NC.A

In this Korean name, the family name is Im.

Im So-eun (Korean: 임소은; born October 7, 1996), better known as NC.A (initialism for New Creative Artist),^{[2][unreliable source?]} 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 28) Osan, South Korea
Occupations	Singer actress
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2013–present
Labels	JPlanet
Formerly of	Uni.T
Website	jplanetentertainment.com/nca/
Korean name
Hangul	임소은
Hanja	任昭垠
RR	Im Soeun
MR	Im Soŭn
Stage name
Hangul	앤씨아
RR	Aenssia
MR	Aenssia

Early life and education

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.^[2]

In 2012, she performed in a concert of her label mate Yurisangja.^{[3][unreliable source?]}

2013: Debut with My Student Teacher and Oh My God

On August 11, 2013, NC.A released her debut digital single "My Student Teacher".^{[3][4][unreliable source?]} 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][unreliable source?]}

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.^{[6][unreliable source?]} 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, Time To Be A Woman and The Unit

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][unreliable source?]}

On February 21 NC.A announced that she would be coming back with a ballad song on March.^{[12][unreliable source?]}

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][unreliable source?][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

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [21]
Time to Be a Woman	Released: October 28, 2016 Formats: CD, digital download Label: JJ Holic Media Track listing Next Station U in me Hoo Hoo Hoo Vanilla Shake Coming Soon Curfew Look Crazy (Feat. Sims Of M.I.B) How much more... (Feat. Shinji) Instinct Next station (Inst.)	26	KOR: 643+[22]

Extended plays

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 I'm Different Hello Baby My Student Teacher Oh My God I'm Different (Instrumental) Hello Baby (Instrumental)	16	KOR: 1,230[23]
Some-	Released: May 10, 2019 Label: J Planet Entertainment Format: CD, digital download	37	KOR: 768[24]

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales[A]	Album
		KOR [25]
"My Student Teacher" (교생쌤)	2013	92	KOR: 39,717[26]	Scent of NC.A
"Oh My God"		108	KOR: 36,297[27]
"Hello Baby"	2014	107	KOR: 36,735[28]
"I'm Different" (난 좀 달라)		81	KOR: 47,053[29]
"Crazy You" (미쳤나봐)		—	KOR: 21,839[30]	Time to Be a Woman
"Hoo Hoo Hoo" (후후후)		—	KOR: 7,332[31]
"Coming Soon"	2015	—	KOR: 16,743[32]
"Cinderella Time" (통금시간)		—	KOR: 22,429[33]
"Vanilla Shake" (바닐라 쉐이크)		123	KOR: 20,073[34]
"U in Me"	2016	—	KOR: 22,904[35]
"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

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

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	KOR: 25,667[36]	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

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	KOR: 164,498[38]	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

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
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

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, 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

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

• 2014: Ranking Reformat 8

Notes

1. 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]