Hanni Pham

Hanni (하니), born Phạm Ngọc Hân on October 6, 2004, in Melbourne, Australia, is the Vietnamese-Australian vocalist of NewJeans. Her father is from Hanoi and her mother from Ho Chi Minh City, making her the daughter of two distinct Vietnamese cities, a detail she has referenced in interviews. In 2019, she began performing publicly with the Aemina Dance Crew, a Melbourne-based group that specialized in covering K-pop choreography. The following year she moved to Seoul without knowing Korean, learning the language through full immersion during her trainee period at HYBE. Before debut, Hanni appeared in the BTS music video for "Permission to Dance" in July 2021, a cameo she shared with fellow future NewJeans member Minji. She debuted with the group on July 22, 2022, under HYBE's subsidiary label ADOR, with the surprise-drop single "Attention", released with no prior public announcement of the group's lineup. Among her contributions to the NewJeans catalogue, she has co-written lyrics for "Hype Boy" and "OMG," two of the group's most commercially successful releases. In October 2024, Hanni testified before the Labour Committee of South Korea's National Assembly, speaking publicly about her experience of exclusion and mistreatment at a K-pop industry event. Her testimony put a specific, named incident on the parliamentary record and drew international coverage, becoming one of the more visible moments in ongoing scrutiny of how the Korean entertainment industry treats its performers. Hanni is represented by the management company ADOR under HYBE.