[citation needed] On May 24, 2012, it was announced that Bae would be joining the pop girl group Dal Shabet, where she would be replacing former member Viki.

[5] Bae wrote and composed the song "Maybe", a track from Dal Shabet's sixth extended play, Be Ambitious, which was released on June 20, 2013.

[7] Bae made her acting debut in the 2013 SNS drama Infinite Power, where she played the recurring character Han Su-ja.

[9] On February 24, 2014, it was announced that Bae would be making her big screen debut through a cameo in the 3D horror movie Tunnel 3D.

[citation needed] On January 5, 2016, Bae released her second solo track, "Love Hurts", in Dal Shabet's ninth extended play, Naturalness.