G.NA

Career

G.NA was originally meant to lead the girl group Five Girls under Good Entertainment, but the group fell apart before their planned 2007 debut because the label ran into money problems. She then moved to Cube Entertainment. On July 5, 2010, she put out a duet with Rain called "Aeini Saenggimyeon Hago Sipeun Il," and later that year released her first EP, Draw G's First Breath. Her first full-length album, Black & White, arrived in February 2011 and sold better than her earlier work.

She also appeared on Hyuna's album Bubble Pop! with the track "A Bitter Day." Her third EP, Bloom, came out on May 22, 2012, led by the single "2HOT." That October she released Oui, a collection of English versions of her past hits. Beautiful Kisses followed in March 2013.

She teamed up with Aaron Yan for his song "Half (1/2)" for the drama Fall in Love with Me, and appeared on the variety show Real Man. In 2015, she joined the idol sub-unit Chamsonyeo, a group created on the TV program Hitmaker by Defconn and Jeong Hyeong-don.

Legal issues

On February 1, 2016, G.NA was involved in a prostitution scandal, accused of being paid 35 million won by an unidentified businessman for sex. She denied the accusation, explaining that a male friend, whom she later learned was a broker for high-end prostitution, had lent her money during financial troubles and asked her to meet his businessman friend, intending sex for the loan, while she believed the meeting was romantic. She was charged with prostitution and fined 2 million won. Her contract expired in March, and she left her agency, entering an indefinite hiatus from her entertainment career.