In 2016, Kyulkyung participated in Mnet's survival television show, Produce 101, along with other five trainees from her agency, Pledis Entertainment. She and Nayoung were the only one to made it to the final line up, ranking 6th and 10th respectively, becoming members of the girl group I. O.
I. On May 4, 2016, she debuted in I. O.
I with the mini album, Chrysalis, and its title track, "Dream Girls". After the disbandment of I. O.
I on January 29, 2017, Pledis announced that Kyulkyung and Nayoung would debut together with their former Produce 101 contestants, as members of PRISTIN, which debuted on March 21, 2017 with the mini album Hi! PRISTIN and its title track, "Wee Woo". In 2018, the agency formed PRISTIN's first sub-unit, PRISTIN V, with Kyulkyung being one of its members.
They debuted on May 28 with the single album, "Like a V". On September 6, 2018, she made her Chinese solo debut with the digital single "Why", which was promoted exclusively in China. On September 2019, Kyulkyung sent a contract termination notice to Pledis and XCSS Entertainment, her Chinese agency, which led them to demand her for breaching the contract on March 25, 2020, declaring the notice as "baseless".
The same day Kyulkyung had released a statement on her Weibo. In February 2020, Kyulkyung (now known as Zhou Jieqiong) made her debut as an actress following the release of the Chinese drama Miss Truth. Kyulkyung presumably left Pledis in April 2021, after HYBE and Pledis removed her from their websites.
On May 4, 2021, I. O. I celebrated their 5th debut anniversary with a reunion live stream show called "Yes, I Love It!
" Although Kyulkyung was not there in Korea to celebrate with the members, she made an appearance through video calling.
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