Dayoung

Im Da-young (; born May 14, 1999), better known by the mononym Dayoung, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group WJSN and its subunit WJSN Chocome. Dayoung made her solo debut in 2025 with the song "Body" from her digital single album Gonna Love Me, Right?.

Early life Im Da-young was born on May 14, 1999 in Jeju, South Korea. She graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul in 2018.

In 2011, at the age of 12, Dayoung performed on reality competition show K-pop Star.

Career

On December 10, 2015, Dayoung was announced as a member of then-upcoming girl group WJSN. She debuted with the group on February 25, 2016. In August 2016, Dayoung, alongside members Exy, Seola, Soobin, Eunseo, Cheng Xiao, and Yeoreum, teamed up with label mate Monsta X to form the unit Y-Teen, a project unit group that promoted as CF models for KT's phone fare service. On October 7, 2020, Dayoung debuted in the group's sub-unit WJSN Chocome alongside members Soobin, Luda, and Yeoreum.

In 2020, Dayoung and fellow WJSN member Exy contributed the song "Oh My, Oh My" to the original soundtrack for Welcome.

In 2024, Dayoung collaborated with Eden for the song "Love Is" for the Doctor Slump original soundtrack. In the same year, she also sang the song "Love Wave" for the South Korean TV series of the same name.

On September 9, 2025, Dayoung released her debut single album Gonna Love Me, Right? with the title track "Body".

On April 7, 2026, Dayoung released her digital single "What's a Girl to Do", along with the music video for the lead song of the same name. On August 4, she released the digital single "Flirty", in collaboration with Jay Park.

Discography

Single album Title Album details Gonna Love Me, Right? Released: September 9, 2025 Label: Starship Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Body" 2025 10 Gonna Love Me, Right? "What's a Girl to Do" 2026 — "Flirty" "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORDown. "Oh My, Oh My" 2020 — Welcome OST "Love Is" 2024 140 Doctor Slump OST "Love Wave" — Love Wave OST "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR "Number One Rockstar" 2025 53 Gonna Love Me, Right? "Priceless (Kaching Kaching)" 2026 106

Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released, and name of the director(s) Title Year Director "Body" 2025 Young Ji Choi (PinkLabel Visual) "Number One Rockstar" "What's a Girl to Do?" 2026

Filmography

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2020 Love Revolution Oh Ah-ram 2021 True Beauty Chae-ni Special appearance

Television shows Year Title Role 2011 K-pop Star Contestant 2022–present Kick a Goal Herself / member of FC Top Girl

Radio Year Title Role 2020–2021 Avengers Host

Awards and nominations

+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Korea First Brand Awards 2026 Female Solo Singer – Rookie Dayoung Korea Grand Music Awards 2025 Best Solo Artist – Female MAMA Awards 2025 Best Dance Performance – Female Solo "Body" Song of the Year