40 Fun Facts About HyunA

In Psy's 'Gangnam Style' video, HyunA catches his eye while she dances in which setting?

A subway car is where HyunA dances until Psy spots her, and he had picked her for the role himself. A version sung from her side, 'Oppa Is Just My Style', followed a month later.

What did HyunA announce in November 2022, nine months after she and Dawn revealed their engagement?

Their breakup ended a romance that had begun in 2016 and stayed secret for two years. Both had left Psy's label three months before the split.

What reason did Cube Entertainment give for firing HyunA and E'Dawn after their 2018 dating reveal?

Loss of trust was the stated reason, since the couple confirmed their romance to the press hours after the agency had denied it. The remaining shows of their trio were cancelled.

HyunA first debuted in February 2007, aged 14, as the main rapper of which girl group?

Wonder Girls introduced HyunA to the public, but she left within months and missed the group's breakout hit 'Tell Me'.

Which former Beast rapper, a guest on HyunA's 2010 solo debut single, married her in October 2024?

Yong Jun-hyung rapped on her first solo single 14 years before the wedding, and also co-wrote her 2011 song 'A Bitter Day'.

A 2016 episode of which American animated sitcom parodied HyunA's breakout 2011 solo music video?

Family Guy sent its characters to South Korea in that episode, after they learn Quagmire once starred in a Korean soap opera.

Which label, founded by Psy after he left YG Entertainment, signed HyunA and Dawn in January 2019?

P Nation gave the couple a home months after their old agency cut ties with them, and both left it on the same day in August 2022.

Which 2011 HyunA hit had its TV promotions halted after regulators judged the dance too suggestive?

Bubble Pop! was pulled from music shows in August 2011, so HyunA switched to promoting a follow-up track instead. By then its video had already passed 10 million YouTube views.

Which duo did HyunA form in 2011 with Beast's Hyunseung, scoring a hit with a self-titled single?

Trouble Maker caused a stir before its debut, when a teaser stage at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards featured an on-stage kiss.

Why did HyunA's parents pull her out of her first girl group in July 2007, months after its debut?

Health concerns were the reason: HyunA had chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells. She returned two years later with a new group at a different agency.

HyunA was the first member revealed for which girl group that debuted in June 2009 with 'Hot Issue'?

4Minute was unofficially called 'the HyunA group' before its launch. When it disbanded in 2016, she was the only member to re-sign with the agency.

What was the name of the trio HyunA formed in 2017 with Cube labelmates Hui and E'Dawn?

Triple H released two EPs before the agency ended the project in 2018, the year HyunA and E'Dawn confirmed they were a couple.

E'Dawn was eliminated from a 2016 survival show yet debuted that year in which Cube boy band?

Pentagon added E'Dawn to its final ten-member lineup despite his elimination on the show. He left the band in November 2018, three months after going public with HyunA.

Which moombahton title track led '1+1=1', the 2021 duet EP by HyunA and Dawn?

Ping Pong has lyrics by the couple themselves, who likened two lovers to a ball bouncing back and forth.

Which 2012 HyunA single, produced by Brave Brothers, opens its music video with a cameo from Psy?

Ice Cream returned a favour, since HyunA had appeared in Psy's own video months earlier. Her clip reached 10 million YouTube views in four days.

Which 2014 single gave HyunA her first music-show win and a spot in Rolling Stone's top ten videos?

Red won on Show Champion two weeks in a row and also went to number one in Taiwan.

Which 2019 single, co-written with Psy, was HyunA's first release after leaving Cube Entertainment?

Flower Shower arrived on the same day as Dawn's own solo debut, a joint relaunch for the couple under their new boss.

Which famous pair inspired the 19+ rated music video for 'Now', HyunA's 2013 duet with Hyunseung?

Bonnie and Clyde set the tone for a clip full of smoking and drinking, which a Billboard columnist read as a bid for Western attention.

Which German sportswear brand cast HyunA and Dawn together in its 2019 sandals campaign?

Puma had made HyunA an ambassador in 2018, before the couple went public, and kept working with both of them after their old agency let them go.

Which solo debut single did Dawn release on November 5, 2019, the same day as HyunA's comeback?

Money was his first release under the shortened name Dawn, a year after he left his boy band and his old agency.

