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.
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]
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]
^[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.
^`우주소녀`설아·루다 `위키미키` 유정·도연 합체...`우주미키` 6월 데뷔 ['WJSN' SeolA·Luda 'Weki Meki' Yoojung·Doyeon combined... 'WJMeki' to debut in June]. Digital Times (in Korean). May 2, 2018.
Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^Park, Jun-beom (June 1, 2018).
우주미키, 신곡 '짜릿하게' 공개 "큐티+걸크러쉬" [WJMK, new song 'Strong' released "Cutie + Girl Crush"]. Sports Seoul.
Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^Han, Ae-sol (June 2, 2018).
[투데이 연예톡톡] '우주미키' 베일 벗다…신곡 '짜릿하게' 공개 [[Today's Entertainment Talk] 'WJMK' takes off the veil... New song 'Stronger' released]. MBC News (in Korean).
Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^우주소녀, 5월 12일 新 유닛'우주소녀 더 블랙' 출격 [공식] [WJSN, new unit WJSN The Black debut on May 12 [Official]] (in Korean).
Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Naver.
^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.
^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.
^Lee, Seung-mi (May 3, 2021).
[공식]K호러 '괴담' 김도윤·서지수·셔누·아린·이열음·주학년 출연…4월말 크랭크업 [[Official] K Horror 'Ghost Story' Kim Do-yoon, Seo Ji-soo, Shownu, Arin, Lee Yeol-eum, Joo Hak-hak appeared... Crank-up at the end of April]. Sports Chosun (in Korean).
Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
^"Goedam | Netflix". Netflix. August 20, 2020.
Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^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.
^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.
^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.