HyeJu (Hangul: 혜주), formerly known as Olivia Hye (Hangul: 올리비아 혜)[5], is a South Korean singer. She is the twelfth and last revealed member of LOONA and a member of its third sub-unit, yyxy. She is also a member of Loossemble.
She was born as Son Hye-ju[6] (Hangul: 손혜주) on November 13, 2001, in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[7]
She debuted on March 17, 2018, as a member and subsequently released her solo single album Olivia Hye on March 30, 2018.
History
Early life
Olivia attended Sung Shin (Sacred Hearts) Girls’ High School in Seoul along with Choerry. They are the same age. At first their classmates did not know she was a future member of LOONA because she was a trainee and could not reveal it until her teaser images were released, so she pretended not to know Choerry and kept her own identity a secret.
2018: Reveal, Debut in LOONA and yyxy
Olivia Hye was teased from March 8, 2018, until March 30, 2018, when her single album Olivia Hye was released and subsequently debuted as a member of LOONA.
Along with her album’s release, BlockBerry Creative published a NAVER article featuring HeeJin, JinSoul, and HeeJin behind the scenes of “Egoist”.
Her first official fan event was with Go Won on April 7, 2018. Her second fan event was held solo on April 14, 2018. Her third fan event was also held with Go Won on April 22, 2018.
Olivia Hye later debuted as a member of LOONA/yyxy with members Yves, Chuu and Go Won on May 30, 2018 with the mini-album beauty&thebeat.
2022: “I'll Be Your Spring”, legal disputes
On February 25, Olivia Hye was announced to release a remake of “I'll Be Your Spring” by Airman on March 1.[8]
On November 28, all members of LOONA, except for HyunJin and ViVi, filed injunctions to suspend their exclusive contracts with BlockBerryCreative.[9]
2023: Fromm, contract termination, CTDE&M
On January 13, Olivia Hye, along with HaSeul, YeoJin, Yves, and Go Won lost their intitial injunctions, as the court didn't find their contracts unfair enough.[10]
On May 17, it was announced the remaining members of LOONA (including Olivia Hye) would be joining Fromm.[11]
On June 16, HaSeul, YeoJin, Yves, Go Won, and Olivia Hye won their lawsuits and terminated their exclusive contracts with BlockBerryCreative. After noticing an issue with BlockBerryCreative's transfer of exclusive contracts to Universal Music Japan without the members' written consent, the Seoul High Court's 5th Civil Cases Division ruled in favor of the five remaining LOONA members.[12][13]
On July 5, YeoJin, Go Won, and Olivia Hye officialy signed exclusive contracts with CTDE&M. The agency also announced Olivia Hye will promote under HyeJu, her birth name, from now on.[14][15]
On August 2, HyeJu was officially revealed as a member of Loossemble.
On September 15, Loossemble debuted with their self-titled mini album [Loossemble]. HyeJu participated in writing the lyrics of one of the album’s songs, “Real world”.
2024: [One of a Kind]
On April 15, Loossemble released their second mini album, titled [One of a Kind]. HyeJu wrote the lyrics for the album’s title track — “Girls’ Night”.
Discography
Mini albums
Single albums
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Digital singles
CollaborationsExclusive releases
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Filmography
Television
| Year | Name | Channel | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Fishermen and the City (season 3, episodes 10–11) | Channel A | Herself |
| 2022 | GIRL'S RE:VERSE | KakaoTV | Chonky Cat (as contestant) |
Credits
Songwriting
| Year | Song | Album | Artist | Lyrics | Composition | Arrangement | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | “Real world” | [Loossemble] | Loossemble | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
| 2024 | “Girls’ Night” | [One of a Kind] | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | |
| “Secret Diary” | [TTYL] | ◯ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
Choreographing
| Year | Song | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | “So What” | [#] | LOONA |
Endorsements
- Nature Republic (with LOONA) (2018)
- Lotte Department Store Mobile Application (with LOONA) (2018)
- Skoolooks (with LOONA) (2019)
- KISS NEW YORK (with JinSoul and Yves) (2020)
- ABC Mart LOONA ✕ NIKE (with LOONA) (2021)
- Elite (with Loossemble and POW) (2024)
References
- ↑ Loossemble. “Loossemble Profile Rewrite EP.2”. YouTube. 2023.08.25
- ↑ Fact iN Star 181012
- ↑ K-Pop Idolchart 200318
- ↑ Fact iN Star 181012
- ↑ /oʊˈlɪviə he̞/, OH-liv-ee-ah HEH or HAY
- ↑ @orrery_nim
“everyone, Chuu unnie spelled my name as Hye JOO when she made my bracelet. But it’s spelled hyeJU.” Translation from 210722 VLIVE @ 11:30. 2021.07.22
- ↑ Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 - Translation by Team Subbits
- ↑ @orrery_nim "LOONA Olivia Hye will release a remake of the song "I'll Be Your Spring" by Airman on March 1, with the original artist Airman working on production"
- ↑ “9 Members of LOONA Excluding Vivi and Hyunjin in Lawsuit to Terminate Contract”. Team Subbits. 2022.11.28
- ↑ “HeeJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry win their lawsuits to terminate exclusive contracts”. Team Subbits. 2023.01.13
- ↑ “LOONA #HaSeul #YeoJin #Yves #GoWon #OliviaHye are joining Fromm. Get ready for lots of fun with LOONA on Fromm!”. fromm_official. 2023.05.17
- ↑ Choi Yoon-jeong. “이달의 소녀, 전원 블록베리 떠난다...12명 모두 계약해지 승소 [KR]”. Naver. 2023.06.16
- ↑ LOONA'S Subbits. “All 12 members of #LOONA are free - won their lawsuits to terminate exclusive contracts”. Twitter. 2023.06.16
- ↑ Lee Geum-jon. “前 이달소 여진-고원-올리비아 혜, 씨티디이엔엠과 전속 계약 [KR]”. Naver. 2023.07.05
- ↑ orrery_nim. “Yeojin, Go Won, and Olivia Hye sign exclusive contracts with CTD ENM [ENG]”. Twitter. 2023.07.05
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| HyunJin • YeoJin • ViVi • Go Won • HyeJu | |
| Mini albums | |
| Tours | [Loona Assemble: the U.S. Debut Ceremony] (2023) • Loossemble 2024 Concert [Up_Link Station] in U.S (2024) |
| Concerts | Loossemble 1st FAN-CON [Make a voyage] (2023) |
| Other | The 1st Field Day: Run, Orbit! (2023) • 「LOOSSEMBLE THE FIRST FANMEETING IN JAPAN」 (2024) |
| Reality | Down_Link • Loossemble • Looble_tok |
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|---|---|---|
| Yves • Chuu • Go Won • Olivia Hye | ||
| Mini albums | ||
| Characters | yyxy : Yves • Chuu • Go Won • Olivia Hye | |
| Locations | Eden | |
| Analysis | love4eva | |