Introduction
Im So-eun (born October 7, 1996), better known as NC.A (initialism for New Creative Artist), is a South Korean singer. 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.
Personal life
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
Pre-debut
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.
In 2012, she performed in a concert of her label mate Yurisangja.
2013: Debut with My Student Teacher and Oh My God
On August 11, 2013, NC.A released her debut digital single "My Student Teacher". 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.
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
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. 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. 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".
On 28 August NC.A posted on Twitter a message announcing she would release a new single on 2 September.
On 2 September NC.A released the digital single "Crazy You" featuring Sims of MIB as a surprise for fans, NC.A released the music video on 20 September.
On 18 December NC.A released the MV for Hoo Hoo Hoo.
2015–present: "Coming Soon", "Cinderella Time", "Vanilla Shake", "Time To Be A Woman" & The Unit
On 31 December NC.A posted the teaser for her new single "Coming Soon" on her YouTube channel, announcing that it would come out 5 January. 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 2 January. The song and MV were released 5 January. "Coming Soon" is NC.A's first try at rapping since her debut.
On 21 February NC.A announced that she would be coming back with a ballad song on March.
Through NC.A's official Facebook and Twitter it was announced on 25 March 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 26 March and in the MV Sungjae from BTOB and Dino from Halo appear.
It was announced that NC.A would make her comeback on JulyThrough 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.
On 20 July 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.
NC.A was cast in the drama Three by Three together with Fiestar's Jei and Dal Shabet's Jiyul.
Through the project to fund albums Makestar, NC.A asked her fans to fund her first full album that will be released in May, 2016.
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.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| Time to Be a Woman |
Track listing
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26 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||
| Scent of NC.A |
Track listing
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16 |
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| Some- |
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37 |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | |||||
| "My Student Teacher" (교생쌤) | 2013 | 92 |
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Scent of NC.A | |
| "Oh My God" | 108 |
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| "Hello Baby" | 2014 | 107 |
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| "I'm Different" (난 좀 달라) | 81 |
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| "Crazy You" (미쳤나봐) | — |
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Time to Be a Woman | ||
| "Hoo Hoo Hoo" (후후후) | — |
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| "Coming Soon" | 2015 | — |
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| "Cinderella Time" (통금시간) | — |
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| "Vanilla Shake" (바닐라 쉐이크) | 123 |
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| "U in Me" | 2016 | — |
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| "Next Station" (다음역) | — | ||||
| "I'm Fine" | 2018 | — | N/A | Some- | |
| "Awesome Breeze" (밤바람) | 2019 | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | |||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "Clouds And I" |
2014 | — | Immortal Song: Summer Songs Special Part.2 | |
| "Words I Want To Tell You All Night" |
2015 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Stars In The Night Sky 7" |
— | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Collaborations
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "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 | — | Non-album single | |
| "So Do You" (노래방에서) (with Seo Eunkwang) |
2018 | — | N/A | Some- |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Soundtrack appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Drama |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "Only 5 Minutes More" |
2015 | — | The Girl Who Sees Smells OST | |
| "Instinct" | — | Law of the Jungle OST | ||
| "Even If a Memorable Day Comes" |
2016 | 17 |
|
Reply 1988 OST |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Videography
Music videos
| 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 |
Music Video Appearances
| Year | Song title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 치사치사치사 | Seo Young Eun |
| 2015 | Did You Eat? | The Shorties |