Hyolyn

Concept photo for This love

**Hyolyn** (효린) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer currently under her own company, Bridʒ. She is a former member of the girl group SISTAR. She made her solo debut on November 26, 2013, with the album Love & Hate.

## Life and career

### 1990-2009

Hyolyn was born on December 11, 1990, in Incheon, South Korea. Born prematurely, Hyolyn's infancy was complicated by a serious form of biliary atresia, which led to several surgeries, intussuseption and the eventual loss of her gall bladder. She has one younger sister named Kim Hye Jung.
Hyolyn stated that she has loved singing and dancing since childhood, so she began picking up auditions on her own. She auditioned for JYP Entertainment two times before being accepted after placing first in the audition. She was set to debut in a project group with Secret's Jieun, EXID's Hani, and Bestie's Uji. However, plans for their debut were cancelled. Hyolyn then left JYP and joined Starship Entertainment. Starship began forming a new girl group in 2010, with Hyolyn as the leader.
### 2010-2014

Hyolyn debuted on June 3, 2010, in the girl group SISTAR with their song "Push Push." She also debuted with fellow member Bora in their subunit, SISTAR19, on May 2, 2011. In 2012, she starred in the KBS drama Dream High Season 2 as Nana. On November 26, 2013, Hyolyn made her solo debut with the album Love & Hate.
### 2015-2017

On January 13, 2015, it was revealed that Hyolyn was to join MBC's I Am a Singer Season 3 as the first idol singer to feature on the show. On August 17, it was revealed that Hyolyn was to join Unpretty Rapstar Season 2. Hyolyn released her Unpretty Rapstar's semifinals track "My Love" featuring Basick on November 6, 2015. She finished the show in third place. On December 14, Hyolyn, Jooyoung, and Bumkey collaborated with producing team Da Internz on the song "Love Line".
On March 6, 2016, Hyolyn participated in the singing competition King of Mask Singer where she placed second. On June 17, Hyolyn was a contestant on Duet Song Festival where she and her partner, Lee Na-hyun, placed second with "Sofa" by R&B singer Crush. On October 21, she featured in a song with Far East Movement and Gill Chang titled, "Umbrella". After earlier reports that Hyolyn was to release her first EP, an official schedule revealed the release date to be November 8, and also showed features from prominent rapper Dok2 and singer Jay Park for the tracks "Love Like This" and "One Step" respectively. The EP, titled It's Me, was released, with the title track "Paradise".
On April 14, 2017, Starship Entertainment released a collaboration track featuring Hyolyn and rapper Changmo, titled "Blue Moon", a medium tempo electronic dance track produced by Groovy Room. After seven years as a group, it was announced on May 23, 2017, that Sistar was to disband. Their final track, titled "Lonely", was released on May 31. In late 2017, Hyolyn featured in two episodes of the music broadcast Fantastic Duo 2, competing against Jinusean and collaborating alongside popular group Got7 with a rendition of her hit track, "Blue Moon". Not long after Hyolyn announced her departure from Starship Entertainment, she founded her own music label, Bridʒ.
### 2018-present

Hyolyn announced her plan to unveil a three-part project consisting of three separate singles, starting with her medium tempo, acoustic-pop single "To Do List (내일할래)", released on February 6, 2018. On February 28, Hyolyn featured on Got7's pre-release track "너 하나만 (One and Only You)". On April 23, 2018, she revealed the second single from her three-part project, titled "Dally(달리)", featuring Korean rapper and producer Gray. The last single for her three-part project, titled "바다보러갈래 (See Sea)", was released on July 19, 2018. Her next single, "BAE", was released on August 14, 2018.
Hyolyn collaborated with Melanie Fontana on the single titled "youknowbetter(니가 더 잘 알잖아)", which was released on May 22, 2019. She began her first solo world tour "2019 Hyolyn 1st World Tour [TRUE]," in Berlin, on May 29. The tour would run from Europe, the Middle East to Asia, and ending with a concert in Tokyo on June 30. On August 19, 2020, Hyolyn released her second EP Say My Name, with the title track of the same name.
On January 12, 2022, Hyolyn released the single "Layin' Low" which features Jooyoung. On February 21, 2022, it was confirmed that Hyolyn will be participating in the second season of Queendom. n June 22, 2022, Hyolyn announced that she would release her third EP Ice on July 18. In August 2022, Hyolyn announced that her solo concert, HYOLYN 2022 CONCERT 'iCE', will be held at Yes24 Live Hall at 6 p.m. on September 3 and 5 p.m. on the 4th.
## Discography

### Mini albums

It's Me (2016)
Say My Name (2020)
iCE (2022)

### Digital singles

"Love Like This" (2016)
"One Step" (2016)
"To Do List" (2018)
"Dally" (2018)
"See Sea" (2018)
"youknowbetter" (2019)
"Hug Me Silently" (2020)
"To Find a Reason" (2021)
"Layin' Low" (2022)
"This love" (2023)

### Special singles

"BAE" (2018)
"A-Ha" (2021)

### Collaborations

"Erase" (with Jooyoung) (2014)
"Dark Panda" (with Zico & Paloalto) (2015)
"Love Line" (with Bumkey & Jooyoung) (2015)
"Jekyll & Hyde" (with Justin Oh)
"Blue Moon" (with Changmo) (2017)
"Fruity" (with Kisum) (2017)
"Joker & Holly-Queen" (with $ÜN) (2020)
"Summer or Summer" (with Dasom) (2021)

### OSTs

"Glory Jane OST Part.1" (2011)
"How to Love Smart 2 OST" (2012)
"Dream High 2 OST.4" ("Super Star" with Ailee & Jiyeon) (2012)
"Master's Sun OST Part.3" (2013)
"My Love from the Star OST Part.4" ("Good Bye") (2014)
"Let It Go" (2014)
"Warm and Cozy OST Part.3" (2015)
"Little Prince OST" ("Turnaround") (2015)
"Uncontrollably Fond OST Part.5" ("I Miss You") (2016)
"Hwarang OST Part.5" ("Our Tears") (2017)
"Black Knight OST Part.3" ("Spring Watch") (2017)
"Money Flower OST Part.4" ("Dreamy Love") (2018)
"30 But 17 OST Part.2" ("Just Stay") (2018)
"My Lawyer, Mr. Jo 2: Crime and Punishment OST Part.1" ("Stay") (2019)
"My Dangerous Wife OST Part.1" ("Return") (2020)
"Gaus Electronics OST Part.3" ("Began") (2022)
"Elsword OST : My Will" (2022)