Kim Hyun-jung (), known professionally as Seola (; 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. 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".
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.
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.
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. The group is composed of four members: Yoojung, Doyeon, Seola, and Luda. On June 1, 2018, they released the single "Strong" along with a music video.
On June 14, 2018, Seola released "Love Virus" for the soundtrack of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim alongside labelmate Kihyun. 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. In August 2020, Seola starred in the Netflix original series Goedam. In April 2021, WJSN's second sub-unit named The Black was formed with Seola and fellow members Exy, Bona, and Eunseo. 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. In January 2022, Seola released "100 percent" for the soundtrack of Best Mistake 3 with groupmate Yeonjung. In April 2023, Seola was selected as a DJ on KBS Radio's Station Z.
On January 23, 2024, Seola made her solo debut with the single album Inside Out. In September 2026, Seola parted ways with Starship Entertainment following the expiration of her exclusive contract.
Discography
Single albums + List of single albums with selected details, chart positions and sales Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Inside Out Released: January 23, 2024 Label: Starship Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 8 KOR: 39,342
Singles + List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart position AlbumKORDLPeak chart positions for singles on the Circle Download Chart:
"Flower" 2023 160 rowspan="2" "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 AlbumKORDLPeak chart positions for soundtracks on the Circle Download Chart:
"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 129Growing Season OST"Happy Ending is Mine" 158Love in Black Hole OST "100 Percent" 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" 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. YearArtistSongAlbumLyricsMusicCreditedWithCreditedWith2020WJSN"Our Garden"NeverlandJinli (Full8loom), ExyGlory Face (Full8loom), Jinli (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom)2021"New Me"UnnaturalJinli (Full8loom), ExyGlory Face (Full8loom), Jinli (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom)2024 Seola"NO GIRL" Inside OutBrother Su Brother Su "Let’s Talk (Loneliness)"Jinli (Full8loom), YouraJinli (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom)"Without U"Jinli (Full8loom)woojin (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom)
Videography
Music videos Year Title Director(s) Duration 2024 "Without U" Studio GA.ZE SOZE 3:14
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2022 Urban Myths Ji-hye Segment: "The Closet"
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2017 Chicago Typewriter Herself Cameo (Episode 3)
Web series Year Title Role 2017 Good Morning Double-Decker Bus Shi Young 2019 In-Out Sider Somin 2020 Goedam Min Young 2021 Love in Black Hole Eunha
Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2018 King of Mask Singer Contestant Using stage name "Observatory" (Episode 173–174)
References
External links