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NC.A

In this Korean name, the family name is Im.

Im So-eun (born October 7, 1996), better known as NC.A (initialism for New Creative Artist),[2] is a South Korean singer and actress, She debuted in August 2013 with "My Student Teacher". She was last active as a member of South Korean girl group Uni.T, until their disbandment in September 2018.

NC.A
NC.A in 2018
Born
Im So-eun[1]

(1996-10-07) October 7, 1996 (age 27)
Osan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2013–present
LabelsJPlanet
Formerly ofUni.T
Websitejplanetentertainment.com/nca/
Korean name
Hangul
임소은
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIm So-eun
McCune–ReischauerIm Soŭn
Stage name
Hangul
앤씨아
Revised RomanizationAen Ssia
McCune–ReischauerAen Ssia

Personal life edit

NC.A was born on October 7, 1996.

She attended the Osan Middle School and attended Hanlim Multi Art School and graduated in February 2015.

Career edit

Pre-debut edit

Towards her graduation in junior high school, she started going to a music academy. She performed there and someone had it video-taped and uploaded online. The video ended up in the hands of Chae Jong-ju, the CEO of JJHolic Media who later called her in for an audition. Upon passing the auditions, she became a trainee.[2]

In 2012, she performed in a concert of her label mate Yurisangja.[3]

2013: Debut with My Student Teacher and Oh My God edit

On August 11, 2013, NC.A released her debut digital single "My Student Teacher".[3][4] The song, which lyrics talked about high school life, was composed by Park Seung-hwa of Yurisangja, written by Lee Ji-won and edited by Seo Jung-jin, which presented Lee Hye-ri.

She portrayed the role of a high school student in tvN's Reply 1994. The drama's producing director Shin Won-ho saw a pre-debut photo and asked her to audition for the drama.[5]

On November 15, she released her second single "Oh My God", this time she appeared in the music video.

2014: Scent of NC.A, Crazy You & Hoo Hoo Hoo edit

On March 21, 2014, NC.A released her digital single "Hello Baby". Following this single, NC.A released her first mini-album on April 9.[6] Along with Sungwon from A-Prince, NC.A will be an MC of the new music show Ranking Reformat which will air from Monday to Friday at 12AM KST. The premiere was on April 7.[7] On the same date, the teaser of the MV "I'm Different" was released on NC.A's Official YouTube channel. On April 9, they released the music video for "I'm Different".[8]

On August 28 NC.A posted on Twitter a message announcing she would release a new single on September 2.[9]

On September 2 NC.A released a pre-release single "Crazy You" featuring Sims of MIB as a surprise for fans and also their upcoming studio album, NC.A released the music video on September 20.[10]

On December 18 NC.A released the MV for Hoo Hoo Hoo.

2015–present: Multiple solo singles & The Unit edit

On December 31 NC.A posted the teaser for her new single "Coming Soon" on her YouTube channel, announcing that it would come out January 5. Coming Soon is a song about a girl who wants to confess her feelings to the boy she's been admiring. She held her debut stage of "Coming Soon" on KBS's Music Bank January 2. The song and MV were released January 5. "Coming Soon" is NC.A's first try at rapping since her debut.[11]

On February 21 NC.A announced that she would be coming back with a ballad song on March.[12]

Through NC.A's official Facebook and Twitter it was announced on March 25 that the following day she would release her new single Cinderella Time and they posted the concept images. The single and MV were released on March 26 and in the MV Sungjae from BTOB and Dino from Halo appear.[13][14]

It was announced that NC.A would make her comeback on July [15] Through her official Facebook, NC.A posted a teaser for Vanilla Shake showing her in a short haircut and later posted that it would be released the 20th of the same month.[16]

On July 20 NC.A released her new song Vanilla Shake and Jeong Jae Yong and NS Yoon-G were featured in the MV.

