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40 free HyunA trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
HyunA has been one of K-pop's most talked-about performers since she was a teenager: a rapper in two girl groups, a soloist whose videos kept running into broadcast rules, and the dancer who stole a scene in the most-watched Korean video of its time. Then came E'Dawn. The two met as labelmates, worked together in a side project, and in 2018 told the press they had been dating in secret, a decision that cost them both their contracts. This quiz follows what happened next, from the new agency that took them in to the duet record, the engagement and beyond. It is written for fans who know every era by heart and for casual listeners who remember one summer hit. Expect questions on songs, collaborators, music videos, brand deals and the headlines.
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Q 01In Psy's 'Gangnam Style' video, HyunA catches his eye while she dances in which setting?
A subway car
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.
Q 02What did HyunA announce in November 2022, nine months after she and Dawn revealed their engagement?
Their breakup
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.
Q 03What reason did Cube Entertainment give for firing HyunA and E'Dawn after their 2018 dating reveal?
Loss of trust
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.
Q 04HyunA first debuted in February 2007, aged 14, as the main rapper of which girl group?
Wonder Girls
Wonder Girls introduced HyunA to the public, but she left within months and missed the group's breakout hit 'Tell Me'.
Q 05Which former Beast rapper, a guest on HyunA's 2010 solo debut single, married her in October 2024?
Yong Jun-hyung
Yong Jun-hyung rapped on her first solo single 14 years before the wedding, and also co-wrote her 2011 song 'A Bitter Day'.
Q 06A 2016 episode of which American animated sitcom parodied HyunA's breakout 2011 solo music video?
Family Guy
Family Guy sent its characters to South Korea in that episode, after they learn Quagmire once starred in a Korean soap opera.
Q 07Which label, founded by Psy after he left YG Entertainment, signed HyunA and Dawn in January 2019?
P Nation
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.
Q 08Which 2011 HyunA hit had its TV promotions halted after regulators judged the dance too suggestive?
Bubble Pop!
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.
Q 09Which duo did HyunA form in 2011 with Beast's Hyunseung, scoring a hit with a self-titled single?
Trouble Maker
Trouble Maker caused a stir before its debut, when a teaser stage at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards featured an on-stage kiss.
Q 10Why did HyunA's parents pull her out of her first girl group in July 2007, months after its debut?
Health concerns
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.
Q 11HyunA was the first member revealed for which girl group that debuted in June 2009 with 'Hot Issue'?
4Minute
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.
Q 12What was the name of the trio HyunA formed in 2017 with Cube labelmates Hui and E'Dawn?
Triple H
Triple H released two EPs before the agency ended the project in 2018, the year HyunA and E'Dawn confirmed they were a couple.
Q 13E'Dawn was eliminated from a 2016 survival show yet debuted that year in which Cube boy band?
Pentagon
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.
Q 21Which rapper, the first act signed to Psy's label, featured on Dawn's 2020 track 'Dawndididawn'?
Jessi
Jessi joined the label in the same month as HyunA and Dawn, January 2019, and left it in July 2022, weeks before they did.
Q 22Which 2021 HyunA title track lists Psy, HyunA and Dawn as its three lyricists?
I'm Not Cool
I'm Not Cool became her first top-ten hit in Korea since 2016, and its EP also carries a track featuring Dawn.
Q 23Which 2010 solo debut single by HyunA had its video given a 19+ rating by a government ministry?
Change
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.
Q 14Which moombahton title track led '1+1=1', the 2021 duet EP by HyunA and Dawn?
Ping Pong
Ping Pong has lyrics by the couple themselves, who likened two lovers to a ball bouncing back and forth.
Q 15Which 2012 HyunA single, produced by Brave Brothers, opens its music video with a cameo from Psy?
Ice Cream
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.
Q 16Which 2014 single gave HyunA her first music-show win and a spot in Rolling Stone's top ten videos?
Red
Red won on Show Champion two weeks in a row and also went to number one in Taiwan.
Q 17Which 2019 single, co-written with Psy, was HyunA's first release after leaving Cube Entertainment?
Flower Shower
Flower Shower arrived on the same day as Dawn's own solo debut, a joint relaunch for the couple under their new boss.
Q 18Which famous pair inspired the 19+ rated music video for 'Now', HyunA's 2013 duet with Hyunseung?
Bonnie and Clyde
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.
Q 19Which German sportswear brand cast HyunA and Dawn together in its 2019 sandals campaign?
Puma
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.
Q 20Which solo debut single did Dawn release on November 5, 2019, the same day as HyunA's comeback?
Money
Money was his first release under the shortened name Dawn, a year after he left his boy band and his old agency.
Q 24Which 2017 debut EP by the trio of HyunA, Hui and E'Dawn was led by the single '365 Fresh'?
199X
199X had lyrics by E'Dawn on every track, and the '365 Fresh' video drew complaints for depicting crime and suicide.
Q 25The title of HyunA's 2022 EP 'Nabillera' comes from an old Korean poem and means 'like a' what?
Butterfly
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.
Q 26Which 2016 EP led by 'How's This?' was HyunA's first release after her girl group disbanded?
A'wesome
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.
Q 27HyunA filmed a 2014 Funny or Die sketch in Los Angeles with which British singer?
Rita Ora
Rita Ora joined her for a comedy clip titled 'Better Walk', shot after HyunA's showcase at the SXSW festival in Texas.
Q 28Which agency ran HyunA's first girl group, which she left a year before signing with Cube?
JYP
JYP launched her as a 14-year-old rapper, and its founder J.Y. Park later worked on her 2024 EP 'Attitude'.
Q 29Which hip hop label signed Dawn in January 2023 and then HyunA later that year?
At Area
At Area released her 2024 EP 'Attitude', her first record in almost two years, while Dawn was away on mandatory military service.
Q 30Which 2018 EP by HyunA, Hui and E'Dawn's trio came out two weeks before the couple went public?
Retro Futurism
Retro Futurism turned out to be the trio's last record: its remaining stages were cancelled once the romance was confirmed.