[4] Song was discovered by a South Korean talent scout when she was 15 and trained under JYP Entertainment from 2011 to 2014.
She was supposed to debut with a girl group called 6MIX (later Twice), but Song suffered a serious knee injury and decided to leave the entertainment company.
[8] Song made her large screen debut in The New Year's Eve of Old Lee (2016) playing the role as Lily.
[11][12] Her rising popularity led her to several main roles, iQiyi's Hero Dog 3, Tencent Video's Walk Into Your Memory[13][14] and Ten Years Late in 2019.
[15] She was cast in the LeTV romance drama Braveness of the Ming and Jade Lovers, both set to air in 2020.