2009:
Collaborations
Hyun-a collaborated with Lee Gi Kwang
for the song "2009" from his debut album First Episode: A New Hero,
and she also appeared in his first single "Dancing Shoes"'s music
video which was released on March 30, 2009. On August 13, 2009 she rapped for
Navi's song "Wasteful Tears" and she also appeared in the MV for this
song. Hyun-a also appeared in Mighty Mouth's music video for "Love
Class" with Uee
from After School.
On August 18, 2009 Hyun-a featured
for Brave Brothers together with Mabus, Red Roc, Basick & M for his song
"Bittersweet".
She became part of the "Dream
Team Girl Group" for Samsung's Anycall called "4 Tomorrow".
Their first digital single "Tomorrow" was released on October 6,
2009, and the official music video was released on October 12, starring actor Lee Dong Gun,
who also starred in each member's individual drama version of the video.[10]
Hyun-a's version was released on October 27, 2009. The Dream Team was composed
of Hyun-a (4Minute), Seung Yeon
(Kara), Uee (After School) & Gain
(Brown Eyed Girls).
Hyun-a was also part of Invincible Youth, a South Korean variety show. However, she left the show
due to some scheduling conflicts with her group's overseas promotions on 11
June 2010.
2010:
Solo debut and controversy
On January 4, 2010, Hyun-a released
the single "Change" which debuted high on various online charts while
also becoming a top search term.[11]
Hyun-a commenced promotions for "Change".[11][12]
The song reached #14 on the Gaon 2010 digital yearly charts with 2,469,354
copies sold.
On January 14, 2010, the
"Change" music video was flagged with a 19+ rating due to Hyun-a's
provocative dancing, citing it to be inappropriate to minors. Cube
Entertainment stated that the music video would be re-edited and submitted for
approval. However, broadcast station SBS, announced the music video would be restricted for a 15+
audience instead, and MBC announced that it would still be
viewable for all audiences.[13]
Her "Change" promotions ended in March 2010.
On February 10, Hyun-a released a
digital single, "Love Parade", featuring T-MAX's member Park Yun Hwa.
On April 16, Hyun-a released another
digital single, "Outlaw in the Wild (Korean:
황야의 무법자)", featuring Nassun, and
produced by E-Tribe.[14][15]
In August, the "Change"
music video was made available for viewing on Virgin Media's music on demand service
in the UK. Hyun-a is featured for Faddy Robot Foundation together with Beast`s Jun Hyung,
Outsider, Verbal Jint, Mighty Mouth’s
Ssangchu, Vasco and Block B's Zico; and any profit from this song will be used for
helping the society. The song was released on September 17, 2010.
On October 14, 2010 Hyun-a played a
cameo role in the thriller movie Midnight FM
along with fellow band member Ji Hyun.[16]
She also sang a duet with G.NA called "Say You Love Me",
in which she wrote/composed the rap lyrics of the song and became a hot topic
on Korean portal sites. The duet was released on November 10, 2010.
2011:
Bubble Pop! and Trouble Maker
CEO Hong Seungsong of Cube Entertainment announced that Hyun-a would make a comeback with her 1st
Mini-Album in May, 2011. He stated that, "Hyun-a will have her second solo
song which is expected to be released in May. Though this time, fans should
expect a radical change in her concept."
Hyun-a was featured in SS501's Heo Young Saeng's
title track "Let It Go" from his first solo mini album, Let It Go
released on May 12, 2011.[17]
Hyun-a appeared in the Korean
version of “Dancing With The Stars”. The show started broadcasting on June 10.[18]
After several teasers, Hyun-a released
her first mini album, titled Bubble Pop!
featuring five new songs, with a title track titled "Bubble Pop!".
The MV teaser for "Bubble Pop!" was released on June 30, 2011 and the
music video was released on July 5. The MV also stars MBLAQ's Lee Joon.
In August, the Korea Communications Standards Commission partially banned TV
broadcasting of the video for allegedly racy content.[19]
On September 28, 2011 Hyun-a ranked
17th on Billboard's ’21 Under 21′, showcasing the staff’s top picks for the
world’s hottest underage stars.[20]
On November 24, 2011 Cube revealed
that she will be in a co-ed sub-unit called Trouble Maker with BEAST's Hyunseung.
Trouble Maker's first mini album, Trouble Maker, consists of a dance track as well as an emotional ballad,
a solo song for Hyun-a, and a solo song for Hyunseung. The unit started
revealing their teaser photos on November 25 through their official YouTube
channel "troublemakerofficial", and unleashed their album on December
1.[21]
Hyun-a’s “Bubble Pop” was #9 and #3
on USA's SPIN Magazine’s “Best 20 Songs of 2011″ and "SPIN's Favorite Pop
Tracks of 2011" [22]
[23]
2012:
Melting
On February 12, 2012 it was revealed
that "The Birth of a Family" Season 2 will follow up with
Hyun-a and singer G.NA. Birth of a Family is an “animal communion variety" program where idols
adopt stray pets and take care of them for a certain period of time to raise
awareness for animal rights. Hyun-a and G.NA will be taking care of a pet and
raising it for a period of 2 months. The first episode with the two singers
will be broadcast on March 3.[24]
On March 14, 2012 was revealed that
Hyun-a will be launching her own fashion brand called, Hyuna x SPICYCOLOR.
Hyuna x SPICYCOLOR will be a ‘retro, chic, and sexy’ concept, pulling
inspiration from the vintage looks of the 1950s and 1960s. Hyun-a intends to be
highly involved, starting from the concept development, design, as well as
directing the photo shoots. Hyun-a stated, “Although as an artist I did show a
lot of sexy concepts, for this brand which will be launching at the end of
March, I worked very hard to deliver styles that are not only sexy, but also
fashionable and stylish. For this spring, if you own a single item mixed with
lace, anyone can easily complete a trendy look.”[25]
Hyun-a also appeared as a featured
dancer in the PSY music video for "Gangnam Style".
PSY released the female version of Gangnam Style, known as "Oppa Is Just My Style" in August 2012, featuring additional vocals by
Hyun-a.[26]
Hyun-a released her second mini
album titled Melting on October 21, 2012 with the title track "Ice
Cream". The song is produced by mega hitmaker Brave Brothers, being the
first collaborative effort between the producer and Hyun-a as a solo artist.[27]
The video for Ice Cream was released on October 22, 2012 and features a cameo
by PSY.[28]
Four days after release, the music video tied the record for the K-pop music video to achieve ten million
views on YouTube
the fastest. The record is now held by both Girls' Generation's "The Boys"
in addition to "Ice Cream". This achievement is especially notable
because it even exceeds PSY's attachment rate for his viral hit, "Gangnam
Style", which took fifteen days to acquire the same number of views.[29]
Melting is also notable for Hyun-a's contributions as a lyricist
and composer
for "Very Hot" and "To My Boyfriend".[30]
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