Singer-songwriter Heize signs exclusive contract with P Nation agency

Singer-songwriter Heize [P NATION]

Singer-songwriter Heize has signed an exclusive contract with P Nation, joining the agency's prominent lineup of artists including singers Psy, HyunA, Dawn and Jessi.

"We have recently signed an exclusive contract with Heize to start our work together," the agency said through a press release on Wednesday.

"We are happy to welcome a singer-songwriter with such excellent skills and sentiments."

Heize made her debut in 2014 and rose to stardom after appearing in the second season of cable channel Mnet's all-female hip-hop competition program "Unpretty Rapstar" in 2015.

She was awarded the Best Hip-hop Urban Music Award at the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, but garnered a much larger fan base when her musical career took a turn from hip-hop to R&B in 2016 with "Don't Come Back."

Some of her other hits include "Don't Know You" (2017), "We Don't Talk Together" (2019) and "She's Fine" (2019).

Singer Psy founded P Nation last year after his contract with YG Entertainment ended in 2018.

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]