Debuting as the main rapper of girl group Iz*One, South Korean vocalist and performer YENA built chart-topping success within her home country through the group's dominant 2010s and 2020s run. Following Iz*One's disbandment in 2021, she began releasing strong material as a soloist, debuting with the number two-charting mini-album Smiley.
Born and raised in Gil-Dong, Gangdong, musician and actress Choi Ye-na began training under Polaris during her teens, then signed with Yuehua Entertainment under the mononym YENA (예나). Excelling on the Mnet survival show Produce 48, YENA was ...