K-pop singer Sunmi, who debuted with Wonder Girls in 2007 and now works as a solo artist, told The Verge that her phone is the one tool she cannot live without. She uses the Notes app and Voice Memos to capture lyric and melody ideas as they come, a habit that keeps her writing process mobile and immediate.
For group projects, she relies on Notion, though she says the interface takes a while to get used to. Her current favorite device is Samsung's Z Fold 8, which she uses to edit documents and videos while on the go. She also wishes her phone would automatically group duplicate photos, a small quality-of-life request that reflects how much of her work happens on the device.
The interview is a reminder that even top-tier creative professionals often build their workflows from off-the-shelf consumer tools rather than specialized software. Sunmi's choices—Notes, Voice Memos, Notion, Google Drive, and a foldable phone—are all mainstream products, and her main complaints are about usability, not capability.