Song Jieun

Song Ji-eun (; born May 5, 1990), better known mononymously as Jieun, is a South Korean singer and actress best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Secret. Aside from her group's activities, she has released several solo songs and participated in various OSTs. In 2011, her second single, "Going Crazy" featuring Bang Yong-guk, went to become her first number one single on the Gaon Chart as a solo artist.

Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and career beginnings Song Ji-eun was born on May 5, 1990, in South Korea, she is an only child. Having interest in music when she was young, she auditioned for JYP Entertainment at an early age. While in JYP Entertainment, she sang OSTs of Korean dramas in 2007 and 2008 such as "Learning To Fly" for Air City. Under JYP Entertainment, she was set off to debut as a four-member girl group with Sistar's Hyorin, BESTie's Uji and EXID's Hani, but the plan was scrapped and Ji-eun then left JYP Entertainment and joined TS Entertainment.

2009–2014: Debut with Secret and rising popularity

In September 2009, TS Entertainment announced that they will be debuting a four-member girl group in October 2009. Song, along with Han Sun-hwa, Jung Ha-na and Jun Hyo-seong, debuted as the group, Secret. Prior to their debut, the group was on a documentary show called "Secret Story" which chronicled their debut process. They released their debut single "I Want You Back" in October 2009.

In December 2009, she sang a duet with Hwanhee titled, "Yesterday".

After Secret's success with "Shy Boy", TS Entertainment announced that Song will make her solo debut with the song "Going Crazy". The song was dubbed as an "emotional ballad track" and "different to what she's shown through Secret". The single, released in March 2011, was a success and peaked at number one on Gaon Singles Chart, making it Song's and Bang's first number one single in Korea.

In 2013, Song released her first single album Hope Torture, which she unveiled at her album showcase at the Olleh Square in Gwanghwamun.

In 2014, Song released her first extended play, titled 25, which contained two singles "Don't Look At Me Like That" and "Pretty Age 25". The same year, Song made her acting debut in the web drama Drawing, Spring, as a part-time worker for a PR team, who loves all living things but has traumatic experience with horses.

2015–present: Acting career, Bobby Doll, and departure from Secret In April 2015, Song featured in fantasy youth comedy The Superman Age, an 8-episode series which aired on cable channel tvN. She then starred in the web drama The Immutable Law of First Love, based on a web novel of the same name, playing a photographer who loves abandoned dogs. In November, she starred in KBS's daily drama Sweet Home, Sweet Honey and received positive reception on her performance.

In September 2016, Song released her second extended play, titled Bobby Doll containing six tracks, including the title track of the same name.

In April 2017, Song starred in OCN's romantic comedy drama My Secret Romance alongside Sung Hoon.

In August 2017, Song submitted a request to the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board to verify that her contract is no longer valid due to TS Entertainment not following the terms of the contract. Song later took to her Instagram where she announced her departure from Secret.

Personal life On December 21, 2023, Song announced through her Instagram account that she was in a relationship with YouTuber Park We of the channel Weracle. On March 12, 2024, the couple announced their engagement. The couple married on October 9, 2024, in Gangnam.

Discography

EPs Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR JPN Korean 25 Released: October 14, 2014 Label: TS Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 6 — KOR: 5,796 Bobby Doll Released: September 20, 2016 Label: TS Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 5 285 KOR: 5,300+ JPN: 229 Dream Released: July 26, 2020 Label: OneSoul Entertainment Format: CD, digital download — — Japanese 25 Released: December 2, 2014 Label: Kiss Entertainment Format: CD, digital download — 29 JPN: 4,816 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Single albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Bloom Released: October 22, 2020 Label: Wonsoul E&M Format: CD, digital download — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles As lead artist

KOR: 1,581,465 "Hope Torture" 2013 9 — KOR: 324,742 Hope Torture "Don't Look At Me Like That" 2014 27 22 KOR: 119,127 25 "Pretty Age 25" 15 — KOR: 255,349 "Cool Night" 2015 18 — KOR: 213,195 "Bobby Doll" 2016 105 — KOR: 17,100 Bobby Doll "Tell Me" 2017 — — "Please Make us new" 2020 — — "MIL (Make it love)" — — Dream "Bloom" — — Bloom "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR 2012 132 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtracks Year Title Drama 2007 "Learning To Fly" Air City 2008 "Bichunmooga" Bichunmoo "Perfume" The Lawyers of the Great Republic Korea 2012 "It's Cold" Take Care of Us, Captain 2014 "If Only I Could Go To You" God's Gift: 14 Days 2015 "Person I Miss" Shine or Go Crazy "D.N.A Love" Flirty Boy and Girl 2017 "Same" My Secret Romance 2019 "Let Me Hear" Confession "Wonderful Day" I Wanna Hear Your Song "Between Us" Wish Woosh 2

Participation in albums Year Title Album 2015 "Love is Rainwater Outside the Window" King of Mask Singer: Special "Let's Go to the Beach" Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend (Summer with Friends Special)

Music videos Year Music video 2011 "Going Crazy" 2012 "It's Cold" 2013 "False Hope" 2014 "Don't Look at me Like That" "Pretty Age 25" 2015 "Cool Night" 2016 "Bobby Doll" 2020 "MIL (Make it love)" "Bloom"

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2024 Wannabe Park Ji-min Film debut

Television series Year Title Role 2010 More Charming by the Day Cameo 2012 Family Cameo (Episode 45) 2013 Pure Love Kang Soo-ji (young) 2015 The Superman Age Ji-Eun 2015 Sweet Home, Sweet Honey Oh Bom 2017 My Secret Romance Lee Yoo-mi 2019 Melting Me Softly Oh Young-seon 2021 So I Married the Anti-fan Flight attendant (Cameo) Shh, Please Take Care of Him Jeon Seol 2021 The Man's Voice Go Mi-rim 2021 Anyway Thirty Joo Seo-eun

Web series Year Title Role 2014 Longing for Spring Yang Mal-ja 2015 Immutable Law of First Love Lee Yeo-ri 2019 Wish Woosh 2 Min Ji-woo

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 Seoul International Webfest 2015 Best New Actress Longing for Spring