South Korean singer Yangpa Lee Eun-jin (Korean: 이은진) was born on 17 March 1979 in Manchon-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu and is known professionally as Yangpa (Korean: 양파, lit. Onion). She launched her career in 1996 with her debut album and its hit title track "Novice's Love," establishing her voice on 1998 follow-up I Want to Know and third album Addio, which went to number one in 2000. Perfume arrived the following year until health issues forced her to retreat from the spotlight, although a best-of album emerged in 2003, The Best Album. She returned to music making in 2007 The Windows of My Soul, also that year winning Best Ballad Performance at the Mnet Asian Music Awards for "Love... What Is It? and released two follow-up EPs: Elegy Nouveau (2011) and Together (2012). She went on to issue singles in subsequent years including 2018's "From June to January" (6월부터 1월까지) with 015B as well as lending her voice to soundtracks 2020's Private Lives ("The Most Ordinary Day" (보통의 꿈) and for 2021 TV show The One and Only, Pt. 1 ("Happy End"). In 2022, she reached a wider audience when her track "A Dazzling Season" was featured on the soundtrack to hit Netflix Korean series The Glory. Her 2025 full album Homecoming, released on November 2, entered Bugs' Top 100 K-ballad albums chart at rank 55 on its release week.