NC.A

NC.A
NC.A in 2017
Background information
Birth name Im So-eun[1]
Born (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996
Origin South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2013–present
Labels JPlanet Entertainment
Associated acts UNI.T
Website jplanetentertainment.com/nca/
Im Soeun
Hangul 임소은
Hanja 任昭垠
Revised Romanization Im Soeun
McCune–Reischauer Im Soŭn
Stage name
Hangul 앤씨아
Revised Romanization Aen Ssia
McCune–Reischauer Aen Ssia

Im Soeun (born October 7, 1996), well known as NC.A (initialism for New Creative Artist),[2] is a South Korean singer. She debuted in August 2013 with "My Student Teacher". She is currently active as a member of South Korean girl group UNI.T.

Biography

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.

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", "Oh My God"

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: "Hello Baby", 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.[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 28 August NC.A posted on Twitter a message announcing she would release a new single on 2 September.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

On 21 February 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 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.[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 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.[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 asked her fans to fund her first full album that will be released in May, 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]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[21]		 JPN
[22]		 US World
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.)
  • KOR:

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[23]
Scent Of NC.A
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

Participation OST

Title Album details Peak positions Sales
KOR
[23]
Immortal Song: Summer Songs Special Part.2
Track listing
  1. Clouds And I
  2. Just Like That
  3. Playing With Fire
  4. 세상 모르고 살았노라
  5. How About Me
  6. It Is Wind
  7. 해변으로 가요
  • KOR:
The Girl Who Can See Smells Pt. 8
Track listing
  1. Just 5 More Minutes
  2. Excuse Me
  3. Just 5 More Minutes (Inst.)
  4. Excuse Me (Inst.)
  • KOR:

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[25]
2013 "My Student Teacher" 92
  • KOR (DL): 39,717[26]
 Scent Of NC.A
"Oh My God" 108
  • KOR (DL): 36,297[27]
2014 "Hello Baby" 107
  • KOR (DL): 36,735[28]
"I'm Different" 81
  • KOR (DL): 47,053[29]
"Crazy You" —
  • KOR (DL): —
 Time To Be A Woman
"Hoo Hoo Hoo" —
  • KOR (DL): —
2015 "Coming Soon" —
  • KOR (DL): 16,743[30]
"Cinderella Time" —
  • KOR (DL): —
"Vanilla Shake" —
  • KOR (DL): 15,216 [31]
2016 "U in Me" —
  • KOR (DL): —
"Next Station" —
  • KOR (DL): —
2017 "Love Me" —
  • KOR (DL): —
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2018 "I'm Fine" TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtracks

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Drama
KOR
"Only 5 Minutes More"
(NC.A, Sangdo & Yano from Topp Dogg)		 2015 — The Girl Who Sees Smells OST
"Instinct" — Law of the Jungle OST
"Even if a memorable day comes"
 2016 17 94,679 Reply 1988 OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
"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 single
"Stars In The Night Sky 7"
(Yang Jung Seung, NC.A & Goo Bon Seung)		 — Non-album single
"How long time..."
(Shinji and NC.A)		 — Non-album single
"—" 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

Filmography

Variety Shows

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
2016MBCKing of Mask SingerContestant as "Don't Forget Me a Forget-me-not", episodes 77-78
2017 KBS The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project Finalist - 3rd Place

Drama

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[32] Eileen

TV Programs

  • 2014: Ranking Reformat 8

References

  1. ↑ Kim Wong-yeom (2013-09-07). "NC.A, 'the powerful difference in an environment of idol groups and singers'". Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  2. 1 2 "NC.A (앤씨아)". Hot New Face with DJ Isak. Arirang Radio (via WordPress). 2013-08-17. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  3. 1 2 "Powerful rookie vocalist NC.A debuts with the impressive 'My Student Teacher'". allkpop. August 11, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rookie Artist NC.A Sings About a High School Crush in 'My Student Teacher'". Soompi. August 12, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rookie singer NC.A lands a role in 'Reply 1994'". allkpop. August 30, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ "NC.A returns with Wheesung-produced pop ballad 'Hello Baby'". allkpop.com. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  7. ↑ "NC.A International Fansite (A-PRINCE's Sungwon and NC.A to host new music show on MBC Music)". NC.A Updates. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  8. ↑ "앤씨아(NC.A)_ 난 좀 달라(I'm different) Official Music Video". YouTube. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  9. ↑ "NC.A To Release A New Single The 2nd of September". hutch991. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  10. ↑ "NC.A MV For Crazy You". JJholic Media. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  11. ↑ "NC.A is a dancing and prancing cutie in MV for 'Coming Soon' + raps for the 1st time!". AllKpop. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "NC.A to make a comeback with a ballad song". Koreaboo. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "NC.A goes on a date with her prince charming, BTOB's Sungjae, in 'Cinderella Time' MV". Allkpop. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "앤씨아(NC.A), '쑥쑥이' 육성재와 다시 연인으로 재회[스포츠투데이]". Sports Today. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "앤씨아, 7월 중순 컴백..夏여가수들 대전 홀로 참여". Naver. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "앤씨아 컴백 티저, 단발머리로 파격 변신 '손연재 닮은꼴' [NC.A comeback Teaser, shocking transformation with short hair]". TV Daily. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "'정글의 법칙' 이지원 PD, 이번에도 앤씨아 새 싱글 '본능' 작사". Sports Khan. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  18. 1 2 "앤씨아-지율-재이, 가상현실드라마 출연". Sports Donga. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "NC.A Album Production Project". Makestar. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  20. ↑ [ "The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project"] Check |url= value (help). 12 April 2018 – via Wikipedia.
  21. ↑ "Gaon Weekly Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  22. ↑ "LOL". Oricon. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Gaon Album Chart - 2014년 4월 3주차". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Gaon Album Chart - 2014년 4월". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  25. ↑ Chart positions:
    • "My Student Teacher": "Gaon Digital Chart - 2013년 8월 4주차". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
    • "Oh My God": "Gaon Digital Chart - 2013년 11월 4주차". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
    • "Hello Baby": "Gaon Digital Chart - 2014년 3월 5주차". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
    • "I'm Different": "Gaon Digital Chart - 2014년 4월 3주차". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  26. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - 2013년 8월". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  27. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - 2013년 11월". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  28. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - 2014년 3월". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  29. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart - 2014년 4월". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  30. ↑ "2015년 03주차 Download Chart". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  31. ↑ "2015 July 19 - July 25 Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  32. ↑ http://www.joongboo.com/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=1266814
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