Park Hye Kyeong, later legally changed to Park So Yul and known simply as Soyul, is a South Korean singer, dancer, TV personality, and former member of CRAYON POP (크레용팝). She graduated from Sungshin Girls' High School.

The CEO of Chrome Entertainment (크롬엔터테인먼트) was forming a new girl group but did not want any trainee that was over 1.65 m or had a sexy image, so she was the first to be accepted after she auditioned. The group was originally named HURRICANE POP and had a pre-debut in January 2012 when they presented the single "Bing, Bing" in Hangzhou, China. The performance was filmed by Chinese TV and included in an episode of the drama "Curry Campus". As Japan had suffered some bad weather that triggered tsunami alerts, the CEO thought it would be insensitive to have the word "hurricane" in the group's name, so he decided to change it to CRAYON POP, and he also chose the members' stage names.

She made her official debut in July 2012 as CRAYON POP's main vocalist, lead rapper and maknae with their first mini-album simply titled "Crayon Pop 1st Mini Album". Unfortunately, the album did not receive much attention, was not commercially successful, and also depleted the agency's budget. They continued to struggle in the following months as the group was only invited to 3 music shows, so in October 2012, they decided to go out and perform on the streets in guerrilla-style concerts. They were usually singing in the freezing weather, dressed in colorful attires and including unusual choreographies like jumping to grab the public's attention.

In June 2013, they released the song "Bar, Bar, Bar", which had been previewed during those street performances. The single became quite popular and stayed at the top of Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart for more than a month. The group was able to sign with Sony Music Entertainment to distribute their music internationally and won 1st place in a music show for the first time, and began performing abroad. In June-July 2014, they were the opening act for Lady Gaga during her 12 concerts in Canada and the US. In August 2016, they collaborated with Mexican boy band CD9 and released the single "Get Dumb" in both English and a mix of Spanish and Korean.

Her contract with Chrome expired in March 2017, and a few months later, all group members (except her) decided to sign a non-exclusive contract with Chrome to remain as part of CRAYON POP. She opted to withdraw from the group as there were already rumors that she was dating former H.O.T member Moon Hee Joon and that she was pregnant. These were later confirmed by the company in a statement explaining why she decided not to sign the non-exclusive contract like the other members. She was indeed pregnant, and the couple quickly married in February 2017 before she gave birth to their daughter in May of that year. The couple then had a son in September 2022.

She then focused on her family and only appeared on TV as a guest on several variety shows. She is represented by TN Entertainment (티엔엔터테인먼트).

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