Odisha's Shreya Lenka is new member of K-pop band Blackswan

South Korean pop band Blackswan has inducted Odisha’s Shreya Lenka—aka Sriya—as one of the two new members of the group following a global audition

Shreya Lenka, an 18-year-old girl from Odisha's Rourkela, has been selected as the fifth member of South Korean pop band Blackswan.

Lenka, who goes by stage name Sriya, will be joining the original members of the girl group—Youngheun, Fatou, Judy and Leia—along with Gabriela Dalcin (Gabi) from Brazil as the sixth member.

Record label D. R. Music welcomed Sriya and Gabi on board in an Instagram post.

"With their debut, we will be back with the new Blackswan," the post, accompanied with photographs of the new members, read.

Sriya and Gabi were selected for the band after participating in the six-month-long global auditions, that were announced by D. R. Music last year after Hyeme left the girl group.

D. R. Music Entertainment Korea director Philip Y. J. Yoon said Sriya and Gabi worked well together during the audition process.

"They showed us very positive energy when sticking together and achieving each of the assignments they needed to overcome. It was one of the reasons we decided not to separate them," Mr. Yoon told PTI in an email interaction.