Yena returns with 'Hate XX', featuring her best friend, (G)I-DLE's Yuqi

K-pop singer Yena poses for pictures during a press showcase event for her second single, 'Hate XX', held in Seoul on Tuesday. — Photo: Yue Hua Entertainment

K-pop singer Yena released new single Hate XX on Tuesday, returning after five months following the release of her first single, Love War, in January.

"There are three songs, and I expressed various emotions in my unique cheerful energy," Yena, going by her real name Choi Yena in Korean, said during a press conference held on the same day as the release.