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RESCENE
THE MUZE Entertainment
RESCENE are a five-member girl group under THE MUZE Entertainment. They debuted on 26 March 2024 with the single album Re:Scene and its title track "UhUh".
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Zena
제나
Zena (제나) is a member of RESCENE, the five-member girl group that debuted in March 2024. She is from Gyeongju, which made RESCENE its tourism ambassadors in June 2026.
- Group
- RESCENE
- Position
- Vocalist
- Agency
- THE MUZE Entertainment
- Debut
- 26 March 2024
- Born
- 27 November 2008
- From
- Gyeongju, South Korea
- Brand model
- Hanskin, Hollys Coffee, A:PE, MBC 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
Who is Zena?
Zena (제나) is a vocalist in RESCENE, the five-member girl group that debuted under THE MUZE Entertainment on 26 March 2024 with the single album Re:Scene. She is from Gyeongju. Before RESCENE she was the visual model for ZENA, a character in the virtual idol group MAVE:, and her stage name comes from that character; Hanteo News retold the story on 10 June 2026. MAVE: was launched in January 2023 by Kakao Entertainment and Netmarble. At the debut showcase on 26 March 2024, eDaily reported, Zena said that as the virtual model she could not speak, and that appearing as herself made her nervous.
2026, and the Silla princess
Two dialect episodes went up on Woni’s YouTube channel 안녕하세요원이입니다잘부탁드립니다 (Anwonjalbu) in May 2026. The exchange between Woni, who speaks the Geoje dialect, and Zena, who speaks the Gyeongju one, spread, and fans began calling Zena 신라공주 — the Silla princess. Hanteo News noted on 10 June that the nickname was already circulating among fans. On 29 June the city of Gyeongju cited Zena’s roots there and appointed RESCENE its tourism ambassadors, as SBS reported. Seoul Shinmun covered the promotion plan that followed on 3 August, and on 4 August Daegu Ilbo visited the dance academy in Gyeongju that Zena had attended.
A summer back home
Anwonjalbu closed its first season on 17 July 2026 and, after a three-week break, opened its second on 7 August in Zena’s home city with the episode ‘경주에서 올라온 아이돌’. In the 11 August episode Zena walked Hwangnidan-gil and returned to the dance academy she used to attend; MHN Sports wrote that it was her first visit home since she became known. An episode filmed at Gyeongju World followed on 14 August. That month the city’s own YouTube channel posted a 51-second short on 8 August and a long-form video on 18 August. Filmed at the Rawon botanical garden in Bomun-dong, it shows RESCENE in traditional dress re-enacting a Silla-era procession with the Silla court-music troupe (신라고취대) before receiving honorary Silla princess certificates.
Away from the channel
In an Anwonjalbu episode published on 21 August 2026 Zena met the actor Go Youn-jung. Go offered to have a meal together and the two exchanged contact details; the next day Zena told a fan-communication platform that Go had sent a full-length mirror and a stool to her dorm. OSEN, News1 and CBC News each reported it. In brand work, the beauty brand Hanskin made Zena and Minami its models on 24 August, as bnt news reported.
What to watch now
Gyeongju city’s honorary Silla princess video and the three Gyeongju episodes of Anwonjalbu’s second season are the longest record of Zena’s summer of 2026. RESCENE’s stages and music videos go up on the group’s official channel, and the tourism ambassadorship continues through the city’s own channel.
Official links
Timeline
- Channel
Zena's Chuseok trot medley goes up on Woni's channel Anwonjalbu
Zena sings six trot songs back to back, from '용두산 엘레지' to '초혼', with the other members on the chorus. Jeonnam Ilbo put the video at 18.09 million views on 16 October.
Explainer · Read the story - Endorsement
Named MLB's 26FW campaign brand models, with teaser content
MLB posted teaser content for its 26FW campaign to its official social accounts, announcing Liv, Minami, May and Zena as brand models.
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Hanskin brand model, with Zena
The two front the brand's rebranding campaign for its PDRN radiance serum.
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Tourism ambassadors for Gyeongju
Zena was named with the group at the city's appointment.
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Group
Profile RESCENE
Endorsements
Hanskin · brand model
Hollys Coffee · brand model · RESCENE
A:PE · brand model · RESCENE
MBC 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games · broadcast ambassador · RESCENE
Narangd Cider · model · RESCENE
7th Island Day · Ambassador · RESCENE
Character Licensing Fair 2026 · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Domino's Pizza · exclusive brand model · RESCENE
Elite Student Uniforms · exclusive model, second year · RESCENE
Goyang City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
CU · brand model · RESCENE
Gyeongju City · tourism ambassador · RESCENE
Suwon City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Geoje City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Korea Youth Association · 2025 promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Ongredients · model · RESCENE
Stories
Explainer
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Zena's Chuseok Trot Medley: 18 Million Views and a Reverse Run for 'Ppang Ppang'
A Chuseok special in which RESCENE's Zena sang six trot songs back to back on Woni's YouTube channel stood at 18.09 million views on 16 October 2026, Jeonnam Ilbo reported. Jang Yoon-jeong left a comment under it, and Park Sang-cheol's 'Ppang Ppang' reached No. 3 on Melon's trot chart.