She released the OST "Instinct" for the drama The Law of the Jungle on the 23rd.[17]

NC.A was cast in the drama Three by Three together with Fiestar's Jei and Dal Shabet's Jiyul.[18]

Through the project to fund albums Makestar, NC.A released her first Korean studio album Time to Be A Woman that will be released in October 2016.[19]

In October 2017, NC.A participated on South Korean survival reality show, The Unit. The concept of the show is to form male and female unit groups of nine members each, among idols who had already debuted. On the last episode NC.A ranked #3, thus making her one of the nine members of the temporary girlgroup Uni.T.[20][circular reference]

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[21]
Time to Be a Woman
Track listing
  1. Next Station
  2. U in me
  3. Hoo Hoo Hoo
  4. Vanilla Shake
  5. Coming Soon
  6. Curfew
  7. Look Crazy (Feat. Sims Of M.I.B)
  8. How much more... (Feat. Shinji)
  9. Instinct
  10. Next station (Inst.)
 26

Extended plays edit

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[21]
Scent of NC.A
  • Released: April 9, 2014
  • Label: JJ Holic Media
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. I'm Different
  2. Hello Baby
  3. My Student Teacher
  4. Oh My God
  5. I'm Different (Instrumental)
  6. Hello Baby (Instrumental)
 16
Some-
  • Released: May 10, 2019
  • Label: J Planet Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
 37

Singles edit

As lead artist edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales[A] Album
KOR
[25]
"My Student Teacher" (교생쌤) 2013 92 Scent of NC.A
"Oh My God" 108
"Hello Baby" 2014 107
"I'm Different" (난 좀 달라) 81
"Crazy You" (미쳤나봐) — Time to Be a Woman
"Hoo Hoo Hoo" (후후후) —
"Coming Soon" 2015 —
"Cinderella Time" (통금시간) —
"Vanilla Shake" (바닐라 쉐이크) 123
"U in Me" 2016 —
"Next Station" (다음역) — —
"I'm Fine" 2018 — Some-
"Awesome Breeze" (밤바람) 2019 —
"Melody For You" (널 위한 멜로디) 2021 — 널 위한 멜로디 - Single
"My Student Teacher (2022 Version)" (교생쌤) 2022 28 My Student Teacher (2022 Version) - Single
"Coming Soon (2022 Version)" 70 Coming Soon (2022 Version) - Single
"Love is Like Rain Outside the Window" (사랑은 창밖에 빗물 같아요) — 사랑은 창밖에 빗물 같아요 - Single
"I'm Different (2022 Remix Version)" (난 좀 달라) — I'm Different (2022 Remix Version) - Single
"No You, No Me (2022 Version)" (헤어질 자신 있니) — No You, No Me (2022 Version) - Single
"My Little" 2023 —

My Little - Single

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As featured artist edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[25]
"Clouds And I"
(Lee SeeJun and NC.A) 		2014 — Immortal Song: Summer Songs Special Part.2
"Words I Want To Tell You All Night"
(1SAgain featuring NC.A) 		2015 — Non-album singles
"Stars In The Night Sky 7"
(Yang Jung Seung, NC.A & Goo Bon Seung) 		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales[A] Album
KOR
[25]
"How Long Time.." (얼마나 더..)
(with Shin Ji) 		2015 — Time To Be A Woman
"Playing With Fire" (봄에 오면 괴롭힐 거예요)
(with Yook Sung-jae) 		2016 89 Some-
"Love Me" (읽어주세요)
(with Sugarbowl) 		2017 — Love Me - Single
"So Do You" (노래방에서)
(with Seo Eunkwang) 		2018 —[B] Some-
"No You, No Me" (헤어질 자신 있니)
(with Hynn) 		2019 68 No You, No Me - Single
"Stay Home" (with Josub) — Favorite Chart, Pt. 1
"Flashback" (생각이 똑똑)
(with TIKITIK, Yoo Jun-ho, and LUNARSOLAR's Jian) 		2020 — Favorite Chart, Pt. 2
"leave you for a while..." (잠시 헤어지는거야)
(with Namgung Eunju) 		2022 — leave you for a while... - Single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales[A] Drama
KOR
[25]
"Only 5 Minutes More"
(NC.A, Sangdo & Yano from Topp Dogg) 		2015 — A Girl Who Sees Smells OST
"Instinct" — Law of the Jungle OST
"Even If a Memorable Day Comes"
 2016 17 Reply 1988 OST
"More & More"
 2018 — Risky Romance OST
"Kiss Me"
 2019 — Perfume (2019 TV series) OST
"How About Your Day?"
 — Goodbye, Hello OST
"Something" (어떻게 할까?)"
 2021 — Sometoon 2021 OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Videography edit

