Lana (라나, 拉娜; stylized as LANA) is a Russian singer-songwriter under HiCC Entertainment. Lana was born and raised in the town of Poronaysk in the far eastern regions of Russia on Sakhalin island. Dreaming of becoming a singer, she watched a Korean drama titled “Boys Over Flowers” and found the Korean language and pronunciation beautiful. She self-studied the language and traveled to Korea to further learn Korean following her high school graduation in 2014. On June 5, 2017, Lana made her first appearance in Korean media in Episode 152 of the television show Abnormal Summit, where she was featured as a guest representing Russia. Following this, on September 28, 2017, Lana was the guest host in three episodes of the television show “Welcome, First Time in Korea?”, where she invited three friends from Sakhalin to have a holiday in Korea. In an interview with Sports Seoul in August 2018, Lana revealed that she halted all media appearances because she had been a trainee under Thought Entertainment since 2016 and from February 2018, she has been preparing to debut by winter. However, her debut was cancelled without any notice, and Lana later left Thought Entertainment and joined a new agency called HiCC Entertainment based in South Korea. Lana debuted as the first solo Russian “K-pop idol” on June 27, 2019 with the single "Take the Wheel". Her debut had mixed reactions from K-pop fans all around the world. On December 10, 2019, Lana released the music video for her single “Make it Real”, which was very stylistically different from her debut song. She raps and the lyrics describe her experiences with becoming an artist, along with the backlash she received for following her dreams. On March 11, 2020, Lana revealed that she would participate in the Chinese reality survival show “Produce Camp 2020” under Bates MeThinks Entertainment. This was a new beginning for Lana, and she would later release her first Chinese digital single, “ Talk Talk”.