# Stella Jang

Jang Seong-eun (Korean: 장성은; born November 18, 1991), known professionally as Stella Jang (스텔라장), is a South Korean singer-songwriter.

## Early life and education

Jang was born on November 18, 1991. Her father was a missionary, and her mother worked for a welfare foundation for people with disabilities. At the age of 12, Jang moved to Paris to study abroad, graduating from Lycée Henri-IV and AgroParisTech.

## Career
### 2014–2016: Debut and Colors EP

After contributing songwriting and vocals to the album Backpack by South Korean hip-hop duo Geeks, Jang made her solo debut with the single "Dumped Yesterday" on September 19, 2014. However, the song drew little public attention.
On March 23, 2015, Stella released her second single, "It's Raining", featuring rapper Verbal Jint. In an interview that July with BNT News, Jang said her music was influenced by the 90s sound and tried to reflect elements that would bring relatability with her audiences. On September 15, she released her third single, "Portrait of You", a song about her parents.
Jang released her first EP, Colors, on October 6, 2016. The album was described as "emotional music mixed with rhythmical raps". It entered and peaked on the Circle Album Chart at number 89.

### 2017–2019: Problematic Men, EPs, and TikTok success

Jang attracted the public's interest in May 2017 after an appearance on the South Korean TV show Problematic Men. She debuted as a radio DJ for Gyeonggi Broadcasting on April 22. On April 30, she released a digital EP, Vanishing Paycheck, featuring a single of the same name, which criticizes the reality of office workers. In June, she performed her first solo concert 떡떡 (Knock Knock) at Hyundai Card Understage in Seoul.
On January 23, 2018, Jang released the EP Staples, a collaboration with producer Pleyne, which features a hip hop and R&B sound.
Jang found success on South Korea's real-time music charts with the release of the single "No Question", a collaboration with rapper Mad Clown, on January 18, 2019. On March 24, she released the EP Hazardous Materials, an album that uses fine dust as a metaphor for harsh realities. Starting in late 2019, Jang's song "Colors", from her 2016 EP of the same name, began to gain popularity, both in South Korea and globally, after the song went viral on TikTok.

### 2020–present: STELLA I and Stairs

In 2020, Stella released her first studio album, STELLA I.
Stella Jang co-wrote the song "Friends" by BTS for Map of the Soul: 7.
In 2021, she released her fifth EP Stairs.
In 2023, she released her single "Orange, You're Not a Joke to Me!" On November 1, 2023, she announced that she would be leaving Grandline Entertainment and that she would be running her own label company Schnauzer Boulangerie.
In 2024, she released her single "I Can Do This Everyday."

## Personal life

Stella Jang is fluent in Korean, French, Spanish, and English . In 2021, she revealed she had an episode of rhabdomyolysis.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| STELLA I | Released: April 7, 2020 Label: GRDL Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Go Your Way" "Bourgeois Emotion" "Forever" "My Ceiling Disappeared" "Villain" "Reality Blue" "You Don't Shine Anymore (Interlude)" "Choose You" "Good Job" "In Other Words" "Forgive, Forget" "Storing Nights" | 23 | KOR: 1,462 |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Colors | Released: October 6, 2016 Label: GRDL Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Colors" "Girl's Generation" "Chicken Ribs" "Dumped Yesterday" "Transfer" "It's Raining" (featuring Verbal Jint) "Portrait of You" "Girl's Generation (Instrumental)" "Chicken Ribs (Instrumental)" "Transfer (Instrumental)" | 89 | |
| Vanishing Paycheck (월급은 통장을 스칠 뿐) | Released: April 30, 2017 Label: GRDL Formats: Digital download Track listing "A Case of The Mondays" "Vanishing Paycheck" "Day Off" "Departure" | — | |
| Staples (with Pleyn) | Released: January 22, 2018 Label: GRDL Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Voyager" "Monsieur" "Pyeonggyang Naengmyeon" "Swing" | 96 | |
| Hazardous Materials (유해물질) | Released: March 24, 2019 Label: GRDL Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Substances Dangereuses" "CO" "Fine Dust" "Alcoholman" "Under Caffeine" "How Could A Person Always Be Lovely" | 53 | |
| Stairs | Released: October 15, 2021 Label: GLG Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Stairs" "Walking Down The Road" "Some Days" "Let's Go Home" "L'Amour, Les Baguettes, Paris" | 72 | |
| WinterStella | Released: December 1, 2022 Label: GLG Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" "Winter Dream" "Winter Wonderland" "The Christmas Song" "Silver Bells" | — | |
| "—" denotes release did not chart. ||||

