Hyelin

For other people known as 'Hyelin', see Hyerin.

Hyelin

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Background

Other name(s)

Hea Lini Seo
Jenny (English)
Xăng (Vietnamese)

Birth name

Seo Hye-rin (서혜린)

Birth date

August 23, 1993 (age 31)

Birth place

Gwangju, South Korea

Height

166.7 cm (5 ft 5.6 in)

Weight

51 kg (112 lb)

Blood type

O

Career

Occupation

Singer, songwriter

Instruments

Violin

Group debut

August 13, 2012

Solo debut

May 6, 2021

Years active

2012–present

Agency

SidusHQ (2020–2023)^[1]
Banana Culture (2012–2019)

Associations

EXID

SNS

Related Wikis
EXID Wiki

Hyelin (혜린) is a South Korean singer-songwriter. She is a member of the girl group EXID.

Alongside Solji, she joined EXID in April 2012. She then made her solo debut on May 6, 2021 with the digital single "Lonely".

History

Pre-debut

Hyelin had wanted to be a singer from a young age, she was so passionate about this dream that once when her father implied she couldn't do it, she didn't speak to him for months after.^[2] She joined Superstar K3 in 2011 but failed to advance.^[3]

2012: Debut with EXID

After audition and training with EXID's original company, she was going to be a member of the original lineup of EXID but was cut from the lineup before debut. However, following the departures of Yuji, Dami and Haeryung, she was added to the lineup (for her vocals and dancing) alongside former vocal coach Solji to create the five-member group known since then.^[4]

2016–2017: Street, Eclipse & Full Moon

In 2016, EXID promoted their first full album Street. It was on this album that the long awaited duo of Hyelin and Jeonghwa would come with the song "Are You Hungry?". Other than this bright and quirky track, Hyelin only participated in group tracks for this album.

Due to Solji's thyroid condition, Hyelin had to take over main vocalist responsibilities in EXID's songs and performances. She was the only member with enough skill in her upper range to stand in for Solji because she had to sing her parts in their older songs. She also had to take over all adlibs of new songs.^[5]

EXID's first promotions without Solji began with the title track "Night Rather Than Day" from their third mini album Eclipse where the music is more chill and less exciting than their normal music.

EXID came back with "DDD" and the mini album Full Moon in November of the same year and with that album came a solo track for Hyelin which she participated in writing for. The solo track was called "Foolish" and was Hyelin's first solo work since joining EXID.

2018: "Lady"

EXID first promoted in 2018 in April with the single album "Lady". This song and it's promotions caused Hyelin's popularity to rise more than ever before as she sings the highest note to be in an EXID song on it, and because of her newly long and straight black hair. Her dance skills were also shown off much more in this comeback than previous comebacks, as legs and footwork were more emphasized and this is something Hyelin is much more comfortable with and good at than their normal sexy style of dancing that emphasizes their hips.^[6]^[7]

2020: Change of agencies

On January 15, a Banana Culture source confirmed to local news outlet STOO that Hyelin's contract with the company had come to an end and she decided not to renew it.^[8] On May 6, it was announced that she signed with SidusHQ .^[1]

Discography

Digital singles

"Lonely" (2021)
"I Miss You" (2023)

OSTs

"Cherryblossom After Winter OST Part.4" ("Love Letter") (2022)

Producing and writing credits

All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.^[9]

Artist	Song	Album	Type
2017
EXID	"Foolish"	Full Moon	Writing
2019
EXID^[10]	"We Are..."	We	Writing
2021
Hyelin	"Lonely"	Lonely	Writing, Composing
2022
Hyelin	"Love Letter"	Cherryblossom After Winter OST	Writing