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Ferlyn Wong
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Wong in a Wah!Banana skit in January 2022
Born (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 (age 32)
Other names Ferlyn G
Education Temasek Polytechnic
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • model
  • dancer
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels
  • CJ E&M
  • Alpha Entertainment
  • GIF Music
  • AC Music Entertainment
  • Red Dot Entertainment
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 黃晶玲
Simplified Chinese 黄晶玲
Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Jīnglíng
Wade–Giles Huang Chingling
Korean name
Hangul 페린
Revised Romanization Pe-rin
McCune–Reischauer Pe-rin

Ferlyn Wong Jing Ling (born 1 February 1992), also known as Ferlyn G, is a Singaporean singer, dancer and actress. She was a member of South Korean girl group, Skarf, from 2012 to 2014. She is currently based in Singapore.

Born and raised in Singapore, Wong is fluent in both English and Mandarin and also Korean after spending two years in South Korea preparing for her debut in Skarf. She released her debut EP, First, on January 2, 2015. In 2015, Wong announced that she would be leaving iGlobal Star to set up her own label, GIF Music.

She made her feature film debut in When Ghost Meets Zombie (2019).

Early life

Born on February 1, 1992, Wong is the younger sibling in her family. Before auditioning for Alpha Entertainment, she was a trainee at Ocean Butterflies International, where she did backup dancing for JJ Lin, Rainie Yang and Wang Lee Hom. Wong was also a business student at Temasek Polytechnic and had quit her studies at the institution after being accepted during the audition. She moved to South Korea to prepare for her debut in a girl group.

Career

2012–2013: Debut with Skarf, cameo in It Takes Two and Luv Virus

After passing the audition by JYP & Alpha Entertainment, she debuted in Skarf, a four-member girl group with another Singaporean member, Tasha and two other Korean members.

On August 13, 2012, Skarf debuted with Oh! Dance and performed the song on KBS's Music Bank on August 17, 2012. Wong had also made a cameo appearance in Singaporean TV series, It Takes Two with other Skarf members.

Skarf made their comeback with "Luv Virus" on May 28, 2013, and on May 31, 2013, the music video for Luv Virus was uploaded on their official YouTube channel.

2014–2015: Departure from Skarf, First and Gif To You

On September 16, 2014, it was announced that Wong will be leaving SKarf and will release a solo mandarin EP by 2015.

On January 2, 2015, Wong released her debut EP, First after a series of teasers. The EP consists of two Mandarin tracks and one Korean track. The Korean track, titled Luv Talk features Mint from Tiny-G. She held a press conference on the day of release in the Atrium at Bugis+, in Singapore and will be promoting her album in Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia.

Wong left Alpha Entertainment in 2015 and co-founded an independent record label and artist management company, GIF Music. On November 17, 2015, she released a self-composed hip-hop single in English, Gif To You, which was released digitally on November 17, 2015.

2019–present: First lead role

In 2018, it was announced that Wong was cast in a horror-comedy film, titled When Ghost Meets Zombie, playing in her first lead role. She was paired up with fellow singer, Nathan Hartono. The film was released on February 14, 2019, and the official theme song, "等" was released on January 25, 2019, on Warner Music Singapore's YouTube channel. Her second single for the film, "匆匆" was released on AC Music Entertainment's YouTube Channel.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Young & Fabulous Yumi
2017 The Fortune Handbook Fortune God intern Cameo
2019 When Ghost Meets Zombie Zhen Zhen
2022 Reunion Dinner Young Yanling

Television series

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2012 It Takes Two Channel 8 Herself Cameo
2019 Kin: Matthew's Story Channel 5 Fiona
I'm Madam (女友变身记) Toggle,
Channel U
Veron Chew
2021 Kin Channel 5 Fiona
Mind Jumper (触心罪探) Channel 8 Christine Episode 6–7
CTRL Zoey Episode 17, 18 and 20
Wheels (天涯沦落轮) Barbie
Live Your Dreams (大大的梦想) Xie Huiting
2023 Silent Walls An Lan Ep. 6–10
Oppa, Saranghae! Jeon So-yeon version 2.0
The Sky is Still Blue Liang Junlin
I Do, Do I? Jiang Yihua

Television shows

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2012 Oh! My Skarf MBC Reality show about Skarf's lives before debut
2013 Korean Art Idol Competition – Everyone Gather In 6th place

Discography

Extended plays

  • First (2015)

Singles

Title Year Format Album Other notes
"GIF To You" 2015 Digital download, streaming N/A
"Killer Boy" 2016 N/A

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Album Notes
2019 When Ghost Meets Zombie OST With Nathan Hartono
匆匆

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Star Awards Best Theme Song Live Your Dreams (是谁) Nominated
2024 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes N/A Nominated
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