# Yerin (entertainer)

Jung Ye-rin (Korean: 정예린; born August 19, 1996), known mononymously as Yerin (예린), 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.

## Discography
### Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Details | KOR | Sales |
| Aria | Released: May 18, 2022 Label: Sublime Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Track listing "Intro: Bloom" "Aria" "Believer" "Lalala" "Time" (시간) | 8 | KOR: 40,281 |
| Ready, Set, Love | Released: August 23, 2023 Label: Bill Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Track listing "Bambambam" (밤밤밤) "Summer Charm" (루프탑) "The Dance" "Bambambam" (밤밤밤) (Inst.) | 18 | KOR: 13,468 |
| Rewrite | Released: September 4, 2024 Label: Bill Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Track listing "Wavy" "Shine" (볕뉘) "Permeate" "Save Me" "One Thing" (featuring Kim Da-yeon (Kep1er)) "4U" | 30 | KOR: 7,872 |

### 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 |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales (DL) | Album |
| As lead artist |||||
| "Aria" | 2022 | — | N/A | Aria |
| "Bambambam" (밤밤밤) | 2023 | — | N/A | Ready, Set, Love |
| "Wavy" | 2024 | — | N/A | Rewrite |
| Collaborations |||||
| "Spring Again" (왜 또 봄이야) (with Cao Lu, Kisum) | 2017 | 37 | KOR: 82,419 | Non-album singles |
| "Colors" (with Youngjae) | 2022 | — | N/A | Non-album singles |
| As featured artist |||||
| "Future Boyfriend" (미남) (El Camino featuring Yerin) | 2016 | — | N/A | Non-album singles |
| "Sorry for Loving You" (Gree featuring Yerin) | 2021 | — | N/A | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory N/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 (너만 있으면)" (with Song I-han) | 2023 | The Witch Store Reopens OST Part 3 |

### Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR Down. | Album |
| "Believer" | 2022 | 134 | Aria |
| "Lalala" | 2022 | 146 | Aria |
| "Time" (시간) | 2022 | 145 | Aria |

### 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 | GFriend | | | |

## Videography
### Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Aria" | 2022 | Kim Young-jo, Yoo Seung-woo (Naive) |
| "Bambambam" (밤밤밤) | 2023 | Kim Byung-joon (Maybe More That) |
| "Wavy" | 2024 | Un­known |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 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 |
| TBA | 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 |
| 2022 | My House Sangjeon | Cast Member |
| 2022 | Crazy Encounter Season 4 | MC |

### Web shows

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

### Radio shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021 | On Air Spin-off | DJ | |
| 2022 | Got7's Youngjae's Best Friend | Special DJ | |