# Dayoung

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> Hallyu Wiki hub: Dayoung: South Korean singer (born 1999). Member of WJSN · active since 2016 · agency: Starship. Im Da-young, better known by the mononym Dayoung, is a…

Im Da-young, better known by the mononym Dayoung, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group WJSN and its subunit WJSN Chocome. Dayoung made her solo debut in 2025 with the song "Body" from her digital single album Gonna Love Me, Right?.

Im Da-young ([Korean](https://hallyu.wiki/en/wiki/korean-language/): 임다영; born May 14, 1999), better known by the mononym Dayoung, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group [WJSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJSN) and its subunit WJSN Chocome. Dayoung made her solo debut in 2025 with the song "[Body](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_%28Dayoung_song%29)" from her digital single album Gonna Love Me, Right?.

## 1. Early life

Im Da-young was born on May 14, 1999 in [Jeju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Province), South Korea. She graduated from the [School of Performing Arts Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Performing_Arts_Seoul) in 2018.

In 2011, at the age of 12, Dayoung performed on [reality competition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_competition) show [K-pop Star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop_Star).

## 2. Career

On December 10, 2015, Dayoung was announced as a member of then-upcoming girl group [WJSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJSN). She debuted with the group on February 25, 2016. In August 2016, Dayoung, alongside members [Exy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exy), [Seola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seola_%28singer%29), Soobin, Eunseo, [Cheng Xiao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Xiao), and Yeoreum, teamed up with label mate [Monsta X](https://hallyu.wiki/en/wiki/monsta-x/) to form the unit Y-Teen, a project unit group that promoted as CF models for [KT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT_Corporation)'s phone fare service. On October 7, 2020, Dayoung debuted in the group's sub-unit WJSN Chocome alongside members Soobin, [Luda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Lu-da), and Yeoreum.

In 2020, Dayoung and fellow WJSN member [Exy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exy) contributed the song "Oh My, Oh My" to the original soundtrack for [Welcome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome).

In 2024, Dayoung collaborated with Eden for the song "Love Is" for the [Doctor Slump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Slump_%28TV_series%29) original soundtrack. In the same year, she also sang the song "Love Wave" for the South Korean TV series of the same name.

On September 9, 2025, Dayoung released her debut single album Gonna Love Me, Right? with the title track "[Body](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_%28Dayoung_song%29)".

On April 7, 2026, Dayoung released her digital single "What's a Girl to Do", along with the music video for the lead song of the same name. On August 4, she released the digital single "Flirty", in collaboration with [Jay Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Park).

## 3. Discography

### 3.1. Single album

### 3.2. Singles

### 3.3. Soundtrack appearances

### 3.4. Other charted songs

### 3.5. Music videos

## 4. Filmography

### 4.1. Television series

### 4.2. Television shows

### 4.3. Radio

## 5. Awards and nominations