Which rapper, the first act signed to Psy's label, featured on Dawn's 2020 track 'Dawndididawn'?

Jessi joined the label in the same month as HyunA and Dawn, January 2019, and left it in July 2022, weeks before they did.

Which 2021 HyunA title track lists Psy, HyunA and Dawn as its three lyricists?

I'm Not Cool became her first top-ten hit in Korea since 2016, and its EP also carries a track featuring Dawn.

Which 2010 solo debut single by HyunA had its video given a 19+ rating by a government ministry?

Change peaked at number two in Korea despite the rating, and broadcasters split on it: SBS set a 15+ limit while MBC cleared it for all ages.

Which 2017 debut EP by the trio of HyunA, Hui and E'Dawn was led by the single '365 Fresh'?

199X had lyrics by E'Dawn on every track, and the '365 Fresh' video drew complaints for depicting crime and suicide.

The title of HyunA's 2022 EP 'Nabillera' comes from an old Korean poem and means 'like a' what?

Butterfly is the image in 'The Nun's Dance', the poem the phrase comes from. Dawn and Psy co-wrote the title track's lyrics with her.

Which 2016 EP led by 'How's This?' was HyunA's first release after her girl group disbanded?

A'wesome launched her first solo concert tour across Asia, and one of its tracks was ruled unfit for broadcast by KBS over a vulgar expression.

HyunA filmed a 2014 Funny or Die sketch in Los Angeles with which British singer?

Rita Ora joined her for a comedy clip titled 'Better Walk', shot after HyunA's showcase at the SXSW festival in Texas.

Which agency ran HyunA's first girl group, which she left a year before signing with Cube?

JYP launched her as a 14-year-old rapper, and its founder J.Y. Park later worked on her 2024 EP 'Attitude'.

Which hip hop label signed Dawn in January 2023 and then HyunA later that year?

At Area released her 2024 EP 'Attitude', her first record in almost two years, while Dawn was away on mandatory military service.

Which 2018 EP by HyunA, Hui and E'Dawn's trio came out two weeks before the couple went public?

Retro Futurism turned out to be the trio's last record: its remaining stages were cancelled once the romance was confirmed.

Which 2017 single did HyunA release as a thank-you to fans for her tenth anniversary in music?

Lip & Hip premiered live at the Melon Music Awards two days before its release, and proved to be her final solo single for Cube Entertainment.

Which lead single from HyunA's 2017 EP 'Following' has lyrics that count her age backwards?

Babe has been read as a jab at the pressure on idols to keep acting young as they grow older. It earned a Mnet Asian Music Awards nomination for solo dance performance.

Which fashion house named HyunA a global ambassador in July 2021?

Loewe, the Spanish house, followed Calvin Klein, which had signed HyunA for its CK One collections the year before.

Which diagnosis did HyunA share in 2019 after tests explained her foggy vision and sudden collapses?

Vasovagal syncope was confirmed by a brain wave test, after HyunA had first put the episodes down to her panic disorder.

Where did HyunA film her 2011 breakout solo video, which features a cameo from MBLAQ's Lee Joon?

Okinawa hosted the shoot, and the finished video drew a million YouTube views in its first two days.

Which BtoB rapper featured on HyunA's 2015 single 'Roll Deep', also titled 'Because I'm the Best'?

Jung Il-hoon was a regular partner: he had already written and rapped on her 2012 track 'Unripe Apple'.

Which Block B rapper stood in for Dok2 when HyunA performed 'Just Follow' on Inkigayo in 2011?

Zico took over the guest verse with lyrics he rewrote himself, after TV promotion of her main single was cut short.

HyunA joined Uee, Gain and Han Seung-yeon in a 2009 promotional girl group for which phone brand?

Samsung built the 'Dream Team Girl Group' to promote its Anycall handsets, and the four released a single with a video starring actor Lee Dong-gun.

HyunA was in the first cast of which KBS variety show that sent girl-group idols to work on a farm?

Invincible Youth put seven idols, nicknamed G7, to work in a farming village in Gangwon Province. HyunA left in 2010 when her group's overseas schedule clashed with filming.

Which producer duo is credited as a composer on all four tracks of HyunA's 2024 EP 'Attitude'?

GroovyRoom produced the whole record, which was HyunA's first release for a new label after leaving Psy's company.