Music videos edit

Year Title Length Notes
2013 "My Student Teacher (Drama Ver.)" 03:52 Debut MV starring Girl's Day's Hyeri
directed by NAIVE Creative Productions
"My Student Teacher (Lip Ver.)" 03:34 directed by NAIVE Creative Productions
"Oh My God" 03:19
2014 "I'm Different" 03:29
"Crazy You" 03:27
"Hoo Hoo Hoo" 00:56
2015 "Coming Soon" 03:21
"Cinderella Time" 03:41 With Sungjae from BTOB and Dino from Halo
"Vanilla Shake" 03:32 With Jeong Jae Yong and NS Yoon-G
"How Long Time..." 03:42 With Shinji
2016 "Next Station" 03:48
2017 "Love Me" 04:11 With Haneul
2018 "I'm Fine" 03:34
2019 "Awesome Breeze (Drama Ver.)" 04:46 With SF9's Rowoon, LUNARSOLAR's Taeryeong & Jian, and Lee Suji
"Awesome Breeze (NC.A Ver.)" 03:56

Music Video Appearances edit

Year Song title Artist
2014 치사치사치사 Seo Young Eun
2015 Did You Eat? The Shorties

Filmography edit

Variety Shows edit

Year Channel Show Note
2013 SBS Cultwo Show
2014 MBC Every 1 Weekly Idol Made a cameo on the episode of Hyosung.
Arirang Pops in Seoul
MBC Ailee's Vitamin Guest on the first episode
KBS Happy Together 3 Guest on the episode 346
Tooniverse Thunderstruck Stationary 2 Kids Show
MBC Music NC.A in Fukuoka There are 4 episodes in total
2015 Arirang Arirang Radio
SBS Star King
KBS Hello Counselor
Arirang Pops in Seoul
KBS2 Crisis Escape Number 1
MBC King of Mask Singer Guest Judge
OGN OnGameNet From Start Till Clear Guest on ep 226, 231, 232
JTBC Hidden Singer 4 Panelist, Impersonator (Shin Ji's Episode)
2016 MBC King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Don't Forget Me a Forget-me-not", episodes 77-78
2017 KBS The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project Finalist - 3rd Place

Drama edit

Year Network Drama Role
2013 tvN Reply 1994 Student/friend of Sooksookie (Yook Sung-jae)
2014 Tooniverse Thunderstruck Stationery 2 As NC.A
2015 Web drama Three by Three[18] TBA
2018 KBS 2TV To. Jenny[39] Eileen (cameo)
2020 JTBC Itaewon Class[40] Bok-hee's friend (cameo)
2021 Seezn Sometoon 2021 Ye-ra (Ep.3) / Sophie (Ep.10) / Hak No-hyeo (Ep.13) / Dan-bi (Ep.16) / So-mi (Ep.17) / Tak Mi-ryeo (Ep.20)
TBA B-PLAY Phantom School Kang Yu-na

TV Programs edit

  • 2014: Ranking Reformat 8

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Sales figures for tracks are based on digital downloads, except noted.
  2. ^ "So Do You" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at number 62 on Download component chart.[37]

References edit

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