1992–2009: Early life and career beginnings Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in
Seodaemun District,
Seoul, South Korea. In 2006, she was revealed as a member of the
JYP Entertainment managed
girl group Wonder Girls as the group's main rapper. Hyuna participated in the group's debut mini album
The Wonder Begins, released in February 2007. She participated in the group's television show
MTV Wonder Girls for two seasons, and co-hosted
Show! Music Core with Wonder Girls'
Sohee and
Fly to the Sky singer
Brian Joo from May 12 – June 30, 2007. Hyuna left Wonder Girls in July, when she was removed by her parents due to their concern over her health, particularly chronic
gastroenteritis and fainting spells. In 2008, she joined
Cube Entertainment. In May 2009, it was announced that Hyuna would debut as part of the girl group
4Minute. The group debuted with the single "
Hot Issue" on June 15.
2009–2010: Solo debut and rising success Hyuna collaborated with
Lee Gi-kwang on the song "2009" for his debut album
First Episode: A New Hero, and also appeared in the music video of his single "Dancing Shoes," which was released on March 30, 2009. On August 13, she rapped for Navi's song "Wasteful Tears" and she also appeared in the music video. Hyuna also featured in
Brave Brothers' song "Bittersweet," released August 18. She became part of the "Dream Team Girl Group," a promotional group for
Samsung's Anycall phone with
Han Seung-yeon,
Uee, and
Gain. Their first digital single "Tomorrow" was released on October 6, 2009, and the official music video was released on October 12, starring actor
Lee Dong-gun. As well, Hyuna released an individual version of the music video which released on October 27. She also participated in the South Korean variety show
Invincible Youth. However, Hyuna left the show due to some scheduling conflicts with her group's overseas promotions on June 11, 2010. On January 4, 2010, she released the single "
Change", which charted highly on various online charts. The song reached number fourteen on the
Gaon 2010 digital yearly chart with 2,469,354 copies sold. Ten days later, on January 14, the "Change" music video was flagged with a 19+ rating by the
Ministry of Gender Equality and Family for being inappropriate for minors. Cube Entertainment stated that the music video would be re-edited and submitted for approval. However, broadcast station
SBS, announced the music video would be restricted for a 15+ audience instead, and
MBC announced that it would still be viewable for all audiences. Hyuna's "Change" promotions ended in March 2010. She released a few more singles in 2010, including "Love Parade" featuring
T-max's member Park Yun-hwa, "Outlaw in the Wild" featuring Nassun, and produced by
E-Tribe. Hyuna also participated in
G.NA's duet single "Say You Love Me", for which she wrote the rap lyrics. In October 2010, she made a cameo appearance in the thriller film
Midnight FM with 4Minute member
Jihyun on October 14, 2010.
2011–2015: Breakthrough and comeback with 4Minute In 2011, Hyuna appeared in the Korean version of
Dancing with the Stars. The show began broadcasting on June 10. The same year, she released her first mini album,
Bubble Pop, featuring five new songs including the title track of the same name. The single was a global success, and featured on top of YouTube's "most watched today" chart after gaining one million views in two days. It eventually became the first music video by a K-pop artist to surpass 100 million views. Hyuna was ranked 17th on
Billboard's '21 Under 21′, a staff-compiled list of notable young acts; while "Bubble Pop" was listed as ninth place on
Spin magazine's "Best 20 Songs of 2011." On November 24, 2011, Cube revealed that she would be in a co-ed unit called
Trouble Maker with
BEAST's
Hyunseung. Trouble Maker's first mini album,
Trouble Maker, consisted of a dance track and an emotional ballad, as well as solo songs for both Hyuna and Hyunseung. Trouble Maker performed for the first time at the
Mnet Asian Music Awards. In March 2012, she joined
The Birth of a Family, an "animal communion variety" program where idols adopt stray pets and take care of them for a certain period of time to raise awareness for animal rights. On March 14, Hyuna announced the launch of her brand
Hyuna x SPICYCOLOR. She also appeared in
Psy's viral music video for "
Gangnam Style," having been selected personally by Psy during the initial production stage. Psy released the female version of "Gangnam Style", known as "
Oppa Is Just My Style" in August 2012, featuring additional vocals by Hyuna herself. Hyuna released her second mini album titled
Melting on October 21, 2012, with the title track "Ice Cream". The song was produced by
Brave Brothers and was the first collaborative effort between the producer and Hyuna as a solo artist. "Ice Cream" drew global attention, after being featured by several international media outlets. It drew a record number of views on
YouTube and became the then-fastest Korean music video to reach 20 million views.