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What RESCENE Does as MBC's Asian Games Broadcast Ambassador: From the 10 September Opener to 'Star Tutor RESCENE'
MBC named RESCENE its broadcast ambassador for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on 23 July 2026. The Games run 16 days from 19 September to 4 October; MBC's coverage opens on 10 September with men's basketball, South Korea against Saudi Arabia, and Woni and Minami's 'Star Tutor RESCENE' is due in the main broadcasts.
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RESCENE's Liv, Minami, May and Zena Front MLB's 26FW Campaign: 'SLEEK, THE RESCENE WAY'
MLB has named RESCENE's Liv, Minami, May and Zena its new brand models, Ilgan Sports reported on 3 September 2026. The brand announced it on 1 September with a 26FW campaign teaser and released the photoshoot on 3 September. The campaign film 'SLEEK, THE RESCENE WAY.' went up the same day.
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RESCENE in CU's 'Every Scene of Daily Life' Campaign: 18,800 Stores and a Voice at the Checkout
CU said on 1 September 2026 that it had begun the 'Every Scene of Daily Life, CU' campaign with its brand models RESCENE. Material goes up in about 18,800 stores, and voice lines from Woni, Minami and Zena play at the checkout and over store speakers. The brand film went up on 26 August.
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RESCENE's Five Members Enter Nexon's Sudden Attack — From the June Showcase to the 30 July Release
Nexon released all five RESCENE members — Woni, Minami, Liv, May and Zena — as new characters in the online FPS Sudden Attack on 30 July 2026. The characters come from the game's Multi Count item, and Nexon announced a launch event running to 3 September. RESCENE had previewed it at the game's showcase in June.
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Go Youn-jung Meets RESCENE's Zena: The Lookalike Story Explained
RESCENE's Zena met Go Youn-jung, the actress press call her lookalike, on Woni's channel on 21 August 2026: a meal offer, swapped numbers, then a pink mirror.
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How Liv and May Turned Woni's Channel Into a Whole-RESCENE Show
Liv and May were the last RESCENE members to appear on Woni's YouTube channel. Their 12 June 2026 episode reached 4.46 million views in three days and 5.84 million in a week.
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RESCENE's 'Busy Boy': What AA Project and Aria Are
RESCENE's 'Busy Boy' (27 February 2026) opened AA Project and put a new song's master rights into Aria's $APL portfolio at release. What the parties said, and the Galantis remix.
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RESCENE's Dialect Episodes: Woni, Zena and 'Silla Princess'
Two May 2026 dialect episodes on Woni's channel gave RESCENE's Zena the 'Silla princess' name and a set of catchphrases. What Korean press reported, explained.
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Why Is RESCENE Everywhere in 2026?
A song from August 2024 topped Melon in July 2026, a KARA remake gave RESCENE their first music show wins and four Korean cities made them ambassadors. Here is the chain of events behind the year, with sources.
Feature
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Anwonjalbu Opened Its One-Million Gold Button at 1.96 Million — the Five Scenes the Members Picked
The YouTube channel of RESCENE's Woni, Anwonjalbu, published its one-million-subscriber Q&A, 'How do you feel right now?', on 4 September 2026. Sports Kyunghyang called it a gold button unboxing opened after the channel had passed 1.96 million, and Ilgan Sports set out the scenes each member picked.
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The Show Woni Asked For: RESCENE's Woni and Minami on 'Salon Drip' EP.150
RESCENE's Woni and Minami appeared on episode 150 of the YouTube web variety show 'Salon Drip', published on 28 July 2026. It is the programme Woni had named in an earlier interview as the one she wanted to do, and the episode turned to first paycheques and to the streaming behind RESCENE's reverse run.
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RESCENE, Omniscient Interfering View's first-ever single guest: what episode 410 left behind
iMBC Entertainment reported that episode 410 of MBC's Omniscient Interfering View, broadcast at 11:10 p.m. on 8 August 2026, was the programme's first single-guest special: RESCENE filled it as a full five-member line-up, after Star News reported 100 advertising enquiries since their 11 July 2026 appearance.
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Before RESCENE: Zena Was the Face Behind a Virtual Idol
In her second year of middle school, Zena was the human visual model for a character in the virtual idol group MAVE: — and she now performs under that character's name. She said so at RESCENE's 2024 debut showcase; in June 2026 the story finally travelled.
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Five Weeks of Suwon: How a City Cast RESCENE's Liv
Suwon appointed RESCENE its ambassadors on 24 June 2026 and then kept filming: a day-one video, a run of shorts, a first pitch at KT Wiz Park, and an entertainment-format promotional film for the city's Visit Year. Here is what those five weeks actually produced.
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Why is Zena called a Silla princess? Gyeongju made it official
Fans called Zena '신라공주' for the Gyeongsang dialect she speaks on camera. On 2 August 2026 the city of Gyeongju put her in traditional dress, walked her through a Silla procession and handed her an honorary Silla princess certificate. Here is the whole arc.
