화사 (HWASA) released the single “So Cute” on 9 April 2026, with the music video posted to her own YouTube channel rather than a label channel. The release comes through P NATION, the agency she joined after leaving her first company.

The one-syllable Korean stage name

화사 is a two-syllable Korean stage name written in hangul, and the artist behind it is Ahn Hye-jin. Korean performers routinely take a stage name that is a plain Korean or Sino-Korean word, and 화사 is one of these — an ordinary adjective root rather than an invented brand. That choice has a practical effect: Korean audiences read the name as a word with meaning, while international audiences meet it only as the romanised “HWASA”. Both forms are usually printed together in official titles, which is why the YouTube title carries the hangul first and the roman letters in brackets.

About this release

The official description lists this as a single titled “So Cute” — a standalone release rather than part of an album. It is credited to P NATION, the label founded by PSY, and carries a 2026 copyright line. No featured artist or outside producer is named in the description, and no additional credits were published alongside the video.

Watching from outside Korea

Hwasa is written 화사 in Hangul. Both forms identify the singer; watch this release on the page and continue exploring solo artists in OSEYO KOREA’s K-POP section.

→ Every 화사 video on Oseyo Korea

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