Melting is also notable for Hyuna's contributions as a lyricist and composer for "Very Hot" and "To My Boyfriend". In the same month, it was announced that she would join four other K-pop stars;
Sistar's
Hyolyn,
Secret's
Jun Hyo-seong,
After School's
Nana and
Kara's
Nicole to form a project group titled "Dazzling Red". The group performed at the 2012
SBS Gayo Daejeon. On May 24, Hyuna collaborated with makeup artists Son & Park to launch a series of charitable activities titled "Kiss of Hope", whose profits were donated to the education of children in poor countries. In March, she became a spokesmodel for the
2013 Toyota Corolla. Hyuna released the short music video "Corolla x Hyuna: My Color", and the "Corolla x Hyuna" mobile app which teaches her song and choreography. On March 11, she performed at the
K-Pop Night Out at SXSW at
Austin, Texas. Hyuna then went to Los Angeles to film a
Funny or Die sketch with British singer
Rita Ora. The two stars' "Better Walk" video was released on "Funny or Die" on April 2, 2014. In October, she and
Hyunseung made a comeback as
Trouble Maker. They released the single "
Now" from their
Chemistry EP. The song reached number one on ten of Korea's major music charts, and was deemed by Instiz.net as an
All-Kill. It also topped
Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 chart. In July 2014, she released her third album titled
A Talk and its lead single "
Red". To promote the album, Hyuna appeared in her own reality show titled ''Hyuna's Free Month
, which showcased various aspects of her daily life. Red
proved to be a success, with Billboard praising her for establishing herself as a global pop brand and Rolling Stone naming "Red" number five on their list of the top ten music videos of 2014. The album also topped charts in Taiwan. In August 2015, she released her fourth mini album A+'', with the lead single titled "Because I'm the Best" featuring
Jung Il-hoon. Hyuna made her comeback on
M! Countdown and performed "Ice, Ice" featuring
Hwasa.
2016–present: Continued soloist success, label changes and upcoming projects On June 13, 2016, it was announced that 4Minute had made the decision to disband. Hyuna was the only member of the group to renew her contract with Cube Entertainment. Following the group's disbandment, she resumed her activities as a solo artist, with the release of her fifth mini album ''
A'wesome'' and its title track "
How's This?" (), on August 1, 2016. Behind-the-scenes footage of Hyuna's album's preparation was featured on her solo reality program
HyunA X19. The album topped nine local music charts upon release. She embarked on her first solo Asia tour soon after. To mark her tenth anniversary, Hyuna announced a fan-meeting tour in North America. She visited ten cities in total during February 2017. On April 3, 2017, Cube Entertainment confirmed that she and Pentagon members Hui and E'Dawn were set to debut in May as new sub-unit,
Triple H. On April 4, Cube TV debuted a new reality TV program called
Triple H Detective Agency. Hyuna released her sixth mini album
Following and its title track "
Babe" on August 29, 2017. On December 2, 2017, the rapper attended the
2017 Melon Music Awards, where she premiered the single "
Lip & Hip". It was officially released two days later. On August 2, 2018, photos of Hyuna with
Pentagon's E'Dawn were released. Cube Entertainment denied rumors that they were dating, however, she and E'Dawn held an interview with
Yeonhap News later that day, admitting to their relationship which began in May 2016, after they had got to know each other through their project group
Triple H promotions. The company responded to Hyuna's confirmation of the dating rumors by cancelling all previously planned performances for Triple H, on-air appearances and fan events including a fan meet-up that was scheduled on the next day. Fans were divided in reactions to the event, with some calling for E'Dawn to be removed from Pentagon, and others focusing on how the company mistreated her and E'Dawn after releasing the scandal, rather than on their relationship. On September 13, Cube Entertainment announced that they would be terminating their contracts, citing that they could not "maintain trust" with them. However, the company announced that they would still remain in discussion with both of them until further notice. Cube Entertainment cited "loss of trust" as a reason saying "After much deliberation, we've concluded that the trust between the company and the artists had been damaged to a degree that it cannot be restored, leading us to believe expulsion is necessary," in its official statement. In January 2021, P Nation announced Hyuna's first comeback since "Flower Shower", with the release of her seventh EP ''
I'm Not Cool and its title track of the same name, which was released on January 28. On September 9, 2021, Hyuna and Dawn collaborated to release their duet EP 1+1=1''. On June 7, 2022, it was announced that Hyuna would be attending the
J-Rim Super Nova Festival with Dawn, taking place on July 2–3, 2022. On July 20, 2022, Hyuna released her eighth EP
Nabillera and its
title track of the same name. On August 29, 2022, P Nation announced that Hyuna would be leaving the company after deciding not to renew her contract. On November 6, 2023, it was reported that Hyuna had signed an exclusive contract with
At Area. In April 2024, it was announced that Hyuna would make a comeback on May 2 with her ninth EP
Attitude with the title track
Q&A. On April 16, 2025, it was announced that Hyuna would make a comeback on April 30 with a new single titled
Mrs. Nail. ==Personal life==