Former BOL4 member Woo Ji-yoon signs with XX Entertainment

Singer Woo Ji yoon [JMG, XX ENTERTAINMENT]

Woo Ji-yoon, a former member of pop duo BOL4, signed with XX Entertainment, according to the label on Monday.

"We are glad to have a new start with Woo," the agency said. "We will fully support her so that she can thrive actively."

XX Entertainment is also the label of singer-songwriters Ahn Ye-eun, Bumjin and Nody Cika.

"I am glad to meet a company that I can share in detail the direction I want to go in from now," Woo said.

Woo debuted in 2016 as a member of BOL4, also known as Bolbbalgan4, with singer Ahn Ji-yeong through the duo's EP "Red Ickle."

In 2020, Yoon left the duo. BOL4 is now a solo act with Ahn.

After leaving the band, Yoon started her solo career and released singles "O:circle," ":colon," "ha:f" and "D-O." She also goes by the alias Odd Child.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]