 9, 2015, she was featured on , a Korean music program owned by MBC Music, and performed "Sleepless Summer Night" and "A World Without Time".

2016–2018: Feelings, Collection Of Short Stories Her musical career began in 2016 with the release of the second extended play Feelings () on January 19. In March, she announced her one-year music project, Collection Of Short Stories (). The first single of the project was "Collection Of Short Stories – Winter To Spring" (). Following the first single, "Collection Of Short Stories – Satellite" (), "Collection Of Short Stories – Hang In There When You Feel Down" (), and "Collection Of Short Stories – Where Is Love" () were respectively released in summer, autumn, and winter. She also wrote and published her first essay, "Sleepless Summer Night", during the project. The book's title was inspired by her single "Sleepless Summer Night" (), previously released in 2014, and each chapter's title was inspired by the titles of four singles of Collection of Short Stories. The project ended as her third extended play, Collection Of Short Stories (Almost Like Missing You), was released on March 17, 2017, including the four Collections Of Short Stories singles as well as her new song "Almost Like Missing You" (). The album ranked third at the K-Indie Chart vol.98. The chart has also noted that the album contains strong seasonal feelings.

2019–present: something special When her second album something special () was released in 2019, she performed a solo concert celebrating the release at Ewha Girls' High School's 100th-Anniversary Hall, from February 16 to 17.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Those Moments (순간의 순간)Released: February 23, 2015 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download 67 rowspan="2" Something Special (특별히 대단할 것)Released: January 23, 2019 Label: Interpark Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 51

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Opponent Process Theory (반대과정이론)Released: March 21, 2014 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download — rowspan="4" Feelings (좋아하는 마음)Released: January 19, 2016 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download 47 Collection of Short Stories – Almost Like Missing You (단편집 – 그리움에 가까운)Released: March 17, 2017 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download 53 On the Edge of ( ) (가장(　　)자리에서)Released: December 7, 2021 Label: Interpark Formats: CD, digital download 94

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR At the Han River (한강에서)Released: March 21, 2018 Label: Interpark Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 64 rowspan="3"

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album KOR "A Song of Old Lovers" 2013 — rowspan="8" Opponent Process Theory "Just Because I Like You" with Won Park of One more Chance 2014 — "Opponent Process Theory" — "Sleepless Summer Night" —Those Moments "The Work Of Boring Creation" — "We Were Fine" 2015 — "Those Moments" — "Cotton & Candy" — "Feelings" 2016 —"Feelings" didn't enter Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked 94 position on the Gaon Download Chart: *KOR: 15,147Feelings "Collection Of Short Stories – Winter To Spring" — rowspan="14" Collection Of Short Stories – Almost Like Missing You "Collection Of Short Stories – Satelite" — "Collection Of Short Stories – Hang In There When You Feel Down" — "Collection Of Short Stories – Where Is Love" — "Almost Like Missing You" — "literal meaning: Now is our everything" 2017 — "At the Han River" 2018 —At the Han River "Stars In The Night Sky" —something special "my day is too long" — "In a dream" with Mind U 2019 — "tease me" — "The Memory about Winter" — Tiny Bits of Life Part.12 "It's the sun that's sinking, it's not you" 2020 — rowspan="2" "Spring Is Gone by chance (2021)" 2021 185

Soundtrack appearances Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KOR "literal meaning: Recalling myself... in the memory" 2016 — rowspan="10" Missing You OST "literal meaning: Alone but happy" with Lee Han Cheol — Dingo Food OST "Literal meaning: Shining bright" — Woman with a Suitcase OST Part. 4 "Good Bye" 2017 — My Friend's Romance OST Pt.3 "Blue Day" — Avengers Social Club OST Part 3 "Where are you?" — My first love OST Part.2 "123 LOVE" 2019 — Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life OST Part.1 "Did you wake up?" 2020 — Did you wake up?(one and only romance X Hello Ga-Young, Wonpil(DAY6)) "How Is It?" 2021 — No, Thank You OST Part.2 "I Guess I Like You" 2022 — Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist OST Part.2

Collaborations Title Year Album Other artist(s) "For to be Strangers" 2014 bright #2 — "So Nice (GMF 2015 Ver.)" 2015 So Nice(GMF 2015 Ver.) Gyepi of autumn vacation, Bily Acoustie, Standing Egg, Lee Hyunsong of The Koxx, Joo Woo Jae "Literal meaning: LDR" 2016 정규앨범 4집 '꽃''' (Literal meaning: The Fourth Studio Album 'Flower') | Coffeeboy |- ! scope="row" | "The Day We Said Goodbye" | The Day We Said Goodbye| Temperature of Saying "Hi" |- ! scope="row" | "Literal meaning: And You" | Nodeul Music, Vol. 1| Soran |- ! scope="row" | "So Nice (GMF 2016 Version)" | So Nice (GMF 10th anniversary special version)| Great Mint Band, Kwon Jeong Yeol of 10cm, Kim Min-seok of MeloMance, Dalchong, Bily Acoustie, Lee Won-suk of Daybreak, Lee Han Cheol, Peppertones |- ! scope="row" | "Heart Song" | 2017 | A song that I sing with my heart''Rooftop Moonlight, Kwon Soon Kwan, Jo So Jung, Ahn Ye-eun, Sunwoo Jung-a, Jo Min Hwi, Lee Seol Ah, Jo Ye Ran

Books DateTitleTypePublisherMarch 17, 2017Sleepless Summer Night ((쉽게 잠들지 못하는 밤은) 언젠가 설명이 필요한 밤)EssayBillybutton

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