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Album |
| "Dumped Yesterday" (어제 차이고) | 2014 | — | Non-album single |
| "It's Raining" (feat. Verbal Jint) | 2015 | — | Colors |
| "Portrait of You" (뒷모습) | 2015 | — | Colors |
| "Transfer" (환승입니다) | 2016 | — | Colors |
| "Girl's Generation" (소녀시대) | 2016 | — | Colors |
| "Vanishing Paycheck" (월급은 통장을 스칠 뿐) | 2017 | — | Vanishing Paycheck |
| "Alright" | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "You As You Are" (그대는 그대로) | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Cheerleader" (치어리더) (feat. Olltii) | 2017 | — | Non-album single |
| "Voyager" (with Pleyn) | 2018 | — | Staples |
| "I Go" (아이고) | 2018 | — | Non-album single |
| "Under Caffeine" (카페인) | 2018 | — | Hazardous Materials |
| "Your Heart My Heart" (니맘내맘) | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "It's Beautiful (Digging Club Seoul Ver.)" (아름다워) | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "No Question" (with Mad Clown) | 2019 | 47 | Non-album singles |
| "Fine Dust" (미세먼지) | 2019 | — | Hazardous Materials |
| "YOLO" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dear My" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Vacance in September" (9월의 바캉스) (with Kim Jae-hwan) | 2019 | 98 | Non-album singles |
| "Miracle" (보통날의 기적) (feat. Paul Kim) | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Recipe" (레시피) | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Villain" (빌런) | 2020 | — | STELLA I |
| "Reality Blue" | 2020 | — | STELLA I |
| "Beautiful Mint Life" (인생 봄날) (with Lee Min-hyuk) | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "My Sun" (나의 태양) | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Happy Christmas" (with Rocoberry) | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Window Shopping" | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Blue Turns Pink" | 2021 | — | Non-album singles |
| "31" (with Cheeze) | 2021 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Let's Go Home" (집에 가자) | 2021 | — | Stairs |
| "My Winter Trip" (나의 겨울 여행) | 2021 | — | Non-album singles |
| "KeeB Going" | 2022 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Winter Dream" | 2022 | — | Winter Stella |
| "Where sorrow has passed" (슬픔이 지나간 자리) | 2022 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Orange, You're Not a Joke to Me!" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Can Do This Everyday" | 2024 | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes release did not chart. ||||

### Soundtrack appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Let Me Love You" (나만 아는 엔딩) | 2017 | Temperature of Love OST |
| "Do You Know Me" (날 알아줄까) | 2017 | I'm Not a Robot OST |
| "Youth These Days" (요즘 청춘) | 2018 | A Poem a Day OST |
| "White Rain" (하얀비) (with Hangzoo) | 2018 | Partners for Justice OST |
| "Only You" (그대만 보여) | 2018 | The Third Charm OST |
| "I Want to Know You" (널 알고 싶어) | 2018 | Twelve Nights OST |
| "Swing Baby" | 2018 | I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street OST |
| "Love Story" | 2018 | My Strange Hero OST |
| "Magic" (with Davink) | 2019 | Spring Turns to Spring OST |
| "Sunny Day" | 2019 | The Secret Life of My Secretary OST |
| "The Best Ending" (아무도 모르는 엔딩) | 2019 | Best Ending OST |
| "Dear My" | 2019 | At Eighteen OST |
| "Fishbowl" (어항) | 2019 | Miss Lee OST |
| "Right Time and Right Place" | 2020 | Chocolate OST |
| "Connection" (연결) | 2022 | Sing in the Green OST |
| "Love is a Miracle" (Love is 기적) (with Yerin) | 2022 | Sing in the Green OST |
| "Sing in the Green" (with Yoon Sang, Yun DDan DDan, Yerin, Adora) | 2022 | Sing in the Green OST |
| "Enjoy This Moment" (지금을 사랑해) | 2022 | Cheer Up OST |
| "Present" (선물) | 2023 | The Kidnapping Day OST |

### As songwriter for other artists

| Artist | Year | Song | Album |
| BTS | 2020 | "Friends" | Map of the Soul: 7 |
| Tomorrow x Together | 2021 | "Ice Cream" | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze |
| Tomorrow x Together | 2023 | "Tinnitus (Wanna Be a Rock)" | The Name Chapter: Temptation |
| Tomorrow x Together | 2023 | "Farewell, Neverland" | The Name Chapter: Temptation |
| Tomorrow x Together | 2024 | "I'll See You There Tomorrow" | Minisode 3: Tomorrow |
She also worked on the vocal arrangement of LE SSERAFIM's EP Fearless.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2018–2019 | Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong | Cast member | |

### Web shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2022 | Sing in the Green | Cast Member | |