Woo Hyo-eun (), better known as Oohyo (), is a South Korean synth-pop singer. She has released two extended plays, ''Girl Sense'' (2014),, and ''Silence'' (2020); and two full-length albums, ''Adventure'' (2015), ''Far From the Madding City'' (2019).

Career

Oohyo spent her childhood abroad and debuted in May 2014 with her first EP, Girl Sense. The EP included songs she wrote during her high school years, and 5 out of 8 songs are in English. She has attracted international attention as a rising

synth pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...

musician. Returning to Korea after college, she released her first full-length album, Adventure, in October 2015. Again a mix of songs performed in Korean and English, the album was nominated for three awards in the 13th

Korean Music Awards The Korean Music Awards () is an annual South Korean music awards show that honors both mainstream and underground musical artists from a variety of genres. Unlike other major South Korean music awards, which largely rely on record sales to det ...

in 2016. She released her second studio album, Far from the Madding City, in April 2019. This album contains collaborations with other artists such as starRo.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

* ''Friday'' () (February 16, 2015) * ''Youth'' (July 5, 2016) * ''PIZZA'' (March 15, 2017) * ''Dandelion'' (May 30, 2017) * ''Honey Tea'' (January 2, 2018) * ''Papercut'' (July 4, 2018) * ''Butter Chicken'' (December 11, 2019) * ''Brave'' (April 29, 2020) * ''Everlasting God'' (September 27, 2021)

Soundtrack appearances

Featuring singles

* ''What I Thought at Dawn'' by (November 28, 2016) * ''Afterlife'' by (March 22, 2021)

Awards and nominations

References

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