Baek Ye-rin

She officially debuted as a solo artist with her first extended play, Frank, with the lead single titled "Across the Universe" on the 30th.

The EP marked the start of Baek's long-time collaboration with producer Cloud.

Baek Ye-rin (born June 26, 1997), also known as Yerin Baek, is a South Korean singer-songwriter.

Baek Ye-rin was born on June 26, 1997, in Daejeon.

In 2007, Baek appeared on the sixth episode of the SBS variety show Amazing Contest Star King along Seunghee, a member of the South Korean girl group Oh My Girl.

She was labeled as a "10-year-old ballad genius" and performed "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston, and won first place.

She also appeared on the KBS2 television show Yeo Yoo Man Man.

In the same year, Baek auditioned to become a trainee during JYP Entertainment's first open audition and won second place behind 2PM's Jang Woo-young.

According to Baek, she would go to school during weekdays, and travel from Daejeon to Seoul on Friday nights where she would be practicing until Monday morning, and come back to Daejeon to attend her classes.

In 2010, while a trainee under JYP Entertainment, Baek moved to New York for two years where she spent her time practicing English, singing, and dancing.

She had Johan Kim as a vocal coach during her trainee days.

She would move back and forth Korea and the United States during her trainee days.

On September 27, 2012, it was revealed that Baek will debut as part of a duo along with K-pop Star season 1 winner Park Ji-min called 15&.

On October 7, 15& debuted with their first single, "I Dream", on SBS Inkigayo.

A former member of South Korean duo 15&, she debuted as a solo artist with her extended play, Frank, in 2015.

Baek is credited with writing and composition for the majority of her songs, often touching on personal topics and real-life experiences.

Following 15&'s four-year hiatus in February 2015, Baek was featured in a number of tracks.

She was featured in South Korean rapper Olltii's single "Excited" from his debut album which topped the realtime charts upon release, and appeared in the final episode of the rap competition show Unpretty Rapstar, as a featured artist in contestant Yuk Ji-dam's song, "On & On".

The song also went on to top the charts upon release.

She was also featured on San E's single "Me You", and eventually topped the realtime charts of seven major music charts.

In November 2015, it was announced that Baek will postpone her college entrance examinations and will focus on her musical career.

In February 2016, Baek graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School alongside 15& member Park Ji-min and Yugyeom of Got7.

Baek released her first digital single titled "Bye Bye My Blue" on June 20, 2016.

Her follow-up digital single titled "Love You on Christmas" was released on December 7.

Baek continued to be featured on songs by popular artists, and began performing covers and her own unreleased songs at festivals.

In 2017, Baek performed her then unreleased song "Square" at a festival in Han River while wearing a green dress, and the fan-taken video which was uploaded to YouTube instantly became a hot topic and continues to garner views.

The song was eventually released two years later.

Her single "Square (2017)" also made Baek the first South Korean artist to top the charts with a song sung entirely in English.

In addition to her solo career, she is also the lead vocalist and guitarist for the South Korean rock band The Volunteers and has been performing with them since 2018.

In 2018, she formed The Volunteers with members of the independent rock band Bye Bye Badman, and released their first EP, the post-grunge rock "Vanity & People".

The Seoul-based rock band consists of vocalist and guitarist Baek, bassist Hyungseok Koh (Cloud), guitarist Jonny, and drummer Chiheon Kim.

Like the majority of Baek's post-JYP solo work, The Volunteer's lyrics are written entirely in English.

Baek released her second EP, Our Love Is Great, on March 18, 2019.

The following day, her title track "Maybe It's Not Our Fault" went to the top of all eight domestic music sites' realtime charts.

Baek also contributed to the soundtrack of the popular 2019 K-Drama Crash Landing on You, with an original ballad, "Here I am Again."

The song peaked at #6 on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100 chart, her highest position on the chart yet.

In 2019, Baek's duo 15& officially disbanded following Park Ji-min's departure from JYP Entertainment.

On September 13, Baek announced that her contract with JYP Entertainment ended, and that she was leaving to create her own independent record label.

On November 6, 2019, Baek officially launched her own label, Blue Vinyl, and released her first studio and double-album through the label, Every Letter I Sent You the following month with 17 out of the 18 songs being written in English.

At the 2020 Korean Music Awards, Our Love is Great and lead track "Maybe It's Not Our Fault" won Album of the Year, Best Pop Album, and Best Pop Song respectively.