Hello Gayoung

Baek Ga-young (; born October 23, 1987), better known by her stage name Hello Ga-young , is a South Korean singer-songwriter. Before beginning her solo project, she was a member of Joa Band, a Korean indie band, from 2009 to 2013. She debuted as a singer-songwriter in December 2013, with her first single "A Song of Old Lovers" . Her albums were released by her independent music label helloeumak , before she established a partnership with Interpark Entertainment in 2017. From 2013 to present, Hello Ga-young has released two albums, three extended plays, and seventeen singles.

Career

2009–2013: a bassist of Joa Band The musical career of Baek Ga-young began when she joined Joa Band as a bassist in 2009. Because Joa Band members would typically sing songs they wrote themselves,

2013–2015: single debut, Those Moments In 2013, she started a small music label, helloeumak, with her friend Cheon See-woo as an A&R executive. Her debut single, "A Song of Old Lovers", was released on December 30, 2013. On March 20, 2014, her first extended play "Opponent Process Theory" was released, including two singles "A Song of Old Lovers" and "Just Because I Like You" , and three more new songs: "I'm Coming to You" , "Opponent Process Theory", and "Dish" . The album ranked second within the first two weeks after the release at K-Indie Chart vol.48, a Korean independent music chart released twice a month by Mirrorball Music. Those Moments remained in the top 30 of the chart for 14 weeks (vol.48~vol.54, from February 11, 2015 to May 25, 2015). On July 9, 2015, she was featured on , a Korean music program owned by MBC Music, and performed "Sleepless Summer Night" and "A World Without Time".

2016–2018: Feelings, Collection Of Short Stories Her musical career began in 2016 with the release of the second extended play Feelings on January 19. In March, she announced her one-year music project, Collection Of Short Stories . autumn, and winter. She also wrote and published her first essay, "Sleepless Summer Night", during the project. The book's title was inspired by her single "Sleepless Summer Night" , previously released in 2014, and each chapter's title was inspired by the titles of four singles of Collection of Short Stories. The project ended as her third extended play, Collection Of Short Stories (Almost Like Missing You), was released on March 17, 2017, including the four Collections Of Short Stories singles as well as her new song "Almost Like Missing You" . The album ranked third at the K-Indie Chart vol.98. The chart has also noted that the album contains strong seasonal feelings.

2019–present: something special When her second album something special was released in 2019, she performed a solo concert celebrating the release at Ewha Girls' High School's 100th-Anniversary Hall, from February 16 to 17.

Released: February 23, 2015 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download 67

Released: January 23, 2019 Label: Interpark Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 51

Extended plays

Title Album details Collection of Short Stories – Almost Like Missing You (단편집 – 그리움에 가까운)Released: March 17, 2017 Label: helloeumak Formats: CD, digital download 53 On the Edge of (가장자리에서)Released: December 7, 2021 Label: Interpark Formats: CD, digital download 94

Single albums

Singles

Soundtrack appearances Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KOR "Literal meaning: Shining bright" — Woman with a Suitcase OST Part. 4 "Good Bye" 2017 — My Friend's Romance OST Pt.3 "Blue Day" — Avengers Social Club OST Part 3 "Where are you?" — My first love OST Part.2 "Did you wake up?" 2020 — Did you wake up?(one and only romance X Hello Ga-Young, Wonpil(DAY6)) "How Is It?" 2021 — No, Thank You OST Part.2 "I Guess I Like You" 2022 — Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist OST Part.2

Collaborations Title Year Album Other artist(s) "For to be Strangers" 2014 bright #2 — "So Nice (GMF 2015 Ver.)" 2015 So Nice(GMF 2015 Ver.) Gyepi of autumn vacation, Bily Acoustie, Standing Egg, Lee Hyunsong of The Koxx, Joo Woo Jae "Literal meaning: LDR" 2016 정규앨범 4집 '꽃''' (Literal meaning: The Fourth Studio Album 'Flower') Coffeeboy

The Day We Said Goodbye Temperature of Saying "Hi"

Nodeul Music, Vol. 1 Soran

So Nice (GMF 10th anniversary special version) Great Mint Band, Kwon Jeong Yeol of 10cm, Kim Min-seok of MeloMance, Dalchong, Bily Acoustie, Lee Won-suk of Daybreak, Lee Han Cheol, Peppertones

2017 A song that I sing with my heart''Rooftop Moonlight, Kwon Soon Kwan, Jo So Jung, Ahn Ye-eun, Sunwoo Jung-a, Jo Min Hwi, Lee Seol Ah, Jo Ye Ran

Books DateTitleTypePublisherMarch 17, 2017 Sleepless Summer Night ((쉽게 잠들지 못하는 밤은) 언젠가 설명이 필요한 밤)EssayBillybutton