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Goyang Yaho: What RESCENE Signed Up For in May's Hometown
Goyang appointed RESCENE at City Hall on 2 July 2026, and the video it posted the next day has passed 1.1 million views on a municipal channel. Here is what the group agreed to promote, the city mascot it put on its head, and what May said about home.
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How Goyang Turned RESCENE May's Birthday Into a City Campaign
On 19 August 2026 the city of Goyang spent RESCENE member May's birthday on her: a video with juniors from her two old schools and the mayor, a gold-lit fountain show at Ilsan Lake Park, and displays at the tourist centre. Here is what a Korean city ambassadorship actually involves.
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RESCENE Hit No. 1 on Melon — and Say Their First Settlement Hasn't Arrived
On MBC's '최우수산' on 12 July 2026, Liv, May and Zena said their first settlement had not arrived yet — three weeks after 'LOVE ATTACK' topped Melon. Here is what each said she would do with it, and what a 정산 actually is.
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Who Are Lee Seon-min and Yoo Young-woo, Woni's Driving Uncles?
Lee Seon-min debuted in 2016 and Yoo Young-woo in 2019, and each saw the sketch programme he was appearing on end within about a year. From August 2025 to July 2026 the two sat beside RESCENE's Woni through her driving lessons, and by August 2026 both were describing what those eleven months changed.
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Who Are RESCENE? Members, Fandom Name and Discography
RESCENE debuted in March 2024 and broke out in 2026 with a song from 2024. The reference version: the five members and where they are from, the 'Scene' + 'Scent' name, every release the agency lists, the fandom name REMINE and how the breakout year actually ran.
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Why Four Korean Cities Made RESCENE Their Ambassador
Between 22 May and 2 July 2026, Geoje, Suwon, Gyeongju and Goyang each appointed RESCENE as their ambassadors — one city per member, starting with a short-form clip instead of a ceremony. Here is each appointment, what each city asked for, and the one gap left in the set.
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How K Car's Driving Series Cast Woni Before Her Breakout
In August 2025 K Car's YouTube channel 스튜디오ㅋㅇㅋ cast RESCENE's Woni as its learner driver, well before the '거제 야호' meme made her a breakout star. The series' timeline, and what the press credits it with.
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Inside Season 2 of Woni's Channel: Zena's Gyeongju Homecoming
Woni's channel closed season 1 on 17 July 2026 and reopened on 7 August with three Gyeongju uploads for Zena: the Hwangnidan-gil homecoming, the dance academy, the nickname.
Brief
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RESCENE win Artist of the Year and Today's Choice at the 2026 TMA
RESCENE received Artist of the Year and Today's Choice at the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS, held at Busan Asiad Main Stadium on 19 September 2026.
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RESCENE Take Two Awards at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS
RESCENE won the Global Connect award and the SPOTV Ambassador award at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS, held at Ilsan KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on 6 September 2026. Sports Khan wrote that the two trophies bring the group's award-show total to four.
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Anwonjalbu Reaches Two Million Subscribers Seven Months After It Opened
The YouTube channel of RESCENE's Woni, Anwonjalbu, passed two million subscribers on 5 September 2026. Ilgan Sports put it at 2.03 million the following day, about seven months after the first video went up in February. YouTube's own figures on 7 September are 2.04 million subscribers and 387,214,067 lifetime views.
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RESCENE Take Two Awards at the 2026 K-World Dream Awards
RESCENE won the K World Dream Best Fandom Award and the K World Dream Best Visual Content Award at the 2026 K-World Dream Awards, held at KINTEX in Goyang on 27 August 2026. They performed 'Deja Vu' at the ceremony.
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Hollys' first brand model RESCENE stars in three folk-tale ads
Hollys named RESCENE its first brand model on 18 August 2026, 28 years after the chain launched in 1998, and released three folk-tale ads with the group on its official YouTube channel on 26 August 2026, with Woni, May, Zena, Liv and Minami playing characters.
Roundup
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RESCENE's Scent on Every Record, From Floral to Grapefruit
RESCENE have set one main scent on seven records, from the floral of the March 2024 debut single Re:Scene to the grapefruit of 'Pretty Girl' in July 2026, with ambergris, soap, grass, berry and incense between. The concept began with CEO Lee Ju-heon's keyword 'scent', producer Kim Hye-su told IZM.
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The brands and organisations RESCENE fronted in 2026
RESCENE were named models for CU, Domino's Pizza, Narangd Cider, Elite school uniforms, APE and Hollys through 2026. Hollys says it is its first brand model since 1998. Woni, Minami and Zena added solo deals, and RESCENE returned as Character Licensing Fair ambassadors.
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RESCENE's Firsts and Milestones, 2024–2026
Twelve dated entries, from a song released before the group debuted to a coffee chain's first brand model — in the order they happened, with a source each.
Sources
The reports behind the facts above, for the ones no story on the site covers yet. A row with a story cites its sources there; the act's own channel and a brand's official page are linked in the rows themselves.
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